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Posted on 17 May 2016. Tags: football banter, footy news, News, west ham news, whispers
Claret and Hugh understands less than fifty percent of the 52,000 Olympic Stadium season ticket holders took up the option by Monday’s midday deadline to buy tickets for the Juventus friendly game on Sunday 7th August. Season ticket holders were asked to pay between £31-£51 per adult ticket for what was billed as the first […]
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Posted on 17 May 2016. Tags: manager, News, sports news, west ham news, westham news
ADRIAN DURHAM: One of the best books I’ve read this season has been Sam Allardyce’s autobiography ‘Big Sam’. Like the man himself, it’s gritty, brutally honest and it’s quite ‘sweary’.
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Posted on 17 May 2016. Tags: footy news, News, premier league, sky sports, whispers
Reports from Sky Sources that Bournemouth have rejected a £25m bid from West Ham for striker Callum Wilson and midfielder Matt Ritchie are wide of the mark Claret and Hugh understands. Sky Sports claim the Hammers have been told Wilson and Ritchie are not for sale and, at the moment and conveniently added the Irons […]
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Posted on 17 May 2016. Tags: football latest, games, golf, olympics, sports, West Ham United, westham news
The woodwork denied Arsenal the title!
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Posted on 17 May 2016. Tags: cycling, gold, News, news story, transfer gossip, West Ham United
Former Manchester United and Stoke City defender Danny Higginbotham has given us his verdict on how each manager has fared during the course of the 2015/16 Premier League season.
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Posted on 17 May 2016. Tags: home shirt, premier league, sky tv, total, total-cache, umbro, west ham
It’s that time of year again when new shirt mock ups do the rounds on social media and across various forums. We’ve seen a few generalised mock ups in recent weeks, all of which were pretty impressive, but these latest ones have to be the best yet. It will always be hard for Umbro to
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Posted in West Ham World
Posted on 16 May 2016. Tags: facebook, footy news, News, news story, olympics, sky sports, sports, West Ham United
Bournemouth have rejected a £25m bid from West Ham for striker Callum Wilson and midfielder Matt Ritchie, Sky sources understand.
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Posted on 16 May 2016. Tags: football banter, latest football news, News, whispers
ClaretandHugh today launched a new poll into what has been dubbed the ‘Final final Boleyn game.’ A poll on the club’s official site was hijacked by a Manchester United twitter account urging Reds fans to ensure they recorded a yes vote. The game was planned to involve West Ham Ladies and a celebrity X1. The […]
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Posted on 16 May 2016. Tags: free-transfer, size-full-wp-image-26433, skysports, sports news, westham news, year-deal
Norweigan Håvard Nordtveit has signed, on a free transfer from Borussia Mönchengladbach on (it is reported) a FIVE year deal
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Posted on 16 May 2016. Tags: aaron cresswell, opinion, social-media, total, viral, West Ham United
Another England team announcement, another outrage as West Ham’s in-form Englishmen are overlooked. Mark Noble, Michail Antonio, Aaron Cresswell and even Andy Carroll have all been in great form this season, yet Roy Hodgson has yet again decided to ignore them and pick out-of-form players, some of which have been injured for most of the
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Posted on 16 May 2016. Tags: alexandre lacazette, diafra sakho, premier league, total, total-cache
As a huge 16-year-old football fan, seeing my team go from one of the worst in the Premier League under Avram Grant, and then only going on to get promoted back to the top-flight via the playoffs (an amazing day at Wembley) and now to be challenging for European football has been incredible. This means we’re
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Posted in West Ham World
Posted on 16 May 2016. Tags: opinion, premier league, sky tv, skysports, total-cache, west ham
I can’t believe the season is over already – it has flown by! But what a season it has been. Slaven Bilic has done a great job by bringing the whole club back together after years of ‘Allardyce in, Allardyce out’. The signings he and the board brought in have been brilliant. Angelo Ogbonna has
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Posted on 16 May 2016. Tags: britannia stadium, michail antonio, premier league, slaven bilic, total-cache, transfer gossip
5 Takeaways From West Ham’s Disappointing Collapse Against Stoke This article was originally published on 90min.com. West Ham World is a platform that allows fans to express their opinions on a grander scale. The views in this article are not necessarily those of West Ham World, but we ask you to respect the opinions of
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Posted on 16 May 2016. Tags: football banter, football latest, News, super sunday, transfer news, westham, whispers
The publicity around the possible West Ham Ladies versus a West Ham All stars XI on 5th June has caused a lot of debate among Supporters with some arguing that the image of Bobby Moore turning off the lights should have been it and no more games should be played on the hallowed turf after […]
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Posted on 16 May 2016. Tags: cricket, gold, golf, green, west ham news, West Ham United
Who was your Premier League player of the season? Sky Sports can now reveal the contenders for the PFA Fans’ Player of the Season awards.
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Posted on 16 May 2016. Tags: football news, News, sky sports, whispers
West Ham U21’s lost to Brazilian side Atletico Paranaense 6-5 on penalties after the ICGT tournament final in Holland remained goalless after 60 minutes. Both teams reached the final after a penalty shoot outs in their semifinals. The Hammers beat Panathinaikos via penalties whereas Atletico Paranaense overcame local side AZ Alkmaar in a spot kick […]
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Posted on 16 May 2016. Tags: barcelona, european, italian, london, News
Roy Hodgson revealed England’s 26-man provisional squad for this summer’s European Championship on Monday morning with Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford included.
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Posted on 16 May 2016. Tags: east london, News, whispers
Some West Ham supporters have asked if things have improved under West Ham’s new partner Ticket Master as the new ticketing system faced they biggest test yet as tickets for the friendly against Juventus went on sale to Claret members and priority list members. One West Ham supporter, Darren Kristiansen told Claret and Hugh “32 […]
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Posted on 16 May 2016. Tags: boxing, cricket, football banter, golf, podcasts, West Ham United
Did your club live up to expectation in the Premier League this season?
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Posted on 16 May 2016. Tags: east london, News, whispers
The West Ham’s under 21’s have won their semi final against Greek Panathinaikos in Holland this afternoon to reach the final. Tournament organisers say West Ham was the attacking team for the majority of the game, but the Greek defense appeared hard to beat. Three minutes before full time Panathinaikos scored and they celebrated the […]
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Posted on 16 May 2016. Tags: News, upton park, whispers
The results of a recent poll to determine whether fans supported the idea of a final West Ham Ladies game on 5th June at the Boleyn Ground are in serious doubt after opposition fans hijacked it. The official website reported that nearly 12,000 supporters voted in the poll, which ran for 24 hours until midday […]
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Posted on 16 May 2016. Tags: football banter, latest football news, News, West Ham United, whispers
West Ham will say hello to new boy Havard Nordtveit this summer and Alex Song what has become a long goodbye. Nordveit will become Slaven Bilic’s first signing of the summer when he joins the Hammers on a free transfer on 1 July. But prior to his arrival the Hammers made it clear to ClaretandHugh this […]
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Posted on 16 May 2016. Tags: article, health, News, science, west ham united news
An online poll was launched by the Hammers, asking for supporters to decide whether or not the Boleyn Ground should be reopened one final time to generate money for the West Ham Ladies team.
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Posted on 16 May 2016. Tags: campaign, favourite-goal, online soccer news, premier league, spurs-tottenham
From West Ham’s creator-in-chief to Leicester’s battery-powered midfielder, via a defensive rock for Spurs Tottenham at long last. Now post your picks Welcome to theguardian.com review of the 2015-16 Premier League season . Now that the campaign has ended we would like you to help us choose your favourite goal, the best referee and the best manager, and other winners in a total of 10 categories. We have nominated some contenders but this is just to get the…
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Posted on 16 May 2016. Tags: east london, News, upthehammers, west ham, whispers
England Manager Roy Hodgson has announced his picks and standby players for the provisional England Squad at 11am ahead of the last friendlies before the European Championships in France. Once again there is no room for Hammers Mark Noble, Andy Carroll, Michail Antonio and Aaron Cresswell. England provisional squad: Forster, Hart, Heaton; Bertrand, Cahill, Clyne, Smalling, Stones, […]
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