The Premier League have named Craig Pawson as the referee to take charge of West Ham’s Saturday lunchtime London Derby against Arsenal. Mr Pawson has refereed 23 Premier League matches this season dishing out 79 yellow cards and 2 red cards. His last sending off came in February when he sent off Newcastle’s Jamaal Lascelles […]
Up The Hammers – Latest West Ham United FC News
All the latest & breaking news for West Ham United FCAuthor Archives | The Gaffer
Man in black named for Arsenal game
Posted on 04 April 2016.
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Man in black named for Arsenal game
The West Ham star vying for a top Premier League award
Posted on 04 April 2016.
Since the departure Sam Allardyce last summer, things at West Ham have been going swimmingly. Slaven Bilic has implemented a style and management system that not only suits the players down to a tee, but also the fans have warmed nicely to the former Croatia national team boss’ passion on the touchline and his preferred style
Posted in West Ham WorldComments Off on The West Ham star vying for a top Premier League award
West Ham are on course for a record-breaking Premier League campaign
Posted on 04 April 2016.
Our highest ever Premier League finish was 5th place in 1998/99 season where we gained 57 points, which enabled us to enter the Intertoto Cup to still qualify for the UEFA cup. We have never achieved more than 60 points in the Premier League! The last time we achieved 60+ points in the highest division
Posted in West Ham WorldComments Off on West Ham are on course for a record-breaking Premier League campaign
Five Beatiful Payet Free Kicks
Posted on 04 April 2016.
All five Dimitri Payet Free kicks this season courtesy of @WestHam_social Dimitri Payet – Free-Kick Artist#WeveGotPayethttps://t.co/YOUfXK2jsY — West Ham Social (@WestHamSocial) April 4, 2016 Share This:
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Five Beatiful Payet Free Kicks
The best goals of the week: Dimitri Payet, Carlos Tevez, Franck Ribéry and Adrián
Posted on 04 April 2016.
A bumper collection of great strikes and skills from around the world, featuring Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Hatem Ben Arfa, Javier Hernández, Suso and Dean Ashton Continue reading…
Posted in Guardian.co.ukComments Off on The best goals of the week: Dimitri Payet, Carlos Tevez, Franck Ribéry and Adrián
West Ham come off worst in ref decisions in league
Posted on 04 April 2016.
Teamtalk.com say West Ham have come off worst from referee decisions this season with just four decisions going our way which we didn’t deserve but a massive thirteen incorrect decisions against us which. The table leaves us nine decisions adrift while Manchester United and Leicester City top the table with seven more decisions in their […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on West Ham come off worst in ref decisions in league
Reid on that ref decision
Posted on 04 April 2016.
Winston Reid has pledged the squad will brush themselves down after the latest refereeing decision to go against the Irons and “get on with it.” The central defender admitted: “You always get frustrated with decisions, but at the end of the day the referee has made it and then that’s it, you can’t do anything about […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Reid on that ref decision
‘West Ham to let trio go’
Posted on 04 April 2016.
West Ham will not make the loan signings of Alex Song, Victor Moses and Emmanuel Emenike permanent in the summer, according to Sky sources.
Posted in UncategorisedComments Off on ‘West Ham to let trio go’
Slav options grow ahead of Arsenal
Posted on 04 April 2016.
Sam Byram and James Collins are set to join the squad which takes on Arsenal at the weekend. And that looks likely to seethe signing from Leeds and fit again James Tomkins battling it out for the right sided defensive role with Michail Antonio being pushed into his attacking midfield role. Collins has been missing […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Slav options grow ahead of Arsenal
Reid: Hammers were unlucky
Posted on 04 April 2016.
West Ham defender Winston Reid says his side were unfortunate not to take all three points from last Saturday’s home game against Crystal Palace.
Posted in UncategorisedComments Off on Reid: Hammers were unlucky
How teams will build walls against Payet free kicks
Posted on 04 April 2016.
Saturday afternoon saw Crystal Palace put seven men in their wall to protect them from a famous Payet free kick when a more usual amount for a mere mortal would be four or five. Teams have become extremely wary that a free kick awarded to West Ham within 35 yards is almost like having a […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on How teams will build walls against Payet free kicks
Ref Watch: No Simpson handball
Posted on 04 April 2016.
Should Southampton have had a penalty? Should Cheikhou Kouyate have been sent off? Should Norwich have had their winner disallowed? Should Gareth Bale’s El Clasico goal have stood?
Posted in UncategorisedComments Off on Ref Watch: No Simpson handball
Poll: Do you agree that it is time to change
Posted on 04 April 2016.
David Gold has called for future technology to be introduced to the Premier League as soon as possible to stop the big mistakes like the Kouyate sending off on Saturday. Gold told ClaretandHugh: “Nobody wants to see this and it is happening to us week after week. “I have called in the past for a […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Poll: Do you agree that it is time to change
TV cash inflation will see duo leave
Posted on 04 April 2016.
Emmanuel Emenike’s £8 million price tag demonstrates the extent to which inflation in the game will continue to grow this summer. The Irons will allow the striker to return to his parent club Fenerbahce at the end of the season as they bid to hold onto ever penny for the £20m-£25 million they are planning […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on TV cash inflation will see duo leave
Stelling & Kamara disbelief on Kouyate red card
Posted on 04 April 2016.
This video says it all. Chris Kamara and Jeff Stelling can’t believe Cheik Kouyate sending off by Mark Clattenburg Share This:
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Stelling & Kamara disbelief on Kouyate red card
Slav shows the art of diplomacy
Posted on 04 April 2016.
Slaven Bilic again demonstrated perfectly the art of diplomacy in referee handling after another horrible sending off. Carefully watching his tongue the Irons boss declared: “It is never a red card, for me personally is not even a yellow card. In England maybe not even a foul it was a 50/50 challenge. “We have every right […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Slav shows the art of diplomacy
Slav’s Payet concerns
Posted on 04 April 2016.
Slaven Bilic has spoken of the fitness concerns over Dimi Payet during the game against Crystal Palace. The brilliant French international scored another sensational free kick to take hisset piece to goals conversion rate to 50 per cent. But afterwards the manager said: ““It was a brilliant goal. I expected him to try and bend […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Slav’s Payet concerns
Mark Clattenburg shouldn’t have sent off Cheikhou Kouyate… the pressure of going to Euro 2016 is getting to the Geordie ref
Posted on 04 April 2016.
GRAHAM POLL: West Ham’s run of bad luck with refereeing decisions continued with a harsh red card for Cheikhou Kouyate. It appeared to swing the balance against Crystal Palace.
Posted in Dailymail.co.ukComments Off on Mark Clattenburg shouldn’t have sent off Cheikhou Kouyate… the pressure of going to Euro 2016 is getting to the Geordie ref
Slaven Bilic: It’s no good if West Ham always need to score three goals to win
Posted on 03 April 2016.
• West Ham will appeal against Cheikhou Kouyaté’s red card in 2-2 draw • Alan Pardew plays numbers game with Crystal Palace squad over lack of win Slaven Bilic does not want his players to look up or down. He does not want them studying the fixture list. West Ham United’s manager will be happy as long as they relax, play with passion and quality and, as the old cliche goes, take each game as it comes. “You can’t approach it differently,…
Posted in Guardian.co.ukComments Off on Slaven Bilic: It’s no good if West Ham always need to score three goals to win
Dimi’s amazing free kick/goals conversion rate
Posted on 03 April 2016.
Exclusive Regular readers will know us over here at ClaretandHugh aren’t big on stats – news is more our scene! But because we are about to reveal the truth on Dimitri Payet’s amazing free kicks we are happy to make an exception. They show a pretty extraordinary conversion rate from free kicks to goals since […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Dimi’s amazing free kick/goals conversion rate
Hammers respond to Watford rumour
Posted on 03 April 2016.
Re-cyled reports in The Sun that the Hammers are interested in Watford’s Odion Ighalo is “on West Ham’s list for a big-name striker” are entirely wrong. The Hammers were interested earlier in the season and even made an inquiry which is presumably where this report has been resurrected from. But ClaretandHugh, when inquiring as to whether […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Hammers respond to Watford rumour
No second thoughts on Kouyate
Posted on 03 April 2016.
West Ham intend to go ahead with the appeal against Cheik Kouyate’s red card despite Slave Bilic being fed up with FA appeals. ClaretandHugh was the first to beak the news that an appeal was on the way against Mark Clattenbourg’s game-changing decision against Palace. And this morning David gold -currently holding an open day […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on No second thoughts on Kouyate
‘Payet up there with the best’
Posted on 03 April 2016.
Aaron Cresswell has labelled West Ham team-mate Dimitri Payet as the best set-piece taker in the world.
Posted in UncategorisedComments Off on ‘Payet up there with the best’
West Ham boss Slaven Bilic ‘fed up’ of appealing red cards and won’t challenge Cheikhou Kouyate’s latest dismissal
Posted on 03 April 2016.
The West Ham boss said Kouyate’s challenge on Palace substitute Dwight Gayle was not even worthy of a yellow card. Bilic successfully appealed the same player’s dismissal at Blackburn in February.
Posted in Dailymail.co.ukComments Off on West Ham boss Slaven Bilic ‘fed up’ of appealing red cards and won’t challenge Cheikhou Kouyate’s latest dismissal
Gold hands Payet legendary status
Posted on 03 April 2016.
Exclusive David Gold believes Dimi Payet has already become a West Ham legend. He doesn’t share the view that you need to be at a club for a certain length of time to inherit such status declaring: “If you do something legendary it will always be remembered.” Speaking exlsuively to ClaretandHugh he said: “Dimi has […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Gold hands Payet legendary status
Cresswell hands Dimi the highest honour
Posted on 03 April 2016.
Aaron Cresswell makes no bones about – he reckons Dimi Payet i the best free taker in the world. Speaking to www.whufc.com of yesterday’s latest amazing shots he said: “I will put Dimi up there as the best free-kick taker in the world at the moment. I was standing right behind him and the ball looked […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Cresswell hands Dimi the highest honour
-
Soucek: West Ham have finally got character back
-
West Ham 1-2 Nottingham Forest highlights & rate the players!
-
Premier League ins and outs – clubs confirm player exits
-
Forest hold on to edge West Ham and keep CL dreams alive
-
Rice a fitting match-winner for Arsenal as Everton give Goodison send-off
