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A show of good character

Good character Norwich City 2-2 West Ham United West Ham travelled to Norwich who have just dropped down into the relegation zone, which certainly added an extra need for the home team. The first half was played at a fast pace, end to end with both team attacking each other but in general losing the ball before anything can develop. Neither team managed to create any real chances, with the Canaries not registering a shot on target in the entire …

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Nikica Jelavic completes £4m move from West Ham to Chinese second division side Beijing Renhe

Nikica Jelavic has joined Chinese second division club Beijing Renhe in a deal worth £4million. The Croatian only arrived at West Ham at the start of the season in a deadline day switch from Hull.

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Gold gets Payet Song lesson from grand-daughter

The chairman’s grand-daughter, Scarlett Rose shows the 79 old owner how to sing the Dimitri Payet song on Valentine’s day. Seven year old Scarlett, daughter of Jacqueline Gold can be seen singing the Payet song as her grand-dad nods along to the tune. A Valentine’s song for @dimpayet17 from the chairman’s @davidgold granddaughter Scarlett Rose […]

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DG: “No divine right …we have to be happy “

David Gold admits to disappointment after the result at Norwich but reckons everybody under-estimated the effects of the Liverpool 120 minutes. He also pointed out that games against struggling teams are always tough pointing to the Sunderland v Man United game as a prime example. Dpeaking exclusively to ClaretandHugh he said: “Nobody has a divine […]

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Zarate sent off for love bite

Former Hammer Mauro Zarate was sent off after grabbing and possibly biting Inter Milan’s Jeison Murillo by the neck on Valentine’s day evening. However Zarate claims he was punched twice during the scenes that marred the end of Fiorentina’s 2-1 win on Sunday night. After Khouma Babacar scored the winner in stoppage time, Zarate initially refused […]

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Bobby Moore – the t-shirt design that compliments his artistry

Football isn’t just a sport, it’s an art. The way in which football has developed over the years means we are arguably more and more appreciative of the sport’s technical brilliance and individual artistry than ever before. And it’s that very artistry that has inspired Art of Football‘s latest collection. In a series of gorgeous prints

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Jelavic fee agreed …but not at £9m!

West Ham are set to receive a humble £1.5 million for Nikica Jelavic. Despite reports that the club is set to receive anything from between £4 million to £9 million for the striker we revealed on February 2 that the fee would be less than they paid for him. The fee of £9 million mentioned […]

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Andy Carroll is turning into a super sub at West Ham – 10 THINGS WE LEARNED

After a dramatic weekend in the Premier League and Football league, Sportsmail’s RALPH ELLIS sifted through the statistics. Here he shares what he has learned this weekend.

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Jack makes Noble ‘testimonial’ decision

Jack Collison claims he “can just about  get out to play ” in Mark Noble’s Testimonial on March 28. Having retired from the game because of a knee injury Jack will turn out in the game even if it turns out to be for short time. Speaking to the ClaretandHugh interview section of MooreThanJustAPodcast  tonight – […]

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Bilic surprised Hammers signed Payet

Dimitri Payet celebrated committing his long-term future to West Ham United by creating one and scoring another as the Hammers came from 2-0 down to draw at Norwich City on Saturday.

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Jelavic arrives in China

West Ham striker Nikica Jelavic has arrived in China to complete his move to Beijing Renhe. Jelavic has landed in China to wrap up the formalities of the transfer to Renhe, who were relegated after finishing 15th in the top flight last year. The Croatia forward joined the Hammers on deadline day last September for around £2m […]

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Bilic makes a pledge

Slaven Bilic has given an assurance there will no repeats of last season with the Hammers sliding down the table. The draw at Norwich, following the defeat at Southampton, has set up the spectre of an end of season similar to last year when we sunk after a brilliant start. The Irons of course started their fall […]

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Obiang form bad news for Irons hopeful

Pedro Obiang has staked a massive claim to become part of a regular midfield involving Mark Noble and Cheik Kouyate. And that’s very bad news for contract-chasing Alex Song whose hopes of landing a permanent end of season deal are now rated at less than 50/50 by a number of Irons insiders. The loanee returned […]

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Slaven Bilic vows West Ham will not suffer a late-season collapse under his watch

OLIVER TODD AT CARROW ROAD: At this stage last year West Ham had just one point fewer than the 40 they have reached this time out – but there is a sense things are different under Bilic.

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Slaven Bilic confident West Ham will keep hammer down after Norwich draw

• We have the quality to avoid last season’s slump, says manager • Russell Martin highlights Norwich City ‘positives’ for relegation fight This time 12 months ago West Ham United, then of course managed by Sam Allardyce, were eighth in the Premier League with a game in hand on most of the teams above them. They were also in the fifth round of the FA Cup, preparing to take on West Bromwich Albion. It …

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The £20m striker West Ham should go all out for in the summer

During the past week or so, attention has focused on the memorable FA Cup win over Liverpool, transfer issues relating to Dimi Payet and speculation over how we may finish in the Premier League as the last big challenges in March and April approach. It is of interest to note some of the news emerging

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Those three words everyone wants to hear

Those three special words everyone wants to hear on Valentine’s day. Even captain Mark Noble re-tweeted this cartoon on social media earlier today. I wonder whether he mentions Payet in his sleep while laying next to Mrs Noble in bed? Mark Noble and Dimi Payet The love affair continues…. Share This:

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Slav’s content …but an issue may remain

Ok, I can understand why Slav declared himself content with the 2-2 draw at Carrow Road. To pull two goals back is always an achievement and he of course mentioned  the extraordinarily emotional and physically draining game against Liverpool in midweek. I think it’s pretty obvious by now that I’m as big a fan of […]

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Norwich v Irons – the fans react

Hammers fans have been discussing yesterday’s ‘disappointing’ result at Norwich. Here’s what several of them had to say at the ClaretandHugh forum and  Facebook Group. O Antonio and Enner looked absolutely knackered from Tuesday O Not beating any of the bottom five teams away is quite bad. By my reckoning that is 11 points lost. Motivation […]

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Noble: We’re up for the fight

Mark Noble insists West Ham proved they are up for the fight after battling to a point at Norwich on Saturday.

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Collison raving about this Iron

Jack Collison has become a massive Michail Antonio fan. The Hammers cult hero – who has gone through more than most during his time in the game – announced his retirement on Saturday. And tomorrow evening he will appear in the ClaretandHugh interview section of MooreThanJustAPodcast when among much else he will discuss the impact […]

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OS capacity unlikely to increase in short term

Yesterday, Claret and Hugh revealed as many as 25,000 West Ham supporters on the Olympic Stadium priority list could be disappointed as demand for OS season tickets outstrips supply. There are believed to be fewer than 9,000 season tickets remaining for next season for the 34,000 strong waiting list who have paid a tenner piece […]

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New Payet Video-The Love Affair Continues

With another goal and assist yesterday we dedicate this new video to Dimitri Payet today on Valentine’s day. From just 19 appearances the play maker has scored 7 goals, made 5 assists and completed 838 passes with 82% pass accuracy. Dimi we love you! The Love affair continues Share This:

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Video blog: Row Z – all the week’s new right here

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Video: Noble and Payet goals against Norwich

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Video: What the gaffer had to say

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