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West Ham boss Slaven Bilic admits it will be impossible to recreate famous Upton Park atmosphere at the new Olympic Stadium

Slaven Bilic admits West Ham will never be able to recreate the Upton Park atmosphere at the Olympic Stadium. Hammers boss Bilic hailed a ‘special night’ as his side won a thrilling FA Cup against Liverpool.

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Bilic: Upton Park special

Slaven Bilic accepts it will be impossible for West Ham to replicate the atmosphere created at Upton Park in midweek, when they move to the Olympic Stadium next season.

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Injures but Irons to field strong line up

The Irons are set to send out a powerful team against Norwich tomorrow despite havingbeen hit with a humber of injuries. James Tomkins, Winston Reid and Cheik Kouyate will all be unavailable to manager Slaven Bilic but such is the depth of the squad the Irons will still look a formidable proposition to the struggling […]

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Norwich City vs West Ham United: Team news, kick-off time, probable line-ups, odds and stats for the Premier League clash

Get the latest team news and stats ahead of the Barclays Premier League clash between Norwich City and West Ham United at Carrow Road

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Gold:’We’ve served notice of intent’

David Gold reckons the signing of Dimi Payet to a big new contract will have had the world sitting up and taking notice. And speaking exclusively to ClaretandHugh he said: “We have our eyes on the top four – that’s what everything at this club is geared to. We have made it clear that we […]

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Is this West Ham’s starting XI to beat Norwich…

After the last gasp win over Liverpool on Tuesday, the players should be buzzing and ready to beat Norwich this weekend. After the disappointing loss to Southampton last weekend, we really need to register all three points at Craven Cottage on Saturday afternoon to keep up our race for a top six finish. However, the

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Norwich City v West Ham United: match preview

Relegation is looking an increasingly likely prospect for Alex Neil’s Norwich. They take on an upwardly mobile West Ham side that will inevitably be buoyed by their dramatic FA Cup victory over Liverpool in midweek. To add to Norwich’s frustrations, midfielder Alex Tettey is suspended. However, West Ham have issues of their own to deal with as Cheikhou Kouyaté, Winston Reid and Joey O’Brien all miss out. The Norwich winger Matt Jarvis…

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Coming to a club near you… Five Premier League starlets available for emergency loans in the Football League 

Premier League starlets are likely to dominate the emergency loan window which opened this week and runs until March 24. We look at five stars who could earn a loan move to the Football League.

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Video Blog: Talk a Good Game – Canaries v Irons

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West Ham loanee Martin Samuelsen continues to prove Manchester City wrong for letting him go as he shines for Peterborough

Norwegian teenager Martin Samuelsen was released on a free by Manchester City last year – which will astonish anyone who has seen him play for Peterborough recently.

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“The Hammers are not playing that well anyway”

BBC pundit and self styled arch enemy of West Ham fans, Mark Lawrenson has once again tipped the Hammers to lose. No surprise there I suppose but the pundit then goes on to justify his prediction by saying we will be suffering from fatigue after 120 minutes of football earlier this week and adds a […]

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Win a very rare Payet T shirt

Claret and Hugh can exclusively offer a competition to win an extremely rare Dimitri Payet T-Shirt to celebrate his new contract. The shirts have been made by our partners Hammers Chat who’s founder Gonzo took the original picture himself and turned it into a pastel image. Only six have been produced so they are extremely […]

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Samuelsen future – what the fans think

Young Hammer Martin Samuelsen produced a brilliant performance for Peterborough United against West Brom earlier this week in the Fourth Round FA Cup replay. He was all over the place running the show and despite a missed spot kick n the penalty shoot out got rave reviews from pundits and fans alike. Posh director of […]

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Payet…are you watching Daniel Levy?

Pete Ellis takes a typically sideways and wacky look at the Payet saga Dimi Payet? To be honest, I think it’s more than a little cheeky his agent to want more dough, BUT, Payet didn’t grow up playing football on the streets of Reunion Island, dreaming about pulling on the shirt and emulating Dale Gordon’s […]

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West Ham second cheapest in per goal scored table

West Ham came out second in a table watching each home goal scored this season. The cost of attending every home game this season based on the cheapest ticket has been divided by the total number of goals scored. Each goal has cost the average Hammers fan £8.82 to watch just behind Leicester fans who paid […]

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Spurs looking to hijack Batshuayi deal

Reports from France suggest Spurs are in advanced talks to sign West Ham’s summer target striker Michy Batshuayi. The 22-year-old has scored 21 goals in 46 appearances for Marseille and was subject to intense speculation in the January transfer window linking with West Ham, Stoke, Newcastle as well as Tottenham. Despite Marseille’s insistence they want to […]

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Were West Ham right to offer Payet a new deal?

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Hammers talk on OS investment rumours

West Ham have responded to speculation that whoever gains the naming rights to the Olympic Stadium is ready to invest in the club. The rumour has been circulating on social media and various websites for some time but there is no agreement in place with anyone at this stage. It’s no secret the Davids have […]

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Payet explains why he signed

Dimi Payet has made it clear that West Ham’s ambition was the key card in convincing him to commit to the club until he heads for his 34th birthday! After greeing his new deal he told West Ham TV: ““I think there is everything here to make West Ham a big club. You need time […]

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Norwich City v West Ham United

Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday’s Premier League game between Norwich City and West Ham United.

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Payet’s new deal – the fans react

West Ham fans at the ClaretandHugh Facebook group have been responsing to the news that Dimi Payet has signed a new deal to 2021. Here’s what some of them are saying:   O We don’t get to reduce players wages when their form dips or if they are injured. I don’t really understand why a […]

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Bilic backs Noble for England

West Ham manager Slaven Bilic says he is bemused by Mark Noble’s absence from England’s pre-Euro 2016 get-together.

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Payet deal? Even Mooro negotiated very hard!

So Dimitri Payet as landed himself a new Hammers deal worth over £100,000  week ( for the first year at least) and two camps appear to be arising over the wisdom and ethics of the decision. There are some who believe that it shows a mercenary attitude and that wages are more important to him […]

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Slav backs affordable ticket prices

West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has weighed into the debate about ticket pricing after fan protests at Liverpool forced their owners to have a rethink on their pricing strategy. Slaven told reporters “It is business. Football clubs are business. On the one hand I can understand it, on the other I saw a great picture […]

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New Payet Deal – The Finances

The Daily Mail are reporting that the new five and a half deal signed by Dimtri Payet this evening will keep his basic wages at £68,000 per week but add-ons will push his pay package over £100,000 per week at least for the first year of the new deal. Payet is understood to be receiving an add-on […]

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Dimitri Payet ends China speculation by signing improved West Ham deal

• French playmaker agrees new long-term contract until 2021 • Summer signing had been reported £38m target for unnamed Chinese club Dimitri Payet has signed a new long-term contract at West Ham. The 28-year-old French playmaker was only seven months into a five-year deal having joined from Marseille for £10.75m last summer but had been a reported £38m target for an unnamed Chinese club. Such has been Payet’s impact…

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