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Hammers top Premier League table

West Ham is top of a Premier League table, unfortunately, it is the table for the most losses ever in the Premier League. The Hammers have lost a total of 352 losses since the Premier League was formed. Our loss against Arsenal last week and Wolves at the weekend meant we replaced Everton as the club […]

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Final Score gets top Time Out review

The much heralded movie Final Score – of which the real star is our Boleyn Gound – has received a top review from London’s critical magazine Time Out. Often fierce in their summaries of new movies, drama etc, the movie, starring David Bautista and Pierce Brosnan, gets some pretty decent words from the mag’s film […]

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Hammer Silva up for Player of the month

Hammers summer signing Xande Silva has been nominated for the Premier League 2 Player of the Month Award for August. Xande joined the Club in the summer from Portuguese side Vitoria Guimaraes and has settled in brilliantly with five goals to his name in his first three Premier League 2 games. He grabbed a hat-trick […]

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West Ham will have to shell out £15m to Pellegrini if they axe him

West Ham will have to pay Manuel Pellegrini in the region of £15million in compensation if they decide to sack him following the club's abysmal start to the Premier League season.

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West Ham to stand by Pellegrini

West Ham are not considering sacking Manuel Pellegrini despite failing to get a single point in their first four league games, Sky Sports News understands.

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Stadium owners yet to approve West Ham community plan

Stadium owners E20 have yet to approve West Ham’s Community Plan which is a requirement of the London stadium agreement which was signed over five years ago. In a recent freedom of information published at the end of August the owners say: “In the opinion of E20, the current Community Plan does not fully comply with clause 2.4 of Schedule 4 of the Concession Agreement. E20 and the West Ham Foundation are continuing to work together in order for these requirements to be fully met. “E20 holds regular meetings with West Ham United in relation to contractual obligations, including community requirements. E20 […]

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Man United fan radio rant about West Ham

Manchester United fan Jonathan took to the radio to rant about West Ham in an unprovoked attack. He told the Talksport Sports breakfast show “I am driving in grey horrible weather on the motorway, sat in traffic in Manchester but I can not stop laughing about West Ham! Because like all people I hate West Ham!” […]

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Win tickets to an exclusive screening of the Final Score

Claret and Hugh are today running a competition to win two pairs of tickets for the an exclusive screening of the film Final Score which features the Boleyn Ground being taken over by terrorists. The screening is in Central London on Wednesday 5th September. Should you be successful if you would need to be available […]

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Tottenham’s £17m man Vincent Janssen and £35k-a-week Lazar Markovic left out of PL squads

Tottenham's decision to leave £17million striker Vincent Janssen out of their Premier League squad goes down as the most surprising exclusion for the early part of the season.

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Was Wolves defeat THAT important – read this and decide

By Allen Cummings I’ve allowed myself a bit of ‘reflection time’ over the weekend. A chance to step back, draw a breath and re-assess our defeat by Wolves from a different perspective. Yes I was appalled, angry, frustrated, disgusted and more, like so many others, by what I saw unfold on Saturday. […]

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Shock/horror Hammers stories wrong AGAIN

West Ham – once again caught at the centre of shock/ horror stories by certain newspapers we don’t need to name – will pay nothing like the £15 million figure being quoted should they sack Manuel Pellegrini. As we explained on CandH yesterday – and now confirmed in the London Evening Standard today – the […]

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Tyler’s stats: Omens for West Ham

How often do teams survive after losing their first four? What is the longest winning streak to start a Premier League season?

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West Ham will have to shell out £15m to Manuel Pellegrini if they axe him after woeful start

West Ham will have to pay Manuel Pellegrini in the region of £15million in compensation if they decide to sack him following the club's abysmal start to the Premier League season.

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Hammer gets off to Charlton flying start

Charlton caretaker boss Lee Bowyer has praised debutant Josh Cullen as the West Ham loanee provided the assist for the winning goal at Southend. The 22-year-old’s 87th minute header was powered home by Krystian Bielik as the Addicks edged Chris Powell’s Southend side 2-1. “Very good,” said Bowyer of the youngster, who has joined the […]

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Dream start for Hammer in Italy

Hammer Edimilson Fernandes has gone straight into Fiorentina’s first-team, and helped them to two wins out of two. The Switzerland international first helped Fiorentina to a 6-1 win over Chievo, before playing 90 minutes in his new side’s 1-0 victory over Udinese making him a favourite with Italian fans already. Fernandes signed for Italian club […]

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No rest for four Hammers

While the rest of the West Ham squad have been given some extended time off while Manuel Pellegrini returns to Chile four Hammers will have no rest as they prepare for international duty. Andriy Yarmolenko, Lukasz Fabianski, Marko Arnautovic and Robert Snodgrass are all set to be involved in the new UEFA Nations League – […]

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Cottee’s strange call for Moyes after backing Pelle!

Tony Cottee has a lot of opinions as a media man but his latest little outburst raises a few questions about his judgements. He appears on Sky, TalkSport, and as a result emerges in the tabloids and elsewhere, as he goes about his business of being a media expert. One thing our former goal scoring […]

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Pellegrini Chile trip not a “big issue”

Manuel Pellegrini’s decision to make a quick trip to Chile during the international break is based entirely on personal reasons and is not seen as a big issue by the club. The manager’s need to return to his homeland should not cause any break whatsoever in the training regime he and his team have introduced […]

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Time for Pellegrini to change his tactics

Nearly 61% of West Ham supporters believe that Manuel Pellegrini should change his tactics when asked in a recent Claret and Hugh poll. Just over 39% believe he should stick with his present tactics and persevere. On joining West Ham he committed: “I will try to play attacking football and score a lot of goals because, […]

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West Ham podcast: Don’t panic!

The Moore Than Just A Podcast team is back to review Manuel Pellegrini’s fourth straight Premier League defeat in a row matching a record set by Avram Grant and ask whether it is time to start panicking yet. In episode five of the new season listen to Claret and Hugh Associate editor Sean Whetstone with […]

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‘Hammers may struggle to keep Arnautovic’

West Ham could find it hard to keep hold of forward Marko Arnautovic in January if their Premier League struggles continue, according to Craig Bellamy.

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Pelle takes Chile break but plans quick return

Manuel Pellegrini will spend the first week of the international break in Chile with his family! The Telegraph is reporting tonight that although it’s not clear when the manager will be back those in the squad not on international duty will be back at Rush Green in midweek. However, CandH has learned that whilst he […]

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Reknapp reckons it will “click” for Pellegrini

Jamie Redknapp is not among those who believe the game is up for West Ham and Manuel Pellegrini. Despite questioning Marko Arnautovic’s attitude on the pitch – suggesting he may be playing for himself rather than the team – the pundit believes things will turn around for the team. But they are going to have […]

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Cottee: “We should have kept Moyes”

Tony Cottee would sooner have seen David Moyes remain as West Ham manager than see Manuel Pellegrini appointed to the job. Cottee has broken his silence after the arrival of Pellegrini and spend of over £100 million to declare ““We should have kept David Moyes.” And although he has waited until four defeats are on […]

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Houghton claims lack of fear factor at the London Stadium

Liverpool legend Ray Houghton says the London Stadium lacks the fear factor he experienced at Upton Park while playing. Commentating on Talk Sport radio he told listeners “I’m not blaming the stadium for the defeat, but it doesn’t enhance the day,” “At West Ham, I’ve done a couple of games and you are up in […]

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West Ham squad confirmed with Premier League

The Premier League have published West Ham’s squad list of 23 players with 7 homegrown players. The squad is two players short of the maximum squad of twenty five and one homegrown player short of the requirement of eight players. 23 Squad players (*=Home grown) Antonio, Michail Gregory* Arnautovic, Marko Balbuena Gonzalez, Fabian Cornelio Carroll, […]

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