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West Ham fan life ban overturned

Lifelong West Ham fan Robert Runciman was horrified to receive a letter from the club informing him that he was banned indefinitely from the London Stadium after he’d been identified on CCTV throwing objects at the Burnley game. Robert got in touch with the West Ham United Independent Supporters Association (WHUISA) for advice. On Tuesday […]

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West Ham scout £35m rated striker

West Ham scouts were present at the Porto vs Benfica game last night.  The Hammers are one of twenty clubs to send a scout to the Portuguese match which ended 1-0 to Porto. Raul Jimenez was one of those playing who has been previously linked to Irons. Other reports have suggested Porto’s striker Moussa Marega is the real […]

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A Hammers hot summer and a cold dark winter!

Many West Ham fans will be looking to the game against Stoke City at the London Stadium tonight as the moment when all fears will disappear and David Moyes can lead his merry men onto victory. This will be the crucial fixture to secure the vital three points which would surely be enough to let the Hammers have another bite of the Premier League cake next season, so all fingers and toes would be crossed! “Nowadays most…

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Classic Match: Volume Twenty-Six: West Ham United 3-0 Stoke City March 2011

In the 26th Volume of our Classic Match series, we delve into the archives once more to bring you another memorable West Ham United clash from down the years, this time around, it involves Monday night’s opponents at the London Stadium, Stoke City. Cast your minds back to the early spring of 2011, “Someone Like You” by Adele was at the very summit of the United Kingdom Music Charts and the 2011 UK Census was about to take place. Meanwhile, in …

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‘Arnautovic is West Ham’s Ibrahimovic!’

The Austria international has been in fine form this season and the Hammers manager has compared him with the Swedish veteran

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Hammers get fabulous boost for Stoke clash

The Hammers were given a fabulous boost at lunchtime when Manu Lanzini passed a fitness test for tonight’s clash against Stoke City. The Argentinian playmaker has been out of action since returning from international duty but ClaretandHugh understands learned that he came through his midday test with no repercussions following training. However, manager David Moyes […]

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Moyes’ Hammers Entertain Lambert’s Potters With Huge Opportunity To All But Seal Premier League Safety

In the 34th round of matches of the 2017/2018 Premier League season, David Moyes’ West Ham United play host to fellow relegation strugglers Stoke City under Paul Lambert in what is being dubbed one of the biggest matches of both team’s seasons and subsequent bids for Top-Flight survival. The Hammers go into the clash off the back of consecutive positive results in the league, a crucial home victory over Southampton and impressive away draw with Chelsea , while the Potters were beaten…

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Hammers Boss Moyes: “I Don’t Really Care” About Arnautovic Rivalry With Ex-Club Stoke

West Ham United manager David Moyes has played down and cast aside the history between star player Marko Arnautovic and his former team Stoke City ahead of the teams’ Monday night meeting at the London Stadium in the Premier League. Arnautovic, who has managed nine PL goals in Claret & Blue this season, left the bet365 Stadium on rather unsavoury terms in a £25 million move in last summer’s transfer window. When the Hammers travelled to face…

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Young Hammers Travel To Relegation-Threatened Derby With PL2 Top-Four Hopes At Stake

In the penultimate round of matches of the 2017/2018 Premier League 2 Division 1 campaign, Terry Westley’s West Ham United Development Squad travel to face the Development Squad of Derby County managed by Darren Wassall in what promise to be an intuiting matchup between two sides fighting very different battles at opposite ends of the table. The Young Hammers go into the journey off the back of consecutive away victories over Manchester City and Everton in the PL2 last week, while the Young…

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Moyes may have dropped a future Marko hint

David Moyes may have dropped a heavy hint that Mark Arnautovic is a Hammers captain in waiting. It’s been obvious for several months now that the Austrian is leading the way in ability and  character that he could soon be wearing the armband. And , more than any other player perhaps, hr is always ready […]

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Hammers v Stoke: The stats add up to victory

  By Allen Cummings     If only big games were decided by stats and statisticians we wouldn’t be about to put ourselves through what’s sure to be a very tense and possibly at times agonising 90 minutes this evening at the London Stadium. The nerves will be jangling for sure. After all, we’re West […]

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West Ham United players spend Sunday pointing and laughing at Manchester United

What’s that? Manchester City led a game at half-time and went on to win? Are you sure? I thought they had soft mentalities and all that? Surely, you cannot mean that they are actually worthy winners of the Premier League? But they had lost their last three big matches! Finished, they were. Finished I tell you! And was it even worth Manchester United even breaking a sweat last week, Jose? Yes, the …

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Carroll/Lanzini fitness update

Andy Carroll will be back in the Hammers squad for the match against Stoke this evening. The big fella is set to start on the bench but Manu Lanzini faces a morning fitness test before a decision is taken on his involvement. The play maker has been back in training for a few days but […]

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Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger has ‘no idea’ why he was dropped

Antonio Conte left Antonio Rudiger out of his squad for the trip to St Mary’s after he criticised his tactics following the 1-1 draw at home to West Ham earlier this month.

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Hammers to win…no doubt about it!

So tonight’s the night – this really is the big one and a game in which I don’t believe the Irons will fail. Let me tell you why! Sometimes it’s hard not to become depressed about the attitude and dips in forms demonstrated by Hammers teams – a flaw which has been present it seems […]

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Stoke striker winds up Potters before big match

We’ve had our issues with players who don’t want to perform for us – think Diafra Sakho. But Stoke City striker Jese seems to be in a different class when it comes to unacceptable behaviour. Tonight the Potters are arriving at the London Stadium having been thoroughly wound up by a guy who has gone […]

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Arnie names his ultimate Hammers dream

Arnie is set to make a dream come true with Hammers Premier League survival but he has a much bigger one – seeing us develop into a Champions League club! The striker has been inspirational on and off the pitch this season but has much more he wants to achieve in the claret and blue. […]

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Marko Arnautovic set for hattrick

Marko Arnautovic seems almost certain for a hattrick of players awards when the annual event is held in May in London. Arnie is an absolute shoe-in for the Hammer of the year and signing of the year but has a very good chance of picking up the goal of the season too.  All three awards […]

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‘Arnie Ibrahimovic’ – no he’s just a funny guy!

Arthur Masuaku has poured cold water over suggestions that Marko Arnautovic has an identity crisis  with Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The left sided midfielder – having already described the Hammers record signing as ” a beast” reckons that Arnie is very much his own man who owes nothing to anybody. He said: People used to say he tries […]

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Irons respond to £25m striker speculation

West Ham have responded to reports that they hold an interest in Nice’s Alassane Plea declaring him to be “one of many on the radar.” The story emerged yesterday that a £25 million fee will be required an that the striker – also being tracked by Newcastle, Burnley and Everton – are keen on the French […]

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West Ham boss David Moyes happy to give Marko Arnautovic ‘leg room’

West Ham are willing to give playmaker Marko Arnautovic the space he needs to flourish as long as the Austrian delivers for the team, manager David Moyes said ahead of the clash against Stoke.

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England World Cup Watch

With less than a month to go until Gareth Southgate names his squad for the World Cup in Russia, we look at how his England hopefuls got on this weekend.

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Brooking backing West Ham

West Ham legend Trevor Brooking is hoping that the club can get a win against Stoke on Monday Night Football to end the threat of relegation and put a difficult season behind them.

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‘Still a question mark over Hart’

Robert Green believes the final few matches of the season will decide who starts in goal for England at the World Cup.

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Moyes: Arnautovic is like Zlatan

West Ham boss David Moyes says he had doubts about Marko Arnautovic’s attitude but now believes he is like Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

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Kouyate aims to Cheik-mate Stoke

Cheik Kouyate is the latest player to stress the incredible importance of tomorrow evening’s game at the London Stadium. The midfielder has been discussing the Stoke clash in the official programme and says: ““We need to go up again because nothing is finished. “We have another final on Monday night against Stoke, because they need […]

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