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Posted on 30 March 2018. Tags: hammers news, News, west ham, west ham news, whispers
West Ham insists that only one season ticket holder has been relocated due to new security measures brought in by Newham’s Safety Advisory Board. A West Ham insider told Claret and Hugh that the disabled season ticket holder in question has accepted a free place in hospitality for the remainder of the season. Other disabled […]
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Posted on 30 March 2018. Tags: News, west ham united fc, whispers
Southampton Mark Hughes’ comments about the issues surrounding the London Stadium and the Hammers as a club touched a few nerves this morning. But I have every faith and confidence that the brilliant Hammers fans will see him eating his words big time by 5 pm tomorrow (Saturday). We have heard nothing other much then […]
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Posted on 30 March 2018. Tags: football news, News, skysports, upthehammers, westham news
A new documentary film about West Ham has been released today by East 15 films. Called ‘Away From Home – Leaving Upton Park’ the documentary tracks the last season at the Boleyn ground and the first two at The London Stadium, Away From Home puts the West Ham fans side of the difficult move. The film […]
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Posted on 29 March 2018. Tags: article, easter, facebook, health, london, News, sports
West Ham defender Patrice Evra donned a silver Easter Bunny costume, complete with a full mask over his head, as he surprised children at the east London hospital to hand out eggs.
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Posted on 29 March 2018. Tags: article, microsoft, News, sports, transfer gossip, westham
These are the players who have won the most – and the least – number of points per game for their clubs so far this season among players who have turned out a minimum of 10 times…
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Posted on 29 March 2018. Tags: article, football latest, Goal.com, nigeria, premier league, west ham
After a series of unseemly incidents during a Premier League loss at home to the Clarets, West Ham have scaled up security at their ground
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Posted on 29 March 2018. Tags: east london, News, upton park, whispers, whtid
Southampton manager Mark Hughes wants his team to get on the scoresheet early at the London Stadium to pile on the pressure and hopes the atmosphere and anxiety amongst West Ham fans will affect the Hammers performance negativity. Hughes told reporters at his pre-match Press conference “West Ham have their own problems to deal with, it […]
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Posted on 29 March 2018. Tags: coyi, News, westham, whispers
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has backed messages from Sir Trevor Brooking and Mark Noble to West Ham supporters. Khan told the London Standard “I fully support Sir Trevor Brooking and West Ham captain Mark Noble’s open letters to fans, urging them to back the team on Saturday. Nobody wants to witness scenes like those during the […]
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Posted on 29 March 2018. Tags: footy news, News, sky tv, super sunday, west ham, whispers
Excluding long absentees, Winston Reid, Pedro Obiang and Sam Byram who have all been ruled out for the season David Moyes looks to have a full squad to choose from. As revealed earlier, Andy Carroll is not due to be fit until 16th April at the earliest but previous injury doubts Cheik Kouyate and James Collins both trained […]
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Posted on 29 March 2018. Tags: inside-as-well, london, operation, Southampton, sport, super sunday, the-additional
• Changes made to police and steward levels • Barriers are put up to protect the directors Police will be inside as well as outside the London Stadium for West Ham’s game on Saturday and significantly more stewards will be on duty to try to prevent a repeat of the disorder which marred the previous game there. Details of the additional security measures for Southampton’s visit were released on Thursday and it is…
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Posted on 29 March 2018. Tags: article, australia, football news, game, hammers news, health
West Ham have given further details of the enhanced security measures put in place for Saturday’s Premier League game against Southampton at the London Stadium.
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Posted on 29 March 2018. Tags: latest football news, News, super sunday, whispers
West Ham cult hero Carlton Cole has confirmed he has retired from professional football. The former Hammer has been training with AFC Wimbledon but told WHUFC.com today. “This is a bit of an exclusive actually!” he laughed. “I’m still getting offers to play, but the fact is that I feel I am in a different […]
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Posted on 29 March 2018. Tags: football banter, News, west ham, whispers
David Moyes has revealed in his London Standard column that he expects Andy Carroll to be fit for the last four to five games of the season This could mean Carroll targets the home game against Stoke at the London Stadium on 16th April, if not it could come at the Emirates Stadium against Arsenal […]
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Posted on 29 March 2018. Tags: east london, hammers news, latest football news, News, online soccer news, west ham united fc, whispers
Finally some good news, a supercomputer has calculated that West Ham will retain their Premier League status and will finish the table in May on 39 points in 15th place this season. The computer believes the Hammers will amass nine points by winning three games in the next eight games but predicts five more losses. […]
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Posted on 29 March 2018. Tags: facebook, golf, latest football news, london, podcasts, West Ham United
West Ham will implement “heightened” security measures for Saturday’s Premier clash with Southampton at London Stadium in a bid to avoid the trouble which marred their last home match.
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Posted on 29 March 2018. Tags: News, sky sports, west ham united fc, whispers
BBC pundit Mark Lawrenson predicts all three points will go West Ham’s way this Saturday. Lawro writes on the BBC website: It is going to be very interesting to see what the atmosphere is like at London Stadium after what happened there in West Ham’s last home game – the 3-0 loss to Burnley. That […]
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Posted on 29 March 2018. Tags: News, west ham, westham fc, whispers
West Ham plays their first game in three weeks as they face Southampton at the London Stadium on Saturday. Bookmakers Paddypower have West Ham 9/5 for the win while putting Southampton on 8/5 with the draw with 21/10 odds. Historically West Ham has triumphed 74 times Southampton 5o times and 46 matches have ended in […]
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Posted on 29 March 2018. Tags: east london, News, transfer news, west ham, West Ham United, whispers
A series of measures will be introduced to ensure the safety of supporter safety at Saturday’s match against Southampton. In an official statement on the club website the Club has announced it has worked closely with stadium operators LS185, E20, the Metropolitan Police, London Borough of Newham and fans – via the Supporter Advisory Board […]
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Posted on 29 March 2018. Tags: dating, events, fashion, online soccer news, West Ham United, westham fc
Mark Hughes wants to capitalise on the negativity engulfing West Ham when he takes Southampton to the troubled London Stadium.
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Posted on 29 March 2018. Tags: News, transfer news, west ham united fc, whispers
Paul Merson has dubbed the Hammers v Saints game a 30 minute game believing the the Irons have to be winning after half an hour or find themselves deep in trouble. He believes that if they don’t have their noses in front after 30 minutes, the atmosphere inside the stadium “will be toxic.” He told Sky […]
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Posted on 29 March 2018. Tags: coyi, News, whispers
David Moyes has turned all the “get behind the players” spin from the Hammers media office and elsewhere on its head and told the boys on the pitch to change the mood. Not before time the manager has made it clear that the squad must be the people who sort out the issues inside the […]
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Posted on 29 March 2018. Tags: birds, charity, east london, games, internet, Moore Than Just a Club, podcast, westham fc
They say the job is not done, there is more to come, more to give but is this the case of just more to take? Whilst there could be protests and marches, finger waving and scornful shouts…is it enough to make the madness stop and for the masters to throw it all in and go…On The Road? “The only people for me are the mad ones: the ones who are mad to live…
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Posted on 29 March 2018. Tags: australia, australian, business, sky tv, transfer news, West Ham United
West Ham’s last home game, the 3-0 defeat by Burnley, was marred by pitch invasions and protests against David Sullivan and David Gold as the mood at the east London club turned ugly.
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Posted on 29 March 2018. Tags: author, countries, irish, Moore Than Just a Club, norway, roundup, sports news
The first International break of the 2018 and the fourth of the domestic 2017/2018 football season has come and gone, it’s now time to take a look at how the Academy of Football’s International stars fared over it, representing their respective nations at youth level, as Edi Fernandes returned from his lengthy injury lay-off for Switzerland U21s and Nathan Trott continued to impress for England U21s. U16 Two Hammers were representing their nations at U16 …
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Posted on 29 March 2018. Tags: columnist, european, facebook, game, ideas, Moore Than Just a Club
The first International break of the year and the fourth of the domestic season has come to an end and it’s now time to find out how West Ham United’s ten International stars fared with their respective nations over the week as Marko Arnautovic continued his red-hot form on the International stage and Javier Hernandez reached a special landmark with his nation. Manuel Lanzini (Argentina) The playmaker received his first call-up in close to a year by manager…
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Posted on 29 March 2018. Tags: chinese, facebook, international, match-report, Moore Than Just a Club, premier league, transfer news
Somewhere in Central London. “Good morning Sporting Club Acquisitions my name is Mary how can I help you?”. “Morning Mary it’s Karen, Karen Brady can I speak to Mr Goldberg?”. “Errr Lady Brady he’s in a meeting at the moment can I take a message?”. “It’s rather urgent”. “I understand he’s back to back all day then mmmm, let me see……….. no tied up all week and the next. I’ll let him know you called …
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