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Irons u23s 4 Man Utd u 23s 2 Toni Martinez was on a goal charge as the Hammers completed a great six goal win over Manchester United’s under 23s. And Declan Rice returned with a top performance as skipper after missing out on a squad place for the seniors against Burnley yesterday. Despite the visitors […]

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CandH Exclusive Academy boss Terry Westley has everything crossed that brilliant teenager Domingos Quina commits his future to West Ham next month. The 17 year old hits 18 in November at which stage he can agree to  a long term deal and, as one of the most sought after players around, it would represent a […]

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By Jack Lebeau Follow on Twitter @JackLeabeau66 West Ham U23 miraculously came from 2-0 down at half-time to beat Spurs 3-2 at Hotspur Way on a very rainy afternoon. We started the better of the two teams, with Spurs rarely getting out of their own half. This was supported by us having a good couple […]

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Academy chief Terry Westley has put his first brick in West Ham’s first team wall…and could not be more delighted with his protege Declan Rice. The 18 year old being freely tipped as the next big thing at the club now has a building job to do according to his mentor who speaking to ClaretandHugh […]

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West Ham’s under 23s grabbed victory with an amazing comeback at Spurs. It gets no better than to beat the north Londoners on their own manor and whatever words Terry Westley gave the bys after break  worked the oracle big time after they went in two down. But within 15 minutes they had turned everything […]

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Trott – Not called upon for anything spectacular but solid when needed to be and great save at end to keep 3-2. 8 Pike – Fairly solid throughout, probably our best defender of the four. 6 Akinola – Couldn’t defend crosses, specially aerially but good playing the ball out from the back. 5 Pask – […]

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By Jack Lebeau Follow Jack on Twitter @JackLebeau66  West Ham U23s overcame an awful performance from the referee to beat League Two side Swindon 3-2 in the Checkatrade Trophy  at the County Ground last night. Goals from Samuelsen, Makasi and Kemp for West Ham settled the tie deservedly in West Ham’s favour with the Norwegian grabbing […]

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New boy Sead Haksabanovic is set to make his Hammers debut tonight (Tues)  when the Hammers take on Swindon Town in the Checkatrade Trophy. The £3 million signing from Swedish side Halmstads BK last week, will be part of a strong Hammers lineup fielded by Academy Director Terry Westley at the County Ground. The youngsters are […]

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By Jack Lebeau Irons under 23s 0 Everton under 23s 0 West Ham U23s begun life in the higher division tonight with a 0-0 draw against  defending champions Everton. We lined up 4-2-3-1: Trott  Pike , Akinola, Alese,  Neufville; Makasi , Coventry , Antonio , Samuelsen , Diangana, Martinez. I felt very sorry for Dan Kemp […]

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Irons under 23s 0 Everton under 23s 0 Michail Antonio put in a great shift as the Hammers under 23s held last years Premier League 2 Division 1 champions to a 0-0 draw at Dagenham and Redbridge. The Hammer of the Year saw a header and left foot drive fly wide and hammered the ball […]

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Declan Rice and Nathan Holland are missing in the early squad named for tonight’s clash with Everton in the opening Premier Leage 2 Division One match at Dagenham and Redbridge (7 pm). And that appears to indicate the pair will be travelling with the first team to Old Trafford this weekend for the Irons opener […]

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West Ham’s youngsters kick off their new season in Premier League Two Division One off at Dageham and Redbridge this evening. And as we have previously reported Michail Antonio will be seeing action along with exciting new £3 million midfielder Sead Haksabanovic. Kick off is at 7pm and it will be a good idea to get […]

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19-year-old Ezra Walian has completed his trial with West Ham. The youngster can play as a central striker or on either wing and is a free agent after his contract ran out at the end of June. He scored 11 goals in 22 games for Jong Ajax last season. Born in Amsterdam, Walian represented Holland at U19 […]

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Michail Antonio will make his return to match action against Everton in the opening under 23s competitive fixture of the new season. And that could well set the Hammer of the Year up for his targeted return match against Southampton next weekend fully recovered from his hamstring injury. Antonio’s return is a boost for the […]

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West Ham’s new signing  “wonderkid” Sead Haksabanovic won’t be thrown straight into first team duty after signing his  five-year deal. Such was the greeting and announcement on the official website that one could be forgiven for believing that new new Ronaldo had arrived. We read: “Blessed with searing pace, outstanding technical ability and vision and […]

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Reece Oxford scored his first goal for Borussia Monchengladbach today in a pre-season friendly win over Malaga. With the Germans club trailing 1-0 to the Spanish team, Reece headed home from a Ibrahima Traore corner to level the scores before Gladbach went on to win 2-1 via the penalty spot. The Hammers prospect has played […]

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Declan Rice  surprised everybody with his seamless performance against Werder Bremen last night except the man who is continually overlooking his development – Terry Westley. The Academy chief reckons he is ready for the first team but cautions: “Maybe he can’t do it game in game out at Premier League level  but he’s not going […]

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West Ham United PL2 kick off their  first season in Premier League 2 Division 1 with a home clash against Everton. The merseysiders became Division 1 champions last season and will proide the perfect test for the Hammers when they go into action at Dagenham and Redbridge’s Chigwell Construction Stadium on Friday 11 August (7pm […]

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Top Hammers prospect Domingos Quina will be back in training over the next few days after being given a ten day break following his involvement on international duty for the Portuguese under 19 team. And despite reports that Paris st Germain are looking in his direction the Hammers have no intention of letting the 17 […]

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Exclusive Academy boss Terry Westley is delighted how his youngsters have adapted to life with the first team squad in Austria and believes the long drought of home grown products could be coming to an end. Delighted that such as Nathan Holland, Declan Rice and Josh Cullen are showing such composure in pre-season games he […]

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The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed the section “Academy news” appear on the ClaretandHugh header as we approach the  new season. And this reflects the growing importance of the academy to the club with prospects such as Declan Rice, Josh Cullen, Nathan Holland, Reece Burke, Quina and the other lads making their advance on […]

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