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Paul Merson belives a mid table finish and a good Cup run will be a decent return for us in our first season at the London Stadium. The former Gooner – writing in The Star – decared that the Boleyn was a fortress for the Irons last season saying: “It was a hostile place to […]

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  Off the wall ClaretandHugh blogger PETE ELLIS takes his sideways look at the Hammers week that was!   Payet’s assist and Dianne Abbott’s thong! Well, Payet turned it on for 30 minutes, and Antonio continued his fine goal scoring form. The second assist from Payet had more cheek about it than Diane Abbott in […]

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A freedom of information request has revealed that the London Stadium owners, E20 Stadium LLP spent £11,000 on goal posts and corner flags for the stadium.  They spent a further £910,570 relaying the specialist Desso Grassmaster pitch this year. The same request reveals that the stadium owners have budgeted £655,000 per season for policing, ambulance […]

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Thank God we’re away. Last week was a disaster but if there is an upside at least we are getting all the rubbish form out of the way early and I see no repeats of the Watforrd disaster at West Brom.. The Hammers are on their way to the west midlands for a very winnable […]

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Hammers boss Slaven Bilic has some big team selection decisions to make this weekend and the fans on ClaretandHugh’s Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ have sent him a surprising message about goalkeeper Adrian. Despite his elevation to the Spain squad some  fans believe he should be replaced this weekend. Read their thoughts here. O I’d drop […]

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Sam Byram looks certain to hold on to the right back position against West Brom despite a lack lustre match against Watford last weekend. The Irons top medic Stijn Vandenbroucke has revealed in his latest treatment room update that Alvaro Arbeloa is set to play a part in the EFL Cup against Accrington Stanley next week […]

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The all powerful London Stadium Safety Advisory Group (LS-SAG) meets today to discuss safety and capacity limits for the London Stadium. This time last month the LS-SAG, chaired by Newham enforcement officer, Sheila Roberts recommended that capacity be restricted to 57,000 over concerns over persistent standing, away fan segregation and supporters drinking alcohol in view […]

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The lads from Hammers Chat are back with an in depth look at the weekend game. With goalkeeper Adrian revealing he expects a winning performance, the game against West Brom is hopefully one where the team will finally blossom and start erasing the bad vibes that have been floating around the club this week. Manager […]

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The London Stadium operators are moving fast as they tighten their hold on security at West Ham’s new home. And this morning they made a major move when announcing the appointment of former Met Police Assistant Commissioner Chris Allison to oversee security at the stadium. They made the announcement on Twitter where a sentence read: “Former […]

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Enner Valencia reckons training at Everton is tougher than at West Ham! Speaking for the first time since his year long loan deal was agreed the Ecuador striker decared: “I’m very happy to be here. It’s a great club with excellent fans. I’m looking forward to getting onto the pitch with my new teammates. “I was […]

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David Gold is continuing to fence off regular criticism of the club’s move to the London Stadium after events during the Watford gamecreated a media circus. Amid a tirade of obectionable tweets, allegations that Karen Brady was spat upon and calls for the board’s resignation, the 80 year old co chairman continues to keep his […]

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Adrian is confident that a winning performance! – is on the cards at West Brom this weekend. He admits it’s alays tough at the Hawthrns but says: “If we look at ourselves and if we give 120 per cent like we did many times last season, we have a great chance to win. “We have […]

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West Ham’s stars Dimitri Payet and Sam Byram gave young cancer patient and huge Irons fan Jack Howard reason to smile with a Facetime call. Brave Jack is fighting kidney cancer and has been given weeks to live but his family is refusing to give up the battle as they bid to raise £250,000 to […]

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West Ham believe the new radio wavelengths which will allow police to operate within the London Stadium to be in place for the next Class A game – against Arsenal on December 3. Much has been made of the inability to get things sorted out until December but a club source made it clear to […]

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West Ham season ticket holder, Mark Gevaux better known as the Rib Man won the Best Street Food for his £7 pork rolls (“lovely piggy goodness”) he serves with his trademark Holy F##k sauce, which will soon be exported around the world. He shared the awards ceremony stage at the Hippodrome Casino in Leicester Square on Monday night with a […]

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 Carlos Bacca’s agent Sergio Barila claims there were a number of offers on the table in the closing days of the summer transfer window, but Milan turned them all down. He told calciomercato.it: “West Ham? In the last week of the market, many offers arrived, and not only West Ham ones. At the end Milan said no.”  Barila […]

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ClaretandHugh has learned that the little boy – seen so anxious and apparently worried at events unfolding during the Watford game – had only one problem…he couldn’t see the game! And the club has told us through our usual highly informed sources that he and his father have now been relocated in the Bobby Moore […]

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Our partners Hammers Chat have rapidly become the leading video makers on the West Ham scene and we are thrilled that they have been on board with us almost from Day One. In top man Gonzo they have a gifted producer who is passionate for this club and everybody within it – proud to have […]

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Let’s get back to the football. Like you – no doubt –  I have become seriously depressed  following the events of the weekend to the point where I wanted to walk away for a week, come back and be told: “All the problems have gone away.” I have changed my view on where the faults […]

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The Metropolitan Police are in discussions with the stadium operators London Stadium 185 in a bid to ensure a radio system is put in place to allow officers to police West Ham matches. A statement from Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Terry, Specialist Crime & Operations sent to ClaretandHugh reads: “The stadium operators are responsible for the […]

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Guest post from a Watford fan at the game on Saturday Walking up to the ground it was nice to see so many families heading to the ground. West Ham have been given a fantastic opportunity to bring in many more fans than they could before and there is a great possibility of encouraging families […]

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Mark Noble has made it clear heads must not go down in the Hammers camp after the defeat by Watford. And he has called on the players to make sure they keep going hard and repay the fans for the weekend. Noble told the official site:  “That is the best we have played for a […]

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Michail Antonio is statistically the best goal scorer from headers in  Premier League after stats show that the winger dominates in the air. Antonio has scored three headers so far this season and scored a further seven headed goals last season, taking his total to ten since the start of the 2015/16 season. Arsenal’s Olivier […]

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West Ham are in the progress of trying to relocate hundreds of fans with young families who want to move to safer areas of the London Stadium over fears of violence and persistent standing. The club have received hundreds of complaints and are looking at the logistics of moving some season ticket holders away from the […]

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Guest post from a former West Ham steward now working at the London Stadium for OCS who has asked to remain anonymous. “I’ve read on your site lots of stories about how bad the stewarding is and although most complaints are justified I feel that the Stewards who did come over from Upton Park are […]

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David Gold has given the most ironic of reponses to a Twitter follower who couldn’t understand why there were so many empty seats at the London Stadium on Saturday. As the club continues to fnd it way through the various problems surrounding the new stadium a Gol follower asked: “Why so many empty seats and […]

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