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Slaven Bilic has confirmed to reporters that the night out on Monday night was all his idea but the club will wait until next week to investigate players who allegedly pulled an all nighter which ended in Shoreditch on Tuesday lunchtime. “It was completely my idea, after the Southampton game we had a big meeting […]

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Archaeologists have started a dig in the car park of the Boleyn Ground hoping to find the foundations of the old Boleyn Castle. The land on which the Boleyn Ground Stadium is built belonged to the Stratford Longthorne Abbey from 1135, the Abbey existed until the dissolution of the monasteries by King Henry VIII in 1538. The land […]

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Head of Medical and Sports Science, Stijn Vandenbroucke has provided his latest injury update on WHUFC.com He says :” Aaron trained very well with the Under-23s on Wednesday. The Academy kindly put on a very hard session, which Aaron took part in under the supervision of Eamon Swift, our rehab-fitness coach. He will take part in another […]

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The first images of Boleyn Ground demolition has emerged on social media this afternoon. Photo credit: Chris Smith via twitter @ChrisJSmithWH12 Share This:

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West Ham fan, Flynn Johnson has admitted he landed himself in hot bother with the law after he bunked into the Bolyen Ground on Tuesday to watch a football tournament and liberate some unused stadium seats. Flynn posted on twitter on Tuesday “Jumped into the Boleyn, nicked some chairs. Now in a police van. Irons. Farewell […]

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Slaven Bilic has given his usual pre-match conference ahead of Saturday’s home game against Boro. “The team bonding was completely my idea. I told Mark Noble to take the guys out and go for a meal. Spend some time together. I am totally concentrated on the game on Saturday. It is good for us all to […]

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The West Ham board may be feeling a little anxious right now as the fall-out from the ‘Sam Allardyce Affair’ continues to raise transfer issues in which he was apparently involved whilst manager of our great club. A resignation from England is one thing but when questions start to be asked about Enner Valencia, Jon […]

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Alan Curbishley believes David Sullivan is a ‘dying breed’ and that Hammers fans are very lucky to have him and David Gold as chairmen. And in an exclusive interview with Blowing Bubbles Monthly, Curbishley believes he could have worked with the pair and had they been at the helm when he was manager, he would […]

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By Sean Whetstone – Associate Editor Claret and Hugh As a lifelong supporter of West Ham and a season ticket holder of many years I want what is best for my club. When I joined ClaretandHugh three years ago I wanted to help Hugh bring the very best and latest West Ham news to the […]

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Since the story of a so called ‘West Ham player bender’ was carried in the Sun newspaper on Wednesday we have been doing some fact checking of our own to see how much of it stands up. We have had it confirmed by a West Ham insider that Slaven Bilic did have a meeting with […]

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In 2014 both the Observer and the Guardian  claimed Ravel Morrison was invited to a meeting with agent Mark Curtis and that pressure had been placed on him by then manager Sam Allardyce and then captain Kevin Nolan to sign up with their shared agent. Allardyce dismissed the reports at the time saying  “It’s completely unfounded […]

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Every story that comes out of West Ham is bound to have an entirely negative twist put on it right now as we saw in The Sun this morning when the lads were on a night out which would clearly have been sanctioned by the manager. I’ve seen the pictures, read the words and there […]

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Sam Allardyce may  face a second investigation after it emerged Cardiff City found evidence of unexplained payments regarding the loan move of Ravel Morrison from West Ham in 2014. The Telegraph is responsible for the story reporting that Cardiff launched their own investigation into the move after questions were raised over fees relating to Morrison’s loan. […]

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Saven Bilic cancelled his players’ day off, after their defeat to Southampton according to a Daily Mail report. West Ham’s squad were due to have the Sunday away from training, but Bilic called them in to work. Bilic is determined to find a solution, as he is reportedly aware of the pressure which is building […]

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The Croatian media – which has tracked Slaven Bilic’s every move throughout his career – has come to the conclusion that he looks “helpless.” In their Tuesday edition, 24Sata tend appeared to accept that  a possible exit is on the cards if the manager can’t turn things around. That;s  been the  huge worry in the […]

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West Ham joint-chairman David Sullivan denies West Ham have done anything wrong in the transfer dealings of Enner Valencia Sullivan said: “Valencia’s economic rights were wholly owned by Pachuca when we bought him. Sam is wrong. But he didn’t know much about the actual transfer deal other than wanting the player.We have not broken any […]

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Amanda Jacks from the Football Supporters Federation (FSF) received emails from 127 supporters following a plea for London Stadium supporter feedback on this site and others. Amanda summarises the feedback and her meeting with key stakeholders below: “Last Monday I met with representatives from Newham Council, London Stadium 185 and Westfield Stratford City having sent your feedback […]

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The club have categorically denied that artificial crowd noise was played during yesterday’s Premier League defeat against Southampton. A West Ham insider told ClaretandHugh this morning “West Ham United can confirm that they never have, and never will, play additional crowd noise inside the stadium.The support from our fans doesn’t need any amplification, they are […]

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Slaven Bilic needs to win at least one of the next  three games if he is to survive as West Ham manager. He has now lost his last four and five in all as the season has degenerated into a total shambles and with three “winnable” games ahead, we have learned he has to get […]

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Manuel Lanzini suffered heavy bruising following a first half challenge against Southampton. The playmaker was subbed at half time to the surprise of many with Sofiane Feghouli taking his place. There were suggestions the Argentinian had been removed from the action because he wasn’t at his best but a club insider denied that to ClaretandHugh […]

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There is an overwhelming sense that we are waiting for the inevitable. The sight of and sounds coming from Slaven Bilic in his post match interview following the 3-0 defeat against Southampton was about as depressing as it gets. Prior to the match captain Mark Noble had called for what e described as “the West […]

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Away from the disastrous on the pitch results is a related phenomenon of season ticket holders not turning up for games. West Ham boasts 52,000 season ticket holders at the London Stadium but many of these are already giving the games a miss on the third home Premier League match. Empty white seats can be […]

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Sky pundit Jamie Redknapp savaged the West Ham performance against Southampton saying: “That was utterly shambolic and it could and perhaps should have been six.” And he added “It’s all well and good talking about confidence and the new stadium but the fact is the players aren’t doing their jobs. “I knew this would be […]

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