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The only thing more worrying than an entirely inept Irons performance over 90 minutes against Southampton was Slaven Bilic’s post match interview with Sky TV. Quite simply he looked utterly distraught and could offer no positive answers to what was a pretty gentle questioner . He started by admitting that Southampton had “deservedly won the […]

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Michail Antonio has been talking of the days when he grew up amid South London street gangs and how it impacted on himself and his friends. He lived in an affluent area squeezed between the housing estates of Battersea and Tooting, where gang violence was prevalent. And it it was impossible to remain unaffected by the […]

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Daily Mirror journalist Neil Moxley claims that West Ham have been offered the services of left back Kevin Constant who is a free agent. Moxley claims: “The Eastenders have also been offered free agent Kevin Constant. The ex-AC Milan defender is training with Nice after failing to get his six-month contract with Bologna renewed. Constant, […]

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BBC pundit Mark Lawrenson has predicted West Ham will return to winning ways today and come out on top as 2-1 winners this afternoon. Lawro writes on the BBC website: “Southampton have the lowest shot conversion rate in the Premier League, just 6.45%. Shane Long is probably most to blame for that, but Charlie Austin […]

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West Ham are this morning reported to be tracking Cesc Fabregas. They are allegedly ready to offer him an escape clause out of Chelsea if he is unable to break into new manager Antonio Conte’s first-team on a regular basis. The former Barcelona and Arsenal star’s situation is apparently very muh under review following the […]

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West Ham captain Mark Noble has pre-recorded a message to fans on Sky Sports appealing for calm amongst fans at the London Stadium today. The midfielder told Sky: “It’s a fantastic stadium but first and foremost we need to sort out the differences among ourselves there, with the fans and the club. The board are doing everything […]

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David Gold clearly belives it’s impossible not to over emphasis the importance of Dimi Payet to the Hammers. Speaking ahead of tomottow’s game aainst Southampton he said: “We will be hoping to build on the midweek victory over the resilient Accrington Stanley and you cannot underestimate the importance that a win can do for a […]

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Slaven Bilic has revealed that “complacency” after the amazing first season under his management was the main topic he discussed with the squad in pre-season. And he warned them that they had to continue to earn their success with ‘the basic things’ despite the obvious adventure, excitement and creativity in the squad. West Ham have […]

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Tony Cottee believes Darren Randolph is our best keeper and should replace Adrian in tomorrow’s clash with Southamton. Here’s how ClaretandHugh Facebook group members have reacted to Cottee’s call. O He’s never et us down and Adrian looks to be out of touch after seeing eight goals go  past him in 180 minutes. Give it […]

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Hammers both past and present have unveiled plans for a £400million social housing project in Luton. Current skipper Mark Noble, former Academy graduate Rio Ferdinand and former Hammer Bobby Zamora hope to build 1,300 homes on a 22-hectare site near Luton, in partnership with Bedford County Council. Speaking to the Guardian, Noble said: “At first […]

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ClaretandHugh is to join forces with the Football Supporters Federation (FSF). Although we are first and foremost – and always will be –  a West Ham news website, raising supporter related issues to wider audience has been one of the cornerstones of our online offering since we stared this operation. Last week we applied to […]

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West Ham have postponed a fans meeting for a second time claiming they have been asked for more time by fans to arrange a more formal meeting in October. Following events at the home game against Watford at the London Stadium in September, the club initially called a Supporters Advisory Group meeting on Tuesday 20th […]

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Southampton boss Claude Puel claims he’s unworried by the threat posed from Dimi Payet. Frenchman Puel admits his countryman is a “very good player” but insists the team won’t be distracted by the free-kick specialist. He said: “It (a free-kick from Payet) would be a good opportunity for them and of course defending is important, […]

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Tony Cottee has called for Darren Randolph to get a first team call up for the clash against Southampton on Sunday and claims in his opinion he is our No 1 keeper. TC – as anxious as everybody else at our lack of form – said: “He has never let us down. In fact he […]

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West Ham managed to do a ‘first ever’ on Wednesday night against Accrington Stanley. No, it wasn’t a great performance and yes we did get through much to everybody’s relief, but what was sad was that for the first time an Irons team failed to include a single Englishman over the 90 minutes. This was […]

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Slaven Bilic is giving his pre-match press conference ahead of Sunday’s game with Southampton: “We have two massive games coming up and this is a great opportunity for us to get out of the trouble we are in. It will bring back the confidence and the belief if we can get the victories. The reaction has been […]

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Alvaro Arbeloa loves the London Stadium! So much criticism has been aimed at the place over the last few weeks that in itself is something of a relief given that it comes from a guy who has played in the best footballing arenas around the world. The right back – speaking after making his debut […]

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West Ham sold out their 3,000 away allocation to Selhurst park in a matter of hours this morning.  Sales to priority point holders went on sale at 9am this morning but were sold out just after lunchtime before reaching the 5 priority points sales period at 3pm. West Ham messaged fans on twitter saying “Tickets […]

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West Ham have confirmed media reports in France that Andre Ayew has been receiving specialist treatment in France at his former club Marseille. Ayew, who joined West Ham from Swansea for a club record transfer fee of £20.5m last month, was withdrawn 35 minutes into his Hammers’ debut against Chelsea after pulling up with a thigh […]

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Reece Oxford has deleted a twitter post which seemed to indicate his displeasure at not getting a chance last night against Accrington Stanley in the league cup. West Ham Academy youngster Marcus Browne has sent out a tweet last night which hinted at the lack of first team chances for youngsters. The 18-year-old  tweeted: “The youth need […]

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Ticket trader will not be launched for the Southampton game this Sunday and is unlikely to be available for the Middlesborough game until we have a incident free league game ClaretandHugh understands. A brand new scheme was due to be launched at the start of the season with partners Ticketmaster but failed to materialise. The […]

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Slaven Bilic was present at the birth of a baby daughter on Tuesday night hours before the Accrington Stanley game. He told reporters yesterday he was present at the birth and said he is content to leave the naming of his new daughter to his partner. It is his second child with long term girlfriend, Ivana […]

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Slaven Bilic was again forced to admit that West Ham had not performed well…this time in the victory over Accrington Stanley but said: “The most important thing is that we won the game. “And only by winning games, especially with clean sheets, will we get the confidence back that is obviously missing at the moment.” […]

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It took a moment of magnificence from the top man Dim Payet …and once again he didn’t fail us. Yes it was a tough night but there are very few walkovers in this game and all that REALLY matters is that the Irons moved into the next round and a match against Chelsea at the […]

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Generous Accrington Stanley manager John Coleman said after the game: “People will throw bouquets at us for our spirit today but we don’t want to be seen as plucky. We came here to win and we matched them for most of the game. Unfortunately we’ve gone to sleep in the 96th minute and you give a […]

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Now that’s what I all one helluva draw! It’s probably exactly what we need and we  owe them one and Costa in particular COYI   WEST HAM v Chelsea Southampton v Sunderland Newcastle v Preston Leeds v Norwich Bristol City v Hull Liverpool v Tottenham Arsenal v Reading Manchester United v Manchester City   Share […]

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