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The Irons joint chairman have released a 1,139 word statement covering the issues that has seen the morale around the club dip over the opening weeks of the season. But unlike previous website statements and e mails, they have steered away from the often confrontational stance that’s been adopted. Instead of making a meal out […]

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West Ham fans have been reacting to images and video of the Boleyn Ground being blown up in controlled explosions of the Hollywood action film Final Score. Many supporters believe the destruction has been disrespectful while others have found the images heartbreaking. A sample of comments on twitter include: @MartinHickey9  Sad Sad Day @rickhimself101 It’s like leaving […]

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan has met with MLB chiefs in hope to set up baseball game at the London Stadium in 2018. The Mayor held a meeting with Major League Baseball (MLB) chief Rob Manfred and threw out a pitch for a New York Mets game as part of his five-day trip to North America. […]

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Slaven Bilic hopes tonight is the start of a perfect scenatio for the team – to win three games on the trot. He said: “We simply need a reaction to the defeat (at West Brom) . In none of these games…. can you say we’ve been outplayed by the opposition. The perfet scenario would be […]

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Andy Carrol’s return is back on hold. ClaretandHugh has been told that it would be wrong to put any date on his availability with a source declaring: “He’s working hrd but he is not close.” And one media report claims this morning that it could be Halloween before the injury ravaged hitman retuns to first […]

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The Moore Than Just A Podcast boys are back in the studio to discuss the West Brom away defeat and tell Slaven Bilic where he is going wrong and what he should do next. Entitled ‘Houston we have a problem’ it is fourth episode of season six of the popular West Ham podcast. Join ClaretandHugh […]

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Slaven Bilic has held his pre-match press conference ahead of tomorrow’s game against Accrington Stanley.  “This game is a good opportunity for us and we don’t have to travel. We have a good position. This is an interesting competition for us. We don’t play again until Sunday and we will play a mixed team. We need […]

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Sofiane Feghouli has pledged that “we will  take a long look at ourselves” after the humilation of the weekend at West Brom. The winger appeared as a sub during the game and told the official site: “Each and every one of us will take a long look at ourselves and we all know that we […]

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Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford are invited for a behind-the-scenes tour of the London Stadium courtesy of co-owner Billionaire David Sullivan, as well as enormous Essex home. The show called ‘How the other half lives’ is aired at 9pm tonight on Channel 5. David Sullivan’s home called Birch Hall, near Theydon Bois, Essex comes complete with […]

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Work has already started to install a state of the art HD screen at the London Stadium. Construction workers have removed temporary fabric players containing West Ham players under the illuminated West Ham United sign in preparation for the installation of the massive TV screen.  This picture taken on Monday afternoon shows that the 12 metre […]

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Daily Mirror sports writer MIKE WALTERS – a top bloke and a good pal of ClaretandHugh’s – was at the Hawthorns at the weekend and here brings his thoughts on the Hammers.    NICE foundations, shame about the roof. Most of the falling masonry, roof timber and brickwork has landed on West Ham’s defence after […]

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A ClaretandHugh follower has sent a message to fans telling them how things turned out when we had the sort of disastrous run of results we are currently experiencing. We lost four on the trot and shipped a shed load of goals as things went from bad to worse but everything of course turned out […]

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So now we look forward to the mighty Accrington Stanley arriving at the London Stadium and the question is what sort of team will Slav put out. Just how seriously will he take this game given the current position surrounding our Premier League situation. It was reflected in a conversation between myself and Sean earlier […]

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No surprise that some knee jerking Irons are already calling for Slaven Bilic’s head after the team collected just three points from a possible 15. But one ludicrous twitter account called @SlavenOut started the calls before the West Bromwich Albion defeat. It asked:”Would any West Ham United fans be in interested in a protest, me and […]

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Former Hammer, Paul Ince has told BT Sport that West Ham problems are down to them focusing too much on attacking and not defending. West Ham have moved down into the bottom three this weekend of the Premier League table after five games of the season with just 3 points to their name after a late win […]

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It’s been a shambolic start to the season and many would say it is very much in keeping with The West Ham Way. We seem to effortlessly go from feast to famine in what is a familiar scenario for all long suffering West Ham fans. Perhaps we’d all dared to dream that a move to […]

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Hammers living legend Billy Bonds has sent a “don’t panic ” message to Irons fans everywhere and declared: “Trust the manager – he will know what’s wrong and I believe he will put it right.” Speaking exclusively to ClaretandHugh he added: “We won’t be hanging around the bottom for too long – there’s too much […]

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ClaretandHugh FB forum members at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ have their say on the slump in our fortunes and how they see the future. O It started with Antonio saga last season. We struggled when he was played at RB. Billic and the owners are not seeing things the same since the season started. Billic is losing support now […]

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By Pete Ellis What’s going on? There’s a lot of negativity and I take it with a pinch of salt usually, but when the glass half full brigade like me begin to worry, surely there are things that raise concern. I thought, like most, that the return of Payet, Lanzini and the introduction of Zaza would […]

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Sofiane Feghouli is the only addition to the Irons squad for today’s clash at West Brom. The free summer signing has recovered from injury but looks unlikely to start with Michail Antonio continuing in the wide right role. Havard Nortveidt could also return to the side although it will be interesting to see whether Sam […]

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West Ham have moved fast to clean up the Memorial Garden at the Boleyn which was allowed to degenerate into a shocking state at the Boleyn. We published pictures last Sunday which immediately and justifiablye angered many whose loved ones are remembered there. But we have learned that vice chairmanKarren Brady immediatey took charge of […]

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Claret Members who have paid £40 to join up are upset that West Ham’s new official partner Thomas Cook is offering match day tickets to anyone from £119 per person as long as they stay in a hotel. Claret members have been frustrated at the small number of tickets in the ballot process after the […]

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West Ham vice chairman, Karren Brady has penned a column for the Sun newspaper today. “MOVING home is always a stressful experience.”  Brady writes “Moving with 56,000 others is bound to multiply the hassles.” “West Ham have a few at the London Stadium on Saturday, the mood among squabbling supporters in no way helped by […]

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Reece Oxford has signed a new long term contract with Nike – but has yet to put pen to paper on a deal at West Ham. Oxford has signed an extended bigger deal with kit manufacturers Nike. He put on his Instagram page: “Happy to have signed a new long Nike contract after my shoot […]

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