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Let’s take an in-depth look at player performance in the wake of yesterday evening’s impressive Premier League home draw to Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal, as David Moyes continued his unbeaten record at The London Stadium as Hammers Boss. Adrian San-Miguel: 8/10 Yet another superb evening for the shot-stopper as he kept a second clean sheet since returning to the side in place of England keeper Joe Hart, as he collected the club’s …

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It’s now time to trawl back over some of the main causes of discussion from last night’s goalless draw with Arsene Wenger’s at The London Stadium, as David Moyes’ Claret & Blue Army dropped a further place towards the foot of the Table. Organised Hammers Earn Point The reign of Moyes continued to bring with it with well-disciplined Football yesterday evening, keeping out one of the best attacks in The Premier League comfortably for 90 minutes. The away side …

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7:35 PM: Giroud would have been hoping to break a PL record for most goals from the bench tonight, however, he has been picked by Wenger to start, he still remains a threat though. 7:25 PM: The Hammers are out to warm up here in Stratford, kick-off is nearing and excitement building. 7:10 PM: Here is the full teamsheet this evening, the big news being Jack Wilshere returning for the visitors, more to follow……… 7:04 PM: That’s an unchanged lineup from …

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West Ham face Arsenal as David Moyes looks to capitalise on Saturday’s fantastic result here are 10 facts about our opponents on Wednesday 1. Arsenal were founded in 1886 by Munitions workers at the Dial Square workshop at the Royal Arsenal armaments factory in Woolwich. 2. One of the founder members of the club was a former Nottingham Forest goalkeeper by the name of Fred Beardsley. Beardsley obtained a set of red shirts from his former club giving Arsenal the club colours they still…

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It was never in doubt was it! What a great result on Saturday at last a performance full of guts and determination saw West Ham over the line against Chelsea who for the most part were largely ineffective. Moyes got his tactics absolutely spot on restricting the flow of Chelsea’s midfield and largely restricting the West London side to speculative long distance efforts. In defence West Ham were calm and composed with Ogbonna and Reid in particular outstanding, …

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In the fourth edition of our Classic Match series, we delve into the archives once more to relive a memorable encounter with tonight’s visitors to The London Stadium, Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal. Cast your minds back to the torrid autumn of 2006, “Star Girl” by McFly was the British Music Chart No1 and the 21st in the James Bond Film series was about to be released in The United Kingdom, “Casino Royal”, Daniel …

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West Ham United Manager David Moyes has expressed his fondness for his first few weeks on the Job in East London, after he picked up a first win since taking the reins from Slaven Bilic against Chelsea at The London Stadium on Saturday. The Scotsman, speaking in his Pre-Arsenal Press Conference which MooreThanJustAClub were lucky enough to attend, stated, “I’ve really enjoyed my time here, I’m telling you I’m saying it, I’m really …

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3:01 PM: Unfortunately, that’s all we have time for this afternoon here at Rush Green, thank you very much for joining us today and we hope that you’ve enjoyed today’s coverage, do keep your eyes peeled across our platforms for all of our Preview work for tomorrow’s Premier League clash. And, that you can be with us again tomorrow evening as we are hopeful of bringing you a Live Blog of The Gunners’ visit to The…

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Let’s analyse player performance from the Saturday win over Chelsea at The London Stadium, as David Moyes’ Claret & Blue stars took a step towards safety with a first victory since late September. Adrian San-Miguel: 8/10 A superb afternoon for the Spanish shot-stopper as he retained his starting position ahead of England keeper Joe Hart after a superb display at The Etihad Stadium last Sunday. Adrian wasn’t presented with too much…

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It’s now time to look back over some of the main causes of discussion from Saturday lunchtime’s historic London Derby victory over Chelsea in The Premier League, as David Moyes delivered West Ham United just a third triumph of the season. Moyes Finds First Win Of Hammers Reign After four winless games, new Scot Manager Moyes has finally found the first victory of his tenure, coming in some style, against high-flyers and …

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28: Close again for The Blues with Adrian saving from a Kante effort and then again from the corner, morata is offside on the rebound. 26: The visitors have had the better of the most recent play, but Arnautovic just did incredibly to get to the ball at the other end, unable to find an end product. 25: Determination from Zabaleta forces The Blues to give it away into touch. 24: Antonio races away on the counter, two Chelsea defenders block him from getting…

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Not since the former chubby 27 (I’m sorry but I can’t say his name) waddled back across The Channel have we had a player to excite and get us on the edge of our seats. Will the next hero please stand up!! A leader workaholic box to box hat-trick scoring penalty stopping hard tackling no-nonsense claret and blue superstar. A man that breathes fire and is all guts and thunder with more tricks up…

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In the third edition of our Classic Match series, we take a trip back into the past to relive an afternoon to remember at Upton Park against tomorrow’s visitors to East London in the form of Chelsea. It was the cold winter of 2012, “Troublemaker” by Essex boy Olly Murs had just topped The United Kingdom Music Charts and Kensington Palace was about to announce that The Duchess of Cambridge was pregnant with her first child. Meanwhile, in the world…

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West Ham face Chelsea in the early kick off this Saturday at the London Stadium. Here are 10 facts about our opponents. 1. Chelsea were formed in 1905 in the Rising Sun pub which is now the Butchers Hook pub on the Fulham Road opposite the main entrance to Stamford Bridge. 2. Upon election to the league Chelsea signed one of the most famous footballers of the time William “Fatty” Foulkes. Foulkes was a goalkeeper…

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On the Sixteenth Matchday of the 2017/2018 Premier League campaign, Antonio Conte’s Chelsea will make the trip East for a feisty London Derby against David Moyes’ West Ham United. The Hammers go into the clash off the back of a respectable League defeat at The Etihad Stadium last Sunday evening, whereas, The Blues are fresh from a UEFA Champions League draw at home to Atletico Madrid in midweek, the away side are …

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In this week’s edition of our weekly Throwback segment, we hear from Tim, 57 and a lifelong Hammers fan and Season Ticket holder about an eventful day for many reasons in the spring of 1981. “Spring 1981 was a revolutionary time to be a young adult, “Jealous Guy” by Roxy Music was number one in The UK Charts and one of the first Home Computers, The ZX81, had just been released. But, more importantly for me, West Ham United were in the midst …

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West Ham United’s Spanish goalkeeper Adrian San-Miguel impressed fans and Pundits alike wildly with a superb display of saves in last Sunday’s narrow defeat to League leaders Manchester City at The Etihad Stadium. His performance has piled pressure on regular No1 and England man Joe Hart, who has shipped the most goals in The Premier League this season, the man who had originally displaced him after making a loan move from The Citizens in the summer. Adrian is now set to…

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West Ham were the latest victims of title contenders Man City on Sunday, with the Hammers unlucky not to get a draw before a late David Silva strike gave City all of the points at the London Stadium. The Hammers have not had a nice time of things lately, losing four of their last five games and sitting second bottom in the Premier League table. New Hammers boss David Moyes has managed just a single point from…

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The Draw for the Third Round of the 2017/2018 Football Association Challenge Cup was made on Monday night with West Ham United being given an away trip to face League One Shrewsbury Town at The New Meadow in early January. The tie will see both Joe Hart and David Moyes return to their former employers, Hart, England’s No1, started out his coveted Career with The Town, leaving for Manchester City in 2006. Whereas, Hammers Boss Moyes represented …

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It’s now time to look at some of the main causes of discussion in the wake of yesterday’s slim defeat to the League leaders at the Etihad stadium, as we remained in the bottom three with a painful run of fixtures laying ahead. Hammers Come Dangerously Close To Ending Citizens’ Run If one was to take a single plus point from coming so agonisingly close to leaving Manchester with a point on Sunday, it was that…

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With tomorrow’s Premier League trip to The Etihad Stadium to face Manchester City now just over 24 hours away, we delve into the archives once again in the second edition of our Classic Match series to relive a much happier evening than tomorrow promises to be in Manchester. Cast your mind back to the late summer of 2016, “Easy Love” by Sigala was on top of The UK Charts and NASA was about to announce that it had found the first traces of …

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In the Fifteenth round of matches of the 2017/2018 Premier League season, David Moyes’ Hammers travel to face Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City in a meeting of two sides that couldn’t be enduring more different circumstances. The hosts go into the tie off the back of a very late victory indeed over Southampton in midweek, while The Claret & Blue Army make their second Northerly journey in the space of four days, having been humiliated by Everton at Goodison Park on Wednesday night, keeping…

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So that went well! An awful performance on Wednesday night means West Ham have lost any momentum they may have gained after the battling performance against Leicester. Individual errors are costing them dear, a failure to do the basics correctly left West Ham exposed and on the end of a 4-0 beating. In truth it could have been very different Cresswell hit the bar and the penalty miss could have seen us all square…

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The Hammers have not had a good record against Manchester City recently, an appalling record in fact. Since the start of the 2008/09 season, the two teams have met a total of 19 times, once in the F. A. Cup, twice in the Carling Cup and 16 times in the Premier League. City have won 13 of these matches, drawn three and lost three, and in doing so have notched up 46 goals to the Hammers’ 14. But there was a time when matters were…

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So, now that one Premier League Matchday has gone in the blink of an eye, it’s now time to quickly focus on the next round of fixtures, Match Week Fifteen to be more precise and thf tantalising weekend that lays ahead, as David Moyes’ Hammers face a daunting Super Sunday prospect and United travel to The Emirates for a monumental clash. Chelsea vs Newcastle United (Saturday 12:30 PM) To open up The Top-Flight weekend, Antonio Conte’s Blues welcome …

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Ask people in the East End what life means to them, the chances are they will immediately think of particular traditions that are embedded deep within their own culture. From Cockney rhyming slang to pie and mash, Pearly Kings to jellied eels and Chaz and Dave to Danny Dyer, those in the East End are proud of who they are and what they represent. Icons matter. Moments in history are remembered for decades. There is a certain expectation that you work…

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