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Greatest XI: The Right Backs

John Bond 1950-1966 Bond was signed from Colchester Casuals in 1950 having been spotted by West Ham Assistant Manager Ted Fenton during his time as manager of Colchester United. Bond quickly established himself in the team and formed a successful full-back partnership with Noel Cantwell, the pinnacle of which was clinching the Second Division title in 1958. Bond was known as an attacking right back with an eye for goal scoring 8 in the promotion season. Bond was a firm favourite…

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Throwback Thursday: Wembley Glory In The Modern Era

In this week’s edition of our weekly throwback segment, we speak to Tim, 56, a lifelong Hammers fan and season ticket holder about a bit of Wembley glory in the modern era. “Being a West Ham fan for the last 40 years means that trips to Wembley are unfortunately few and far between. However, having Claret and Blue blood meant that I wouldn’t have it any other way and if I was given my life over and over again, I…

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New Kit Revealed As Stars Depart

Nordtveit departs Our Norwegian former midfielder Havard Nordtveit has moved to Hoffenhiem for a fee that is believed to be in the region of £8 million. The 26-year-old endured a tough start to life in The Premier League as injuries found him thrown in at the deep end of the Hammers midfield straight away. From there on in Nordtveit lost his starting place after several diabolical performances which coincided with the extremely poor start to…

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Where Are They Now?: 80s Stars

Mark Ward 1985 -1990 Signed from Oldham in 1985 for £250,000 as a replacement for the departing Paul Allen, Ward played every game in the 1985-86 season which saw West Ham finish 3rd in the top flight. A strong busy right sided midfielder, Ward had an edge to go with his guile and his gutsy determined performances made his a popular player with the fans in the late 80’s. Ward left for Manchester City in 1990 as …

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Transfer Rumours: Midfield

Super Slav has suggested that we don’t need to sign any midfield players and when you look at what is currently available you can kind of see where he’s coming from. There may be room for one wide player apparently but according to an official source on the West Ham web-site several weeks ago, we are looking at 2-3 signings max and we already have one new acquisition. As we are in desperate need of a striker…

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Where Are They Now?: Carlton Cole

Over the years us West Ham fans have been treated to many cult heroes, but none quite like Carlton Cole. Today we ask just where is the former England star now? Carlton George Cole began his career as a youngster on the books of Claudio Ranieri’s Chelsea, making his debut as a substitute to club legend Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink in April 2002. Cole impressed in this career-starting time and Ranieri described the young…

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Greatest XI: The Left Backs

Julian Dicks 1988-1993 & 1994-1999 326 Apps The current Assistant Manager was first signed by John Lyall for £300,000 in 1988 and after a slow start quickly established himself as a both a first team regular and a fans favourite. A cultured left-back whose combative nature perhaps overshadowed his undoubted talent. Throughout both spells with West Ham Dicks won plaudits for his wholehearted approach and was very unlucky not to receive international recognition. During Dicks first spell West …

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At a Glance: The Hammers’ 2017/18 Fixture List

This morning the Premier League fixtures were released and I was eager to see what hand we had been dealt for the forthcoming season. Fingers were crossed for a generous start, nice weather fixtures against the seaside clubs and most of all a decent run in. Sadly, I was disappointed on all three counts! The opening day fixture away against Manchester United gives me mixed feelings. It will add to our list of walk in the park, opening …

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Transfer Rumours: Defenders

As has been stated previously, our defence during the 2016/17 season was as leaky as Julian Assange’s outbox, so whole scale changes should be the order of the day surely? Um, well no actually. Injuries to key players took their toll. Aaron Cresswell – despite being called up for England duty this weekend – looked half the player that he had been prior to his pre-season ligament problem, Angelo Ogbonna was out for practically the whole …

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West Ham’s season in numbers

The 2016-17 Premier League season was the fifth successive one for West Ham since their return to the top flight. What follows are some of the important numbers for the season. 12 wins The team reverted to normal this season by picking up 12 league wins. Since returning to the Premier League in 2012-13 they have won 12, 11 and 12 games in the following seasons. Making last years 16 wins was the outlying stat. 45 points This was the second lowest points return from a season …

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The Worst XI: Vote for the second centre back here!

Matthew Upson 2007-2011 144 Apps Matthew Upson was clearly a defender with a great deal of talent, signed from Birmingham for 6 million in January 2007 at a time when the club were struggling to survive in the Premier League, he injured his calf in the first half an hour of his debut and then came off after the first 10 minutes of his comeback against Spurs in 4-3 defeat that looked to have condemned the club to relegation. Upson did not feature again that season, but …

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The Greatest XI – The Centre-Halves

Bobby Moore 1958-1974 – 646 Apps What can be said about Bobby Moore that hasn’t already been said? West Ham and England Captain through both the clubs and the country’s most successful periods. Moore made his first team debut in 1958 and by the time he left for Fulham in 1974 he had amassed an amazing 646 appearances in the Claret and Blue, captaining the club for over a decade. Immaculate in appearance and play, he is held in such esteem by those who…

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Transfer Rumours – Goalkeepers

Now that we are officially in the twilight zone, in other words, pre “pre-season” mode, it’s time to look at the many West Ham transfer rumours currently doing the rounds. It should be said that this is officially “silly season”, a period in which deals are very seldom done and which therefore gives journalists carte blanche to make up any old rubbish in the hope that it might sell a few papers. Sifting through …

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The Worst XI: Vote for the first centre back now!

Some of West Ham’s greatest ever players have played at centre back for the Hammers through the years, Bobby Moore, Billy Bonds Rio Ferdinand are all quite rightly held up as Hammers legends, Below are a few players who shall we say didn’t quite reach legendary status in the claret and blue. Roger Johnson 2014 4 Apps I must admit that it does feel a little bit harsh putting Johnson in here, during his …

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Frank’s First Season Top 5s: Do you Agree?

West Ham’s win against Burnley capped off our 2016/17 Premier League campaign. Although it was considered a bad season we actually haven’t fallen that far… table wise anyway. Four places below our last seasons finish and for the second time in consecutive seasons, we have finished above last season’s Champions. However, for me, this season has been my first as a season ticket holder and our first season at the London Stadium so it will…

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The Worst XI – Vote for the full backs now!

West Ham have had some legendary full backs, Julian Dicks, Stuart Pearce, Ray Stewart to name three, but as always we have had our share of slightly less successful players in the left and right back positions. Here are some examples of our worst right and left backs. Sebastien Schemmel 61 Apps, 1 Goal (2001-2003) A Harry Redknapp signing, Schemmel looked like being a world beater in his first season (2000-01). A busy attacking full back …

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Irish Hammers

To mark Declan Rice’s call up to the full Irish Squad, here are five fellow Irishmen who were capped while playing for the Hammers. Noel Cantwell Cantwell was signed by West Ham from Cork Athletic in 1952 as an enterprising 18-year-old full-back. Cantwell spend 8 years with the club, the high point being captaining the side to the Division Two Championship in the 1957-58 season, leading the club to its first appearance in the top flight of English football since 1932. …

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Early Ins and Outs

The 2016/17 season is only just over but there is no time to waste as the club prepares for next year. This campaign had some disappointing moments and a number of injury problems so getting the right transfers this summer is vital. It is also crucial that the club hold on to its important players who have impressed and can help improve on this year’s league position. So what early business can we…

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Throwback Thursday: 2016 Farewell to the Boleyn

In this week’s edition of our weekly throwback segment, we speak to Ian, 56, a lifelong West Ham fan and season ticket holder about a very special night, a year ago yesterday. “I’ve been a West Ham for 50 years and a season ticket holder for the last six years with my two sons. On Tuesday 10th May we were heading for Upton Park for the last ever game at the Boleyn …

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Throwback Thursday: European Cup Winners Cup 1981

In this week’s edition of our weekly throwback segment, we speak to Mick, 61, an avid Hammers fan, about a rare European night at Upton Park. “I’ve been a fanatical West Ham fan for 36 years now, but I didn’t start my journey as a Hammer until the age of 25. That coincided with my very first visit to The Boleyn Ground. I’ve loved football all my life, played Sunday league Football in …

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West Ham ace Collins pledges to battle at Arsenal after admitting ‘everyone is down’

West Ham defender James Collins is desperate to help the Hammers to avoid defeat at Arsenal tonight after admitting “everyone is down” at the club. Slaven Bilic’s beleaguered side have gleaned just two points from a possible 18 after the loss at Hull City in the Premier League on Saturday. Now they go to the Emirates Stadium in the hope of turning their fortunes around against Arsene Wenger’s outfit; a side that has…

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Let us show our captain the respect he deserves!

At the last game at Upton Park you could feel the connection between the fans and our captain Mark Noble, I was so proud we had a proper Hammer leading us in such a historic game and you could see from his performance and his reaction at the end what it meant to him to be involved in such an occasion. The move to the London Stadium has been turbulent for…

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Throwback Thursday

In this week’s addition of our weekly throwback segment, we speak to Lee, 34, and a lifelong Hammer on his first experience of the famous Boleyn Ground. “I don’t think you ever forget your first game at your team’s home ground. Mine was a fairly low key game being the 2nd round, 2nd leg of the League cup against Bradford City. For me though, maybe not to many, it was a…

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Fonte juggling his priorities, Academy beaten by Blackburn, Hammers hunt Hamburg defender and Defoe coming home?

Fonte juggling his priorities Our Portuguese centre back Jose Fonte has admitted to having a double focus as he prepares to face Hungary with his national side. The 33 year old said, “Obviously I want to win with Portugal but I want to win with West Ham and start to put things right”. Fonte was speaking in an interview with WHUFC.com. The former Saint’s man has been a regular in the …

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Do they ever listen?

I laughed out loud when I saw the first ‘Media Watch’ proudly tweeted out by the @Westhamunited, the official West Ham twitter page. It’s only taken three months for the club to rebrand, dress up and disguise its previous ‘The Insider’ page. For those of you who have not read the page, it was a gossip page about the club’s transfer dealings. If it sounds ridiculous, it’s because it really is…

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Would you choose Adrian or Randolph?

It was about four months ago now that the calls for Darren Randolph to replace fan favourite Adrián first began to fall upon the London Stadium. Originally, these calls fell on deaf ears with Bilic sticking with his established number one goalkeeper, presumably due to his superior performances in the 2015/16 season. A few games down the line saw Slaven begin to tinker with his side from front to back and eventually that tinkering reached our Spanish shot-stopper. After a string …

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