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It’s going to be a beautiful weekend. The sun’s gonna shine, the sky will be blue. I think I’m going to head to the gym, pop into the supermarket on the way back home, make myself a gourmet fry up, potter in the garden, then on the pop for the rest of the day. Yes sireee it’s going to be a great weekend. ‘Why is it going to be so…

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When Winston Reid left his native New Zealand at the age of 10 years old, few would have thought that he would have become the player he is today, to be held in such high regard by players and fans alike. When he moved to Denmark and began to make waves within the Danish footballing system, it became apparent that this lad had the potential for great things and a brilliant footballing career. He joined FC Midtjylland in 2005 in a professional…

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On love lost days and ale massacred nights, a fan dreams of towering spires and getaways to neighbouring European host cities. For that was the journey we were supposed to venture and that was our story yet to be told. Instead West Ham are clinging onto mid table obscurity, precariously teetering before our fate takes us down or hoists us upwards to reach the skies. The next five fixtures may determine whether we should be in a fight until the very …

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West Ham United manager David Moyes has heaped praise of the newest member of his squad, 36-year-old former Manchester United full-back Patrice Evra. The former French International ad free-agent was signed last week, days after the conclusion of a frustrating January Transfer Window for the club, signing on a short-term deal. Speaking in his Press Conference before the Premier League win over Watford at Rush Green Training Ground last…

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Please allow me to introduce myself. I’m a man of wealth and taste. I’ve been around for a long, long years. Stole many a man’s soul and faith – Sympathy For The Devil – Rolling Stones. Ah yes, those unforgettable lyrics from Messrs Jagger and Richards were penned in 1968 and who knew that they would have the mirrored pertinence today and for all of our mighty woes? Whilst we continue to struggle on the field of play, we are continuously bombarded…

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A second-half spot-kick from young West Ham United Development Squad midfielder Marcus Browne was enough to rescue Terry Westley’s men a draw in the Premier League 2 against Tottenham Hotspur at the Chigwell Construction Stadium yesterday evening. In an entertaining London derby, Keanan Bennetts did give Wayne Burnett’s visitors the lead early on, but Portuguese youngster Domingos Quina levelled things up a short while later in the Division 1 clash. The scores weren’t even for very long with Shilow Tracey putting the…

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Let’s analyse West Ham United player performance from their key Premier League victory over Javier Gracia’s Watford at the London Stadium on Saturday afternoon, a game in which David Moyes’ Hammers claimed three highly-important pouts in the fight for survival in the bottom half. Adrian San-Miguel: 9/10 Retaining his League position ahead of Joe Hart, it would turn out to be one of the Spanish shot-stopper’s better afternoons in Claret…

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It’s now time to take a look back at some of the main causes of discussion in the wake of Saturday’s Premier League clash between David Moyes’ West Ham United and Javier Gracia’s Watford at the London Stadium, as the Hammers remained unbeaten at home in all competitions in 2018. Hammers Claim Vital Relegation-Battle Points West Ham’s win against the Hornets over the weekend wasn’t just significant in carrying on their impressive…

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5:14 PM: Javier Gracia has joined us to speak here post-match, live quotes to follow………… 5:15 PM: While we wait for Moyes and Gracia to arrive and address us here, why not head over to @MooreThanAClub on Twitter to vote for your Man of the Match? 5:10 PM: When the two bosses get here, the away followed by the home, we are expecting, we will have exclusive live quotes for you, so stay with us. 5:05 PM: I have arrived swiftly …

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After a midweek of FA Cup Fourth-Round Replay action, the Premier League is back for another full round of fixtures this weekend, Matchday Twenty-Seven to you and me and what a few days it promises to be as David Moyes’ West Ham United host Watford and Pep Guardiola’s League leaders entertain former champions Leicester City. The next three days’ Footballing action will get underway in some style tomorrow lunchtime, with …

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If there was ever a time when we needed Captain Jean-Luc Picard together with his crew to fly in with his USS Enterprise – D and save us from the clutches of the hive consciousness that is The Borg…then that time is surely now. The cybernetic organisms have hovered over our West Ham universe in their cuboid dwelling with little indication that they are ready to buzz off to alien worlds light years away. The collective consciousness we thought so…

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In the 27th round of matches of the 2017/2018 Premier League campaign, David Moyes’ West Ham United play host to Javier Gracia’s Watford in what is a pivotal match in the complexion of both team’s bid for survival in the Top-Flight. The Hammers are fresh from a first defeat of 2018 in the league away to Brighton & Hove Albion, while the Hornets pulled off a shock to thrash defending champions Chelsea 4-1 on Monday Night Football …

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Whenever being defeated becomes better than blaming those with entwined hands, it is as natural as a vote of confidence prior to impending severing of ties. We fans will be looking around, searching for culprits, identifying reasons and narrowing in on the minutia of when the season spiralled out of control. We may indeed get relegated, we may survive by the skin of our teeth or we may rise up to the heavenly heights of eleventh or thirteenth, …

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In the seventeenth edition of our Classic Match series, we delve into the archives once more to relive with you a memorable match from down the years. This time around it features Saturday’s visitors to the London Stadium in the Premier league, Watford. Cast your minds back to the late spring of 2016, “I Took a Pill in Ibiza” by Mike Posner was at the very summit of the British Music Charts and Her Majesty Queen …

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Do you remember when the lottery was first launched? Just before the draw Mystic Meg gave her predictions of who’ll win the up and coming draw. “I can see that the winner of this week’s draw. The winner will be a man or maybe a woman” she would muse. “From the North or maybe The South.” What? “A young winner or possibly old.’ Okay she wasn’t that bad but like …

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The arctic wind roared in from the North to smother us with dread, surround us in misery and to steal away any aspirations that we might pull away from a relegation battle. We had come off a reasonably impressive string of performances and had climbed the table, yet still tentative at best. We had not shown confidence in victory, we had not displayed cavalier pomp in parity but we had started …

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Portuguese youth International winger Ricardo Vaz Te was one of are few from his nation to wear the colours of Claret & Blue, doing so between winter of 2012 and the winter of 2015. But, why will the speedy wide-man always have a special place in the hearts of West Ham United fans? Why did his love affair with the supporters come to an end just under three years ago? And, more importantly, where is he now? Ricardo Vaz…

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One could forgive a wry smile of incredulity when hearing false prophets proclaiming salvation from a fine Port…our answer to the countdown conundrum in midfield. However, the early indications may have us rethink our scepticism for our new ‘Super Mario’ Joao Mario, is looking very good indeed for his loan fee and potential buy on fee in the summer. The deal that seemed to lumber on for a week or so prior to…

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West Ham United are not a club immune to the headlines. The last two to three years have become infamous in recent history. What has gone on will be recorded and depending on fans’ opinions seen as a moment where their side have travelled backwards in time or taken a step into a necessary new chapter. The removal men have come and gone and it was thought that a shining new arena, combined with a manager who’s Premier League experience is…

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In the sixteenth round of matches of the 2017/2018 PL2 Division One campaign, Terry Westley’s West Ham United Development Squad play host to Elliot Dickman’s Sunderland Development Squad in what is set to be an intriguing East London battle. The young Hammers will be looking to bounce back instantly from a disappointing League defeat away at Swansea City a week ago, while the Young Black Cats were also in action last week, Sunday to be more precise when they went down 1-3 …

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Can you remember a time when our Latino air filled bladder kickers took the league siege and spared no mercies in front of goal? We had such high hopes for Pablo Barrera who failed to shine whilst Guillermo Franco didn’t really fill our cups to the brim either. In the summer we thought we had made the coup of the century by signing our very own Javier Hernandez…yes Mr Chicharito himself. The product of …

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It’s now time to trawl back over some of the main causes of discussion from Saturday’s Amex Stadium Premier League clash between Chris Hughton’s Brighton & Hove Albion and David Moyes’ West Ham United, as the Hammers tasted a first League defeat of 2018. Murray Continues Wondrous Form Brighton striker Glenn Murray has already proved a tremendous handful to the defence of West Ham once this season and the story would be …

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West Ham travel to Brighton this weekend looking over their shoulder at the relegation battle that they are just about out of at the moment. Tuesdays performance was encouraging, again the team showed great heart coming from behind to draw against an inform Palace team who were very unimpressive despite the attacking talent they had at their disposal. Joao Mario was impressive in his first game and Noble and Kouyate were …

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1:05 PM: We would like to apologise for the lack of our usual visuals of the front of the Training ground and Media Centre today, we have been experiencing some major technical issues, we hope to get those images up as soon as we can, go nowhere. 1:00 PM: Good afternoon from a very chilly Rush Green Training Ground where we have finally arrived to bring you live coverage of David Moyes’ Pre-…

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The last time I tasted FA Cup glory as a supporter was in 1980. My nuts hadn’t even dropped, now it seems like everything else has. I got married on Saturday 20th May 1995. Everything was booked the year before. Church, reception, flowers cars and all that, then it dawned on me FA Cup final day. I’d half joked to my fiancé Rachel that it might be tricky with the cup. Our fears…

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In this week’s edition of our weekly Throwback segment, we hear from John, 44, a lifelong Hammers fan and Season Ticket holder about a very special first ever visit to the famous Boleyn Ground. “A Plaistow lad born and bred and starting out in life in the 1970s, it was a fascinating time for a West Ham family. Dad, uncles, cousins and distant family relatives all sported the famous Claret & Blue on Matchdays. One…

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