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West Ham looked to have secured a point away at Bournemouth following Andre Ayew’s goal seven minutes from time. Bournemouth however came back again and scored in the final minute to hand the Hammers their second defeat in a row. After a turn in form in January the side now have not won for the last four games but remain comfortable in mid table. Bournemouth however took a large step closer to Premier League survival with…

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West Ham United are tonight being reported as being ready to make a move for Manchester City defender Pablo Zabaleta just a few days after being linked with another City right back Bacary Sagna. The Mail claims that Slaven Bilic has been alerted to 32-year-old Zabaleta after it became known that he is weighing up […]

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West Ham have this evening confirmed that Winston Reid will be given a new £70k plus a week contract in the summer. Reid has seen his wages eclipsed by Jose Fonte’s arrival and the club are ready to offer him parity and beyond to reflect his value to the club. And a similar deal will […]

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Andy Carroll has joined co chairman David Sullivan in condemning the Hammers squad for yesterday’s performance at Bournemouth brutally admitting: “It was a terrible performance from us.”   The striker – who was anonymous himself for the most part – declared: “We didn’t really get going and their two penalties could have really finished the game, […]

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Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe admitted to an overwhelming sense of relief at the end. The Cherries boss said: “ “ Relief is the overwhelming feeling. It always is in those circumstances – a mixture of emotions but the main one is relief. “It sums up the Premier League really – the ups and downs are […]

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Slaven Bilic is convinced that Michail Antonio’s formshould see him back in the squad. The versatile Hammer of the Year favourite returns to the squad at Bournemouth today and Bilic has made a timely call for his inclusion in the international squad. Gareth Southgate is soon to name his men for  this month’s games against […]

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Slaven Bilic is not for turning as far as Mark Noble is concerned! Many believe the time has come to rest the West ham skipper but the manager is having none of it and in a major interview on the official website couldn’t have made his position any clearer. The manager – having probably been […]

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West Ham Chairman David said on Wednesday: “I think the majority of fans are happy with the Stadium given the alternatives and if all goes to plan it will be the biggest in London. dg” On the back on Mr Gold’s statement, Claret and Hugh ran a poll  yesterday to ask West Ham supporters the […]

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Eden Hazard and Diego Costa were on target as Chelsea swatted aside West Ham 2-1 to take a 10-point lead at the top of the league. Sportsmail’s Ralph Ellis takes a look at five things we learned.

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  Irons 1 Chelsea 2 Well, perhaps the best thing we can say about tonight was that West Ham didn’t collapse before a very talented Chelsea team. But they did themselves few favours notably when a sloppy Mark Noble pass saw a host of our players the wrong side of the ball as the west […]

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Tony Cottee knows a thing or two about scoring goals in a West Ham shirt. The Hammers legend managed to bang in 146 net-busters in two spells during his career at Upton Park, so any comment he makes on the subject should be noted. Indeed Cottee, who also had a distinguished spell at Everton and represented England on seven occasions, sits in fifth position of the club’s all-time leading goal scorers …

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Results in today’s games could have a big effect on the Hammers league position as they go into Monday night’s home game against Chelsea. Each of the three teams who can leapfrog us in the table look to have relatively decent chances of doing so but of course we know that’s not the way this […]

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West Ham welcome Chelsea to the Olympic Stadium on Monday night and have lost just once in their last five Premier League games. The Hammers have however secured just two points against teams from the top six so far this season and will have to be at their best to do so here. Chelsea have picked up 53 points out of the last 60 on offer and have only conceded more than two goals once …

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The Irons Premier League visit to the Emirates has been kicked back 24 hours to Wednesday, April 5 at 7.45pm. The switch has been made because Arsenal meet Manchester City at the stadium on  April 2 for  live TV coverage – although the Hammers’ trip across London won’t be televised itself. News of the date […]

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Back last year The Mirror’s Mike Walters gave Claret amdHugh his assessment of the Hammers and their manager as we went from chaos to disaster . Now Mike – a great writer and  personal pal – takes a look at what’s happened since in a blog which brings an  objective view of where the Irons are […]

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INTERVIEW BY MATT BARLOW: Fulham were losing at Elland Road when Rosenior and Paul Parker went to retrieve a ball near the Leeds fans. ‘There must have been 10,000, going “sieg heil”.

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Former Hammer Mauro Zarate has been ruled out for the season after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury. The 29-year-old twisted his knee badly against West Ham on Saturday in the 1-1 away draw. He required oxygen on the pitch before he was taken off after nine minutes of treatment. Zarate, making his third appearance […]

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Marseille president Jacques-Henri Eyraud has publicly – and perhaps rather smugly – expressed his  delight at grabbing Dimitri Payet on the cheap at £25 million.. Despite being valued at £40 million plus the midfielder  got away from the Irons on the back of ‘strike’ with personal reasons apparently being used as a backdrop to his […]

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Andre Ayew looks set for a run in the team after pleasing boss Slaven Bilic with his sub performance against Watford. The club’s record signing grabbed yesterday all important goal  and was lively throughout his time on the pitch. Now the £20 million record signing – having admitted immediately after the game he wants more […]

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View the original here: Hammers Chat lads discuss the Watford game

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Former Southampton and England front man Mick Channon has always found it pretty easy to get the hump. And as ever, the old boy and top racehorse trainer has refused to hold back while criticising Jose Fonte’s decision to quit the Saints. Speaking to his local newspaper ahead of the  the Saints EFL Cup final clash […]

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Slaven Bilic has sent his sympathies to both reported West Ham target Scott Hogan and his new club Aston Villa. Writing in his London Evening Standard column the Irons boss said: ” “I see that Scott Hogan, who was linked with us before moving from Brentford to Aston Villa during the transfer window, suffered a bad […]

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As smokescreens go the one covering Slaven’s team plans for Saturday evening’s match against Watford couldn’t be much more extreme. The Andy Carroll scenario appears to change not so much by the day as by the hour and explanations vary accordingly as the clock ticks down. After ruling out an appearance, the manager is now […]

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Another former West Ham pub has closed its doors. The Central in Barking Road closed their doors a few weeks ago after failing to make ends meet following the departure West Ham United last summer. The Central follows many other pubs which closed their doors in East Ham and Plaistow area. Planning permission has been […]

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The mystery of what happened to the remaining West Ham John Lyall gates has finally been resolved. The three remaining gates which were put up for auction last year through Hilco with a live auction and webcast at the Boleyn Ground in June was purchased by former West Ham chairman Terry Brown. Three of the […]

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The West Ham Supporters Club also know as the Hammers Social Club in Castle Street held an Emergency General Meeting last week called by its members to decide whether to close their doors or not. Claret and Hugh understand the social club is losing around £7,000 per month and has been doing so since West Ham […]

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