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West Ham have once again borrowed against future income from the Premier League TV rights. Papers filed with Companies House in August show West Ham borrowed from a company called Rights and Media Funding Limited formally called JG Funding. In theory the Hammers could borrow up to £100m which drawn down and used like an […]

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David Gold has compared the arrival of Alvaro Arbeola’s London Stadium arrival to that of Stephen Carr’s when he was in charge at Birmingham City seven years ago. Arbeola’s sigature brought Slaven Bilic’s new players to a round dozen and Gold believes the  33-year-old will have a positive impact on the  squad, just as Carr did […]

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Reece Oxford is locked into talks with the Hammers over a new contract. However, ClaretandHugh understands that there is no agreement with ‘Team Oxford’ claiming that at this stage there is no rush to do the deal given his current contract doesn’t run out until 2019. The Hammers know however that should the issue go […]

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Guest post by Hammers Balkan West Ham starlet Luka Belić has joined Scottish Motherwell FC on initial six- month loan deal. Before talking with Hammers Balkan journalist he could not hide his joy with this loan deal. “I am very satisfied with this deal, and I will try to prove my self“, he said at […]

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Jacqueline Gold CBE Jacqueline_Gold For goodness sakes, it’s not rocket science – sit on the seats, get the licence – do what you like #COYI Jackie Gold nailed it with this tweet and there’s really not much more to say – except by those who like a row for its own sake: Read the message she’s […]

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We’re all moaning of course – the man didn’t get on and that is a huge disappointment for all Irons. Given some of the ineffective forward play before a late scrappy winner it would have been reasonable to expect Michail Antonio to have got the usual mid second half call but no, we were all […]

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Sam Allardyce has had senior West Ham insiders scratching their heads today after comments over his alleged interest in Leicester City and England striker Jamie Vardy whilst Irons boss. The morning papers revealed that the former Hammers boss claimed Allardyce was advised to sign Vardy when he was in charge at the club and the player […]

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Following on from tragic events during the 1980’s the football terraces were outlawed by law to be replaced by all seater stadiums. The Taylor Report recommended that all professional football divisions in England and Wales phase out the usual concrete terraces and to become all-seater. This was later amended to be enforced on the top […]

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Sam Allardyce scraped a win over the 10 men fro Slovakia with a depth of injury timegoal. But what did the Hammers fans make of the first game under the former Irons boss. Here’s some knee jerk reaction from members of the ClaretandHugh Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ O Normally I wouldn’t go near an England qualifier. […]

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Sam Allardyce is keeping Hammers fans in suspense – as was always the way – over whether he will hand Michail Antonio his  chance in tonght’s international against Slovakia. As revealed earlier this week the starting line-up does not include the Hammer but he has been named among 11 subs for the game. Antonio has […]

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West Ham are set to see four players – all of whom have suffered major or minor injuries – become avaialble for the match against Watford…with of course Dimi Payet leading the way. According to the very well respected Physio Room website which lists Premier League return dates for injured players, Sofiane Feghouli could be set […]

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Adrian has given an interview to Spanish daily newspaper Marca about his call up to Spain. Adrian told Marca: “After completing training with West Ham I saw that my mobile had 300-odd Whatsapp messages and thousands of calls from people wanting to congratulate me. Going to the Premier League changed my life. England is where […]

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Manchester United are this morning reportedly keen to sign former Irons Academy product Idris Kanu to their own youth set up. The club is monitoring the striker’s progress after he impressed for the under-18 side against Middlesborough at Carrington according to the Manchester Evening News. Kanu scored twice in United’s 5-1 win and could be […]

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The referee’s organising body has denied claims by Mark Halsey they have put pressure on refs to claim they had not seen controversial match incidents. ClaretandHugh covered Halsey’s comments yesterday after they had appeared in the national press and followed closely on the Sergio Aguero/Wimston Reid elbowing affair. The organising body for elite referees in […]

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West Ham paid a transfer fee thought to be worth £5.5m to sign attacking midfielder Edimilson Fernandes from FC Sion. Fernandes is the cousin of former Manchester City and Leicester midfielder Gelson Fernandes. The 20-year-old came through the youth system at FC Sion and has since made 48 first-team appearances for the Swiss club, scoring […]

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David Gold has admitted being seriously hurt at a Twitter claim which questioned his motives on telling supporters to sit not stand at the London Stadium. The club has issued a recent statement via Karren Brady that the club would take serious action against those who continue to stand and obstruct the view of others. […]

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Hammers vice chairman Karren Brady claims the Irons are no longer a selling club. And she points to the summer signings to back her claim after the club brought in Sofiane Feghouli, Ashley Fletcher, Andre Ayew, Alvaro Arbeloa, Arthur Masuaku and Havard Nordtveit on permanent contracts amongst other players. Simone Zaza and Gokhan Tore on loan […]

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Sam Allardyce – having brought Michael Antonio into his international squad – has left him out of tomorrow’s starting line-up for the match in Slovakia. Right or wrong? ClaretandHugh’s Facebook forum members at  https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ have their say. O I think it’s a wise decision to give him a chance from the bench. It’s a qualifier, […]

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Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero will miss the Premier League derby against Manchester United on 10th September after being banned for three games. A Football Association panel found the 28 year old striker guilty of violent conduct after he elbowed West Ham’s Winston Reid in City’s 3-1 Premier League win on Sunday. Aguero is also suspended […]

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After the high excitement of seeing Michail Antonio called up for England my interest in the international team was briefly re-ignited. Sam Allardyce made a top call in bringing the Iron into the Three Lions fold and I can’t think of a worthier candidate – so well done to the manager on that. Sadly however, the […]

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David Gold has again called for fans to sit down in the London Stadium. Despite him and David Sulivan calling for the fans to do so in a statement on the official site, a petition has now been started for the possible introduction of a safe a standing area in the ground. However, this remains […]

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Dimi Payet has been questioned by some West Ham supporters about his commitment to West Ham after playing for France last night despite missing the last four competitive games for West Ham with a knock. However, Payet’s new pay deal means he has missed out on £100,000 of wages after missing the games for the […]

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Chairman’s sons Jack and Dave Sullivan revealed on a live radio interview on transfer deadline day there had been one inquiry about Dimi Payet from a club which they refused to name on air. Asked the question on Phoenix FM by Exwhuemployee,  Jack and Dave explained their father received an inquiry but he had immediately quoted […]

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Co-chairman David Gold has sent a personal goodwill message to Enner Valencia after his loan move to Everton. And he believes that the move north will give the striker the confidence shot he requires to get his career back on track. There can be no denying that the Ecuador international has become far less effective […]

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The decision to ban shirts of teams – other than our own and those of the opponents on the day at The London Stadium – is excellent news and has eliminated potential flashpoints for trouble. I could barely believe early reports CandH were receiving that shirts of other clubs were being seen around the ground. Why […]

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