Up The Hammers – Latest West Ham United FC News

By Rich Sprent STRIKERS! Hugh stole a march on me when he wrote about that West Ham should be maybe looking at English strikers rather than expensive imports. And earlier this week fellow blogger, Niall McDonald, quoted Arsene Wenger on the C&H Facebook forum, “You don’t scout the best players – you just need money to […]

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According to Spanish website Fichajes, Sevilla, Valencia and Malaga are all ready to offer Calleri a way out of his nightmare West Ham season long loan deal in the January transfer window his failure to adapt to the Premier League. Calleri has made just seven appearances so far this season and only one of those […]

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Friends of a teenager who tragically died after collapsing during a Sunday league football match last week have called for a special tribute during Spurs’ weekend clash at home to West Ham this weekend. 18 year old Spurs fan Jack Atkinson  been playing for local side Holland Football Club when he suffered a cardiac arrest […]

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Gokhan Tore joined West Ham over the summer on a one season deal from Besiktas for a £2.5 million loan fee with a £10 million buyout clause option. Despite being Slaven Bilic’s number one priority signing he has struggled to settle in at East London and has provided just one assist all season. Tore has been out […]

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Darren Randolph has repeated his pledge to make life as difficult as possible for Adrian as he pursues a first team spot. Earlier this week he was in the media expressing his frustration but promising not to be knocking on the manager’s door …just yet anyway. But in a new interview he has explained his […]

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A new era, they said. Champions League football, they said. So it wasn’t going to happen overnight and, regardless of the woeful start to this season, this is certainly a new era at the club and there the future still could involve Champions League involvement. But before we continue to dream big, we must go […]

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Sputhend United boss Phil Brown has revealed that former West Ham United attacker Zavon Hines is training with the League One outfit. Hines, 27, came through the West Ham youth system and went on to make 22 league appearances for the club before joining Burnley in the summer of 2011. The former England Under-21 international has […]

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West Ham have still received no inquiries about Dimi Payet and won’t be selling the player in January even should there be. Despite Payet having become Europe’s most admired playmaker, no Premier League clubs have approached the Hammers and there has been no interest from abroad. Dimi’s future became an issue recently when he apparently […]

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Operators London Stadium 185 and West Ham United will introduce a new independent appeal process for anyone facing a stadium ban. Anyone banned from the London Stadium this season has been the result of collaboration between the Stadium Safety Officer and West Ham’s Chief Operating Officer. Once the evidence is collated a letter is sent […]

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ClaretandHugh suggested in a blog that five players – Tore, Feghouli, Zaza, Callieri and Nortveidt – would not be missed if they left in the transfer window. Here’s how members of the CandH Facebook forum @https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/    responded: O I agree, i just can not see any of them improving. I dont think they have […]

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David Sullivan is “thrilled”  that Aaron Cresswell has been called into the England squad for the two games against Scotland and Spain. Speaking to the official site the co charman declared: “It is just rewards for the hard work that Aaron has put in on a consistent basis since we brought him to the club […]

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West Ham are being accused of having become a one man team – too reliant on Dimi Payet! The player has left his future open in a recent interview on French TV so do you believe we should cash in if the right offer is made or continue to build the team around him. Should […]

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Gareth Southgate has given his rasons for leaving Michail Antonio out of his latest England squad for the games against Scotland and Spain . The wanabee England full time boss said: “”We are fortunate we have some very good players in those positions,” said Southgate. “We have strength in depth and competition for places. Antonio […]

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It’s usually pretty easy to disagree with Paul Merson…but not on his latest assessment of West Ham United. Speaking on the Sky Sports Panel he made it crystal clear the Irons are far too reliant on Dimi Payet saying: “I think all the players go out on the pitch and go ‘Go on then Payet […]

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View article: Video: Slav speaks about Stoke stalemate

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With Winston Reid suspended for Stoke’s visit to the London Stadium on Saturday, Slaven Bilic will be looking to his squad to fill the void in his three-man defence. The obvious choice would be James Collins – the 33-year-old Welshman already having featured eight times in Claret and Blue this season – but what about […]

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Ten Premier League players are nominated for the Best Fifa Men’s Player 2016, including Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez and N’Golo Kante.

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The chair of the E20 Stadium LLP which owns the London Stadium has dramatically resigned in wake of the Mayor’s enquiry into spiralling costs of the stadium transformation. The LLDC released a statement this morning confirming David Edmonds CBE, Chairman of the London Legacy Development Corporation, resigned last night. The statement reads: “David Edmonds, who […]

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West Ham striker Andy Carroll was held at gunpoint after training on Wednesday reports claim. A club statement said later on Wednesday night that the police were investigating an incident involving one of their players, believed to be Carroll. The statement said: “West Ham United can confirm an incident targeting one of our players on […]

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Met police investigating incident after footballer said he was threatened and pursued by two motorists as he drove home from training West Ham United footballer Andy Carroll was threatened by men claiming to be armed with a gun in an attempted robbery as he returned home from a training session. The 27-year-old striker was driving his Mercedes G-Wagon back to his home in Essex when he approached by two motorcyclists, gesturing that they had a firearm, at a junction shortly…

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Adrian was heavily involved in the action at Goodison park touching the ball 49 times which was three more occasions than midfielder Manuel Lanzini and ten more times than right wing-back Edimilson Fernandes. Of those 49 touches, four were saves. His first save was undoubtedly the best. It came on 26 minutes when Ross Barkley collected […]

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The design of the London Stadium is so flawed for football it should be demolished says planning advisor. Former Burnley chief executive Paul Fletcher, who advised on the original planning of the stadium suggests West Ham’s new home should be ‘demolished’ and rebuilt for football. Despite spending £280million to reconfigure the arena for football use, the […]

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Co-chairman David Gold is off to Goodison Park ready for a result. Speaking exclusively to ClaretandHugh he said: “Had this match been three weeks ago we would have been sneaking into the place but the last three games have changed so much. “Slaven has developed this three at the back system which has found space […]

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Tony Gale has talked about the London Stadium becoming a powder keg. Tony Cottee has claimed that if something isn’t done about the situation he fears a return to the dark days of hooliganism. I have no problem at all with former players earning a few quid from the media but those remarks were way […]

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Everton’s James McCarthy – guilty of the most appalling scissor kick on Dimi Payet which put the Hammers maestro out for three mnths – will miss tomorrow’s gae against us at Goodison Park. And the Toffees will also have to play without Leighton Baines with both players remaining injured ahead of another season defining game […]

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West Ham have announced new stringent security measures, including relocating some supporters and increasing the use of segregation netting inside London Stadium, in a bid to avoid further crowd trouble. In a letter released to Sky Sports  on Friday, West Ham have revealed a new robust plan to prevent any further violence inside their new home. The […]

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