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Reports in the papers recently of Spurs’ match against Borussia Dortmund reminded me of when Dortmund were West Ham’s opponents in the Semi-Finals of the Cup-Winner’s Cup in 1966. Reports in the papers recently of Spurs’ match against Borussia Dortmund reminded me of when Dortmund were West Ham’s opponents in the Semi-Finals of the Cup-Winner’s Cup in 1966. The early to mid-1960s was a great time to be a …

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The Metropolitan Police and Premier League are set to enter talks on the best security measures available for the Carabao Cup clash between the Irons and Spurs due to take place on October 25 or 26. A heavy security presence can be expected and the Daily Mail reports Tottenham can expect to at least treble the 24,000 crowd […]

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Slaven Bilic as a selection dilemma hanging over the involvement of Arthur Masuaku and Declan Rice ahead of the match against Spurs at the weekend. The manager made a point of drawing special attention to Rice’s performance against Bolton describing him as having the brain of a 30 year old and finding it impossible to […]

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Marko Arnautovic has warned his West Ham team-mates they would be mistaken to think keeping white-hot Harry Kane quiet is the way to earn a victory over Tottenham. Austrian ace Arnautovic admits stopping Spurs’ leading marksman in his tracks IS essential but that there is a bigger task at hand when Mauricio Pochettino’s men pitch up at the London Stadium for a Premier League clash on Saturday. But the attacker, who played a major…

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The Hammers will ring the changes tonight as the team take on Bolton Wanderers in the League Cup clash at the London Stadium. Slaven Bilic  has reveled that Andy Carroll will miss the game as he can’t take three in a week and that his training regime has been changed to accommodate that. There’s a likelihood […]

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LAURIE WHITWELL AT THE HAWTHOWNS: Javier Hernandez may have been brought to West Ham as a poacher but since Andy Carroll’s return a different task has been asked of him.

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James Collins is tonight at the centre of speculation that he has suffered damage ligament to his ankle and is heading for a scan in the morning. The Ginger Pele suffered the injury in the first half and looked likely to come off to avoid further damage but played on until half time and was […]

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Claret and Hugh Associate Editor Sean Whetstone was joined by podcasters George Bucci, Nigel and guest presenter Iain Dale for this week’s episode of the popular West Ham podcast called Moore Than Just A Podcast. In the 50 minute episode, the boys discuss the Huddersfield victory, there views on the Slaven Bilic and David Sullivan rift and […]

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Huddersfield Town suffered their first loss of the Premier League season in a 2-0 defeat to West Ham at the London Stadium on Monday.

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Birthday boy Slaven Bilic has shared his thoughts on the official website ahead of tonight’s game. Speaking to WHUFC.com he said “Tonight’s game is a big one. There is no getting away from it. And I am facing up to that in the way I have always done throughout my career when in a difficult […]

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Two-year-old Hammers fan Isla Caton has been diagnosed with a rare form of child cancer called Neuroblastoma, only one hundred children in the UK are diagnosed with this cancer each year. It is the same disease which was bravely fought and lost by young Sunderland fan Bradley Lowery. Isla currently having treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital […]

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Monday night’s home game against Huddersfield at the London Stadium is also Slaven Bilic’s 49th birthday. “Birthday or not everyone at the club would like to get the boss three points,” says James Collins. “He’s been under tremendous pressure. It’s crazy in football that the managers get put under so much pressure when sometimes really […]

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West Ham has quietly increased ticket booking fees at the London Stadium by 100% for all Season Ticket Holders. With the introduction of the new Ticket Master contract season ticket holders were charged just £1 per online transaction or £1.95 if using the telephone. Previously supporters had been charged £1.50 per transaction under the See Tickets contract. The […]

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West Ham’s official partner club in Nigeria has hit the headlines in Africa after nine players from FC Ifeanyi Ubah have been hit with 12-match bans for attacking a referee. A vicious August clash against 2-1 winners Niger Tornadoes ended in chaos with Ubah left with nine men after red cards for Godwin Obaje and […]

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This morning the Sun newspaper claimed that Bacary Sagna has reportedly snubbed a move to Brighton in favour of joining West Ham or Leicester. The French international was released by Manchester City at the end of last season and is currently a free agent. The report followed a claim by French newspaper L’Equipe who said that he […]

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Classy Slaven Bilic has made it clear that he was keen to get William Carvalho into the London Stadium and that West Ham spoke to Sporting Lisbon about signing him. But he added: “I’m not angry we didn’t get him. I am frustrated but not angry because you can’t get all the things you want […]

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Slaven Bilic will face the press for the first time since the transfer window closed on 31st August. The pre-match press conference is scheduled for 1.30pm at Rush Green training ground this afternoon. He is likely to He is likely to grilled over his relationship with the owners after David Sullivan appeared to throw him […]

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By Nuno Moreira de Almeida reporting from Lisbon for CandH Sporting Clube de Portugal’s president Bruno Carvahlo last night gave a two hour interview to the club’s TV channel, – a decision which may not have been the wisest of his career. He waded into some controversial issues which included the William Carvalho affair in a […]

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In times like these it is perhaps as well to remember some West Ham history and ask: “Should I be this wound up given what’s gone before at this club?” The last few days have been intense and social media makes things feel so much worse – we live with it or choose to turn […]

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Manu Lanzini’s knee problem will today be examined by Gary Lewin’s medical staff after the midfielder’s return from the Argentine yesterday. The player was eventually forced to travel to South America at the insistence of his international bosses who wanted to check out that the injury was “real.” It recalls the days when Diafra Sakho […]

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Speaking to the French magazine So Foot Dimitri Payet says that Bilic managed him like a father but the real reason why he left was West Ham’s objective differed from the previous season and he feared for his career. Payet said: “He managed me like a father. We spoke every day. He quickly understood how I worked. […]

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Under-fire West Ham boss Slaven Bilic could see his tenure salvaged by the return of striker Andy Carroll. Hammers manager Bilic is said to have a handful of matches remaining to save his job, with the London Stadium outfit enduring a nightmare start to the new Premier League campaign. And reports have already surfaced that Roberto Mancini has emerged as his replacement if results do not improve. Three defeats in as many games leaves West Ham bottom of the…

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West Ham United are tonight reported to be launching legal action against the Sporting Lisbon director who called David Sullivan a “liar” and a “parasite.” According to the Telegraph the club are contacting Nuno Saraiva, Sporting’s director of communications, who claimed they had not made a formal written offer to sign the midfielder William Carvalho. […]

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Sky Pundit Paul Merson has graded West Ham’s summer transfer business at a B+ but says they should be spending £100m Major ins: Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City, free), Joe Hart (Manchester City, loan), Marko Arnautovic (Stoke, £25m), Javier Hernandez (Bayer Leverkusen, £16m). Major outs: Darren Randolph (Middlesbrough, £5m), Reece Oxford (Borussia Monchengladbach, loan), Alvaro Arbeloa (retired), Havard […]

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A record amount of money was spent in the window following the latest Premier League TV contract, but some of the most publicised deals didn’t materialise The summer-long Alexis Sánchez saga twisted at the very last, with Arsenal relaxing their absolute not-for-sale stance. Manchester City made their move only for Arsenal to fail to get Thomas Lemar and the status quo endured. Arsenal will now pray Sánchez …

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By Hugh Southon Ok, he splits opinion like nobody since Ravel Morrison but Diafra Sakho’s world on Wednesday August 30,2017 needs to be examined a little more closely before hard and fast judgements are made about his behaviour. And the truth surely is that at a time when the manager’s man management is so heavily […]

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