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The design of the £700m Olympic Stadium is so flawed for football use that it has created a ‘battleground’ for fans, say stadium experts.

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One of the more low key summer arrivals, West Ham fans might not have fully appreciated the potential of the 20-year-old Swiss signing from Sion. After his goal against Chelsea that has changed.

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Slaven Bilic will be on familiar territory when West Ham attempt to put Wednesday’s crowd trouble behind them. The Hammers on Sunday head to Everton, where Bilic played for two seasons.

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The Irons are set for a Wednesday night clash at Old Trafford on November 30 as they bid to reach the semi-finals of the League Cup. And the club are awaiting confirmation of the ticket allocation for the Old Trafford tie, which will also be screened live by Sky Sports at 8pm. West Ham and […]

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The Metropolitan Police have released details of those arrested after Wednesday night’s trouble around the West Ham v Chelsea match. The police have reduced the number arrested from seven to six and names three of the name already charged. Although they have not released how many of the six were West Ham supporters it is […]

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A quite magnificent analysis of what’s happening at the London Stadium  appears in today’s Daily Mail guided by the word processor of West Ham fan and top football writer in this country by a million miles – Martin Samuel! Martin never pulls punches and places perspective on puzzles which confuse the minds of those too […]

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A Chelsea fan – clearly keen to have his five minutes of fame before the BBC cameras – waded into Hammers supporters after the over-hyped incidents in the Trevor Brooking last night. With daughter Victoria,8, he spoke of their terrible ordeal by coins – and how many times she had been hit by them. He […]

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West Ham have landed something of a financial bonanza by getting Manchester United in the quarter finals of the EFL Cup. Clubs take 45 per cent of the gate receipts and in our case with 74k plus possible at Old Trafford we can expect to reap around three quarters of a million plus the likliehood […]

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A late strike from Gary Cahill was not enough to keep Antonio Conte’s team alive in the competition, as the Hammers took an impressive win

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Much has been written about tonight’s game against Chelsea in the EFL cup in terms of stewarding and policing as well as it being a potential tinderbox for trouble. Chelsea have issued advice to their 5,200 fans on their official website and ClaretandHugh have compiled eight bullet points of advice for the 40,000 plus West Ham […]

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Slaven Bilic has played down the “massive rivalry with Chelsea ” hype by declaring: “It is not like we are playing Millwall.” But  he added of the team’s attitude to the game: “I don’t want them to be calm, no, no. I want them to be focused and up for it but at the same time […]

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Former Upton Park stewards are set to be used in potential hotspot areas for the match against Chelsea tomorrow as the club and stadium operators raise a major offensive against possible crowd trouble. Over 5,000 Chelsea fans – the biggest away following so far – will arrive for the game and all security measures have […]

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Slaven Bilic has expanded his thoughts on Diafra Sakho’s comeback via the official site. Earlier we reported that Slaven had declared the striker was on his way back and that he was expecting a lot from him on his return. But in his Manager on Matchday column he said: “This week he has been doing […]

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West Ham cult hero Carlton Cole has returned to England after his brief stint with the Sacramento Republic  came to an end. The 33-year-old played just four matches  totalling 101 minutes without scoring a goal. “Carlton’s now in very good physical condition and his match fitness is better than when he first arrived in Sacramento,” director […]

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Slaven Bilic has sent Sunderland a reminder they should forget all ideas of the London Stadium creating pressure on West Ham’s players this weekend. There have been hopeful sounds coming out of Mackems territory that our poor start at the new home should give them reason for encouragement. But Slav was having none of that […]

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Here’s another chance to help put an end ONCE AND FOR ALL to the Premium Rate ticket office telephone number rip off which has cost Irons fans 68p per minute to call from mobiles. ClaretandHugh launched this campaign a couple of weeks ago and the petition (linked below) has already been signed by over 700 […]

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Our performance on Saturday evening was such a relief, wasn’t it? After five games without a Premier League win and a string of poor performances, the lads finally turned up with a superb performance that more than deserved all three points against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. Manuel Lanzini’s goal was the end product of

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Adrian has made it clear that the three at the back system which was so successful on Saturday at Palace may not necessarily become a regular feature of the Irons tactical approach. The stopper was thrilled with the victory in south London but said: “‘This system worked for us. Every game is different and we […]

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The Premier League have announced their fixture changes for December and January, with five changes for the Hammers.West Ham United’s home fixture against Arsenal remains on Saturday 3rd December, but will now kick-off at 5.30pm. The game at Liverpool the following weekend will now take place on Sunday 11th December with a 4.30pm kick-off. As […]

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Hindsight is a wonderful thing, we came across this article from www.footballfancast.com last month giving five reasons why the Simone Zaza was such a clever move by West Ham. Maybe they will doing a follow up article very soon. Guarantee of goals Zaza has been impressive in Serie A the past number of seasons. His […]

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Mark Noble is ready to become the  neighbour from hell when he clashes with his big buddy James Tomkins tomorrow (Sat). Afer 15 years as team-mates the pair – who even live on the same road – will be on opposing sides for the first time as professionals at Selhurst Park. Noble said: “It will […]

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Slaven Bilic looks set to forsake his normal safety first policy and throw Aaron Cresswell straight into the action at Slhurst Park tomorrow evening. The manager has generally re-introduced previously injured players slowly but seems in no mood to do that as the team looks for a big lift against Palace. He explained: that Creswell has […]

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While the likes of Dimitri Payet and Michail Antonio were on international duty during the break, it seems their manager, Slaven Bilic, was also keeping himself busy.

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Slaven Bilic has brushed off suggestions that the London Stadium is responsbile for the team’s awful start to the season. And he has claimed that he would far sooner be meeting Crystal Palace at home this weekend than having to travel to Selhurst Park. Speaking at his presser ahead of the game he said: “The […]

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Dimi Payet has been named the world’s 43rd best player in a current survey. The Daily Mail is running the feature on the top 100 stars and today Dimi is ranked – ahead of such as Philipe Coutinho (44th), Harry Keane (45th) and Riyad Mahrez (51st). In the write-up on the midfielder the Mail says: […]

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