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Co chairman David Sullivan urges lack lustre Hammers to improve West Ham co owner David Sullivan has urged Slaven Bilic’s men to improve ahead of Saturdays Premier League clash with the Foxes. The West Ham born and bred joint chairman said “I am sure that Slaven and his backroom staff and the team were not happy with what happened (against Bournemouth) and will think about it a lot over the next few days”. Sullivan …

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Sixty per cent of West Ham’s 52,000 season ticket holders plan to renew their season tickets at the London Stadium following the announcement of the renew process  today with a renewal deadline of 31st May. A snap social media poll of  four hundred season ticket holders has revealed this afternoon that forty per cent of […]

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The Hammers have an existing 52,000 season-ticket holders at the London Stadium, and a waiting list of 55,000. The cheapest adult season ticket was £289 for the 2016-17 term.

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BT Sport picked up on West Ham fans on social media unhappy with Bilic’s tactics on Saturday and the Sports channel screened their comments live on TV. West Ham Central “Slaven Bilic FC. Play players out of position, concede numerous goals, repeat. Tactical dinosaur.” West Ham Fan Zone “I am not saying he should be […]

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David Sullivan is a very unhappy man and is openly discussing team situations “that cannot go on.” He has gone public on the club’s official site to make things clearer that before declaring: “”I was very disappointed and frustrated with the manner of our defeat at Bournemouth on Saturday. “We went down there determined to […]

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Bournemouth stats Let’s begin by running through the stats from yesterday afternoons 3-2 defeat down on the South Coast at the hands of Bournemouth. Possession: Unlike many other League games this season, we were not on top in terms of possession at the Vitality Stadium. The hosts had the edge in terms of keeping the ball with 52% possession to our 48% possession. Shots on and off target: The game was not without its fair share of goal mouth action with the…

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I had to find some sort of antidote to the worst West Ham performance in a long time before I started writing this morning. When you wake up feeling totally and completely gutted on a Sunday morning something has to be done so for the first time in a long long time I sat down and […]

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Everyone loves a new striker turning up at their club. Sure a towering centre back or a workman like midfield dynamo can be just as important to your team’s success on the pitch but nothing gets the blood pumping like the thought of a 20+ goal a season talisman pulling in your club colours. Which means West Ham fans must be in a permanent state of euphoria right now as they’ve seen 32 brand new strikers walk thought the …

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Co-chairman David Gold has generously rated West Ham’s pitiful display at Bournemouth as a 6/10, despite us losing the lead and giving away two sloppy penalties. DG has probably given the side three more points than us at CandH could manage if pushed to give our verdict on this truly horrible performance He took to Twitter […]

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KIERAN GILL AT THE VITALITY STADIUM: The 26-year-old is turning into West Ham’s MVP and here he got his ninth league goal of the season. It was not enough to avoid defeat but Antonio looked bright.

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The jubilation on the touchline said it all, as Eddie Howe was mobbed by Joshua King, who wheeled away after scoring a hat-trick to earn Bournemouth a much-needed first win this year. King and Benik Afobe both missed first-half penalties before the Norway striker scored his ninth, tenth and eleventh goals of the season in a character-building home win against West Ham United, that lifts the …

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 This will be just the fourth Premier League meeting between the teams. West Ham have won the last two, including the corresponding fixture last season. Bournemouth’s only victory against West Ham in any competition was 4-3 at the Boleyn Ground last season. All seven of West Ham’s Premier League goals against the Cherries have come […]

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The London Mayor has appointed auditors Moore Stephens to conduct his investigation into the London Stadium  transformation costs, the deal with West Ham and the ongoing operating costs. The purpose of the investigation is listed as: •    To provide a narrative explanation of the history of the London Stadium, including all relevant construction, financial and operational […]

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Sky Pundit Paul Merson has predicted a draw for West Ham this weekend against Bournemouth. Speaking on Sky Sports website Merson says: “This is a big game. Bournemouth have to win otherwise they could be in real danger. Bournemouth let in too many goals and they are now missing Tyrone Mings through suspension. He will […]

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Former West Ham player Dimitri Payet has told French newspaper L’Equipe that he made his intentions to leave West Ham clear at the beginning of the season but the club didn’t take him seriously at the time. He went on to claim that his former team mates understood his behaviour and congratulated him on his […]

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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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Wembley Stadium’s official twitter account poked a little fun at West Ham joint David Gold yesterday after he claimed the London Stadium was the biggest stadium in London. Gold tweeted “Having the biggest stadium in London and second in the PL is a meaningful and valid point and we should be proud of it. dg. […]

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Bacary Sagna is reportedly keen to make a move to the London Stadium this summer. Hammers boss Slaven Bilic is desperately keen to solve his right back problem but whether he will bee the former Arsenal star as the answer at 34 remains to be seen. The Bagna option was first raised a couple of […]

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West Ham medical chief Stijn Vandenbroucke has delivered and encouraging treatment room report following the match against Chelsea. And it seems there are no worries over absences from action at Bournemouth despite various player picking up what he describes as “the normal bumps and bruises.” Speaking to the official website Stijn said: “We picked up […]

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West Ham posted record figures last month for last season showing turnover  had reached £142m, leap frogging both Everton and Newcastle in terms of financial power. However, this season’s figures will blow last season’s figures out of the water as West Ham smash through the two hundred million barrier on their way to a quarter […]

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Andy Carroll is nearing the kind of fitness, sharpness and in-game guile that could see him reap rewards in front of goal for West Ham any time soon. And big striker Carroll has declared he is in bouyant mood ahead of the Hammers’ trip to AFC Bournemouth at the weekend on the back of the game against Chelsea at the London Stadium on Monday night. Slaven Bilic’s side ran out 2-1 winners but they endured the loss…

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West Ham joint chairman David Sullivan has spoken of his disappointment after the Hammers suffered a 2-1 defeat at home to Premier League title favourites Chelsea last night despite a valiant effort from Slaven Bilic’s men. Sullivan watched the Hammers slip to defeat to Antonio Conte’s side and then tipped them to go on and lift the top flight silverware. Sullivan, who along with fellow co-chairman David Gold invested £105…

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Defeated yes by Chelsea…yes! But the eighth minute of last night’s game put everything into perspective. Bll Shankly’s most famous saying that football is more important than life and death has never been true and last night showed that as we remembered little Hammer Zara Banks. Zara and her Dad Mark attended games together but […]

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West Ham’s game against Chelsea was largely trouble free last night and there was no repeat of coin throwing or crowd trouble which marred the same fixture in the London Stadium back in October in the EFL Cup. The Met Police have confirmed there were no major issues or incidents but they arrested three supporters […]

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West Ham face Chelsea at home in tonight’s late kick off knowing that a win will move them back into the top half. Following results elsewhere, three points for the Hammers will put them just eight from a possible European qualification. Chelsea however can extend their lead at the top back to 10 points with a win. Tottenham now sit just seven points behind Chelsea in second thanks to a late…

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Little Hammer Zara Banks – who passed away at the age of just eight years old earlier this year – will be remembered by the club tonight in the eight minute on the big screens. Zara went to school as normal on Wednesday 11th January but sadly suddenly collapsed in class and was taken to […]

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