Anthony Martial kept Manchester United’s FA Cup hopes alive as his late equaliser earned a 1-1 draw against West Ham at Old Trafford and forced a quarter-final replay.
Posted on 13 March 2016.
Anthony Martial kept Manchester United’s FA Cup hopes alive as his late equaliser earned a 1-1 draw against West Ham at Old Trafford and forced a quarter-final replay.
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Posted on 13 March 2016.
Claret & Hugh and the Hammers Chat boys are back again with our regular half-time analysis show. Simply click on the video link below 1 minute after the referee blows his whistle and join the fellas whilst they assess the first 45 mins of action. Share This:
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Posted on 13 March 2016.
I can’t wait … really can’t wait. I’m as excited today as I was as kid and I watch an awful lot of football!!! The truth is that there has been no time in my lifetime when I can remember the Irons going to Old Trafford with a better winning chance than they hold today. […]
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Posted on 13 March 2016.
Michail Antonio has a very simple philosophy this FA Cup day: “If you win the FA Cup, your name is on that plaque for ever. You can say: “I’ve done that”. ‘You finish fourth and get in the Champions League and that’s great but if you don’t get in next year, you’re forgotten. That’s how […]
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Posted on 13 March 2016.
ROB DRAPER: It is not just West Ham who are lucky to have Dimitri Payet. The Premier League and the football world in general have a certain Alain Payet to thank that we are enjoying his season.
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Posted on 11 March 2016.
An overwhelming majority of Hammers fans are expecting to brush Manchester United aside and march in on a Wembley semi-final spot on Sunday. ClaretndHugh readers have been voting on the outcome at http://www.claretandhugh.info/page/3/ and there is srill time for you to cast yours. So far nearly 700 have voted and 557 of them (79 pc) are […]
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Posted on 10 March 2016.
Former Hammer Tony Gale has told Sky Sports that West Ham now have a realistic chance of Champions league football next season. The Hammers have lost just two of their last 19 matches and remain within one point of Manchester City and the Champions League qualification spot. Galey told Sky Sports News: “(Top four) is realistic now – with […]
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Posted on 10 March 2016.
Hammers Goal keeper, Darren Randolph has been showing off his hidden striker skills in training at Chadwell Heath this week. Should Slaven Bilic ever be short of fire power up front he could always call Randy off the bench as super sub to score a winner. Our new £20m Striker has been found @RandzOfficial pic.twitter.com/eXJRvsHa66 […]
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Posted on 10 March 2016.
Shocking video footage has emerged from Tuesday night’s game when West Ham Ladies beat Spurs Ladies at the Boleyn ground. There was an incident that would have caused national paper headlines if it had happened in the men’s game 6 days earlier but went largely unnoticed with a crowd of 1,741. As the Spurs ladies […]
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Posted on 08 March 2016.
David Gold has refused to pull his punches in discussing the amazing win over Everton and Dimi Payet’s part in it. The ‘Upton Park Zinedine Zidane’ suffered the biggest low of his season when ruthlessly challenged by James McCarthy in the first encounter at the Boleyn. That put him out of action for two months […]
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Posted on 08 March 2016.
David Sullivan and David Gold are looking at adding some big name players to their squad but will also need to source bargains who could be allowed to bed in with an affiliated club.
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Posted on 07 March 2016.
The Mirror’s Darren Lewis tonight makes his first appearance in the ClaretandHugh Interview section of MooreThanJustAPodcast. Darren – a Fleet Street pal of ClaretandHugh founding editor Hugh Southon – supplied CandH with his first exclusive blog earlier today which can be seen here http://www.claretandhugh.info/irons-win-at-everton-changed-everything/ The Mirror’s West Ham correspondent is interviewed by associate editor Sean Whetstone and […]
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Posted on 07 March 2016.
The Mirror’s Darren Lewis always gives the Irons the credit they deserve. We witnessed that last week when he made the Irons v Spurs game all about us rather than follow the others who decided to report on “what’s gone wrong with Spurs.” We are delighted he has given ClaretandHugh this exclusive blog in which he declares: […]
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Posted on 06 March 2016.
Row Z is back after a week off. Hammers Chat front man Gonzo brings you Row Z, the weekly news bulletin based on news published first in ClaretandHugh over the last seven days. The excitement in the Hammers air is clear as we cover all the top news from inside the Boleyn after a hat-trick […]
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Posted on 06 March 2016.
Hammers Chat top man Gonzo makes his written word CandH debut and – quite frankly – takes Shearer, Lawrenson, Keown and Co to the cleaners – READ ON! So once again it seems the Match of The Day team can barely bring themselves to to admit that we’re pushing for the top […]
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Posted on 04 March 2016.
Three so called football pundits have West Ham down to lose this weekend while the Hammers arch enemy, Mark Lawrenson says a draw is on the cards at Goodison park. West Ham’s last win at Goodison Park came over 10 years ago on 14th December 2005 when a David Weir own goal together with a […]
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Posted on 04 March 2016.
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Posted on 03 March 2016.
Exclusive ClaretandHugh has learned that West Ham’s wage bill is budgeted to rise to £67m per next season year based on the current squad when taking into account the inflation of renewing players contracts. But the chances of adding a £300,000 per week marque player in the summer suggested by ill informed media reports seem […]
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Posted on 03 March 2016.
“Always it is difficult, it was a game that was more physical than others, in the way that they play, always this long ball, and they try to fight in every action, and they are very strong,” Pochettino told Sky Sports. “For us it was difficult for the way that we want to play, and […]
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
Sam Ford, who scored against Wolverhampton Wanderers just 12 minutes into his development squad debut, has agreed a deal with West Ham until June 2017 with an option for an extra year.
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
Slaven Bilic is holding his pre-match press conference at 10am this morning ahead of Wednesday’s home game against Spurs. Here are all of his summarised quotes courtesy of @WHUFC_Official “Diafra Sakho has been training with us for a week and we will see him today. He might be in the squad.” “We are without Sam Byramn Hard […]
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Posted on 29 February 2016.
By Scott Alsweiller A bumpy win over Sunderland, but we’ll take it and move on. Our focus now must remain on two separate goals. Winning the F.A. Cup (which should forever remain a relevant and exciting competition), and securing European football for next season – a huge double dream indeed. We were helped in the […]
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Posted on 29 February 2016.
Alex Song may need to moderate his wage demands if he is to have a chance of landing a permanent West Ham United deal at the end of the season. The midfielder’s future has been in the balance since he returned to the club on loan and there are differing opinions inside the club as […]
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Posted on 28 February 2016.
MARTIN SAMUEL: Wahbi Khazri couldn’t even stay loyal to a country, let alone a club, so Sunderland’s chances of keeping him in the Championship next season may be remote.
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Posted on 28 February 2016.
Sunderland new boy Wahbi Khazri grabbed all the attention for the wrong reasons in West Ham’s 1-0 victory at the Boleyn Ground yesterday. The attacking midfielder, who joined from Bordeaux in January, attempted a Rabona cross but was left with egg on his face when it went spectacularly wrong. The 25-year-old drew jeers and cheers […]
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Posted on 27 February 2016.
West Ham United Starting XI: Kick Off 12.45pm LIVE on BT Sports 1 Adrian, Byram, Collins, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Noble (c), Kouyate, Antonio, Payet, Lanzini, Emenike SUBS: Randolph (GK), Henry, Oxford, Song, Obiang, Moses, Carroll West Ham have only lost one of their last seven games against Sunderland, although four have been drawn (W2, […]
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