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West Ham player Enner Valencia is alleged to have faked an injury to escape from police during Ecuador’s victory over Chile last night. The striker currently on loan to Everton was confronted by police officers upon arriving at the stadium on Thursday over unpaid child maintenance bills.  The 26-year-old started Ecuador’s 3-0 victory and but it […]

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Operators London Stadium 185 together with caterers Delaware North will ban the sale of bottles from the Premier League match when West Ham face Sunderland later this month. The London Stadium Safety Advisory Group (LS-SAG) which met earlier this week have decided all bottles must now be decanted and liquid contents poured into plastic glasses […]

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Work is underway to install the largest TV screen in Europe at the London Stadium. Construction workers have removed temporary fabric panels containing West Ham players under the illuminated West Ham United sign and are preparing to lift a number of panels into place this week.  This picture taken on Wednesday evening shows that the 12 metre fabric […]

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Karren Brady has let slip that a film called Iron Men is being made about the Boleyn Ground. West Ham commissioned Spark Media to make the film in their final season at the Boleyn Ground and eagle eyed supporters would have spotted the film crew on match days in their high visibility vests last season […]

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Enner Valencia has been met by police and lawyers in Ecuador following a training session while on international duty. The striker a was faced by authorities holding a judicial order, with lawyers representing the mother of his five-year-old daughter seeking an alleged £13,350 in maintenance,reports the Liverpool Echo. The 26-year-old was greeted at the Atahualpa […]

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Karren Brady is widely reported today on the comments she made at the Leaders Sports Business Summit at Stamford Bridge ysterday (Wed). In pursuit of a stick with which to beat West Ham, the media at large leapt on her remarks about the club’s “culture” prior to the Davids arrival and spun them out of […]

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West Ham winger Michail Antonio has fulfiled al promise made to a Birmingham charity. Good guy Michail pledged a signed shirt for Libby Mae’s Little Angels to founders Richard and Charlotte Sharratt, but ran out of time to post it before last Saturday’s auction for neonatal units across the region. So he went out of […]

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Supporters representatives of both West Ham and Chelsea will meet with the Football Unit for the Metropolitan police on Thursday evening ahead of the EFL Cup game on 26th October. ClaretandHugh Associate editor, Sean Whetstone will be present as a guest of the Football Supporters Federation (FSF) who arranged the meeting to raise fan issues […]

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West Ham Vice chairman Karren Brady has been speaking today at a Leaders in sport conference in London. Among the audience was Guardian journalist Owen Gibson who has been relaying her speech via social media which can be found below. “Karren Brady says Olympic Stadium was an opportunity to “rebrand” the club. Also says club […]

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The probe into the player’s night out which allegedly ended at dawn for Andy Carroll and Darren Randolph is understood to have been headed up by the manager. But a top club source told us this morning that whatever the outcome the decision will be backed at board level. Carroll and Randolph were claimed to […]

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Alan Pardew will be without both Loic Remy and Jonathon Benteke for the clash against the Irons. And with James Tomkins ready to face up to his old side for the first time aready the anticipation is underway. Tomkns has revealed that this will be a massive match for him and he could be in […]

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Simone Zaza’s father/agent Calcio Mercato has claimed this evening that the Irons will have to buy his mis-firing striker son permanently should he play ten games in the claret and blue. However, our understanding is, from sources inside the club, that the figure is closer to 16. Some game playing is cloearly going on from […]

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Former England,  Nottingham Forest and Hammers hero Stuart Pearce forsees Michail Antonio following enjoying a great Three Lions career. The former Irons left back gave the £7m Hammer a glowing reference saying: “Antonio is someone I know well and he’s a great player. I was really pleased when he got the call-up for England!” Speaking […]

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17-year-old disabled Middlesbrough fan, Owen Swift was one of the 3,000 Boro fans who made the trip to the London Stadium at the weekend and was caught up in the crowd problems. He told the Middlesbrough Gazette“We could see West Ham fans drinking alcohol in the stands and they weren’t watching the game,” “When West Ham scored […]

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Reports in Italy warn West Ham could send Simone Zaza back to Juventus as soon as January, rather than buy him outright. The Italian striker joined the Hammers on loan this summer, with the deal automatically becoming permanent on his 15 appearance. That transfer would be worth £17.5m plus bonuses to Juventus who have already budgeted for […]

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Former Hammer Stewart Downing says he prefers the Boleyn Ground after playing at the London Stadium on Saturday but says the players are going to have to get used it. “Players wise there’s a lot of the same old faces but it felt a bit like going to a different club in terms of the […]

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Former Hammer James Tomkins admits that  Crystal Palace would have preferred the visit of his old club not to be disrupted by the international break. When asked if Palace would have wanted the derby to follow straight on from the 1-1 draw at Everton, Tomkins told eagles.cpfc.co.uk: “For sure. We’d have liked to have played it […]

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Aaron Cresswell began training with the first-team today after recovering from the knee injury sustained against Karlsruher in the pre-season friendly. And according to co chairman David Gold both he & Andy Carroll could be available for the match against Crystal Palace after the international break. The striker  has been working towards full fitness after […]

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Ok we hate bad language even among fans but this is funny and we can’t resist posting. If you are offended by the F word we advise you to turn away now. That famous East End humour and ability to laugh at ourselves has come to the forefront in this video which is aimed at […]

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Gokhan Tore has made the sort of West Ham start nightmares are made from and is regularly getting booed from the terraces. Here ClaretandHugh Facebook members @https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ have their say on the loanee from Turkey. O Slav is not the only West Ham manager to persist with no hopers. Carlton Cole and Boa – Morte […]

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Right back Sam Byram will be out injured for weeks following a serious hamstring tear on Saturday against Middlesborough Bilic has admitted. As a general rule, grade one Hamstring strains should be rested from football for 3 weeks and grade two injuries for about 4 to 6 weeks. In the case of a complete rupture, […]

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I don’t like Richard Keys – never have never will and that he was allegedly involved in an affair with his daughter’s friend at a time when his wife of 34 years is batling cancer – came as no surprise. Last week  the disgraced former Sky Sports commentator was busily taking a “told you so” […]

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Police say they are received no reports of injuries or stabbings following Saturday’s draw against Middlesborough despite claims on social media that a Boro fan had been stabbed and a video which was claimed showed a knive in the hands of a young West Ham fan. An eyewitness subsequently told the Middlesborough Gazette how she watched […]

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As usual I took my camera to the game yesterday and amongst others I bumped into Claret and Hugh associate editor Sean Whetstone on the way home. We dissected the days proceedings at the top of the Waterloo Station escalators and by the sounds of things it should be an interesting Moore Than Just a […]

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David Sullivan has expressed his anger at what he descibes as sensationalised events outsde the London Stadim yesterday. And he snapped: “A group of mindless thugs with no intention of watching the game came together outside the ground, and three arrests were made. I have watched all the videos and as far as I can […]

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