Up The Hammers – Latest West Ham United FC News

West Ham have pulled out of the race to sign former Hammer Jermain Defoe according to the Daily Telegraph. They claim Defoe is on the verge of signing for Bournemouth on a free transfer after West Ham turned their striker attention elsewhere. Defoe, who did not play in Sunderland’s final game of the season against Chelsea, had a […]

Read the full story

48-year-old Slaven Bilic will go under the knife for his hip operation on Wednesday after holding talks with West Ham’s board over his future and their summer plans.

Read the full story

Ayew nets winner in end of season victory As the full-time whistle blew on one of the strangest West Ham seasons in our history, at least it was the travelling Claret and Blue army who were celebrating despite a Burnley pitch invasion. Irony always manages to play its part when it comes to West Ham United and how ironic was it that on a day where we didn’t even have…

Read the full story

Liverpool have won the Fair Play award for the 2016/17 Premier League season, but where did your side finish?

Read the full story

West Ham endured a difficult campaign in their first season at the London Stadium following their move from Upton Park. Sportsmail look back at an underwhelming season.

Read the full story

Slaven Bilic admits West Ham’s season was not enjoyable – but expects them to benefit hugely from the experience.

Read the full story

Adrian: No chance with the goal and next to nothing to do after that so average mark 5 Byram: Looking better and better game on game; stout defending and raided forward well 6 Fonte: Looked calm and composed. Vastly improved since early games 6 Collins: Couple of clumsy fouls and caught out of position early. […]

Read the full story

JOE BERNSTEIN AT TURF MOOR:  Ayew gave West Ham their first away win for three months as manager Slaven Bilic ended a difficult season on a high. The Hammers finished in 11th.

Read the full story

Most of the bill will be paid by the publicly-funded stadium owners. The decision to lease the former Olympic Stadium to the East London football club has long been mired in controversy.

Read the full story

The Hammers are famed for having orchestrated the successful careers of the likes of Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard and Joe Cole but Slaven Bilic gone for experience over youth this season.

Read the full story

BBC Pundit Mark Lawrenson predicts final day misery for the Hammers on Sunday as they travel to Turf moor. Lawro writes on the BBC website: “Other than their win over Tottenham, West Ham’s season has tailed off in the last few weeks. Yes, the Hammers are missing some injured players but they have been very average […]

Read the full story

With the final ball kicked in the Premier League season for the Hammers at home this season the task removing West Ham branding will be carried out over the summer in time for the 2017 IAAF Word Athletics Championships. The stadium will first be transformed into a music venue to host Depeche Mode on Saturday 3rd […]

Read the full story

West Ham’s record signing Andre Ayew could re-join Marseille like Dimitri Payet did according to his father. Speaking to Le Parisien on Friday his father, Abedi Pelé said: “If the owner and the fans, who are very important for the club, have the same vision, Marseille will once again become a big club. We’ll see […]

Read the full story

U23s captain Declan Rice could make his first-team debut at Burnley on Sunday. Slaven Bilic revealed this morning that with Winston Rid injured the Republic of Ireland U21 defender could get his big call-up. The 18-year-old led the Hammers’ U23 side to promotion via a thrilling Play-Off victory at Newcastle United on Tuesday evening. And […]

Read the full story

Manchester City and Liverpool will beat Arsenal to the final Champions League qualifying spots, says the Sky Sports Premier Predictor.

Read the full story

West Ham could make a move for Brighton and Hove Albion keeper David Stockdale who is out of contract with the Seagulls in June. The 31-year-old has been linked with moves to Chelsea, Crystal Palace and Leeds in the past few weeks. Stockdale was named in the PFA and EFL Championship teams of the year and […]

Read the full story

Hammer Jonathan Calleri has spoken of his ‘happiness’ at West Ham after starting in the last four games for the Hammers as he comes to the end of his season-long loan period.  The Argentine has struggled with life at the London Stadium and to adapt to the pace of the Premier League. “I am happy […]

Read the full story

Exclusive David Sullivan has sent a big “well done” to Academy head Terry Westley and the under 23s on their promotion to Premier League Division One. As we have reported the youngsters beat Newcastle 2-1 at St James’ Park last night to clinch promotion and a delighted Sullivan was quick to send his congratulations. And […]

Read the full story

West Ham are set to land an end of season positional bonus of £17.1 million if they can hold on the 12th place after the weekend game against Burnley. The Hammers are unlikely to rise any higher because although they can grab a maximum of 45 points and those teams on that number – Bournemouth, […]

Read the full story

Enner Valencia – Everton Valencia played the second half of Everton’s 1-0 victory over Watford. The forward has scored 3 goals and provided one assist in just 4 Premier League starts this season, he has also made a further 16 appearances from the substitute bench. Reece Oxford (Reading) did not feature in Reading’s 1-1 draw in the Royals play-off semi-final against Fulham. Oxford has only started 2 games since his loan move in January. Josh Cullen (Bradford City) – Speaking to the West Yorkshire…

Read the full story

Vodafone have confirmed to Sky Sports News HQ that they have shelved plans to pay £20m for the naming rights at London Stadium.

Read the full story

Old defensive woes resurface Many Hammers’ fans would have almost forgot the feeling of walking out of a Football ground complaining about a dreadful defensive display after our five clean sheets in six games, but that feeling was very much restored as a lazy Hammers defence was breached four times by a rampant Reds attack. It became clear quite early in the game that our defence was on the beach a little bit, as …

Read the full story

West Ham decided to return to the bad old days and allow Liverpool to run over them. It was one of the worst performances of a terrible season and here’s how the ClaretandHugh Facebook followers responded @https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ O They’re already on holiday O The atmosphere here in the stadium is as if the fans have […]

Read the full story

Some things are just wrong and taking the kids to work is one of them. Alarm bells were rattling all over the place when I watched Winston Reid and the others carrying their kids on to the pitch yesterday afternoon. We had heard all about focus, intensity, doing a Spurs on Liverpool and then the […]

Read the full story

Slaven Bilic was bitterly disappointed with this afternoon’s performance revealing that he expected a similar display to the one that put paid to Spurs’ Title hopes. He said: “We were slower than on Friday night and they were quicker. “We could have got the first goal and it would definitely have affected the game. We should […]

Read the full story

  Neil McDonald hands out the marks on a horrible afternoon     Adrian: Like going back in time four months – half a dozen superb saves but still let in 4! 6 Byram: Would have been different if he’d hit the target in the first five minutes. Maybe. 4 Reid: Not even sure I can […]

Read the full story