Up The Hammers – Latest West Ham United FC News

West Ham United are one of England’s most established clubs. With a firm Essex fan base and working class factory roots, they represent the pure essence of the English game. The Irons, formerly The Thames Iron Works Football Club, and also famously known as The Hammers, left their Boleyn Ground home, otherwise known as Upton […]

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Has any team won the Premier League from Manchester United’s position? Can Liverpool keep conceding goals and take the title? And will Sunderland pull off a Premier League first if they stay up?

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West Ham have sold 2,618 from the 3,000 tickets allocated to them for the Premier League clash with Manchester United at 4.30pm on Sunday 27th November. The Hammers need to reach the 2,800 figure to hit the sale or return target, or will end up paying for the tickets that are unsold under that amount. £30 […]

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West Ham left-back Aaron Cresswell could be in line to make his full international debut for England against Spain in Tuesday night’s friendly after Southampton’s Ryan Bertrand sat out training on Tuesday while Tottenham’s Danny Rose is set to be rested. The FA confirmed that England and Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney would join Bertrand […]

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Simone Zaza has described Napoli as a ‘great team’ but insists he would be a ‘failure’ if he were to leave West Ham after just a few months in the Premier League.

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Dimi Payet has spoken out on the club’s poor form putting the entire problem down to confidence levels. Payet, who was a standout performer for West Ham last season, admits his team-mates are struggling to get going and the confidence levels are really low right now. After scoring the winner against Sweden for France last […]

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Interesting news out of Spurs this morning is that midfielder Dele Ali is likely to miss next weekend’s game against the Irons after twisting his knee in training last week. The 20 year old was preparing to face  Arsenal when he sustained the injury, with  boss Mauricio Pochettino saying he’d be out for a few weeks. […]

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Another week and another spectacular result. Yes, the mighty Hammers have a lot to celebrate with the spectacular win over Stoke. A result that is up there with our three FA Cups and the European Cup Winners Cup success. What win I hear you ask? Well, clearly you are out of touch with our own […]

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David Gold fears that if Aaron Cresswell doesn’t get on for the start against Scotland this evening he won’t get on at all. The co chairman is thrilled our  left back has received his international call up declaring: “No player deserves it more – he has worked so hard and been brilliant for this club […]

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West Ham have still received no inquiries about Dimi Payet and won’t be selling the player in January even should there be. Despite Payet having become Europe’s most admired playmaker, no Premier League clubs have approached the Hammers and there has been no interest from abroad. Dimi’s future became an issue recently when he apparently […]

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Simone Zaza have finally confirmed – albeit indirectly – that  Simone Zaza’s loan deal does contain a 14 GAME permanent signing trigger clause. The Italian media had insisted that the figure was ten but commenting on reports from the players agent/Dad, Antonio that “something is moving” in talks, a Hammers source made it clear the […]

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Hammer James Collins has withdrawn from the Wales squad to face Serbia ahead of Saturday’s World Cup qualifier due to an unknown injury. The Welsh FA has confirmed that MK Dons’ Joe Walsh has been called up as a replacement. Squad Update: James Collins has been withdrawn from the Wales squad and is replaced by […]

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Slaven Bilic has made it clear that Adrian remains his No 1 goalkeeper. He reasons that the Spaniard has bailed us out many times in the past and tht it is unfair to judge keepers on one error. Here’s hw ClaretandHugh’s Facebook forum members @https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/  responded to the manager’s view.   O Good to cheer […]

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Dimi Payet’s refusal to calm fearss about his West Ham future via the media once again appears to have been over blown. The Hammers key man spent far more time concentrating on the position the Irons find themselves in than discussing any move when appearing on French TV but of course it wasn’ reported that […]

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Andy Carroll is this morning being reported as having bought two “killer” dogs several months before his gun chase terror after fearing his family were being targeted by a criminal gang. The Sun claims he spent at least £30,000 on the Italian mastiffs called Cane Corsos which are being trained to protect him. Armed bikers […]

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See original article: Video: Noble talks of Stoke frustration

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Neither team deserved to win a poor game of football, according to the Croatian

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  Mark Noble was not a happy boy after two more big points were thrown away at the London Stadium. He said: “The goal we conceded could have been avoided. It wasn’t the most enjoyable game of the season but at this stage of the season three points would have been massive for us. Unfortunately […]

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Stoke boss Mark Hughes raised a big question about the London Stadium playing surface in his post match assessment. The Potters boss made it clear it wasn’t the best and may have gone some way towards explaining why we have looked so laborious and laboured at the place this season. Hughes said: “We felt we went […]

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Dimitri Payet’s strike against Middlesbrough has been shortlisted for the Carling Goal of the Month for October. The West Ham star scored individual goal that saw him collect Winston Reid’s pass on the left touchline, beat five defenders and finish past Victor Valdes. You can vote for Payet, who has added five assists in eight […]

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At last we have a return date for Andy Carroll. Andy hasn’t managed to start a game this season and the ongoing saga of his and Dafra Sakho’s absence has contributed to many column inches both on this site and elsewhere. But finally it seems the long wait is coming to an end and unless […]

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David Gold has adopted a new catchphrase as the issues at London Stadium continue to dominate the headlines. With the mood appearing to change among some media types in favour of the club and stateents from the main Irons characters limited in the extreme Gold has broken his silence. Two reports in the moring press […]

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Mark Noble says the victory over Chelsea at the London Stadium has really made the place feel like home and can’t wait to get back there at the weekend. Speaking to the official site he said: “We have beaten Bournemouth, Sunderland and Chelsea at home and have not really struggled despite what some reports have […]

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Sadiq Khan’s outburst on spiralling London Stadium costs has been greeted with mild amusement by West Ham. The Mayor of London’s demand for an investigation earlier today has been seen as an obvious move by a politician looking to increase his personal popularity. One insider told ClaretandHugh: “It’s a cute move by him but in […]

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Former Hammer Carlton Cole has returned to West Ham to keep his match fitness.  Cole has been allowed to train with the team at Rush Green to keep himself fit. The club’s official twitter posted a photo of him on Saturday at Rush Green and we have been told he has been allowed to use […]

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Karren Brady has kept her comments on Wednesday night’s London Stadium troubles brief and very much to the point in her Sun diary today. She instead chooses to focus on an “unaffected smile” from one of our youthful players. She wrote: “For all that goes wrong in the stadium tonight, the memory I will take […]

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