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A glance at the watch, a clasp of housed pea, a sharp intake of breath…puckered lips and blow…This is the end! The match on Saturday against Southampton was to be the judgement day for both teams as each vied for supremacy, salvation and hope…there could only be one victor and West Ham lay in wait to don the winner’s wreath. “Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know …

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Whether you refer to him as “John Paintsil” or “John Pantsil,” the Ghana national team legend was a popular figure in East London, wearing the famous Claret & Blue between summer 2006 and summer 2008. However, what famous mistake overshadowed his time at the Boleyn Ground? Why did things never really work out for the defender with West Ham? And more importantly, where is he now? John Paintsil The future professional footballer was born in June 1981 in Berekum…

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Barry Fry is a football man to his backbone – he bleeds for the game and has seen virtually everything it can offer. And this afternoon the former Birmingham City boss – admits he has a very special feel for the Hammers took himself along to the London Stadium as a guest of the board […]

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West Ham plunged Southampton deep into relegation trouble as Marko Arnautovic haunted Mark Hughes in a 3-0 win on Saturday.

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David Sullivan is being reported this morning as being set to abandon his seat in the West Ham directors’ box this afternoon. The Sun claims he is being moved from the front row to a ‘safe zone’ for today’s match against Southampton. A Hammers insider is claimed to have told the ‘paper that “Mr Sullivan is upset […]

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David Moyes has confirmed that Manu Lanzini has an outside chance of making the line-up for tomorrow’s match against Southampton. With the first game for three weeks in front of us the boss confirmed that the play maker had taken the knock but revealed that he had been running. He said: “”We’ve got a problem […]

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West Ham cult hero Carlton Cole has confirmed he has retired from professional football. The former Hammer has been training with AFC Wimbledon but told WHUFC.com today. “This is a bit of an exclusive actually!” he laughed. “I’m still getting offers to play, but the fact is that I feel I am in a different […]

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Finally some good news, a supercomputer has calculated that West Ham will retain their Premier League status and will finish the table in May on 39 points in 15th place this season. The computer believes the Hammers will amass nine points by winning three games in the next eight games but predicts five more losses. […]

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West Ham will implement “heightened” security measures for Saturday’s Premier clash with Southampton at London Stadium in a bid to avoid the trouble which marred their last home match.

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ClaretandHugh blogger Allen Cummings has touched on the sub plot which will be played out between his former boss Mark Hughes and himself on Saturday afternoon when Southampton come calling. Arnie suffered some merciless barracking and abuse from the locals when he went back to the Potteries with the Irons last December when Hughes was […]

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West Ham are sweating on Manu Lanzini being fit for the weekend match against Southampton after it emerged that he was being scanned for the knock he received in the match against Italy when making his debut for the Argentina national team. The precise nature of the injury is still not known but the national […]

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Reports that West Ham are currently interviewing for a director of football and that David Moyes is deeply involved in the process are premature. The board is  ready to replace Tony Henry – who was sacked for alleged racist comments -and will upgrade the job title from recruitment director to director of football. However, all […]

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The results from the Claret and Hugh’s poll for Hammer of the year are in and it will come as no surprise that Marko Arnautovic is the red-hot odds-on favourite to pick up the award which is voted for by West Ham supporters towards the end of each season. The poll which attracted 1,338 participants showed Marko taking […]

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Sadiq Kahn  has weighed into the London Stadium affair following the the Burnley game declaring: “ I condemn the mindless hooliganism of a small minority of people intent on disrupting the game.” Addressing the London Assembly question time he also claimed that 26 people were involved with four succeeding and that there were 150 separate incidents with […]

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Manu Lanzini has spoken of his huge affection for West Ham and its fans and declared: ” ‘Have hope, please keep on supporting us and help us’. Speaking to the official website the Hammers play maker said: “We have a fantastic group of supporters who follow us everywhere. We’re really lucky to have this amazing, fanatical support.” […]

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1. 41 Players have been picked for England while playing for West Ham most did not make 20 caps before either leaving West Ham or never being picked again. Bobby Moore is West Ham’s most capped England player with 108 caps. While 23 of the 41 players won 3 caps or less in their time with the Hammers 2. George William Webb was the first West Ham player capped by England. Webb was a centre forward from Poplar who made a goal scoring debut in a 3-0 …

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The Special General Meeting scheduled for this Sunday for the dissolution of the West Ham United Supporters Club has been postponed. In the last hour, the committee has emailed members saying “Due to the legality regarding memberships the SGM that was due to be held on Sunday 25th March, 2018 at the Boleyn Pub at 12 noon will be […]

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With a move to MLS giants LA Galaxy seemingly imminent, the Swedish striker has officially broken his link with the Red Devils

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Former London Legacy Development Corporations Chairman David Edmonds and Neale Coleman have given evidence at the London Assembly today. Both said they didn’t agree with all the conclusions from the Moore Stephens stadium report commissioned by the London Mayor and defended they own decisions. Coleman said certain decisions were above his pay grade and both Ken […]

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West Ham Co-Chairman David Sullivan told representatives of West Ham United Independent Supporters’ Association (WHUISA) and Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF) that the board will consider a supporter or former player on the board in the future to give some representation to the fans. He also said he would help lobby to get a supporter on the Newham […]

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West Ham Vice-Chairman Karren Brady will star in her own TV show on ITV next month called ‘Give it a year’ With an unfortunate title and very unfortunate timing, the programme will see Brady set tough targets for new businesses only to return one year later to see what progress they have made. Outside of her directorship at […]

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Who would have believed that in the twenty first century of footballing tribulations, the West Ham fans would be facing the fight of their supporting lives? When the Victorian masters on top of the hill would act with impunity, sneer, scoff and deride the spoon fed street urchins until revolutions are hissed with greater ambition? “The man Dickens, whom the world at large thought it knew, stood for all the Victorian virtues; probity, kindness, hard…

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West Ham is looking at the possibility of landing former Arsenal director of football Dick Law to become take over the role vacated by sacked Tony Henry. Co-chairman David Sullivan has promised to step back from transfers and Law is one of the front-runners to get the job. However, no decision will be made until the […]

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West Ham Vice-Chairman Karren Brady has finally secured a meeting with the Mayor of London for crisis talks about the London Stadium four months after he said he was taking personal charge of the London Stadium following Newham council’s exit from stadium ownership company E20. The Hammers have been granted a meeting with Sadiq Khan on Monday 26th March, but it […]

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Hammers legend Phil Parkes  isn’t sure David Moyes will want to stay at West Ham beyond this season regardless of its outcome. Relegation is on everybody’s mind but Parksey believes two wins will do it for us with Southampton and Stoke there to be taken so long as the fans give it everything they’ve got. […]

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The West Ham first-team squad arrived back in the UK from Florida in the early hours of this morning after completing five days of warm-weather training in Miami. The players who have been enjoying temperatures in the US as high 30c arrived back to a sub-zero climate and a flurry of snow. They were staying […]

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