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West Ham Chairman David Gold has explained the club are trying to achieve harmony between those who want to sit and those who want to stand when he was challenged on a letter sent to all season ticket holders this week. Gold tweeted out “We are trying to achieve harmony between fans who want to […]

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Former West Ham midfielder Diego Poyet has revealed his disappointment after a move to San Lorenzo was blocked by Argentinian Football Federation rules. The 21-year-old mutually agreed to terminate his contract with the Hammers on deadline day in a bid to find a new club. The son of former Sunderland manager Gus Poyet, revealed via his twitter account that […]

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Winner of the tickets for tomorrow’s match against Watford was CandH follower Simon Richer. We had a monster entry and are grateful to Betway – the club sponsors who have now supplied freebies via a competition for both the Bournemouth game and of course tomorrow’s at the London Stadium. Our question was: “Who came on as […]

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Exclusive David Gold and David Sullivan have told fans they fully understand the feelings of some supporters who wish to stand at the London Stadium but stress that under Premier League rules it musn’t happen. ClaretandHugh revealed last night that a letter was on the way to all season tickets holders and today we can […]

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The West Ham ticket office and their new partners Ticketmaster continue to be dogged with multiple teething issues since the move to the London Stadium. Delayed season ticket access cards, paper tickets, long telephone waiting queues on Premium rate numbers and technical problems with access cards are just some of the early problems to affect […]

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David Gold is this morning celebrating his 8oth birthday and has been sent a gift for the man who has everything – a Twitter follower’s overdraft!. ClaretandHugh rang the joint chairman this morning to wish him personally the best day of his life on behalf of our followers. And in cheeky style he immediately came […]

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Slaven Bilic has poured contemot on the amount of cash being splashed in the transfer market dubbing fees as “crazy” but has admitted he would have signed Paul Pogba if he could have. Manchester United took Pogba back to Old Trafford for a world record fee after selling him for a humble  £800,000. And the […]

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We have no hesitation in doing this earlier than we should – congratulations on your eightieth tomorrow DG! And of course we have to say a huge “well done” on celebrating it by managing your first ever hole in one around the golf course in the grounds of your home. We as a site and […]

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Exclusive West Ham season ticket holders will receive a personal letter from the two Davids over the next few days pleading for unity over the standing issue at the London Stadium. Sadly, the dilemma has dominated the headlines over the last couple of weeks as the club attempt to get the stadium up to its […]

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Mark Noble is in “bring it on” mood as the Hornets head for the London Stadium. Watford will be the first club to feel the sting of a rapidly recovering Irons side in which Dimi Payet is likely to make his first start of the season along with the expensive loan signing up front – […]

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Dimi Payet starts – that’s the word from boss Slaven Bilic! Speaking to the media this morning the Irons boss declared: “I have just seen him before the press conference. He has not played for us since the opening game against Chelsea but he played 45 minutes for France in a friendly against Italy and then […]

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Simone Zaza’s Dad, Antonio has revealed his son’s last minute move to the Irons on loan happened as interest from Italian giants Napoli suddenly went cold. He said: “There was a strong contact with Napoli, then we didn’t hear from them, and they did not even explain why.” Zaza has been on the Hammers radar […]

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Andy Carroll is unlikely to be back for the match at the Hawthorns on September 17. Some reports have declared the big man will be back in the squad by that date but club insiders believe that to be optimistic. The well respected website which charts Premier League injuries – PhysioRoom.com  – has AC down […]

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David Gold has compared the arrival of Alvaro Arbeola’s London Stadium arrival to that of Stephen Carr’s when he was in charge at Birmingham City seven years ago. Arbeola’s sigature brought Slaven Bilic’s new players to a round dozen and Gold believes the  33-year-old will have a positive impact on the  squad, just as Carr did […]

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Sofiane Feghouli has limped out of training today causing fears that he will not be fit for Watford on Saturday. Video footage published by West Ham’s official Snapchat channel shows the player pulling up and limping off at Rush Green only to immediately sit down on the sidelines clearly in distress. The 26-year-old has just […]

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Slaven Bilic sees Dimi Payet will again be the key as the Hammers head home looking for their second win of the season this weekend. Watford provide the opposition as the fabulous Frenchman looks to become the game changer nd the team looking to end the 90 minutes with six points from four games. And […]

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Here is Hammers Chat’s transfer rating video where Geo puts Charlie on the spot to assess our summer dealings. He has a mere 45 seconds to comment on each of the new signings and predict whether they will flop or thrive.   Share This:

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West Ham Vice Chairman, Karren Brady gave her own views on standing at football in 2012 while writing her Sun football Diary In January 2012 Brady wrote: “Aston Villa are opening discussions with supporters’ groups over reintroducing standing areas at their home. Personally, I can’t think of anything worse than standing at a football match for two hours. […]

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Hammers skipper Mark Noble has a sure fire way of overcoming any disappointment he may feel when failing to be selected for England – GO FISHING! The midfielder has been taking some time out for himself these last few days and although we have no info on which fish this is  the image we have […]

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David Gold’s daughter Jacqueline has entered the debate on standing on social media controversially suggesting supporters should sit down to obtain the license to increase the capacity to 60,000 then 66,000, then hinting they can do what they want afterwards. Speaking on her private twitter account, the CEO of Ann Summers wrote to her 56,000 […]

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Sam Allardyce scraped a win over the 10 men fro Slovakia with a depth of injury timegoal. But what did the Hammers fans make of the first game under the former Irons boss. Here’s some knee jerk reaction from members of the ClaretandHugh Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ O Normally I wouldn’t go near an England qualifier. […]

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Adrian has given an interview to Spanish daily newspaper Marca about his call up to Spain. Adrian told Marca: “After completing training with West Ham I saw that my mobile had 300-odd Whatsapp messages and thousands of calls from people wanting to congratulate me. Going to the Premier League changed my life. England is where […]

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West Ham have twice missed out on signing Jamie Vardy. It is now well known the club had him as No 1 on their hit list for a long time this summer before missing out when Arsenal came in. The player eventually stayed at the Foxes although ClaretandHugh can reveal the Irons were also ready […]

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Sam Allardyce has told Jamie Vardy he tried to sign him while he was West Ham manager and Vardy was at non-League Fleetwood only to be beaten by Leicester City. The England manager told Vardy that Fleetwood’s then manager, Micky Mellon, had recommended him in 2012. Vardy admitted: “When I first arrived for the squad, the manager […]

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David Gold has admitted being seriously hurt at a Twitter claim which questioned his motives on telling supporters to sit not stand at the London Stadium. The club has issued a recent statement via Karren Brady that the club would take serious action against those who continue to stand and obstruct the view of others. […]

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