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David Gold has made it clear there was NEVER any intention of allowing Dimitri Payet to leave West Ham this summer despite him becoming one of the top players at the Euro 2016 tournament. The co-chairman told the official site: “There was obviously a lot of speculation surrounding the future of Dimitri Payet and a […]

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Former Premier League ref Mark Halsey has turned whistlebower immediately after the controversial Sergio Aguero/Winston Reid elbowing incident. And he has declared he was told by his superiors to say he had not seen controversial incidents in matches. Halsey suggested during a Twitter conversation on Friday that Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) – the […]

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Slaven Bilic could hardly be more delighted to have drafted former Real Madrid right back Alvaro Arbeloa into the squad on deadline day. Speaking to the official website he said: “His CV is top of course. He was at Liverpool so he knows the Premier League. He had 10 years at Real Madrid and won everything. […]

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After the high excitement of seeing Michail Antonio called up for England my interest in the international team was briefly re-ignited. Sam Allardyce made a top call in bringing the Iron into the Three Lions fold and I can’t think of a worthier candidate – so well done to the manager on that. Sadly however, the […]

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David Gold has again called for fans to sit down in the London Stadium. Despite him and David Sulivan calling for the fans to do so in a statement on the official site, a petition has now been started for the possible introduction of a safe a standing area in the ground. However, this remains […]

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Shirts of opposition teams have been popping up across the London Arena prompting the club and operators to take action and ban them. Right or wrong? Hammers fans at the ClaretandHugh forum – https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ – have been responding O Never understood parents taking little Johnny to West Ham wearing a Chelsea or Man U kit…common sense […]

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Diego Poyet has become a target for Championship and European clubs after becoming a free agent. Poyet and the Irons agreed to terminate his contract on deadline day and the former Charlton midfielder, who has had loan spells at MK Dons and Huddersfield, is open to a move abroad as well as looking at options […]

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West Ham have been allocated an away allocation of 2,800 tickets for the away game at the Hawthorns on Saturday 17th September. The tickets will go on sale to the 808 bond holders on Saturday morning followed by priority points applications between 9am and 4pm on Monday. The last away game against Manchester City failed […]

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Chairman’s sons Jack and Dave Sullivan revealed on a live radio interview on transfer deadline day there had been one inquiry about Dimi Payet from a club which they refused to name on air. Asked the question on Phoenix FM by Exwhuemployee,  Jack and Dave explained their father received an inquiry but he had immediately quoted […]

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Toni Martinez scored twice as the Development side lost 4-2 against an almost full-strength Coventry City side in the Checkatrade Trophy and remains very confident for the future.The young Spaniard scored on the half hour before he netted a fabulous consolation effort with a superb volley. And afterwards he told the official site: “It was an important […]

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Co-chairman David Gold has sent a personal goodwill message to Enner Valencia after his loan move to Everton. And he believes that the move north will give the striker the confidence shot he requires to get his career back on track. There can be no denying that the Ecuador international has become far less effective […]

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David Sullivan has revealed that new right back loan signing Alvaro Arbeloa won’t be ready to take his place in the team for another two or three weeks. The co-chairman said: “We explored all avenues and managed to secure the signature of one of the more experienced full backs in the world and one with […]

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David Sullivan has admitted the Hammers had an “unbalanced squad” ahead of transfer deadline day which he believes has now been corrected. Speaking on the official site the co-chairman declared: “We are delighted that we have been able to bring in 13 players who will hopefully make our squad even stronger. Before the deadline day we […]

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David Gold believes the Irons have had a fine transfer window but suggests comparisons to last summer are not the best way of judging things! The Hammers may have had their best ‘market’ ever in 2015 ahead of one of the most memorable seasons with no player proving a failure. And Gold admits that was probably […]

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Barry Fry remains as close to the two Davids today as he was at Birmingham City where, despite being fired, the laugh-a-minute Peterborough Director of Football has maintained a long friendship with the Irons owners. He was a guest at the prestige pre-season friendly against Juventus. The Hammers always give Posh a pre-season friendly and […]

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Everton have agreed to pay the whole of Enner Valencia’s wages during his loan spell at the club. Such was Toffees manager Ronald Koeman’s enthusiam to take our mis-firing striker that he gave the thumbs up to paying the entire personal terms in order to get the player into Goodison Park. Koeman left his move […]

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Make no mistake even at 33 Alvaro Arbeloa is a top top signing. He has made over 150 appearances for Real Madrid and 66 for Liverpool and he is now set to become the ideal mentor for Sam Byram. He was so keen to join the Hammers that Jack Sullivan – in an interview last […]

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Jack Sullivan has revealed the news that many has feared after the club suffered its shocking injury problems. He has said that over-training ahead of the opening Premier League game against Chelsea had been an issue. His admission came in a wide-ranging interview on Phoenix FM last night when he declared that whilst they had suffered […]

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West Ham have invested a record £60m in the summer transfer window to bring in thirteen players. (Image by @WestHamSocial) The Hammers have spent £35m more in transfer dealings this summer than for the whole of last season’s transfer dealings! ClaretandHugh believe the Hammers have committed to shelling out a total of £70m in this transfer window comprising of Zaza […]

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A mother has made an impassioned plea for justice after callous thugs beat her West Ham supporting son so savagely he was left with permanent brain damage eight years ago today. Marcus Bouskill was 34-years-old when he went to the Racks Snooker Club, in Well Hall Road, Eltham, with friends on Saturday, February 23rd 2008. […]

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Chiek Kouyate’s red card at Blackburn has been overturned. A statement on the FA website reads: Cheikhou Kouyate’s one-match suspension for denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity has been withdrawn with immediate effect following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing today [Tuesday 23 February 2016]. West Ham United’s claim of wrongful dismissal in relation to their Emirates […]

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It’s the weekend when West Ham’s fans will decide what sort of reception they give Sam Allardyce. Some will undoubtedly be ready to give him a hard time as he steps into the club for the first time since the board decided not to renew his contract last summer. Others will want to show their […]

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Stephen Hendrie has returned to West Ham following the conclusion of his loan spell at Southend United. Hendrie made five appearances for the Shrimpers  after joining on a one-month loan deal from the Hammers. The full-back scored the winner in the 2-1 win over Shrewsbury Town earlier this month. Southend Manager, Phil Brown admits at […]

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West Ham’s Premier League home game against Manchester United on Saturday 23rd April will be re-scheduled it has been confirmed. Updating their supporters on Manutd.com the Red devils confirmed: “The fact that one of either United or West Ham will progress to the last four of the famous competition means the league meeting between the […]

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West Ham chairman, David Gold has confirmed the club will request the maximum allocation possible for the FA Cup quarter-final match against Manchester United at Old Trafford despite the date and time yet to be released. Gold tweeted to one fan “We will take the maximum allocation for the Man. United game. dg” Manchester United has a special […]

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