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West Ham United’s relationship with the Club’s first African partner was confirmed at a ceremony in Nigeria. In a statement on the official website the club revealed: ‘The Hammers agreed a historic partnership with Nigeria Premier League side FC Ifeanyi Ubah as part of the long-term agreement signed with the club’s principal investor Capital Oil and […]

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Blackburn Rovers boss Owen Coyle insists that Martin Samuelsen will get his chance with the Championship outfit and has dubbed him a “wonderfully talented player.” ClaretandHugh reported earlier this week the Hammers were monitoring hte teenager’s situation given his lack of game time  and that he is in a position where he could be recalled […]

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Former Irons boss Alan Pardew claims Slaven Bilic will know how to deal with his present problems better than himself! The Crystal Palace boss said: “He’s an experienced manager – an experienced international manager – and he’ll know how to deal with it. Better than I will. I have no doubt he’ll get it right […]

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Mark Noble has spoken out about the team’s attitude to the current slump and how much they care and how much he wants the fans to get right behind the team. He said: “If you can’t support the team through times like this, why support us at all?” Here’s how some of ClaretandHugh’s Facebook members […]

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Alan Pardew has no doubt that Slaven Bilic will turn the Irons form around. The former Irons boss – who takes Palace into action againt us tomorrow – made his point during the pre-match press conference. The club tweeted him as saying: “No doubt that Bilic will get it right sooner rather than later.” Meanhile […]

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Slaven Bilic has admitted the club’s image has and is suffering as a result of the continuing controversies surrounding the London Stadium declaring:  “It doesn’t help.” But he plans to do his best to lift the mood over the club in the only way he can – by winning games. Asked if he was concerned about […]

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West Ham were tonight refusing to rule out a January loan move for summer target Michy Batshuayi The Belgian international was a Hammers target or a long time but after reportedly lodging a £38 million bid were hijacked by Chelsea nearing deadline day. Now speculation has arisen that the Irons could go in for the young […]

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Two weeks that have seemed like a lifetime are about to come to an end with our trip to Selhurst Park for the 5pm Saturday fixture. Perhaps a rest was what the team and the fans needed but the international break has been like the death of a thousand cuts as the media have taken […]

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They do say that when things are really rubbish getting your hair done is one answer. Now far be it from us to suggest that manager Slaven Bilic has been involved in such an exercise but he certainy appears to have undergone a bit of hair growth. Remember the brutal barnet he exhibited back in […]

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Trevor Sinclair has decided to open a managerial can of worms ahead of the Crystal Palace match ths week when pointing the finger of blame for recent results directly at Slav. Having taken time to think about what he said I come to the conclusion that in terms of logic his comments really don’t have […]

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Slaven Bilic has again been t pains to reveal that he didn’t want to see James Tomkins leave the club. The big central defender is set to come up against the Irons for the first time since his £10 million departure on Saturday and the manager made it clear the departure was not his doing. […]

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Slaven Bilic has brushed off suggestions that the London Stadium is responsbile for the team’s awful start to the season. And he has claimed that he would far sooner be meeting Crystal Palace at home this weekend than having to travel to Selhurst Park. Speaking at his presser ahead of the game he said: “The […]

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Trevor Sinclair has ointed the fingr straight at criticised Slaven Bilic for the club’s disappointing start to the new season. And speaking on The Premier League show he insists if West Ham don’t start picking up points quickly, the move to the London Stadium could prove disastrous. Sinclair said: ‘It’s clear West Ham are not […]

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Andy Carroll nd Diafra Sakho – despite hopeful noises from inside the club – aren’t ready for the weekend game at Palace although Jonathon Calleri is now back in full training offering at least one fresh front line option. Giving his latest update on the injured players the club’s head medic Stijn Vandenbroucke says: Aaron Cresswell, Havard […]

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West Ham have allocated 5,200 tickets for their EFL Cup visit to the London Stadium ahead of their biggest security challenge at the London Stadium yet. They are facing their first serious grudge match this season as they prepare for the fourth round of the EFL Cup a week on Wednesday. Under competition rules, away […]

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Reece Oxford is tonight (Thurs) being reported as having scoffed at suggestions he is close to signing a new contract at West Ham. The young Hammer took to social media to laugh off speculation he is likely to pen fresh terms. Having seen the reports, the 17-year-old tweeted: ‘Been hearing some funny stuff recently’. And […]

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The diggers have moved into the Boleyn Ground today to begin the proper demolition of West Ham’s old ground. West Ham’s former stadium was initially purchased by Gallaird homes from West Ham for a reported £38m but it was later sold on to residential property developers Barratt London in August. Herts based company Rye demolition […]

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A new poll asking West Ham fans whether they want David Sullivan and David Gold to remain at the helm has produced another result which backs the current owners. ClaretandHugh ran its own a week ago and the Davids were clear cut winners with over 80 per cent declaring their vote in favour of the […]

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West Ham are keen to see Martin Samuelsen get a run of games with his loan club Blackburn Rovers after his goalscoring international apparance against San Marino for Norway last night. The exciting youngster has managed just three appearances for Rovers who are currently in an identical Championship position to the Irons in the PL […]

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Slaven Bilic will wait until the lst minute before deciding his striker option for the match at Selhurst Park this weekend. The club are clearly monitoring the number of appearances Simone Zaza makes as  he heads towards the widely reported number of 14 which it has been reported is when the £20 million permanent deal […]

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Dimi Payet has been named the world’s 43rd best player in a current survey. The Daily Mail is running the feature on the top 100 stars and today Dimi is ranked – ahead of such as Philipe Coutinho (44th), Harry Keane (45th) and Riyad Mahrez (51st). In the write-up on the midfielder the Mail says: […]

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Here is a brief summary of the meeting last Saturday held at the Hammers Supporters Club. The update has been sent to ClaretandHugh by the organisers of the meeting. There was broad agreement to work to two aims – 1. Secure the future of the Hammers Supporters Club (HSC), recruiting new members and seeking new […]

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Thank God there have been no knee jerk reactions inside West Ham. A media frenzy got underway today with names such as Mancini being thrown around …Guus Hiddink is another I’ve heard. Neither are going to replace Slav anytime soon or at all. Sacking managers has become a national pastime. It rarely works and can […]

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Sofiane Feghoui has made it clear the players are giving the reasons for their poor start to the season a lot of thought and discussion. And the Algerian winger has explained: “We have suffered due to a series of injuries to some key players. So that alone has caused us some issues at the start […]

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Last week we launched an online petition to call for the end of the Premium Rate ticket office telephone number which costs supporters up to 68p per minute to call from mobiles. The petition (linked below) has already been signed by 400 supporters and many of them have left comments on the problems have have […]

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Slaven Bilic’s position is managing to create something of a media frenzy at a quiet time for club news. Soon after we reported that the Hammers boss will be given time to sort out the team’s current slump fortunes reports arose in Italy that Roberto Mancini may be a runner in any replacement race. But as […]

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