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West Ham winger Michail Antonio has fulfiled al promise made to a Birmingham charity. Good guy Michail pledged a signed shirt for Libby Mae’s Little Angels to founders Richard and Charlotte Sharratt, but ran out of time to post it before last Saturday’s auction for neonatal units across the region. So he went out of […]

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Supporters representatives of both West Ham and Chelsea will meet with the Football Unit for the Metropolitan police on Thursday evening ahead of the EFL Cup game on 26th October. ClaretandHugh Associate editor, Sean Whetstone will be present as a guest of the Football Supporters Federation (FSF) who arranged the meeting to raise fan issues […]

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Gokhan Tore’s agent has made it clear the winger is determined to turn his form around and contribute to the Hammers cause. Ali Pektas has spoken to Fanatik this week about Tore’s start to life at West Ham and said: “Gokhan is happy to be in London. He already played at Chelsea (youth-team) before so knows […]

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West Ham fans on social media have torn into Karren Brady after completely misunderstanding her remarks about the club having no corporate culture! Brady has become an easy target for many fans after the move to the London Stadium and her remarks to a Leaders in Sport conference have been seized on as another stick with […]

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The West Ham Supporters Club also known as the Hammers social club based in Castle street next to the Boleyn ground is likely to close it’s doors soon unless trade drastically picks up ClaretandHugh have been told. A source close to the social club told ClaretandHugh “We took over £15,000 in takings at the last […]

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The probe into the player’s night out which allegedly ended at dawn for Andy Carroll and Darren Randolph is understood to have been headed up by the manager. But a top club source told us this morning that whatever the outcome the decision will be backed at board level. Carroll and Randolph were claimed to […]

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Former Hammer Rigobert Song will be flown to France for treatment after coming out of a coma his doctor claims. 40 year old Song suffered a stroke on Sunday after he collapsed at his home in Yaounde and was immediately transported to hospital in the Cameroon capital. Dr Louis Joss Bitang A Mafok, director of the emergency […]

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17-year-old disabled Middlesbrough fan, Owen Swift was one of the 3,000 Boro fans who made the trip to the London Stadium at the weekend and was caught up in the crowd problems. He told the Middlesbrough Gazette“We could see West Ham fans drinking alcohol in the stands and they weren’t watching the game,” “When West Ham scored […]

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West Ham have come out joint 14th in the world as the biggest transfer spenders in the last six years. The September report from www.football-observatory.com says West Ham has spent 95m euros (£83m) since 2010 making them level with reigning Premier League champions Leicester City who spent the same amount. Spurs are in 17th place in […]

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Nigerian team FC Ifeanyi Ubah will this week host West Ham top brass in Lagos and Nnewi in Nigeria in a bid to take the partnership between both football clubs to the next level. A West Ham delegation led by Hammers managing Director, Angus Kinnear with President of FC Ifeanyi Ubah,  Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah […]

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Reports in Italy warn West Ham could send Simone Zaza back to Juventus as soon as January, rather than buy him outright. The Italian striker joined the Hammers on loan this summer, with the deal automatically becoming permanent on his 15 appearance. That transfer would be worth £17.5m plus bonuses to Juventus who have already budgeted for […]

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Former Hammer James Tomkins admits that  Crystal Palace would have preferred the visit of his old club not to be disrupted by the international break. When asked if Palace would have wanted the derby to follow straight on from the 1-1 draw at Everton, Tomkins told eagles.cpfc.co.uk: “For sure. We’d have liked to have played it […]

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Chelsea have been given an away allocation of 5,200 for the EFL cup game on Wednesday 26 October  just 500 seats under the 10% EFL cup requirement. It was was thought that the London Stadium Security Advisory Group (SAG) which includes the Metropolitan Police would look to drastically reduce the away allocation on safety grounds but […]

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Aaron Cresswell began training with the first-team today after recovering from the knee injury sustained against Karlsruher in the pre-season friendly. And according to co chairman David Gold both he & Andy Carroll could be available for the match against Crystal Palace after the international break. The striker  has been working towards full fitness after […]

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Ok we hate bad language even among fans but this is funny and we can’t resist posting. If you are offended by the F word we advise you to turn away now. That famous East End humour and ability to laugh at ourselves has come to the forefront in this video which is aimed at […]

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Former West Ham defender Rigobert Song is in a critical condition after suffering a stroke. The 40-year-old was rushed to hospital in Yaounde in his homeland of Cameroon on Sunday. Song was understood to be at home in the Odza neighbourhood in Yaounde when he suffered a cerebral aneurysm. The cousin of Alex Song Song played for West Ham between 2000-2002 making 24 […]

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Former Hammers boss Sam Allardyce could face fresh problems should allegations of a taped conversation between him and Ravel Morrison prove correct The former Irons midfielder’s big pal Jermaine Tennant claims the former Hammers midfielder has proof of the conversation between himself and Allardyce when he requested a pay rise. He asaid: ““I heard Ravel […]

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While all the negative news has been about West Ham and their fans behaviour yesterday at the London Stadium. Here is a video of two drunk Middlesborough fans who thought they would use the blue tarpaulins as a trampoline and ignore stewards pleas to come out for their safety. We understand neither were ejected or […]

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Dimi Payet scored a goal of which Lionel Messi would have been proud against Middleborough today. It WILL win the goal of the season award…totally astonishing and one of the greatest I can ever remembering seeing. If you were unlucky to miss it, don’t fear because we have found it in all its glory. OK […]

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Fans were facing a difficult journey home from the game after the Central Line was susupended. ClaretandHugh Facebook forum member Graham Hatt reports that Stratford Station has been evacuated and that the travel situation is in chaos.    Graham reports that a customer was taken ill on the train at Leyton but there has been no […]

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My admiration for Slaven Bilic knows no bounds….he was humble in the great times last season and remains 100 per cent honest in the current horrendous situation. During the last 24 hours he has covered every single area of our problems from the events of the week, the shocking form, how he can help adjust […]

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Welcome to the wacky world of CandH’s off the wall blogger Pete Ellis taking his regular sideways lookat the Hammers week that was! West Ham were put to the sword (again) this week, and anyone that likes a bet could have told you who the architect of our doom would be. Yes the man that […]

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A group calling themselves Night Scape have released footage on youtube of themselves breaking into the London Stadium unchallenged, running on the pitch, sitting in the managers chair and scarily hanging from the roof in a dangerous stunt which could have seen one of the young men killed. The short film raises a number of […]

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hat Slaven Bilic has answered two key questions to our season so far – why did Simone Zaza arrive and why did James Tomkins go? Both are issues that have been hot topics among the fans but as ever the manager has been quick to come out and offer honest answers. However, some may feel […]

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Former West Ham Harry Redknapp has admitted he discovered that his players bet on the result of one of their own matches, in contravention of Football Association. Redknapp was filmed by undercover reporters discussing a match on which “the lads” had “all had a spread bet” on the scoreline. His players allegedly bet on themselves […]

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I hope and pray the well publicised squad night out this week comes back to haunt the headline writers tomorrow and the boys really turn it on. I believe there will be a reaction and Slaven’s decision to let them out to sort things on their own over a meal was the right one…it’s the […]

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