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Sofiane Feghouli is the only addition to the Irons squad for today’s clash at West Brom. The free summer signing has recovered from injury but looks unlikely to start with Michail Antonio continuing in the wide right role. Havard Nortveidt could also return to the side although it will be interesting to see whether Sam […]

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David Gold is expecting a massive reaction from the West Ham players at West Brom today. The co chairman is just about over the Watford defeat but clearly hopes the players aren’t and are ready to take their anger out in full on the Baggies. Speaking exclusively to ClaretandHugh he said: “There are lessons in […]

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Ashley Fletcher has thanked two West Brom players for the help and guidance they gave him when he was growing up at Manchester United. The young striker was keen to sent his gratitude via the official site to Albion captain Darren Fletcher and centre-half Jonny Evans. There’s a chance he could come up against the duo […]

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Karren Brady has chose to sent a ‘we’ll ban people for life’ message to the fans on the morning of a crucial clash against West Brom. Sorry but ClaretandHugh doesn’t understand the motivation or the point of such an approach. After all the ‘threat’ has now been issued several times and to continually repeat it […]

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West Ham fans have been asking West Ham chairman David Gold whether the club would shove away fans up in the back of the upper tier of the London Stadium like Newcastle and Sunderland does. One West Ham fan called Westley asked “Seats behind the goals are great view & close. Can we not put […]

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West Ham vice chairman, Karren Brady has penned a column for the Sun newspaper today. “MOVING home is always a stressful experience.”  Brady writes “Moving with 56,000 others is bound to multiply the hassles.” “West Ham have a few at the London Stadium on Saturday, the mood among squabbling supporters in no way helped by […]

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Slaven Bilic has revealed that Andre Ayew will be back much sooner than expected. Ayew picked up a thigh problem on his debut for the Irons ast month, and has not appeared since. It was initially feared that the Ghanian was set to be out for a lengthy period of time, but Bilic has confirmed […]

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Mark Lawrenson is in generous mood by his own limited standards towards West Ham this weekend believing the boys may get a point at the Hawthorns tomorrow (Sat). Writing in his regular BBC column the former Liverpool player reckons we may come away from the West midlands with a draw this weekend. He says:” West Brom […]

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West Ham have fallen between two stools after a frenetic transfer window this summer. That’s the view of ClaretandHugh’s chief analyst Leroy Rosenior who believes that the club would have been better off bringing in four or five quality signings rather the the 11 or 12 who have arrived. And he reckons the influx took […]

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It appears the mystery of the West Ham family seating area has finally been solved – well sort of! Earlier this week the Guardian said: “A West Ham spokesman said the London Stadium did have a family section, with two blocks reserved in the Bobby Moore stand, and thus complied with Premier League guidelines.” The Premier League […]

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West Ham United have banned  20 individuals following isolated incidents at London Stadium during the recent match against Watford in addition to the 10 others who have been handed life bans for the first four games. After analysing CCTV footage and collating evidence from supporters, security and stewarding teams, the Club has revoked season tickets and […]

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Accrington Stanley have been given an initial allocation of just 800 tickets for the London Stadium for their League cup encounter with West Ham next Wednesday but have only managed to sell 500 of them so far it has been revealed. Stanley were entitled up to an allocation 8,550 being 15% of  the 57,000 capacity […]

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  Off the wall ClaretandHugh blogger PETE ELLIS takes his sideways look at the Hammers week that was!   Payet’s assist and Dianne Abbott’s thong! Well, Payet turned it on for 30 minutes, and Antonio continued his fine goal scoring form. The second assist from Payet had more cheek about it than Diane Abbott in […]

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Slaven Bilic has warned that last season’s finishing position and the move to a new stadium has seen hopes rise but that expectancy levels need to be managed. The boss, talking in his London Evening Standard column, said: “If we think, though, that we can win any game just because we moved stadiums or because […]

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Thank God we’re away. Last week was a disaster but if there is an upside at least we are getting all the rubbish form out of the way early and I see no repeats of the Watforrd disaster at West Brom.. The Hammers are on their way to the west midlands for a very winnable […]

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Hammers boss Slaven Bilic has some big team selection decisions to make this weekend and the fans on ClaretandHugh’s Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ have sent him a surprising message about goalkeeper Adrian. Despite his elevation to the Spain squad some  fans believe he should be replaced this weekend. Read their thoughts here. O I’d drop […]

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West Ham United have called a meeting with fans to discuss the crowd problems which have marred the opening weeks of their Premier League campaign since moving to the London Stadium. After Saturday’s 4-2 defeat to Watford, a club statement confirmed 10 supporters were ejected during the game in addition to 47 complaints made over […]

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The all powerful London Stadium Safety Advisory Group (LS-SAG) meets today to discuss safety and capacity limits for the London Stadium. This time last month the LS-SAG, chaired by Newham enforcement officer, Sheila Roberts recommended that capacity be restricted to 57,000 over concerns over persistent standing, away fan segregation and supporters drinking alcohol in view […]

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West Ham legend Paolo Di Canio has been suspended from his role as a Sky Italia pundit after showing on air a tattoo referring to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. The ex-West Ham striker revealed his tattoo of the word “dux” during their Premier League coverage on Sunday, prompting a protest on social media. The Latin word […]

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West Ham believe the new radio wavelengths which will allow police to operate within the London Stadium to be in place for the next Class A game – against Arsenal on December 3. Much has been made of the inability to get things sorted out until December but a club source made it clear to […]

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Dimi Payet has defended his audacious rabona which led to the Michail Antonio goal against Watford and aused a furious reaction from Watford’s Toy Deeney. The Hornets player declared that his side were spurred on the belief that West Ham were reying to mug the visitors off but Payet denied that. He told the Irons official […]

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Let’s get back to the football. Like you – no doubt –  I have become seriously depressed  following the events of the weekend to the point where I wanted to walk away for a week, come back and be told: “All the problems have gone away.” I have changed my view on where the faults […]

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A new statement by stadium operators London Stadium 185 appears to blame infighting amongst West Ham fans. The statement by London Stadium 185 read: “The safety of the Stadium is paramount and all safety plans are agreed in advance by the police and if there were any significant concerns the Stadium would not be licensed. “Saturday’s […]

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Ex policeman and member of the ClaretandHugh Facebook Group Brian Neil Gay cannot believe what he is seeing inside the London Stadium and pulls no punches in this brilliant blog.  I have supported the Irons since the late 60s but as someone involved in frontline policing back in the 80s and 90s including policing numerous […]

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West Ham have launched an investigation into the £6.2million transfer that saw Arthur Masuaku move to the club from Greek champions Olympiacos in the summer claim the Daily Mail. The paper claims the club are trying to ascertain whether someone has been paid who was not declared on the official transfer document. An investigator has been charged […]

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Guest post from a Watford fan at the game on Saturday Walking up to the ground it was nice to see so many families heading to the ground. West Ham have been given a fantastic opportunity to bring in many more fans than they could before and there is a great possibility of encouraging families […]

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