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West Ham are as angry with the way the London Stadium is being run as the fans and will today ramp up the pressure for big and radical changes. The Hammers want a police presence at the stadium but it’s up to the operator to take that option. As tenants, the Irons can only suggest […]

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The London Stadium Safety Advisory Group (LS-SAG) have previously restricted the London Stadium capacity to 57,000 for the first two Premier League matches of Bournemouth and Watford. However it is within their power to reduce the capacity even further in the coming days. ClaretandHugh understands that the LS-SAG, chaired by Newham Council’s enforcement officer, Sheila Roberts were […]

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Stadium Operators, London Stadium 185 have released a statement following events on Saturday: “London Stadium have identified a number of supporters involved in incidents of disorder during Saturday’s Premier League match between West Ham United and Watford. Our stewards and response teams were called to address isolated instances of violent confrontation which resulted in ten supporters […]

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Make up your own minds whether anything in the world justifies this little chap’s fears and tears!!!!!!! Share This:

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One West Ham supporter has alerted us to sorry state of the West Ham memorial garden at the Boleyn Ground in Green Street. These pictures below shown the quick state of disrepair of the garden within the old players car park and the images have angered many whose loved ones are remembered there. One fan […]

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West Ham’s name is being dragged through the mud again. The issues inside the Olympic Stadium grow from game to game and here members of the ClaretandHugh Facebook Group @https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/  have their say. O Not allowing the police in the stadium is a joke, no one listens to stewards. there has to be a problem […]

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French Stadium Operators, London Stadium 185 have revealed a profit in their first full year of trading, financial accounts published at companies house have revealed. The Vinci group subsidiary turned over £6.9m in the year ending December 2015 managing to post a modest profit of £120,000. London Stadium 185 Ltd received a fixed revenue of […]

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London clubs pay very little to the Metropolitan Police for policing with their stadia and police need to be invited in before they will attend any football match. Under a freedom of information request for last season the Met revealed Chelsea paid the most of the London clubs at £94,388, Spurs paid £38,568, Arsenal paid […]

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The person in charge of health and safety at the London Stadium is a retired senior police officer. Steve Riley is a former chief inspector with the Metropolitan police  and was also a member of the borough Senior Command Team and leader of the Events & Operations team with responsibility for managing the policing operations […]

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Slaven Bilic made it quite clear that the Hmmers will be on the wrong end of a lot of results if they continue to defend as they did against Watford. Disussing the awful 4-2 defeat at The London Stadium he said:“The bottom line is that if we defend like this, we’re not going to win […]

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On the eve of his 48th birthday Slaven Bilic learned the honeymooon really is over. But my overwhelming emotion at the end of this horrible affair was one of the greatest sympathy for the magnificent Michail Antonio. An all action performance of pride and purpose plus two more headed goals shows him to be one […]

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We are receiving reports  this that West Ham fans are being forced the long way round to the reach the London Stadium this afternoon. Thousands of fans walking through Westfield shopping centre from Stratford train and underground stations were able to take the direct route for the first four West Ham games taking an exit […]

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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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Slaven Bilic has broken silence on the marque signings that got away over the summer but accepted he knew it would be difficult to sign any of them. Speaking Italian media outlet MilanNews he said “On our list were [Alexandre] Lacazette, [Simone] Zaza, [Carlos] Bacca and [Michy] Batshuayi, but I knew it would be difficult to […]

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Simone Zaza will not be taking over as the Irons penalty taker! The last time he was seen competitively was when he became a laughing stock in the the penalty shoot out against Germany when firing over the bar following a very dodgy stutteting approach. With Andre Ayew and Andy Carroll out injured, Zaza is […]

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Not to heap more misery on the beleaguered West Ham ticket office but a picture doing the rounds on social media tonight shows that a ticket booking for Accrington Stanley on 21st September has been billed as an UEFA Europa League game. Now that should shift a few more tickets and I am sure the Stanley […]

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By Pete Ellis on the Hammers week that was!   DAVID GOLD’S 80th With our joint chairmen turning 80 this week, it was nice to see that the Twitter abuse was toned down a notch in recognition of this milestone. Only Barry from Barking, and Steve from Southend had a bad word for DG, with […]

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Dimitri Payet and new signing Simone Zaza look certain to start against Watford Manuel Lanzini, Sofiane Feghouli and Havard Nordtveit are also back from injuries but Michail Antonio looks certain to get the shout on the right wing berth. Watford have worries with defender Brice Dje Djedje doubtful with a foot problem and Craig Cathcart, […]

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West Ham will take their maximum 2,800 supporters to the Hawthorns on Saturday 17th September after they sold out their full allocation this week. The £30 tickets went on sale on Monday to priority points holders before going on sale to season ticket holders on Tuesday, Claret members on Wednesday reaching general sale on Thursday. […]

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It’s time for the Irons to win with style and panache! They came out on top playing ugly against Bournemouth and were pretty poor in the first half at Manchester City when they tried to play five at the back, handed the advantage to the home team and were quite fairly beaten. Yes, they picked […]

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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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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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The spotlight will fall very sharply on new striker Simone Zaza at the London Stadium on Saturday when ClaretandHugh will be tracking the Italian’s every move. Zaza has been on the Irons radar for a year and finally completed a highly expensive loan deal which will 99 pc become permanent at the end of the […]

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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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