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Top Hammers medic Stijn Vandenbroucke has given an upbrat report on the returning international players revealing that “we have not suffered any injuries and all  should be available for selection on Saturday against Watford. Head of Medical and Sports Science Stijn Vandenbroucke said: Dimitri Payet and Havard Nordtveit both played for their countries, France and Norway respectively, […]

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Michail Antonio sitting with his feet up waiting to appear against Slovakia – will have recalled Billy Bond’s England fate for many Irons fans who nearly 40 years ago missed out on becoming the best defender never to play for England. Then general manager at the Irons, Greenwood brought in new faces for the World […]

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West Ham fans have voted by a massive majority for those who are standing during games at The London Stadium to sit down. ClaretandHugh ran a 24 hour poll in which we asked the question: O The issue of standing fans in the London Stadium rumbles on. Should those who are on their feet sit down […]

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Manu Lanzini has been speaking about just how much the Irons fans mean to him! And in a much needed upbeat message after the doom and gloom of the injury crisis he declared: ““I’m happy to have signed a permanent deal here and will stay here for more years which is what I wanted.” He […]

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Gotta love Ginge…as nice a man as he is a tough defender. The story of how he managed to smash a thunderbolt wayward shot into a young Wales fan during a warm up for the FIFA World Cup qualifying tie with Moldova at Cardiff City Stadium has been well told but loses nothing in the […]

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West Ham fans are telling those who refuse to sit down during games at the London Stadium to obey the rules and park their bums immediately. ClaretandHugh has today run a poll which declares: “The issue of standing fans in the London Stadium rumbles on. Should those who are on their feet sit down or not […]

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Remember the days when we bought the likes of Arsenal’s John Radford, Ian Wright, Teddy Sheringham and Jimmy Greaves and others who ended their days with us having given the best years of their careers to other London clubs. Then there was Mitchell Thomas, Ilie Dumitrescu – bothe from the Spurs who saw us coming […]

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David Gold has compared the arrival of Alvaro Arbeola’s London Stadium arrival to that of Stephen Carr’s when he was in charge at Birmingham City seven years ago. Arbeola’s sigature brought Slaven Bilic’s new players to a round dozen and Gold believes the  33-year-old will have a positive impact on the  squad, just as Carr did […]

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Aaron Cresswell admits he’s been very impressued with the start made by Arthur Masuaku at left back. Speaking to the official site Cressie made it clear that although he knew little about the  new arrival he “has done very well indeed.” He said: “He’s been one of the most consistent players of ours over the […]

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Reece Burke has been told he has a long term future despite having spent last season and this on loan. The Academy product – having enjoyed a tremendous campaign at Bradford City last term – will be playing Championship football with Wigan this year hoping to make a difference to a club hovering just above […]

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Slaven Bilic sees Dimi Payet will again be the key as the Hammers head home looking for their second win of the season this weekend. Watford provide the opposition as the fabulous Frenchman looks to become the game changer nd the team looking to end the 90 minutes with six points from four games. And […]

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Here is Hammers Chat’s transfer rating video where Geo puts Charlie on the spot to assess our summer dealings. He has a mere 45 seconds to comment on each of the new signings and predict whether they will flop or thrive.   Share This:

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West Ham Vice Chairman, Karren Brady gave her own views on standing at football in 2012 while writing her Sun football Diary In January 2012 Brady wrote: “Aston Villa are opening discussions with supporters’ groups over reintroducing standing areas at their home. Personally, I can’t think of anything worse than standing at a football match for two hours. […]

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Slaven Bilic has spoken for the first time of his delight that the club has held on to Dimi Payet and hopes the top man can grow even stronger this season. Speaking to the official site the manager said: “It is key for us if he can produce his best form again. He has the […]

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Hammer Andre Ayew has thanked his teammates for dedicating their goal in the game against Rwanda to him. Ghana shared the spoils with Rwanda in their final Africa Cup of Nations qualifying group game on Saturday. Samuel Tetteh scored Ghana’s goal in the 1-1 draw against Rwanda. The Black Stars players in celebrating the goal displayed shirts […]

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Guest post by Hammers Balkan West Ham starlet Luka Belić has joined Scottish Motherwell FC on initial six- month loan deal. Before talking with Hammers Balkan journalist he could not hide his joy with this loan deal. “I am very satisfied with this deal, and I will try to prove my self“, he said at […]

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Hammers skipper Mark Noble has a sure fire way of overcoming any disappointment he may feel when failing to be selected for England – GO FISHING! The midfielder has been taking some time out for himself these last few days and although we have no info on which fish this is  the image we have […]

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A media report in France today claims Real Madrid made inquiries about Dimitri Payet this summer. The report from buzzsport.fr in France claims Real Madrid President Florentino Pérez was particularly charmed by Dimitri Payet after the Euro 2016 championships. But West Ham quoted a ridiculous price to scare off the Madrid boss. Pérez was told that […]

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We’re all moaning of course – the man didn’t get on and that is a huge disappointment for all Irons. Given some of the ineffective forward play before a late scrappy winner it would have been reasonable to expect Michail Antonio to have got the usual mid second half call but no, we were all […]

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David Gold’s daughter Jacqueline has entered the debate on standing on social media controversially suggesting supporters should sit down to obtain the license to increase the capacity to 60,000 then 66,000, then hinting they can do what they want afterwards. Speaking on her private twitter account, the CEO of Ann Summers wrote to her 56,000 […]

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Sam Allardyce has told Jamie Vardy he tried to sign him while he was West Ham manager and Vardy was at non-League Fleetwood only to be beaten by Leicester City. The England manager told Vardy that Fleetwood’s then manager, Micky Mellon, had recommended him in 2012. Vardy admitted: “When I first arrived for the squad, the manager […]

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Manchester United are this morning reportedly keen to sign former Irons Academy product Idris Kanu to their own youth set up. The club is monitoring the striker’s progress after he impressed for the under-18 side against Middlesborough at Carrington according to the Manchester Evening News. Kanu scored twice in United’s 5-1 win and could be […]

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The referee’s organising body has denied claims by Mark Halsey they have put pressure on refs to claim they had not seen controversial match incidents. ClaretandHugh covered Halsey’s comments yesterday after they had appeared in the national press and followed closely on the Sergio Aguero/Wimston Reid elbowing affair. The organising body for elite referees in […]

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West Ham paid a transfer fee thought to be worth £5.5m to sign attacking midfielder Edimilson Fernandes from FC Sion. Fernandes is the cousin of former Manchester City and Leicester midfielder Gelson Fernandes. The 20-year-old came through the youth system at FC Sion and has since made 48 first-team appearances for the Swiss club, scoring […]

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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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Hammers vice chairman Karren Brady claims the Irons are no longer a selling club. And she points to the summer signings to back her claim after the club brought in Sofiane Feghouli, Ashley Fletcher, Andre Ayew, Alvaro Arbeloa, Arthur Masuaku and Havard Nordtveit on permanent contracts amongst other players. Simone Zaza and Gokhan Tore on loan […]

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