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Pundits Mark Lawrenson and Paul Merson have both predicted a West Ham 2-0 win over Swansea tomorrow. Lawro writing on the BBC website said: “West Ham did well to get back into the game in their 3-2 defeat by Tottenham last week, but the scoreline probably flattered the Hammers a bit. Swansea also lost, at home to […]

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Swansea City boss Paul Clement  believes Slave Bilic is suffering unfair pressure as he bids to get the Hammrs season back on track. The Swans boss spoke out on behalf of the Hammers boss declaring: “It is unfair that in such a short period managers are under pressure. The Hammers boss has been under the […]

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West Ham and Tottenham have each been fined £20,000 after they admitted an FA misconduct charge and accepted the standard penalty. We learned earlier in the day the Hammers had no intention of protesting the charge claiming that there was no defence for either club. The clubs have been punished after Saturday’s Premier League clash […]

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Slaven Bilic is confident he is facing a run of games which will see the Irons collecting points but doesn’t believe it’s correct to think like that! We face teas outside of the top right after a difficult series of opening games with Swansea are on the immediate agenda before we face  Burnley away, Brighton […]

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Catherine Cook has been living in Upton Gardens, the 842-housing development being built on the site of the old Boleyn Ground stadium, since July. The Leeds-raised professional, who is not a West Ham fan, says she loves her one-bedroom flat’s layout as well as the local vibe. Cook told the Newham Recorder “It wasn’t an […]

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West Ham’s bid to move out of the bottom three has been given a huge boost with the return of Michail Antonio and Manuel Lanzini.

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Swansea boss Paul Clement has described Slaven Bilic being tipped as the next Premier League manager to be sacked as ‘unfair’. Bookmakers have installed Bilic as the next boss to be sacked.

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West Ham have already ruled out a move for sacked Carlo Ancelotti. No sooner had new of his sacking from Bayern Munich had emerged than some delusional speculation started that he would be perfect for West Ham. Well no doubt, as he would for many other League clubs, but the chance of him finding his […]

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Slaven Bilic has confirmed that Manu Lanzini is back n the Hammers squad for the weekend match against Swansea City. And despite early predictions that Michail Antonio would be missing the manager confirmed that he also looked okay for the match at the London Stadium. However, Pedro Obiang – despite reports that had recovered from […]

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West Ham United Ladies will bid for a licence to play in next season’s restructured Women’s Super League. West Ham Ladies currently play in the third-tier Women’s Premier League Southern Division. “We want West Ham to be at the very top of this new-look league structure,” said managing director Jack Sullivan on the WHUFC.com. “Now […]

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A host of West Ham players are set for international duty next week. Jose Fonte and Portugal have their fate in their own hands in Group B, knowing victories in Andorra and at home to Edimilson Fernandes in Switzerland will almost certainly seal their place at Russia 2018. Marko Arnatuovic and Austria face two must-win Group D […]

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West Ham have accepted the inevitable and will not be appealing the FA’s decision to charge the club with failing to control their players during the match between the Irons and Spurs on Saturday. A massive free-for-all broke out in the 95th minute and as a result the ruling body has charged both clubs. Referee […]

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West Ham can pick up William Carvalho for €35 million euros in January according to Portuguese press reports. O Jogo claims that Sporting are short of balancing their books and that the defensive midfielder represents their best option of doing so. The report says that Sporting Lisbon made just over €50m during the summer transfer […]

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Jose Fonte has sent a message to the Hammers faithful in Saturday’s official programme stresssing that there are a lot of games still to be played and that last weekend should be forgotten! The central defender has seen his own form pick up but admits the squad is “not happy ” with the events of […]

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Carlton Cole could be set for another lease of Premier League life at struggling Crystal Palace. Roy Hodgson could turn to the former Hammers favourite after being hit by injury to Christian Benteke who could be out for six weeks or so with a knee injury The Mirror reports that contact has been made with […]

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Newcastle host Liverpool live on Sky Sports this Sunday and it’s a fixture associated with goals – but which Premier League fixture produces the most?

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West Ham top the table for the percentage of tickets sold for their home games this season. The club reported an official attendance of 56,988 for the West Ham v Spurs London derby last weekend meaning just 12 tickets went unsold which equates to an impressive 99.98% fill rate. Overall last weekend saw an average 97.44% […]

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This week the Moore Than Just A Podcast boys discuss the Bolton win in the League cup and the Spurs loss at the London Stadium.  Join Sean Whetstone, John Bucci and Nigel Kahn as they chat about the highs of lows of being a Hammer in the past seven days on the hour-long West Ham […]

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West Ham may get a massive boost this weekend with Manu Lanzini making a surprise return to the squad for the match against Swansea. It had been believed the midfielder would be making his reappearance against Burnley at Turf Moor after the international break but Slaven Bilic is being tempted to include him on Saturday […]

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Diafra Sakho has been recalled into the Senegal squad for a crucial World Cup qualifier in the Cape Verde Islands. Aliou Cisse’s has named Sakho in his 26-man selection for the tie and the hammers striker will be hoping to pick up his first international cap since 2015. Senegal are in third place in the […]

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London Stadium owners will need to pay £750,000 per year in additional costs of the resultant pay rises to ensure contractors pay all staff at the London Living wage of £9.75 per hour. The extra cost will be met by the taxpayer unless the stadium owners can convince those subcontractors or West Ham to absorb […]

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West Ham and Spurs have been charged by the Football Association for failing to control their players in Saturday’s Premier League match at the London Stadium. West Ham were pressing for an equaliser in stoppage time when players from both sides started an on-pitch altercation, prompting the charge. Andy Carroll and Winston Reid were booked […]

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Manuel Lanzini, Michail Antonio and James Collins are unlikely to return from injury until after the International break on 14th October when West Ham take on Burnley while  Edimilson Fernandes and Pedro Obiang could both be fit and available for selection this weekend. Manu Lanzini looks ready to make his long delayed return to action on […]

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Today’s tittle-tattle is a man in motion The Mill is just one of an assortment of hacks weeping salt tears at the news that Diego Costa’s £57m move to Atlético Madrid is finally done, bringing the curtain down on one of the great interminable transfer sagas of our age. Chelsea will look to swiftly move on from Costa’s inevitable departure by tying Eden Hazard to an eye-watering £300,000-per-week deal. Should their…

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Javier Hernandez has denied a fake news report claiming that Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo donated one million Euros to his fund for the victims of the recent earthquake in Mexico. The Mexican earthquake has claimed over 320 lives so live and caused widespread damage to the West Ham strikers country. The story, which was originally made public […]

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Former Chelsea player Tony Cascarino has laid the blame for last Saturay’s defeat at the feeet of Slaven Bilic. He told The Times: “Slaven Bilic must take responsibility for West Ham United’s loss against Spurs. “He set his stall out and had Javier Hernandez in his favourite position down the middle, Michail Antonio on the […]

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