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London Stadium stewards will be actioning a new Zero Tolerance policy on the misuse of accessible toilets this evening at the league cup game against Bolton and Saturday’s lunchtime game against Spurs.  Able-bodied West Ham Supporters have been misusing disabled toilets at halftime for smoking and to avoid queues at peak times at other toilets. Complaints […]

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Bilic delivered some bad regarding the fitness of Manuel Lanzini at his pre-match press conference on Monday, revealing the Argentine is set to be out of action until at least the end of the month due to a knee problem and possibly until after the International break which will be mid-October. “He’s doing everything but he […]

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Hammers loanee Robert Snodgrass is wary whether he will ever pull on a West Ham shirt again. Speaking to TalkSPORT on whether he will ever play for the club again, he said: “It’s very difficult to say, because you just don’t know in football where you’re going to be or what the next chapter is. […]

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Slaven Bilic is promising to put out a powerful side against Bolton this evening. Speaking to the official site ahead of the game the manager said: ““It’ll be a strong side. It’s a big game for us and all we are thinking about. We are very ambitious, as are all the clubs still in the […]

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The Hammers will ring the changes tonight as the team take on Bolton Wanderers in the League Cup clash at the London Stadium. Slaven Bilic  has reveled that Andy Carroll will miss the game as he can’t take three in a week and that his training regime has been changed to accommodate that. There’s a likelihood […]

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James Collins has received a boost with the news that his ankle injury is not as bad as first believed. The 34 year old collapsed soon after the start of the second half against Wst Brom with what looked a serous problem but he was a relieved man after a scan yesterday. The central defender […]

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Slaven Bilic has admitted he’s struggling to play Chicharito in his ideal position. The manager has taken much criticism for his decision to employ the Mexican in a wide role but admits in the current circumstances it’s desperately  difficult to sort it out. He said: “It’s very hard to please everyone. It’s very hard to put […]

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West Ham are scouting Portugal international Danilo Pereira after he was watched in Porto’s win over Rio Ave on Sunday. The Hammers were linked with the 26-year-old Portugal international in August but the club of course scout players all over the world at any given time so it’s now a case of waiting and seeing. […]

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Slaven Bilic has today explained his thinking in playing Chicharito out of position. Let’s be quite clear the Mexican scored all his goals for various clubs in the central striking role  – end of . Bilic however has an explanation claiming that he is not playing “wide wide” but off the striker which may explain […]

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Five games into the Premier League and the shape of the season to come is becoming clearer. Sportsmail’s Ralph Ellis shares 10 things he learned from the weekend’s action.

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Slaven Bilic has defended playing Javier Hernandes out of position insisting he didn’t play him out wide like a winger but explained he was more off the main striker. “We are getting that confidence back as a team,’ Bilic told the press. ‘We were attacking. But to get three points you need quality up front, […]

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Former Hammers boss Harry Redknapp admits he has probably given his last ever team talk and training session as a manager! The 70 year old was axed at the weekend after leading Birmingham to their sixth defeat of the season. And when asked by BBC Radio 5’s Sportsweek programme if he would be looking for […]

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Slaven Bilic is too long in the tooth to declare the season has been turned around but he is hopeful things are now on the right course. Despite a dreadful game at West Brom, Bilic is confident that the positives are slowly overtaking the West Ham negatives. Let’s be honest, the Hammers didn’t do enough […]

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Slaven Bilic says Andy Carroll is always a threat but he needs more games under his belt. Speaking to WHUFC.com he said: “Andy (Carroll) is always a threat and he was good in the air and also with stopping the balls and laying it off to the flanks, we put a lot of balls in where […]

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James Collins is tonight at the centre of speculation that he has suffered damage ligament to his ankle and is heading for a scan in the morning. The Ginger Pele suffered the injury in the first half and looked likely to come off to avoid further damage but played on until half time and was […]

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West Ham have escaped the relegation zone for the first time this season thanks to Manchester United beating Everton 4-0 at Old Trafford this afternoon. It made it three losses in a row for the Merseyside team who have replaced West Ham in the eighteenth spot in the league table on a goal difference of […]

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There’s a continuous murmur going on that Manu Lanzini could feature in the League Cup match on Tuesday evening. The midfielder is now back in full training with the first team and whilst he is not of course match fit there’s an outside chance that manager Slaven Bilic will give him a run out against […]

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Jose Fonte has explained the Irons are far more comfortable playing three at the back and the squad now has to concentrate on ways of breaking teams down. Speaking to the official site the Portuguese defender explaind why things had picked up saying  “Some people might say, perhaps we could have changed or gone a little […]

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Former Hammers boss Alan Pardew has changed his mind about the club’s finishing position this season – revising the forecast downwards! The out of work boss is spending a great amount of time offering his opinions of a variety of issues and was moved to give Slaven Bilic some training advice on Andy Carroll’s training […]

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West Ham co-chairman David Gold appeared to have a slight dig at West Brom’s brand of football under Tony Pullis by making an observation that loyal West Ham fans stayed until the end of the match while Baggies fans didn’t and left early. Gold wrote on his twitter account. “Second clean sheet on the bounce, […]

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London Stadium stewards are now paid the London Living Wage minimum of £9.75 per hour. An advert by Steward security OCS confirms that stadium owners have delivered on a pledge to give the stewards a pay rise. The advert says “The London Stadium in Stratford is currently recruiting Stewards to be a part of their Stadium […]

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Spurs fans are experiencing the same treatment from Wembley Stadium stewards as West Ham supporters experienced at the start of the Premier League season at the London Stadium last year.  In fact, many of the non-football fan stewards who work at the London Stadium also work at Wembley. Yesterday this video below went viral on social media […]

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Bolton Wanderers will arrive at the London Stadium winless in the Championship this season for Tueday night’s League Cup clash. They sit rock bottom of the Championship and on the face of it the Hammers should cruise into the next round of the competition. Life of course is not like that and the Irons made […]

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Pedro Obiang reckons the time is approaching when the Irons will become upwardly mobile! The midfielder almost settled the game with a magical shot from just outside the centre circle which beat Ben Foster but bounced off the bar. And afterwards he declared: “We’ve come through a difficult moment and we won the last game. […]

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Slaven Bilic admits he wanted Ben Foster to be shown a red card for his challenge on Javier Hernandez before admitting he got it wrong. The Baggies keeper came flying out of goal to bring Little Pea down outside the area but escaped with a yellow card most thought on first viewing should have been […]

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Slaven Bilic appears locked into the Andy Carroll scenario – full stop. As many look on wondering how he can stick one of Europe’s top strikers on the left wing and rely on AC as a lone front man the manager continues to plead the big man’s virtues. And in his post match presser he […]

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