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West Ham’s, Doneil Henry very struggled last night as a right back for Canada against Mexico in a World Cup qualifier match.  The 22 year old centre-back struggled in an un-natural position as his side went 3-0 down in Vancouver. Henry himself came in for a lot of criticism from Canadian supporters who couldn’t understand why […]

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Owl-faced England Manager, Roy Hodgson has given one of the most bizarre excuses on his continuing snub of Mark Noble during a pre-match press conference ahead of the Germany v England friendly. “The fact is there are are always two or three players that are in the news that many people would like to be selected […]

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It’s another No 1 from ClaretandHugh and Hammers Chat – a visual phone in programe discussing all things Irons. In this new ground breaking feature the top partnership allows you the opportunity to appear on this new show discussing the topic that is closest to your heart. In this first edition Mark Noble’s exclusion from […]

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Dimitri Payet went close to scoring as France beat Holland 3-2 on an emotional night in Amsterdam.

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  CandH Exclusive Billy Bonds has named the current Irons squad as the strongest he can remember in his West Ham history. The club’s greatest living legend – speaking exclusively to ClaretandHugh – said: “We may have had better individual players like Mooro, Brooking, Dev, Hurst, Peters and all the rest but I don’t believe […]

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Kevin Nolan will miss Mark Noble’s testimonial on Easter Monday as Leyton Orient host Hartlepool down the road. Originally named in the Nobes testimonial lineup the player-manager of the O’s is otherwise engaged. Orient lost 1-0 to Accrington Stanley yesterday and will face Hartlepool on Monday, meaning Nolan will miss Mark Noble’s testimonial at the […]

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Harry Redknapp has decided the best way to honour Bobby Moore’s memory is to slag off his treatment by West Ham. A new film honouring the great Mooro called “Bobby” premieres with a special screening on the pitch at Wembley on May 25th as a tribute to the 1966 World Cup triumph. Redknapp is one of […]

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Dimitri Payet has been hailed as a player who has ‘enormous quality’ by France manager Didier Deschamps. Payet played the full match as France beat Holland 3-2 on Friday.

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Former Chelsea and Spurs player turned Sports radio presenter, Jason Cundy has backed West Ham to finish in the top four in the Premier league, describing them as the best of the bunch chasing Manchester City for the fourth spot and a chance at Champions league football next season. Speaking to Claret and Hugh associate […]

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Besiktas president Fikret Orman has revealed that the club have invited Slaven Bilic to the Vodafone Arena inauguration ceremony. Speaking at the pre-inauguration press conference president said: “We will be inviting Bilic, Daum, Toshack, Milne, Lucescu and former players to the ceremony as well.” Bilic coached Besiktas over two seasons before joining West Ham last […]

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By Scott Alsweiller How nice at this stage of the season that we can all breath a healthy sigh of relief. We’re safe from the relegation most pundits were predicting for us and we’ve seen just how good this squad is, led by the tireless Mark Noble, and managed by Slaven Bilic – a man […]

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The boss of the Three Lions says it will be difficult for uncapped players to break into his plans prior to the European Championship this summer

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David Sullivan has announced that he’s likely to hand Slaven Bilic a new contract – probably next January. He says that he has to be assured that the manager is not a “one season wonder” so will bide his time on the decision. Is he right? ClaretandHugh’s readers have been offering their opinions at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/  […]

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Manager Harry Redknapp has revealed that he and long-term ally Kevin Bond have a tough task in managing the Jordan national side, as none of their players speak English.

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This graphic shows Mark Noble stats against those midfielders selected for England.   Share This:

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Of course, we have known this fact for many years but the London Evening Standard confirmed it so it must be true! right? The  Evening standard published a table of West Ham results this season against the big clubs. They included Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal and bizarrely Everton but omitted Spurs from the […]

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Exclusive West Ham fans have given Christian Benteke a massive thumbs down as the club’s major summer signing. Extraordinarily, the Liverpool striker attracted only 10 votes (0.58 pc of the vote) in a ClaretandHugh poll asking fans which of six selected strikers they would like at the club next season. Everton’s Romelu Lukaku was way […]

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David Gold has cleared up any issues surrounding the Olympic Stadium capacity and hinted that that the club may eventually go for a 66k capacity. With the waiting list growing to around 50k the co chairman has revealed that the 66,000 is the ultimate limit at the club’s new home With the subject under keen […]

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Slaven Bilic will get his new deal at West Ham just as we told you on Tuesday but it won’t be until next January. David Sullivan – as we indicated through our own sources in our own story  – wants to ensure “he is not a one season wonder.” He said: “I will give Slaven […]

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Mark Noble has made a personal plea to fans to 0vercome transport problems to support his testimonial on Easter Monday. Nobes has lined up a list of legends like no other to play his Hammers team  but is aware that fans will need to make special arrangements to get to the Boleyn. The eagerly awaited […]

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The news that West Ham have increased capacity has also bought fresh news that new Hammers season ticket holders at the Olympic Stadium will need to commit for two season rather than one. The 6,000 additional seats will soon go on sale from the 4th April at the Stratford reservation centre but with those lucky […]

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West Ham have no intention of moving Andy Carroll on despite their hunt for a £25 million striker this summer. The Hammers though have made it clear to ClaretandHugh this afternoon they are “in no hurry” to bring their big summer signing to the club declaring: “We are going to make sure we get this […]

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Mark Noble hopes his West Ham testimonial season ends with swan dives in his kitchen – but is not expecting an England call-up for Euro 2016. He leads West Ham against an All-Stars XI on Monday.

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The Argentine playmaker has completed his transfer to the high-flying east Londoners from Al-Jazira for a fee in the region of £9.4million

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Christian Benteke is being widely touted as a big Irons target this summer. No sooner than the story broke than the Liverpool striker spoke out about his treatment at Anfield and his unhappiness with manager Jurgen Klopp. That normally suggests a player ho may be cashing in on the publicity generated from the transfer talk […]

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West Ham youngster, Oscar Borg has joined Aston Villa on a two and a half year contract after being released by West Ham.  The 18 year old has been previously dubbed as the new Gareth Bale and two years ago the Hammers fought off keen interest from Manchester United when he was just 16. He […]

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