Up The Hammers – Latest West Ham United FC News

The Great Entertainer is ready to torment Louis Van Gaal’s suffering troops. Dimi Payet’s name will be the most famous of the 22 that start at at Old Trafford this afternoon – when could we last say that on a trip to Old Trafford? The weight of expectation doesn’t faze him. Indeed the French wizard […]

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By Hugh Southon I can’t remember a time when such a wave of belief has surrounded West Ham on a trip to Manchester United. Despite the bookies still making United favourites, virtually everybody I speak to believes this is the Irons moment and there has never been a better time to meet the old foe. […]

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West Ham are finalising a deal for Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder Havard Nordtveit. The Norway international was previously captain of Arsenal’s reserve team.

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West Ham won’t be bothered with the irksome Diego Costa at Stamford Bridge next Saturday after the striker was red carded at Everton this afternoon. The Spaniard was dismissed after a second bookable offence after conducting a running feud with Gareth Barry all afternoon. His departure came after Barry nibbled at the his  heels  near […]

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Diego Costa is set to miss West Ham’s away game with Chelsea next Saturday at Stamford bridge after receiving a long over-due red card this evening.  The West London striker picked up two yellow cards which saw him sent off in the 84th minute of the FA Cup quarter-final with Everton. Gareth Barry nibbled at […]

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Reece Oxford won’t be involved in tomorrow’s crucial FA Cup clash against Manchester United at Old Trafford. ClaretandHugh understands that the teenager has been left out of the squad but that Winston Reid, along with Joey O’Brien and Victor Moses have both made the journey north. However, the question mark over Winston’s involvement remains as […]

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West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has said that Manchester United lack a world-class striker ahead of their FA Cup quarter-final match up at Old Trafford on Sunday.

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A previously adjourned hearing concerning the appeal by the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) against the Information Commissioner’s (ICO) order to publish the full financial terms of the deal between itself and West Ham United FC will reconvene on Thursday March 17th at 10am at Court 4, 15 Bream’s Buildings, London, EC4A 1DZ. A football […]

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Slaven Bilic reckons Manchester United  and are still ­suffering from the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson three years ago. And he doesn’t believe the club has the players to scare other teams these days whilst adding they will be like “wounded lions” tomorrow (Sun). He said: “With Ferguson, if you see the names that played up front […]

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Manchester United are likely to be without EIGHT key players for the clash against the Irons at Old Trafford. Wayne Rooney, Will Keane, Luke Shaw and Ashley Young are all  out and Antonio Valencia and Adnan Januzaj played for the under-21’s on Friday night so are unlikely to be ready. Juan Mata is banned after […]

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CandH Exclusive The word legend is thrown around far too loosely but today a true Hammers hero more worthy of the title than most – the one and only Alan Devonshire – has chosen to speak exclusively with ClaretandHugh as we continue our guild up to Old Trafford tomorrow. He also gives his opinion on the […]

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BBC prundit, Mark Lawrenson has played it safe by predicting a draw on Sunday at Old Trafford and a FA Cup quarter-final replay at the Boleyn Ground but he does put his neck on the line by saying he believes we would win the replay on home turf! Lawro told the BBC website  “This is […]

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West Ham fan, Bobby Guy has penned a piece of poetry ahead of West Ham’s quarter final’s against Manchester United. Once more into the breach dear friends, once more We block the M1 with our coaches and roaring motors In this league there is nothing that so becomes a man than a rousing trip to […]

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David Gold has regularly been referring to the final Boleyn as “a perfect storm.” Tomorrow it can become an unstoppable Hammers hurricane. The incredible league form, the FA Cup run, the form of our new signings, Dimi Payt’s magic and fifth place are all making it possible that this – our final season at the […]

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Former Hammer, Frank McAvennie revealed has told how he kicked Paolo Di Canio for ignoring a fan waiting in the rain. Speaking to the Scottish Sun The former West Ham star said: “I don’t get all that with players now, they’re getting so much money and they want to sneak out the back door. “All […]

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Slaven Bilic has finally killed off suggestions that Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be joining the Irons this summer declaring: “He is out of our league”. It  is now well known, the 34 year old is out of contract at Paris St Germain in June and has dropped some pretty heavy hints that he may like to make […]

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Claret and Hugh has been told tonight that the Hammers Premier League home game originally scheduled for tomorrow against Watford will be moved to Wednesday 20th April with 7.45pm kick off. The club and Premier League have yet to officially announce the date but sources close to club revealed preparations are already in place to hold […]

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Exclusive West Ham are looking to deliver another Hammer blow to Spurs next week by lending the Boleyn to their European opponents, Borussia Dortmund in the build-up to the Europa league match . Borussia  embarrassed the Lilly Whites  last night with a three nil thrashing at Signal Iduna Park following the  Premier League defeat at the Boleyn last […]

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Claret and Hugh understands that Fulham’s head groundsman, Greg Bolton has been appointed by stadium operators London Stadium 185 to look after the Olympic Stadium grass pitch. Earlier today Greg posted “Beautiful sunny day down at the cottage, about to start prepping for my last matchday” He previously posted “I’ve very much enjoyed my stay […]

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An overwhelming majority of Hammers fans are expecting to brush Manchester United aside and march in on a Wembley semi-final spot on Sunday. ClaretndHugh readers have been voting on the outcome at http://www.claretandhugh.info/page/3/ and there is srill time for you to cast yours. So far nearly 700 have voted and 557 of them (79 pc) are […]

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Attacking midfielder Manuel Lanzini insisted he has no reason to leave West Ham at the end of the season, with the east Londoners prepared to make a move for the Argentinian

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Ahead of this week’s FA Cup action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats.

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Work is now well under way to create a state of the art Desso Grassmaster pitch at the former Olympic Stadium ready for West Ham’s move this Auhust. Stadium owners E20 Stadium LLP  are investing around £1 million to install the latest Desso Grassmaster sports pitch surface. Desso GrassMaster is a mix of artificial and natural grass and is […]

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Bradford have extended midfielder Josh Cullen’s loan from West Ham.

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Ahead of this week’s FA Cup action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats.

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West Ham are offering supporters the chance to hire the Boleyn Ground pitch on Bank Holiday Monday 30th May for £10,000. Other slots remaining are available for £6,000. The club wrote to corporate supporters to offer the once in lifetime opportunity! The club wrote: “Following the final home match in May there is the opportunity […]

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