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Squeaky bum time doesn’t enter into it – this is a time when every single nerve end is screaming at us so I inevitably have to look at the relegation scrap. This time I have given it a twist by awarding the absolute minimum number of points I believe those from 18th  position upwards to […]

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A new summary of West Ham’s financial accounts has been published by PriceOfFootball.com  this week. The wide-ranging and in-depth article points out that West Ham’s wage bill rose by 12% to £95 million in 2017. They say it’s a significant increase and puts the club ahead of some of its rivals, but is still behind Everton […]

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West Ham Vice-Chairman Karren Brady has finally secured a meeting with the Mayor of London for crisis talks about the London Stadium four months after he said he was taking personal charge of the London Stadium following Newham council’s exit from stadium ownership company E20. The Hammers have been granted a meeting with Sadiq Khan on Monday 26th March, but it […]

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Official minutes from London Stadium owners E20 board in late January confirm that the public organisation was looking for ways to reduce cost on stewarding. The papers released online as part of the London Mayor’s transparency programme on the stadium say the company was legally obliged to provide a higher number of stewards even though […]

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West Ham are hoping Andy Carroll will be back in the first team squad for the match against Manchester City on Sunday April 29 but to be definitely available for the away trip to Leicester. Carroll was included for the warm weather training trip to Miami and that was based on the progress he has […]

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Having been away for a week following a personal loss I have followed just one issue from deepest Cornwall as far as West Ham is concerned. Some things are bigger – much bigger than football. Losing a loved one is probably the most extreme among them – but unity at such times is critical – […]

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The £1million Soccer Saturday Super 6 jackpot has been won by 59-year-old Jacqueline Packham thanks to an injury-time Sheffield Wednesday winner.

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Hammers legend Phil Parkes  isn’t sure David Moyes will want to stay at West Ham beyond this season regardless of its outcome. Relegation is on everybody’s mind but Parksey believes two wins will do it for us with Southampton and Stoke there to be taken so long as the fans give it everything they’ve got. […]

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The West Ham first-team squad arrived back in the UK from Florida in the early hours of this morning after completing five days of warm-weather training in Miami. The players who have been enjoying temperatures in the US as high 30c arrived back to a sub-zero climate and a flurry of snow. They were staying […]

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Pablo Zabaleta has told the club’s website that he understands the frustration of fans but says everyone needs to pull together and be united. Zaba told Wets Ham TV in Miami “It’s been a difficult season in terms of injuries and many things that sometimes have affected the team. To the fans all we can say […]

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The West Ham United Independent Supporters’ Association (WHUISA) have been invited to meet with WestHam owner David Sullivan next Tuesday the association have announced to their members today. They say as a democratic group, the meeting will be guided by the questions the majority of their paid members would like addressed. The email to paid-up members says  […]

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Accounts for a company called Boleyn Phoenix Limited appears to suggest that Galliard Homes sold the Boleyn Ground land for a £22m mark on the £38m they paid West Ham. The Boleyn Phoenix hopefully owned by Galliard shows revenue of nearly £60m with the cost of sales of £40m. After spending £38m on the land, Galliard spent […]

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Spirit of Shankly member Roy Bentham sees a lot of similarities between Liverpool fans’ own struggle in the late-noughties and West Ham fans against their board. Bentham blogged for the FSF on what its like fighting for your club… “I looked at Saturday’s events in Stratford down in the capital on television and two things instantly came […]

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Former Hammer Tony Gale has urged West Ham fans to unite behind the team in a bid to avoid another “nightmare” relegation. When recalling the impact that the Bond scheme protests had on his season 1992 season at West Ham, Gale said: “It was an absolute nightmare. The crowd that was normally so with you, […]

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West Ham has called an emergency meeting of the Supporters’ Advisory Board before the next game against Southampton. The club wrote to members of the advisory board this week saying “Following the events that marred last Saturday’s match with Burnley, we would like to invite you to an Emergency Supporter Advisory Board meeting to be […]

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Self-confessed West Ham fan Sir Robin Wales has been deselected by his party today for the election for Newham mayor after 23 years in power. The Labour mayor of Newham will be replaced in May’s local elections by Rokhsana Fiaz. Sir Robin had faced opposition after Newham council spent over £50m under his leadership on […]

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The FA have published written reasons for West Ham anti-doping fine. Three strikes were two wrong addresses for Manuel Lanzini and one unnamed Academy player being absent the club claim who was called away on U-23 duty at short notice. FA ‘concerned’ charged West Ham after three breaches in just three months. Earlier this month […]

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West Ham Vice Chairman has used her Sun column to apologise on behalf of everyone at West Ham and says the Board takes full responsibility for the club’s predicament. Writing for the tabloid Brady Says “FIRST of all I want to apologise on behalf of everyone at the football club for what we witnessed last […]

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan has rebuked Karren Brady for claiming that cuts in the London Stadium’s security budget were responsible for the crowd trouble that marred West Ham last Saturday according to the Guardian. West Ham’s vice-chairman wrote to the mayor of London after an emergency meeting between stakeholders on Monday and said David Sadler, […]

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BBC journalist Simon Stone says he stands by his comments that Saturday’s trouble were organised by mobile phones Simon wrote Twitter “Re: comments on  West Ham story + strength of feeling against it. Firstly, I did not make it up. Info came via credible source + I had no reason to think it was incorrect. Secondly, there is official statement […]

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SKY pundit Charlie Nicholas believes West Ham will join West Brom and Huddersfield in relegation this season Writing on the Sky Sports website  Nicholas writes: Three down: West Brom, Huddersfield, West Ham  “I agree that West Brom have gone, not many would argue with that right now. Then, given I’m going for Crystal Palace to […]

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Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has come to the defence of David Sullivan and David Gold. “I do not wish what happened at West Ham on anyone. I do not look at that and think ‘that is great for us at Palace’,” said Parish, speaking to local media this week. “I know David Sullivan and […]

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A Claret and Hugh poll of 1,583 supporters says West Ham owners David Sullivan David Gold should stay away from the next home game versus Southampton on 31st March. Over 56% said the owners should not be in the directors’ box for the next home game at the London Stadium with over nearly 49% saying […]

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BBC journalist Simon Stone claims West Ham troubles at the London Stadium were organised using mobile phones and that 85% of the attempts to invade the pitch were repelled. Stone wrote on his Twitter account last night: “It is estimated stewards repelled 85% of the attempts to get on the pitch West Ham on Saturday. Trouble wasn’t […]

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The London Stadium Stadium Safety Advisory Board which met yesterday has said it would while it accepted the troubles last weekend were caused by a small minority of fans it would seriously consider forcing West Ham to play behind closed door effectively banning all fans. In a Statement released on WHUFC.com last week the SAG […]

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West Ham’s next home fixture will see strict security measures in place and a police presence following an emergency meeting held at the London Stadium on Thursday night.

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