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West Ham are hoping that Under 23 keeper Nathan Trott may be able to fill the No 2 role to Adrian at the club next season. The departure of Joe Hart – currently on around £120k a week at the Irons – will free up a minimum of around £90k in wages but should Trott […]

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 Saint-Etienne’s exciting midfielder Jonathan Bamba has become a target for the Irons – according to The Sun.. The 21 year old has been a target for Huddersfield and Palace but he is now apparently wanted by the Irons whom it is claimed want him to sign a pre-contract with his deal running out at the […]

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Josh Pask sealed a previous victory for the Under 23s with a third minute winner at Liverpool on Saturday afternoon and with it almost certainly guaranteed another season of Premier League Two Division One football. The young Hammers hadn’t won in four games and were without a clean sheet in three before the trip to […]

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The Iron’s clash with Manchester United at the London Stadium has been rearranged following Joese Mournho’s team reaching the the Emirates FA Cup sixth round. United were set to visit the east end on Sunday 18 March at 1.30pm, but their fifth-round win at Huddersfield Town on Saturday evening now makes that impossible following their […]

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Leyton Orient has decided not to pursue a claim of illegal state aid against West Ham’s rental of the former Olympic Stadium. US businessman and new owner of Orient, Nigel Travis allowed a complaint with the European Commission to lapse recently meaning the case against West Ham will finally be closed with the state aid […]

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David Moyes is determined to strengthen at central defence in the summer with West Brom’s Jonny Evans a priority target should the Baggies slip into the Championship. And he is also keen on fellow defender and Engllnd Under 21 Craig Dawson who signed a new three year deal with the club in 2017. Various top […]

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West Ham have taken 20 points from their last 12 games and that has come as a surprise to Aaron Cresswell who has been perfooming well as the team has moved away from the bottom three. And the left back believes the team is more than capable of keeping their form going when it returns […]

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The West Ham United Independent Supporters Association – WHUISA has reduced the cost of membership to just £1! The association says their aim is to provide a democratic, fully independent and self-funding structure through which all West Ham fans can voice their opinions without censure on matters that are important to us as well as express […]

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Brilliant Hammers prospect Nathan Holland returns to full training next week after a devastating four month injury hell. The former Everton youth prospect tore his hamstring the day before David Moyes arrived but is now back having completed all his rehab work. Academy boss Terry Westley told ClaretandHugh: “I remember the manager telling me how […]

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Confirmation that Robert Snodgrass is set for a Hammers return appears to have been given by Aston Villa’s local media source Birmingham Live. The winger – despite being very close to Villa boss Steve Bruce – looks to have made his mind up to forgive and forget the ill advised David Sullivan outbursts on his […]

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Karren Brady believes that  Kieron Dyer’s book ‘Old Too Soon, Smart  Too Late’ is a big reminder of how the game has been moved on. Dyer, made only 22 appearances and had never played a full 90 minutes for West Ham but was the club’s top earner on £83,000-a-week. He has some critical remarks of […]

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This week West Ham emailed tens of thousands Hammers supporters encouraging them to pay £10 to join the Season Ticket Waiting List. The marketing email read:  “Don’t miss out on huge West Ham moments. Put yourself in the best position to watch the Hammers live every week by joining the Season Ticket Waiting List. It […]

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Overseas Hammers fans have been forced to pay up to £199 per person to attend West Ham games through an official partner of the club. Fans from outside the U.K say their options of buying West Ham tickets for the London Stadium is limited if they want to purchase in advance so are often forced […]

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A West Ham fan who recently watched the documentary film Iron Men messaged Hammers Chairman David Gold on Twitter to say: “Watching this now just makes me even more angry, you told a dream to convince us that it was the right move because you knew that otherwise, people would have been more passionate to stop […]

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Manu Lanzini reckons he’s ready to return and says he will be with the team again next week. The brilliant playmaker has told the official website he’s on his way back and could be set for the Liverpool trip as his injury issues improve. Various forecasts that he will be back for Anfield or Swansea […]

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West Ham have released an official statement to confirm they plan to meet with the action group on Monday. The club published a statement on WHUFC.com to say “West Ham United can today confirm the Club has reached out to the supporter groups represented within the West Ham Groups United to meet to begin constructive […]

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  By Allen Cummings   So I’ve finally got to see THAT video! I say ‘see’ – but in all honesty, if anyone can actually see clearly what went on in that infamous Wigan car park, you’re a better man than me. The actual footage itself is pretty much dark and indistinguishable throughout. So as […]

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Robert Snodgrass is tonight reported as being ready to throw everything into a second time around excursion at the London Stadium. According to the London Evening Standard, the on loan Hammer is set to come back and give it a real go should manager David Moyes want him. Regular reports have arisen claiming that the […]

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West Ham have been given permission to discuss a transfer with Hamburg winger Nicolai Muller, according to a report in German newspaper Bild. The Germany international has won two caps for the national team and is set to leave Hamburg on a free transfer in the summer when his contract expires. Both the Hammers and […]

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I don’t mind a protest march – I’ve been known to go on many of them. After all I grew up in days when they became a way of life! When people feel passionately it’s what they do but they expect their opponents to knock ’em and give them a hard time. T’was ever thus […]

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West Ham have been given a massive boost after it emerged that Inter Milan are willing to sell Joao Mario. Reports in Italy suggest the Serie A club are keen to sign Barcelona’s Rafinha on a permanent deal, after initially taking him on loan from the Spanish side in January.  And they are willing to […]

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Adrian has dropped a heavy hint that Manu Lanzini could be in line for a first team return against Liverpool next weekend. All the early estimates were that the Hammers play maker would be back for the clash against Swansea but an Anfield trip is now seemingly on the cards. And that could see a […]

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Millwall fans have raised over £3,200 for West Ham fan Isla Caton to demonstrate that football has no colours when it comes to cancer. Millwall fan Tony Munday is a whisker away from his target of £2,000 for little Isla Caton. Tony writes on his Justgiving Page. ‘Anyone who knows me will know that I’m a […]

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West Ham are set to go back in for Bournemouth midfielder Harry Arter in the summer after the Bournemouth midfielder made his feelings known on being thwarted from moving in the winter window. Arter  has started just 11 games out of the 26 in the Premier League this season and was left unused for the […]

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Cheik Kouyate has thanked his team mates for standing by him during what has obviously been one of the most difficult periods of his career. The midfielder played through an ankle problem earlier in the season before suffering a hamstring injury and admits the issues  played on his mind and affected his form. But the […]

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West Ham Legend Billy Bonds tonight sent his heartfelt best wishes to little Isla Caton, the cancer-stricken three-year-old who is at the centre of fundraising activities across the Irons community. ClaretandHugh are so grateful to Bill for donating nine items of his personal memorabilia to be auctioned on the site and are delighted that as […]

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