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Angelo Ogbonna and Arthur Masuaku has recovered from injuries and will be fit for selection to face Liverpool. West Ham Chairman David Gold tweeted “We have 7 first team players out injured but we can still field a strong enough team to get something out of the game against Liverpool. dg” Adding “Angelo Ogbonna is back […]

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Swansea City and West Ham are back on the trail of Manchester City striker Wilfried Bony. The Ivory Coast powerhouse has struggled on loan at Stoke City and has voiced his frustration.

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Slaven Bilic will lead the Irons into the 2017/18 season – the final year of his current deal. Despite being under pressure all season, his final flourish in leading the club to safety has been enough to ensure he keeps his job in the short and middle term at least. However, he could be faced […]

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West Ham’s passionate fans and global support helped Hammers winger Michail Antonio make his mind up on penning a new four-year deal worth £70,000-a-week, he has revealed. Antonio, 27, was a target for Premier League title shoo-ins Chelsea but yesterday signed an improved contract to stay at the London Stadium. And while he is more than happy with the general direction the club are going on the pitch…

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In this week’s edition of our weekly throwback segment, we speak to Ian, 56, a lifelong West Ham fan and season ticket holder about a very special night, a year ago yesterday. “I’ve been a West Ham for 50 years and a season ticket holder for the last six years with my two sons. On Tuesday 10th May we were heading for Upton Park for the last ever game at the Boleyn …

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Hammer of the Year Michail Antonio has signed a new and improved long-term contract with West Ham United which will keep him at the club until 2021. “It’s about time, eh!” said the winger, with a laugh. “I’m only joking! I’m over the moon, I’ve loved my time here and I’m just happy that we have […]

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West Ham is said to be tracking the availability of London-born Kundai Benyu who plays as a central midfielder for Ipswich. The 19-year-old has played for the Ipswich u21s and u18s side and spent last season on loan at Aldershot. He played 22 games for Aldershot scored 5 goals and 2 assists. He has been heavily featured and […]

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West Ham United are now mathematically safe and will be playing Premier League football next season. Survival was clinched with an emphatic 1-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur at The London Stadium last Friday night. Now that there is more certainty surrounding West Ham’s future, decisions can be made on our future beyond the end of […]

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Michail Antonio went one step better than last season when being crowned Hammer of the Year last night. Antonio, who has scored nine goals and registered five assists in 37 appearances, won 47 per cent of the vote, with Manuel Lanzini finishing as runner-up with 21 per cent, and Pedro Obiang third with 14 per […]

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In his latest update from the treatment room head of Medical and Sports Science Stijn Vandenbroucke reveals that Cheikhou Kouyate has been playing through  chronic wrist injury,  aggravated at the Africa Cup of Nations in January. He said: “He has shown the true spirit of the Hammers by playing with this condition and given everything to the team […]

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It still comes as a pleasant shock to the system to realise that the we haven’t lost to Liverpool in the last three encounters. Along the way we have scored seven times against the scousers and that there is a special reason for wanting to sort them again. Just as we stopped smashed Spurs’  Title […]

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GRAHAM POLL: Anthony Taylor refereed a tasty London derby really well, getting decisions just right. Kyle Walker flew into Manuel Lanzini after just 12 minutes to pick up the game’s first yellow card.

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Manchester United will beat Man City to top-four Premier League place, says the Sky Sports Premier Predictor.

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• Spurs can cut Chelsea lead to one point by winning at West Ham • Chelsea not in action until Monday at home to Middlesbrough Harry Kane has called on Tottenham Hotspur to take advantage of the scheduling of Premier League fixtures and increase the pressure on leaders Chelsea by beating West Ham United on their first trip to the London Stadium on Friday night. With Antonio Conte’s side not in action until Monday evening …

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Award-winning airline Norwegian are to make Bobby Moore their latest tail fin hero. The great man’s image will appear on the tail fin of airline’s brand new Boeing 737-800 plane later this year. The announcement was made on Football Shirt Friday – the fundraising initiative that helps fund life-saving research into bowel cancer through the […]

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Stoke City 0 Irons 0 Absolutely no complaints about that performance which for the most part was disciplined and brilliantly well organised as the Hammers collected another precious point and second clean sheet on the trot. And but for some sensational goalkeeping from City keeper Jack Butland we would have walked away from the Bet […]

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The Ribman of West Ham will be finally installed outside the London Stadium for the West Ham v Liverpool game. Ribman Mark Gevaux was finally able to agree terms of rent with London Stadium caterers Delaware North and satisfy heath and safety and strict food hygiene requirements to take up his pitch. The Ribman will […]

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West Ham are holding fast to their position that Michail Antonio is going nowhere this summer. ClaretandHugh was the first to reveal yesterday that the injured player has been offered a near double your money deal and that he was currently considering the terms. Various media reports put their own spin on things but essentially […]

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Slaven Bilic has discussed his pending hip operation for the first time publicly. Speaking in his own London Evening standard column he revealed: “I have been asked a few times about my up-coming hip replacement operation. “The reason I haven’t talked about it is not because of a privacy issue — I have absolutely no problem […]

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Mark Lawrenson continues to irritate and yes I know it’s a childish reaction but there we are – can’t help it. It’s not merely that he is again predicting a West Ham defeat tomorrow – that’s honestly no surprise. Almost a given these days. It’s more a case of him not giving a single reason […]

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In this week’s edition of our weekly throwback segment, we speak to Tom, 57, a lifelong West Ham fan and season ticket holder about his first Hammers experience: “At the age of 18 years old I was eagerly awaiting a New Years Eve party when I found myself being dragged along to a football match. I always played football, but I never really supported any club back then. I was quite nervous about it being my first time. I didn’t really know what …

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Wednesday’s HMRC investigation into Newcastle, Chelsea and West Ham dealing with Marseille has seen former Newcastle midfielder Sylvain Marveaux arrested. French newspaper Le Parisien report that their information is that they know of three football agents being arrested along with Marveaux and all four taken in for questioning as part of the all-encompassing investigation. One […]

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Slaven Bilic has confirmed the absence again of Andy Carroll for Stoke away this weekend saying it has come too soon for the crocked striker. Speaking at his pre-match press conference.  “Mark Noble is definitely going to be back in the squad on Saturday Unfortunately, it doesn’t look as if Andy Carroll is going to make the […]

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Rumours that West Ham could suffer a points deduction or even demotion from the Premier League along with newly promoted Newcastle are extremely wide of the mark. Social media went into overdrive yesterday suggesting a possible points deduction or exclusion from the Premier League for the Hammers. The rumours were fueled by a Sun newspaper story which claimed: “West […]

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James Collins has challenged his team-mates to build on the creditable 0-0 draw with Everton and ignite a push up the Premier League table with a win over Stoke at the weekend. Slaven Bilic’s men gained a point from the stalemate against Ronald Koeman’s troops at the London Stadium, and they go to the bet365 Stadium on Saturday to take on Mark Hughes’ side. And Collins believes the fact that the Hammers shave taken five points from the past three games gives…

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West Ham made it three games undefeated following a goalless draw with high-flying Everton on Saturday, although their advantage over the relegation zone was reduced to seven points. With four games remaining, West Ham could mathematically seal survival with one more victory this season but they face a difficult challenge with fixtures against Stoke, Spurs, […]

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