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So if you haven’t already heard, Mark Noble is to have a testimonial – and the players he’s called up are slowly revealing their participation. Over the last 24 hours we saw former Hammers Rio Ferdinand, Trevor Sinclair, Carlton Cole and Ravel Morrison confirm their call up by Nobes. But three more have now taken

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Mark Noble’s testimonial is going to be a huge occasion, not just for Mark himself but also for the Boleyn Ground. Everyone was so chuffed that Nobes had been granted a testimonial by the club after over a decade of service, and we’ve since been eagerly awaiting to hear who’s going to call up to

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Jürgen Klopp has brought much to Liverpool since arriving there last October, most notably a renewed sense of belief, but the one thing the German is still struggling to give the team is momentum. They arrived here looking for a third straight victory but instead lost for a second time in four games, with the pain for those who filled the away end here extended further by the identity of the man who delivered the killer blow. Andy Carroll has waited …

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Liverpool’s last ever visit to the Boleyn Ground could see us complete a league double over them for the first time since 1963/1964. We ended our awful 50+ year winless run at Anfield earlier this season and the return of almost all of our injured players this Saturday gives us a huge chance of making

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The last few months have been pretty difficult. Injuries to Dimitri Payet, Winston Reid, Victor Moses, Manuel Lanzini and Diafra Sakho crippled us across November and December, but somehow we managed to remain relatively unbeaten – we only lost to Spurs. However, Manuel Lanzini’s return to the side in the second half against Southampton gave

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We look at each Premier League club, what they need to strengthen and who they are hoping to sign in the January transfer window 1st 39pts Related: Aston Villa’s Rémi Garde targets loan move for Chelsea’s Loïc Remy Continue reading…

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It’s been a funny ol’ year, hasn’t it? The first half was terrible, but we’ve ended it very well and have a lot to look forward to. Much like 2014, right? One thing we’ve had to do is stick by the club throughout all the disappointment, mental injury crisis’ and awful performances. The good times

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• Co-chairman says Benítez had agreed contract before Real Madrid came in • West Ham to make Manuel Lanzini’s loan deal permanent two months early David Sullivan has revealed that Rafael Benítez had agreed a deal to become West Ham United’s manager in the summer before Real Madrid stepped in at the 11th hour. Related: Premier League fans’ half-time verdict part 2: Newcastle to West Ham Related: Liverpool must give Jürgen…

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This game will be the last of 2015 for us, with a very exciting year looming, but first, lets end this year on a positive note. We go into this game looking at a streak of eight winless games, which has subsequently dropped us down to 10th in the league table. Southampton, on the other

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It wasn’t one of the most entertaining matches this season, and this now makes it eight games without a win, drawing our last five and we are finding it a battle with the injuries we have. Our injury concerns have again increased with both Cresswell and Tomkins picking up minor injuries, which could see them

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So it’s official, West Ham are the Premier League’s draw specialists. Our 1-1 stalemate at Villa Park on Boxing day made it five draws in a row, although one positive is that we finally managed to find the back of the net thanks to Aaron Cresswell. However, despite being unbeaten in five we’re still without

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So we travel to rock-bottom Aston Villa today in the hope recording our first win in eight Premier League outings. It’s been a strange period in our season. Despite not winning in seven, we’re unbeaten in our last four, which goes to show that although we’ve perhaps struggled to kill games off without our key

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Three 0-0 draws in a row now, with our next trip away at Villa park, hoping to pick up all three points and avoid the ‘christmas hangover’ the players may have. Just to start off, I would like to say a huge congratulations to club captain and legend Mark Noble for being awarded with a

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Seven more sleeps to go! Seven more sleeps ’til…. TRANSFER WINDOW! Good tidings Hammers fans, it’s me again… the annoying ginger Twitter troll! January 2016 is fast approaching and there’s plenty of regurgitated transfer rumours knocking about… “Zaza to sign on loan.” “Zaza to sign permanently.” “Andy Carroll to sign for Newcastle.” Blah blah blah! SHUT

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The Hammers Chat crew have been previewing Boxing Day’s trip to Aston Villa this week. Having drawn four on the bounce – three of which have been goalless – we’re in desperate need of three points to give us some festive cheer on Sunday. Slaven Bilic said earlier this week that he’ll probably stick with

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We’ve all got that one former West Ham manager who we look back on and wonder – what was the club thinking!? The two names that generally come up in this topic are Glen Roeder and Avram Grant, but who really was the worst manager? West Ham World and @ExWhuEmployee have different opinions on the

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Back in the summer it was looking increasingly likely that James Collins would be leaving the club for a second time. But instead he opted to remain in east London to fight for his place in the team, clearly in the belief that he’s still good enough to compete at the highest level. And he

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• Winger will join on 2 January for reported £2.5m • Jarvis has been on loan but is currently injured Norwich have agreed the signing of winger Matt Jarvis from West Ham. The 29-year-old, who moved to Carrow Road on loan in September, will sign a three-and-a-half-year contract on 2 January. The fee for Jarvis is undisclosed but is reported to be around £2.5m, meaning the Hammers have taken a big…

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Managing West Ham on Football Manager can be a very difficult task to take on. Over the years our players on the game have been average, and it’s pretty difficult to strengthen the side from the off when the board give you limited funds to work with. This year it’s a little bit easier, with

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• Slaven Bilic says playmaker lined up for comeback on 2 January • Andy Carroll could be available to face Aston Villa on Boxing Day West Ham have been given a injury boost after Slaven Bilic revealed Dimitri Payet is likely to make his first-team return against Liverpool on 2 January. Payet, who scored five goals in his impressive start to life in thePremier League, was expected to be out until February after he sustained an…

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Like your trivia? Well here a load of interesting facts about the club you may or may not know… The new West Ham United manager writes his own lyrics and plays in a Croatian rock group called Rawbau. Slaven Bilic has a win percentage of 53.5 as a manager across more than 220 games at

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Another game. Another draw. Another 0-0 scoreline. In what has to be the worst West Ham performance since Slaven Bilic arrived at the club in the summer, there were few positives to take from Sunday’s stalemate with Swansea. We do have a lot of injuries to key players, and we know that’s the main reason

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Not too long ago we were in dreamland. We were effortlessly disposing of the finest teams that the English Premier League has to offer. We were almost unstoppable at full flow when we counter-attacked, with Dimitri Payet and Manuel Lanzini exquisitely composing each move. Fast forward to today and we have been struck with an

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Hammers cult hero John Moncur will never forgive Sam Allardyce for the way he treated West Ham’s youngsters during his four-years at Upton Park. In a wide-ranging interview in Blowing Bubbles Monthly, the 49-year-old said his handling over the Academy of Football’s rising stars was an “absolute joke”. But, despite his son’s “disappointing” departure, he

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It’s that time of year when we all wish for something we really want at Christmas. Aside from all the materialistic stuff we wish for over the holidays, it’s always the people we love the most who we want most at Christmas. We’ve been collectively deprived of one certain loved one over the past two

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It’s hard to remember the last player to have had such an instant, meteoric impact at West Ham than Dimitri Payet.  Some will claim the likes of Carlos Tevez and Paolo Di Canio are up there, but both didn’t excite as instantly as our new French hero. Put simply, he’s the best player to have

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