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With the international break boring the living hell out of us all ClaretandHugh has taken the opportunity of rating the Hammers first teamers and managers over the first seven League games. Here’s how we see em along with the manager. Hart: With the exception of Palace, the Hammers have conceded more goals at 13 than […]

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Slaven Bilic has been given a boost by the bloke who brought him to West Ham – former boss Harry Redknapp. Despite some screaming for his head on social media, Redknapp reckons the manager’s critics need to take a coser look at their boss’ record this season. Writing in the Daily Mail, Redknapp said: “You […]

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A new TV deal would see a percentage of the global revenue divided based on league position but no vote was taken due to a lack of support

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Former Hammer Stuart Pearce has told Yahoo Sports he believes West Ham’s fortunes will improve as the season goes on. Pearce told the website “To start this season with three away games was not helpful, because you know what it is like, if you pick up a win in your first game, it brings confidence […]

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Reece Oxford is happy and settled in Germany and stories that he will be on his way back to West Ham in January look wide of the mark. Academy boss Terry Westley has told ClaretandHugh that he has no idea where the story that he is set to return to the East End has come […]

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  A remarkable late winner from forward Diafra Sakho was enough for Slaven Bilic’s Hammers to steal a vital three points at The London Stadium on Saturday afternoon, a win that may just have saved the Croat’s Job. The visitors, Paul Clement’s Swansea City, were devastated to concede so late after putting up a stern and respectable performance, but have now slumped to three defeats in four Premier League Games. …

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After 25 years the Premier League has seen its fair share of great goalscorers. But it has also witnessed a fair amount of mediocrity in its time.

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Exclusive by Hugh Southon West Ham will be ready to let Diafra Sakho leave the club in January if they get a bid of £12 million plus. But the player will require some top personal terms after ClaretandHugh discovered the massive bonus clauses attached to his current wage deal. The Senegal hitman is now on […]

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Strong, robust and possessing a born goal-scoring talent, Marlon Harewood was certainly the type of player that the Claret & Blue Army tends to warm to and he enjoyed a fantastic spell in East London. But, why did Harewood depart Upton Park at the time he did? How did he become a cult hero in a Hammers shirt? And where is he now? Marlon Harewood Born in Hampstead and taken on by Nottingham Forest as a youth starlet, Harewood …

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Jack Wilshere appears to have put stores of his desperation to join West Ham firmly in their place. The midfielder has been linked with a move to the London Stadium for months and had been reported as having instructed his agent to get him a deal. And it has been believed the Irons will be […]

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Swansea are next up for West Ham and this is a must-win game for the Hammers. Swansea are a team that West Ham have to beat at home and we cannot let our fragile confidence affect us in this fixture. Michail Antonio’s absence is a huge blow for West Ham, his directness and forcefulness will be missed. I will stick with Carroll from the start and keep Hernandez on the bench…

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West Ham United Ladies will bid for a licence to play in next season’s restructured Women’s Super League. West Ham Ladies currently play in the third-tier Women’s Premier League Southern Division. “We want West Ham to be at the very top of this new-look league structure,” said managing director Jack Sullivan on the WHUFC.com. “Now […]

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A host of West Ham players are set for international duty next week. Jose Fonte and Portugal have their fate in their own hands in Group B, knowing victories in Andorra and at home to Edimilson Fernandes in Switzerland will almost certainly seal their place at Russia 2018. Marko Arnatuovic and Austria face two must-win Group D […]

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West Ham have accepted the inevitable and will not be appealing the FA’s decision to charge the club with failing to control their players during the match between the Irons and Spurs on Saturday. A massive free-for-all broke out in the 95th minute and as a result the ruling body has charged both clubs. Referee […]

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Both clubs are facing FA punishment after their players clashed in the 95th minute of Saturday’s tense encounter

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West Ham and Spurs have been charged by the Football Association for failing to control their players in Saturday’s Premier League match at the London Stadium. West Ham were pressing for an equaliser in stoppage time when players from both sides started an on-pitch altercation, prompting the charge. Andy Carroll and Winston Reid were booked […]

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The Hammers will have a second chance to show the nation that are up for it against deadly rivals Spurs when the two sides again clash in a televised game next month. The two sides meet again at Wembley on October 25 in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup and the match has been […]

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Andre Ayew has been dropped from Ghana’s squad to face Uganda in a crucial 2018 World Cup qualifier next month, He and his brother Jordan have been left out  of the 26-man squad announced by coach Kwesi Appiah on Tuesday. The Irons player withdrew from the squad after claiming he had suffered injury but he […]

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West Ham are still maintaining their interest in William Carvalho, according to reports in Portugal. And if the prove true it means there is little chance of the Hammers allowing Bilic to walk away as the midfielder is very much the manager’s man. Despite the bad blood between Sporting Lisbon and the Hammers new reports […]

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West Ham co-owner David Gold has revealed Michail Antonio’s groin injury is not as bad as was first feared.

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Goals from Antonio Martinez and Martin Samuelsen ensured a win of huge importance over The Black Cats at The Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground yesterday lunchtime, as we ended a run of three consecutive defeats with a huge win. On a weekend where the First-Team were so narrowly edged out by Tottenham Hotspur at The London Stadium, our Hammer starlets held out for their own narrow victory. The youngsters had raced into a two-goal lead before the half-hour…

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Despite a terrible start to the season with the Hammers, one former ‘keeper believes Hart will climb out of his slump and show his best form

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Although Slaven Bilic’s team didn’t get the result they wanted against Spurs, they would have taken comfort in the quality of food served by Gordon Ramsey at one of his London restaurants.

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Coach retains fans’ goodwill but the way his side flirted with humiliation against Tottenham was ominous for a man aware of the harsh realities of his profession Slaven Bilic knows how it goes in his line of work. Once a manager is in danger, once the narrative becomes entrenched, it can begin to feel like the long kiss goodbye. “Once that’s opened, then it basically doesn’t stop,” the West Ham manager said after his team’s 3-2 home…

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Slaven Bilic says he has spoken again to Chicharito saying he started as a centre-forward but had to change after the introduction of Andy Carroll after Antonio’s injury. Again Bilic claims Chicharito was not played wide on the wing but as a striker. He admitted he is not easy to play him along side Carroll, Arnie and […]

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