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In the fourth edition of our Classic Match series, we delve into the archives once more to relive a memorable encounter with tonight’s visitors to The London Stadium, Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal. Cast your minds back to the torrid autumn of 2006, “Star Girl” by McFly was the British Music Chart No1 and the 21st in the James Bond Film series was about to be released in The United Kingdom, “Casino Royal”, Daniel …

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West Ham United manager David Moyes recently claimed that he would love to oversee a long period at the London club, similar to his spell at Everton. The Scotsman was at Goodison Park from 2002 until 2013, and during his time there he was regarded as one of the top managers in the Premier League. […]

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West Ham has taken the full allocation available to take at Wembley for their January 4th rescheduled London Derby against Spurs. The away allocation has been limited to 2,700 by the Wembley Safety Advisory group and as a result, the club have decided to suspend their new away ticket trial which gives 10% of the […]

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It’s becoming quite apparent, rather quickly, that David Moyes is cut from a different cloth to many plying their trade as managers. One comment  from him – which went virtually unnoticed recently – was his response to all the transfer window chat and rumour mongering when saying: “My only focus at this moment is concentrating […]

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Marko Arnautovic says the no-nonsense approach of new manager David Moyes is helping West Ham to turn a corner.

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Conte made just one change from the side that drew 1-1 with Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday and the Blues were caught on the hop against West Ham in Saturday’s early kick-off.

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The Hammers turned on one of the most spirited 90 minutes seen inside the London Stadium this afternoon and Chelsea just had to fall! Here’s how followers of the ClaretandHugh Facebook reacted to the cracking victory over Chelsea. O Finally!!!! Yeaaaaaaaah  O Hope this is the beginning of something good  O I’m not ashamed to admit […]

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28: Close again for The Blues with Adrian saving from a Kante effort and then again from the corner, morata is offside on the rebound. 26: The visitors have had the better of the most recent play, but Arnautovic just did incredibly to get to the ball at the other end, unable to find an end product. 25: Determination from Zabaleta forces The Blues to give it away into touch. 24: Antonio races away on the counter, two Chelsea defenders block him from getting…

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The rest is here: West Ham 1-0 Chelsea recap

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Liverpool striker Danny Ings is reported to be on the Hammer radar as a possible loan signing in January but they are likely to have to fight off interest from West Brom, Brighton and Crystal Palace. Ings is looking to resurrect his career after two years on the sidelines with injuries and Liverpool boss Jugen Klopp […]

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Momentum is growing with the newly created Real West Ham Fans Action Group as it passed the 10,000 mark of members joining their facebook group this week. On Monday the action group led by Andy Swallow held their first public meeting at the Boleyn pub in Green street attended by several hundred fans. Despite the limited time, […]

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West Ham are hopeful Javier Hernandez will be fit for their Premier League clash against Chelsea with the striker back in first-team training ahead of this weekend’s London derby.

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In the Round of 32 of the 2017/2018 Checkatrade Trophy campaign, Terry Westley takes his U23 side North to face off with Luton Town for their first ever Knockout tie in The Competition after Qualifying from Southern Group C in second place. Nathan Jones’ hosts go into the exciting clash off the back of an emphatic 0-5 victory away at Non-League Gateshead in The FA Cup Second Round, whereas, the young Hammers are low on confidence after a fourth …

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Read More: David Moyes Post Match Press Conference

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With neither Winston Reid or Mark Noble available for the match at Manchester City, Pablo Zabaleta was called on to wear the captain’s armband. Today we ask: Should the Argentine become the new skipper on a permanent basis? Should Pablo Zabaleta become West Ham’s permanent captain?

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The Hammers won praise from their new manager for a battling defeat against the leaders, but teenager Declan Rice came in for some criticism

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  Niall McDonald hands out the marks Adrian: Several fine saves and very vocal. Amazingly booked for a late foul and not for what was a quite wonderful display of time-wasting from minute one 9 Zabaleta: Ceremonial skipper for the day Rearguard action suited his mobility 7 Rice: Given task of marking Aguero and played […]

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Decisions on the London Stadium will need to wait until next year after the London Mayor jetted off to India hours after he made an announcement he was taking over the former Olympic Stadium. Sadiq Kahn’s held media interviews on Friday in which he repeatedly blamed his predecessor Boris Johnson and made digs at West […]

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The Hammers have not had a good record against Manchester City recently, an appalling record in fact. Since the start of the 2008/09 season, the two teams have met a total of 19 times, once in the F. A. Cup, twice in the Carling Cup and 16 times in the Premier League. City have won 13 of these matches, drawn three and lost three, and in doing so have notched up 46 goals to the Hammers’ 14. But there was a time when matters were…

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A West Ham United spokesperson told Claret and Hugh “As the report confirms, the Concession Agreement is a watertight, legally binding contract signed in 2013 in good faith by West Ham United, who remain absolutely committed to its terms for the entire 99-year duration. “We have delivered everything we committed to within the Concession Agreement, […]

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England’s World Cup winning  goalkeeper has raged that Joe Hart is making “terrible mistakes” at international level and should make way for Jack Butland as the number one choice. Hart, 30, has won 75 caps but former keeper Banks told BBC Sport: “I don’t think he is playing well, especially when they kick it to him and he can’t […]

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It’s now time to analyse player performance from yesterday evening’s dramatic disappointment on Merseyside, as our Claret & Blue stars were outclassed by a resurgent Everton performance at Goodison Park. Joe Hart: 5/10 Another thorough night to forget for the England shot-stopper as he became the Premier League’s most expensive keeper once again with 30 goals conceded at an average of around to a game. However, Hart was unlucky to see the ball rebound…

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The defeat against Everton got me to thinking about supporters, fans and followers of our illustrious club. Whilst on a Californian Road Trip with my wife a couple of years back I thought it would be a good idea to sample sport American style. There’s plenty of choice. American Football, Soccer, Basket Ball or Ice Hockey. We were staying in San Diego and were in luck. The Padres the local Baseball…

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Academy boss had nothing but praise for his under 23s despite despite a 2-0 defeat to Wycombe Wanderers last night as the youngsters progressed to the knockout rounds of the Checkatrade Trophy. The Irons now meet  Luton Town in the last-32 after finishing second in their group and Westley said: “We have to be positive to start […]

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Former Hammer Dimi Payet has been labelled a failure and overweight by the French media who have grown impatient with the player’s recent form at Marseille. Journalist Daniel Riolo said “How much weight does Payet need to lose? He was a 30 million euro transfer, there has to be someone at the club who will tell […]

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Yesterday’s results in the Premier League did little to harm the Hammers position although Spurs being held at home by manager-less West Brom wasn’t the best. Palace squeezed out a late win against Stoke to close things up a bit but with second off bottom Swansea drawing with Bournemouth things remained the same as far […]

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