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Exclusive West Ham co chairman Davd Sullivan is a huge fight fan – a love developed in his very eariest years – and today he has spoken exclusively to ClaretandHugh of his memories of ‘The Greatest’ – Muhammad Ali. We are grateful to David for taking the time to add his memories of a man […]

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With Euro 2016 soon to be upon us, the media will no doubt be raving about the superstars, the goalscorers and the expected heroes. But the tournament is not a tournament without all the players – 552 of them to be exact, coming from 24 different nations. Here I urge West Ham to keep their

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Exclusive The costs involved in preparing the Hammers’ new home for the AC/DC concert tomorrow are estimated to exceed any profit the gig may produce. The legendary band will step on stage before thousands of fans but the work involved in getting the OS ready has ruffled a few feathers among some of those aware […]

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Exclusive West Ham have been vilified right across the media after it was revealed we will pay £2.5m per year index linked over 99 years to rent the Olympic Stadium. The Guardian, followed by the BBC, egged on by the Charlton Athletics Supporters Trust managed to convince many the Irons were fleecing the taxpayer by […]

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Head of Medical and Sports Science Stijn Vandenbroucke has revealed most West Ham players will resume their first strength and conditioning work in one week’s time on Thursday 9th June. Vandenbroucke told WHUFC.com “Once they are refreshed, they will begin progressive individual maintenance programmes prior to returning for pre-season training.” “The off-season programme involves schedules […]

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​Dimitri Payet admits the fans now expect him to score from every free-kick he takes, after he netted another set-piece stunner as France beat Cameroon on Monday night.

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Agent Barry Silkman has furiously denied that he has ever claimed Juventus midfielder Roberto Pereyra is the subject of a £10.8 million bid  from West Ham. The “story” appeared on Twitter earlier today (Mon) where it was declared: “BREAKING: Football agent Barry Silkman says West Ham have made a £10.8m bid for Roberto Pereyra of […]

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Footballers don’t necessarily have the final say over their destiny. The club which may be after them, or the one by which they are currently employed , plus agents , family, friends and an army of conflictng emotions can influence a major decison. So when a major star  declares that “it’s very likely” he will […]

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Make no mistake things are desperately quiet right now and in those circumstances old stories are re-run as fact as it’s in the interests of various vested interests to keep things hyped up as much as possible. Ths is particularly true in Turkey where there seem to be more informed media outlets than anywhere else […]

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How do you think the 2016/17 Premier League will unfold?

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Liverpool are the latest name to be linked with 17 year old Hammer, Reece Oxford. The Daily Mirror say today “The Merseysiders failed with an ambitious attempt to snatch the 17-year-old away from the Hammers last summer before he had even made his senior debut. But they are back in the hunt after being made aware that Oxford […]

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West Ham’s hopes of landing top players  this summer are being handicapped by the massive influx of TV money next year. The club has admitted through Jack Sullivan’s twitter account that they are struggling to find value for money in the market place. With, for example, around £100 million available to the bottom placed club […]

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West Ham will be sending scouts to Euro 2016 but are unlikely to be clinchng any deals ahead of the competition in France. Despite plenty of hopeful speculation that we will be completing deals over the next two or three weeks, the Irons are struggling to get land initial targets. And de factor director of […]

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West Ham have privately admitted they will not get everything right at the former Olympic Stadium at the first attempt. But they are keen to receive fan feedback in the immediate run up and after the move to their stadium in August so they can quickly improve things. Claret and Hugh understand that the club […]

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West Ham season ticket holder Mark Gevaux, better known as the Rib Man for his succulent baby-back pork-rib meat stuffed into floury buns and topped with a lava-like splodge of his own hot sauce has moved to Stratford ahead of West Ham’s move to the Olympic Stadium. Nicknamed the “godfather of street food”, Gevaux  spent […]

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Hammer of the Year Dimi Payet has voted for his most important goal of the season. The French midfielder could hardly have made a better start to life in the Premier League and has been delighted with his first campaign. He said:  “Of course there are the two free-kicks at Old Trafford and at home […]

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He’ll be the first one on the list of leavers. If he isn’t he’ll want out himself anyway, I think a cheeky bid beckons me thinks… It’s an upgrade on Enner!

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Enner Valencia has returned to Ecuador. He was pictured in the building of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) working  hard in the gym on his physical fitness in preparation for Copa America Cup. Valencia will represent Ecuador as they face Brazil on June 4th, Peru on June 8th and Haiti on 12th June. Enner Valencia says he is […]

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We’ve been hanging on to the hope of European football for so long that what I’m about to say may seem like heresy. This afternoon a victory for Manchester United at Wembley will see us with a Europa Cup spot but is it really such a great idea? Quite beyond whether or not we have […]

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 Napoli are again being reported as being ready to to bid for Pedro Obiang in the summer transfer window. A report in www.calciomercato.it claims that the Serie A team hope to lure the 24-year-old away from the Premier League with the promise of regular first team football. And this morning (Sat) ClaretandHugh was told by insiders […]

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West Ham are looking to recruit a full time Assistant Kitman/woman. Reporting to the First Team Kitman after the retirement of Pete Williams at the end of this season. West Ham say the successful applicant will be based at the First Team Training Ground at Rush Green, Romford, and will assist with the provision of a full […]

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The Football League has proposed the introduction of a fifth division in a radical shake-up of the English club game.

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West Ham have cancelled a proposed game between their women’s team and an All-Star side at Upton Park. The fixture was proposed for June 5, but negative fan feedback forced the owners into action.

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Not quite sure what got into Eddie Howe’s head as he launched his bizarre outburst against West Ham following Bournemouth’s defeat against Manchester United last night (Tues). He chose to make it clear that the Irons had bid for  pair of players and even explained that it wasn’t the reported £25 million. Maybe being Bournemouth […]

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Exclusive Peterborough United director of football will again attempt to  Martin Samuelsen back to the club next season after appointing former Hammer Grant McCann as the new Posh boss. The Posh replaced manager Terry Westley with the 36 year old Irishman as they want a return to the free flowing Irons-type football they love to […]

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