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The West Ham manager hopes the Red Devils win the domestic trophy for the first time since 2004 to boost his side’s chances of qualifying for European competition

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Before the transfer window formally opens and clubs can start splashing the cash, the likes of Pep Guardiola and Antonio Conte will discover what their schedules look like for the 2016-17 campaign.

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Exclusive West Ham are close to organising how fans will buy their seats to keep as a permanent reminder of their old Boleyn home. ClaretandHugh has learned this morning (Wed) that the club will be dismantling the seats after the final game and those who have sat in the same seat for years will either […]

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The first England cap won by 1966 England and West Ham legend Sir Geoff Hurst was snapped up for £5,000 by a mystery bidder at Graham Budd Auctions. The West Ham striker was a key part of his England’s winning side, alongside Barking-born captain Sir Bobby Moore and midfielder Martin Peters, who grew up in […]

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IIrons “fans”who have launched an internet auction for aimed at selling last games tickets to the highest Boleyn bidder are risking police action. Their activities could well be seen as ticket touting which became a criminal offence back in 1994 after uproar among the public led to the law being introduced. The wording of the […]

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Newcastle’s fight to stay in the Premier League did the Hammers a favor today after the Magpies came back from two nil down at half  time to take Liverpool to a 2-2 draw at full time. Liverpool had a game in hand on West Ham before today and they were just two points behind us before […]

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Betway’s excellent new promotion – The Academy – reaches Episode 2 with Tony Carr  and coaches putting the amateurs through their paces at Chadwell Heath, After taking some serious stick from Nobes and Tonks in the first episode the idea is to whip the amateur West Ham team into serious shape. This is excellent stuff […]

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It was the biggest non secret out there, but finally West Ham has officially announced the signing of Spanish forward Toni Martinez from Valencia CF. The 18-year-old striker has been a prolific scorer throughout his time with Los Che, netting more than 100 times over the past four seasons. The Spain U17 international will join the […]

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A top eight finish  in the Premier League this season for West Ham could be enough to qualify for European football again next season. West Ham currently occupy sixth place, three points behind fifth placed Manchester United, four behind fourth placed Arsenal and five behind third placed Manchester City. Liverpool are breathing down our necks […]

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Irons 3 Watford 1 Andy Carroll made it six goals from six games…Mark Noble was super cool from the spot twice…and Adrian saved a spot kick at the end. On the face of it that would all seem pretty exciting yet the victory over Watford was really no more than satisfactory in a match that […]

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Should Indian company Mahindra, win the naming rights for the former Olympic Stadium it could open up the massive Indian market for West Ham. India has a population of over 1.27 billion people which is growing and expected to surpass China by 2050. Star sports owns the TV rights to broadcast all the Premier League games […]

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ClaretandHugh’s Facebook follower and friend Chris Hart caught these brilliant shots of the OS on hs flight from London to the west country earlier this week. Many thanks for sending them to us Chris!   Share This:

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Dimi Payet is leading the race to become ClaretandHugh’s Iron of the Year – but maybe not quite with as run away lead as many may have expected. The French genius has collected 625 votes or 46.92 per cent of the vote with over 1300 having cast their shout since the poll opened yesterday morning […]

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To celebrate 25 years of Sky Sports, we take a look back in the vault at 2009/10 season promo, starring Jose Mourinho.

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CHARLES SALE – SPORTS AGENDA: The club have discovered that 910 footballers have appeared for them since they were founded in 1895 — and around 450 are still alive.

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Diafra Sakho is 100 per cent fit and ready to return to the Irons squad for tomorrow evening’s clash against Watford. The striker has been missing during a key week of the club’s season but ClaretandHugh was assured this morning that he is now fully fit. We were told by our senior source at the […]

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Slaven Bilic’s decision to bring in first Nikita Jelavic followed by Emmanuele Emineke have not covered the manager in glory. And the decision to start thrashing the ball to the far post when Andy Carroll appeared for the second period against Leicester  was not appreciated by ClaretandHugh’s chief analyst Leroy Rosenior. The former striker is […]

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Absolutely no question about it – Jon Moss’ decision to give Leicester City a last second penalty was a disgrace – embarrassing…and yes I genuinely feel he was trying to even things up for the one he gave to the Hammers. There are no excuses for that but hold on a minute prior to that […]

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Andy Carroll says Jonathan Moss’ decision to give a penalty against him in West Ham’s draw at Leicester was “not acceptable”.

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It’s Episode Three of the hottest phone in show on the net The Hammers Chat boys are being flooded with fans wanting to talk about the issues surrounding one of the busiest news clubs in the land – the mighty Hammers. Look at this week! Diafra Sakho’s problems had a very public media airing before […]

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Who’s going to win the Premier League, and who’s going down? Use our predictor to see how the final table might look…

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David Sullivan doesn’t want Andy Carroll to go to the Euros or any of our players “to go and play for England.” The co chairman – made his position clear towards the end of a talkSPORT interview in which he defended the Olympic Stadium deal struck by the Irons. Asked whether he believed Carroll should […]

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West Ham’s chairman, David Sullivan called up Talksport radio last night to defend the club after a day of West Ham bashing by the media yesterday over the publication of the Olympic Stadium agreement. Sullivan told Andy Goldstein “We’ve saved the stadium, look what happened in Greece, it’s a wreck, look what happened in China, […]

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Barry Hearn says his dog could have done “a better deal for the taxpayer” than West Ham’s Olympic Stadium arrangement.

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Louis van Gaal launched an impassioned defence of his Manchester United reign after wonderkid Marcus Rashford fired them into the FA Cup semi-final on Wednesday night.

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West Ham striker Andy Carroll says he can be ‘unplayable’ and believes he will win the ball every time it is put in the box. He is full of confidence after a quick-fire hat-trick against Arsenal on Saturday.

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