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Match verdict Hammers 1 Hull City 0 We were second best all afternoon with Hull hitting the woodwork three times. And it took the softest penalty award in the world for us to win a match where again our nerves were all but in tatters Who cares? At the end of it all we had […]

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Reece Oxford is regarded as one of the finest youth prospects in England, but who else is expected to make their breakthrough in 2017? ADAM CRAFTON has picked out five players worth watching.

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West Ham wonderkid Reece Oxford has marked his 18th birthday by penning a new four-and-a-half-year contract with the club to end uncertainty over his future.

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A club statement on tonight’s travel arrangements to the game has been issued which reads: “Due to gas main repairs on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, the walking route between London Stadium and Stratford station via the bridge between the South Lawn and Pool Street will not be available for tonight’s match against Burnley. Spectators are advised to […]

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Winston Reid believes there is “massive improvement” in the West Ham team and was delighted with the perfomance at Liverpool. And he wants to see a distinct improvement in the opening periods saying: ” I think we can still improve massively, especially in the beginning of each half. We have to do much better, because […]

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Slaven Bilic has confirmed Mark Noble’s declaration that Dimi Payet is 100 per cent focused on West Ham and helping the team to climb the league. Noble stressed earlier in the week during a talkSPORT interview that he had a close relationship with the Hammers play maker and that he knew he knew him to […]

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Manager Slaven Bilic was thrilled with the team’s reaction after they went behind but was disappointed with the second half performance. He said: “We showed a great reaction after they were one up. In the first half we were very good. “I wasn’t happy with the second half because I expected us to be better […]

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Michail Antonio believes the Hammers showed their tremendous resilience after the events of last weekend claiming we showed courage. He said: “We showed we have determination and grit and what happened in the past doesn’t affect us. A great point away and we have to push on and build on this. “I managed to finally […]

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Liverpool 2 Irons 2 You wanna talk about intensity – they were intense! You wanna talk about about guts and passions – they had both! You wanna talk about whether the manager should be sacked…no of course not because this performance showed that every single player on the pitch was ready to sweat blood for […]

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Slaven Bilic is convinced that ” if we can play as well as I know we can, then we have a good chance at Anfield.” He told the Evening Standard: “Don’t forget we got a point at Old Trafford recently.” There had speciuation that he may nt play his strongest team but would instead save […]

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Slaven Bilic was asked at this morning press conference whether West Ham will be busy in the January transfer window: Slav replied’: “We are going to concentrate on these five games until the end of the year and then we will give how active we are going to be but we are monitoring, we are […]

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Former Brighton striker Bobby Zamora has announced his retirement from football. Zamora, who turns 36 next month, has been without a club since his release by the Seagulls.

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Slaven Bilic has moved in on Wolfsburg midfielder Murat Saglam. The youngster was picked out by the manager as a signing for next season with his contract at the German outfit due to expire at the end of this term. And the Hammers are understood to have agreed a five-year deal with the 18-year-old, who will […]

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Rio Ferdiand believes Hammers history and tradition will always overcome the problems being experienced by the move to the London Stadium. The former defender turned the BT Sport pundit, says violence in the stands or criticism of the way we got the stadium has harmed cannot harm the club’s identity. Rio commented to Blowing Bubbles […]

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Companies set up in the British Virgin Islands by companies representing José Mourinho and Cristiano Ronaldo share the same address as two companies which have lent West Ham United pay day loans. The Guardian reveals that the Portuguese agents company GestiFute denied that clients including the Manchester United manager Mourinho and the Real Madrid forward […]

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Ok it’s Christmas – always an emotional time of the year and none more so than for West Ham fans this season. Memories of the Boleyn just won’t go away as the ‘old lady’ disappears off the east end landscape for ever. But you can grab yourself a piece of history after ClaretandHugh learned that […]

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There are plans to hold a minute’s applause on the 12th minute of our next home game against Burnley. This  will be in memory of 12 year old Jack Howard who sadly lost his battle with cancer. It would mean so much to the family and a fitting tribute to a brave little Hammer. Please […]

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The appetite for London Stadium tickets to watch the Hammers appears to wearing thin despite claims of 50,000 supporters on a season ticket waiting list. Burnley failed to sell out their full away allocation for their game with West Ham on Wednesday 14th December with the opposition club returning unsold tickets after they failed to sell […]

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Growing concerns about the standards at the West Ham’s training ground include Slaven’s promise that Rush Green is family friendly for wives, girlfriends, kids and even dogs to visit to make the players feel at ease. Some now believe that regime is too soft and Bilic is sometimes too nice. Players have been allowed to […]

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Holders Manchester United will face former defender Jaap Stam when they host Reading in the FA Cup third round.

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Exclusive by Hugh Southon Hammers co chairman and chief shareholder David Sullivan has revealed exclusively to ClaretandHugh that he is NOT in crisis talks with manager Slaven Bilic. We reported this morning there is no appetitie to sack the manager and that reports to the contrary in The Mirror and on Sky Sports were inaccurate. […]

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It’s  been a day long inquest – following the worst defeat and display of the season at the London Stadium. And trying to make some sense of it all is the legend that is Marlon Harewood who joined our partners Gonzo and Geo on the Hammers Chat barge following the nightmare. Marlon – one of […]

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Former Hammer Rio Ferdinand said players should take Bilic’s comments about training intensity personally and says yesterday’s 5-1 defeat looked like a charity game for West Ham. Speaking post match with another former Hammer Ian Wright and presenter Jake Humphrey Rio told BT Sports viewers: “I would be taking that as a personal insult if I […]

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The oldest stand in the Boleyn Ground stadium is no more.  The East stand was the oldest and smallest stand in the stadium, being built in 1969 and holding just 5,000 seats due to its narrow width. It was still called the Chicken run by many, however the real ‘Chicken Run’ was an old wooden stand […]

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Slaven Bilic delivered what almost sounded like a farewell speech following the 5-1 defeat by Arsenal. Standing in front of the BT cameras he declared the team lacked intensity not only in games but on the training field as well! It was an extraordinary admission from a manager who is under pressure in the biggest […]

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On Thursday the London Assembly opened a new investigation into the policing and security of the London Stadium. Those present as witnesses to give evidence were the CEO and a director of stadium owners E20 Stadium LLP and LLDC, the CEO of the operators London Stadium 185, the Met Police football commander, director from Westfield […]

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