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There is no doubt that without the two Davids, our precious club would not exist today. The hard work started from day one trying to get us out of the debt created by a worldwide recession where our former Icelandic owners bankruptcy. They secured our financial status by acquiring the London Stadium for the next 99

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The less said about last weekend the better. We all know it was a shambles and hugely disappointing, but we move on. This week we have an opportunity to make amends and what better chance than to visit a struggling West Brom side who’s fans were booing Tony Pulis last week – and he looks very

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After a tedious week of negativity surrounding our new stadium, it is time to move on, starting by bringing three points back with us from the Hawthorns. I am not going to comment on much surrounding this past week but instead focus more on the game and what we can do to replicate our success against

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Key players Aaron Cresswell, Andre Ayew and Andy Carroll are making good progress in their fight for fitness, according to the club’s official website. Cresswell and Ayew are still not expected to make their return to first team action for months yet, but the club’s Head of Medical Sports Science Stijn Vandenbroucke has given fans

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When I was a kid, I fell in love with West Ham. Before I even started to think about kissing girls, they were already and forever relegated to second in my infatuation, behind my beloved club. It wasn’t the performances on the pitch (not in the era of Morley and then Chapman as our strikers),

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Following all the issues experienced inside the London Stadium against Watford on Saturday, one of the biggest talking points was the decision not to have a single police officer on duty inside the ground. Unlike the Boleyn Ground, where there were hundreds of officers clearly in sight of the crowd, the London Stadium is only governed

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We’re desperately waiting for Dimitri Payet to return to the starting XI this season. After an extended break following Euro 2016 and then a niggling injury, we’ve only been limited to about 30 minutes of Payet in claret and blue so far this term. But he is expected to return to Slaven Bilic’s starting XI

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In a brand new daily feature we’re launching on WestHamWorld.co.uk, let’s take a brief look at the day’s big West Ham stories… What could’ve been? – One of the biggest stories to have broken over the past 24 hours is Sam Allardyce’s claims that he could’ve signed Leicester’s Jamie Vardy when he was West Ham manager.

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It’s obvious that the first few signings we made in the summer were with Europa League football in mind – you need a squad if you’re to have any chance of being successful in Europe and domestically. But having failed to reach the group stages of the competition, Slaven Bilic now finds himself with something

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Transfer deadline day has now passed and we now know what our strike force is for the season, but how many goals should we expect from our players from the remaining fixtures in the league? I’ve got my calculator back out from the drawer and I have come up with these interesting stats based on

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A World Cup winning defender is due to have a medical ahead of a move to West Ham, according to the club’s official site. The Hammers are in the market for a right-back as the final hours of the summer transfer window wind down, and the club have confirmed a right-back is set to undergo

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West Ham fans will be anticipating the release of FIFA17 more than any other version this year, and there’s no surprise why. Aside from a number of the club’s best players expected to be given rating upgrades due to their star performances last term, there’s the little matter of the new London Stadium being included

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Before I leave for university, my Dad’s girlfriend came to me with a proposal: surprising him with tickets for the last home game before my studies begin, after she was struck by him seeming ‘all emotional’ when seeing us fill out the London Stadium against Bournemouth last week. As I jumped through the hoops to sort

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Today’s the day we need to put our Europa League disappointment behind us and begin to forward to what should be another successful domestic campaign. Of course it was frustrating to have been knocked out by FC Astra for the second consecutive qualifying campaign, but it only served to benefit us last season and there’s

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Well last night went to plan… Words cannot describe what happened last night, there were no excuses from our team selection except losing their focus on a must win game. Last nights games was a do or die match, one that should of given us the opportunity to be on the higher platform to attract a

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The West Ham board are getting disrespectful comments from our own fans.  After all the hard work that David Gold and David Sullivan have done, they still get hate from some of our fans. The date is 15th of May 2011, the day West Ham United got relegated to the Championship. Later on followed the

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Its 6:30am on a cold Saturday in Toronto when my alarm clock’s buzz rips me from the dreams of pretty bubbles blowing in the air. We have the early kick off this morning, 7:30am our time, and I’ve got to drag myself out of bed and up to the Dog and Bear pub to meet

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With Andy Carroll, Sofiane Feghouli, Andre Ayew and Aaron Cresswell out injured, and Arthur Masuaku cup tied for the return home tie against FC Astra, we could welcome back talismen Dimitri Payet and Manuel Lanzini into the team. Payet has been recovering from a sloppy challenge caused by N’Golo Kante in the 2-1 away defeat

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Strange times at West Ham; so many positives, and yet so many concerns. The frustrations are nothing new, they should be worn as a badge of honour and they’ve been aired articulately by the fan base already, so I’m only going to mention them in passing. So let’s talk about the positives. It feels like

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Slaven Bilic has revealed both Manuel Lanzini and Dimitri Payet could return to first team action in the next few days. Lanzini has been sidelined with injury since before the Rio Olympic Games, while Dimitri Payet has been used sparingly due to returning to pre-season late following France’s journey to the Euro 2016 final. But

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West Ham’s striking ranks are looking rather depleted now. Record signing Andre Ayew is out for four months and the latest chapter in the long story of Andy Carroll’s fitness concerns centres around a six-week lay-off, which has left Slaven Bilic scratching his head. Just a few weeks ago the Croatian appeared to have a

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On Sunday I was fortunate enough to take my seat in our new ground for the first home game of the new season. I’m even more fortunate that I am able to take that seat for the whole season. Along with my Dad and my son. We travelled up on a single train from Margate

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Juventus have offered Simone Zaza to West Ham, according to talkSPORT. It was being reported on Monday that Zaza wanted a move to the London Stadium, with his father claiming the Hammers’ offer was concrete and attractive. And now talkSPORT are reporting that Juventus have offered the Hammers the chance loan the Italy international for £5m,

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West Ham have confirmed that highly-rated youngster Reece Burke has put pen-to-paper on a new four-year deal, according to the club’s official website. Burke, 19, is regarded as one of the most promising youth players to have emerged from the club’s famed academy in recent years. It was Sam Allardyce who had handed Burke his

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West Ham have lodged a £20million bid for Napoli striker Manolo Gabbiadini, according to Calcio Mercato. The report claims the Hammers have matched a £19.8m plus ad-ons offer made by Premier League rivals Everton for his signature. Hammers boss Slaven Bilic is eager to boost his attacking options after injuries to new record signing Andre

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So following a very impressive debut season from Slaven Bilic, Dimitri Payet and co. we have had a decent summer transfer window, moved into a shiny new stadium and then had to wait all weekend before finally having our first game of the 2016-17 season. It’s fair to say that excitement and anticipation where high.

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