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Four games. Three wins. Zero losses. Seven goals scored. I think it’s fair to say we’ve owned Liverpool this season, probably for the first time in any of our lifetimes. We’ve been a thorn in their side, disrupted their season made dominated their nightmares. And Angelo Ogbonna’s 121st minute winner against the Reds at the

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West Ham’s legendary snapper Stevie Bacon is going through a particularly difficult time but remains optimistic about his and West Ham’s future. Confined to a bed in a room in his ‘wheelchair unfriendly’ house, Stevie knows life will never be the same again after having had his lower left limb amputated in October last year

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Panic over!  Reports this morning claimed Dimitri Payet was demanding a whopping £125,000-a-week contract improvement if the club wanted to keep him beyond this season, which had fans all over panicking over our best player’s future at the club. But it didn’t take long for the club to release a statement that insisted the reports

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Dennis Arthur Leatherbarrow will turn 82 in May, on the same day West Ham play their last ever game at the Boleyn Ground. Born in East Ham, he has been a Hammer all his life and experienced things as a fan I’ll probably never experience. His love for the club has been passed on to

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Mark Noble’s testimonial is going to some occasion. The final testimonial at the Boleyn Ground for a player who has given their blood, sweat and tears to the club for his entire career – and several of the club’s biggest heroes all coming together one final time on the hallowed turf before we move to

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While we all continue to enjoy the way our season is panning out under Slaven Bilic, we mustn’t forget to continue supporting the club’s ladies team. The profile of West Ham Ladies, and the ladies game in general, his grown hugely over the last couple of years – helped massively by Julian Dicks, who managed

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It seems that there is never a dull moment in Spain when it comes to football. The other day, the Real Madrid faithful were treated to a feat of magic during their stirring 6-0 win over FC Espanyol. Cristiano Ronaldo put on a show leading to a golden hat-trick (his 35th with Real Madrid); a

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Seeing off a struggling Aston Villa shows the side has the resilience to guarantee three points when they need them most. The Aston Villa game was one of a handful of tough games to come as we see out the last season at the Boleyn Ground. Bilic’s Babes have a remaining 14 games in the league

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It may not have been the most exciting affair, but we fought out a hard earned 0-0 draw at Anfield to earn a replay last weekend, which could be the last ever FA cup game at the Boleyn, but we are all hoping that is not the case. We went into the game with a

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As the last historic season at the Boleyn Ground it has certainly developed into one of the most exciting we have seen for a long time. The usual post-Christmas blues that have so often afflicted most West Ham sides over many years seem a distant memory. Instead of dreary performances and inconsistent football, we have

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Former West Ham hero Trevor Sinclair believes Dimitri Payet is as good as Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil. Payet arrived in east London in the summer for a fee of around £10.7m from Marseille and has since become one of the Premier League’s best players. The Frenchman’s form, which has resulted in him becoming an instant fan favourite

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Clubs are investing more and more money into their teams today, and surely we should be asking we protect these players in their work place and the club’s millions they invest in them. Now that West Ham superstar Dimitri Payet is back to his magical best, l thought it would be a great time to

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Carl Jenkinson has been ruled out for the rest of the season through injury. Jenko injured himself while giving away a penalty in Saturday evening’s 2-2 home draw with Manchester City, and Jack Sullivan confirmed this afternoon that his injury was far worse than first feared, and will be out for the rest of the

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Saturday evening’s draw with Manchester City epitomised everything we love and cherish about the Boleyn Ground. Under the lights, the ground rocking, the atmosphere electric, the players going toe to toe with the Premier League’s strongest squad and being unlucky to have only drawn the game. It had everything, and made me realise just how

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Who would’ve thought we’d be in a position to complete a Premier League double over Man City back in August?  Not only that but we can close the gap between ourselves and fourth placed Spurs if they slip up at Palace. What a time to be alive. Our capture of Sam Byram in mid-week was

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West Ham confirmed the capture of Leeds United youngster Sam Byram today after gazzumping Everton at the last minute to secure his signature. West Ham had been looking to signing Byram in the summer on a free transfer, but Everton’s interest in the 22-year-old forced the club’s hand and we went and got our man for

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West Ham are interested in signing Reading centre-back Jake Cooper, as reporting by The Times. The Hammers are already expected to complete a deal for Leeds United right-back Sam Byram this week, and they’re now believed to be eyeing Cooper as another young defender from England’s second tier. Cooper broke in to the Royals’ first

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West Ham are closing in on a loan move for Fenerbahce striker Emmanuel Emenike, as reported by MailOnline. The news was exclusively revealed by the ever-reliable @ExWHUemployee on Tuesday evening and it is now being widely reported that a deal could be completed as early as Friday. Emenike, 28, is currently on loan at Al Ain in Abu Dhabi

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West Ham appear to have pipped Everton to the signing of highly-rated Leeds United star Sam Byram, as reported by Sky Sports. It looked as if the Toffees were going to wrap up a deal for the 22-year-old right-back earlier this week, before West Ham entered the running for his services. The very well connected

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When Slaven Bilic arrived in London last summer we quickly became accustomed to his willingness to share his philosophical views. Before laying down his principles he made it quite clear that he was very keen on bringing a fast, quick-passing, attacking style of football to West Ham,, which we hadn’t witnessed for some time. Expanding on this

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The word ‘Legend’ gets used all too much in Football nowadays. The dictionary meaning of legend is; a superstar, icon, genius or a phenomenon. Ex-West Ham players worthy of such a status, in my humble opinion, would be the likes of Sir Bobby Moore, Sir Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters, Sir Trevor Brooking and Billy Bonds.

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It’s FA Cup third round day and the big debate at the moment is whether we should give winning the competition our full attention, or concentrate on finishing as high up in the league as possible. That was question put to Slaven Bilic during his pre-match press conference earlier this week and his answer was

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When Slaven Bilic arrived last summer I though, ‘lets’ be fair and see what he might do in his first two years as manager.’ Had we reached our present situation by the end of that two year time period, I’m sure most of us would have been fairly happy with that outcome. In this article I’d

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Michail Antonio is fast becoming a fan favourite at the Boleyn. During the summer transfer window and amongst relatively unknown players, namely Messrs Payet and Lanzini, and other more known ones such as Moses and Jelavic, Antoni0 was the one player fans seemed to be most excited about. Coming from Nottingham Forest after a stellar

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As you may be aware, the January transfer window is well and truly open and despite Chairman David Sullivan insisting West Ham do not have a penny to spend on wages, the Hammers are still linked with players to sign this month. A bid of £7.4m for Besiktas winger Gokhan Tore has reportedly been knocked back

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West Ham legend Alan Taylor has called on Slaven Bilic and his team to put a FA Cup run at the top of their priority list. In an exclusive interview in Blowing Bubbles Monthly, Taylor believes it’s time for the club to give the fans a day out at Wembley after four years with Sam

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