West Ham were drawn to play at home against Cheltenham Town in the EFL Carabao Cup draw last night. As the London Stadium is still in athletics mode at the date the tie will be played the Hammers have given special dispensation by the EFL Board to play the fixture at the opposition’s venue, As agreed with […]
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West Ham count the cost of cup draw
Posted on 11 August 2017.
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Villa deny Snodgrass made up rumour
Posted on 10 August 2017.
Owner and Chairman of Aston Villa Dr Tony Xia says rumours about his club’s interest in Hammer Robert Snodgrass are made up. Reports in the Sun yesterday claimed Bruce was ready to offer Snodgrass an escape route. TalkSPORT presenter Sam Matterface said on social media “(Steve) Bruce just told me “no money to buy someone […]
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Hernandez and the Old Trafford celebration dilemma
Posted on 10 August 2017.
Javier Hernandez is very unlikely to be celebrating if he scores against Manchester United at the weekend. Chicharito makes one of those coincidental footballing journeys back to the ground where he was adored and can be assured of a wonderful welcome such was his popularity. He won two titles in three years under Sir […]
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West Ham’s Javier Hernandez may not celebrate at Man Utd
Posted on 09 August 2017.
Javier Hernandez has declared he is fully fit to face former club Manchester United on Sunday – but has not yet decided whether he will celebrate if he scores.
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Hammers land exciting midfielder
Posted on 07 August 2017.
West Ham have signed Montenegro attacking midfielder Sead Haksabanovic. The 18-year-old joins the Hammers on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee from Swedish club Halmstads BK, where he became the second-youngest player in Allsvenskan league history in April 2015. In a statement on the official site he is described as having ” searing pace, […]
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West Ham permitted to play Carabao Cup second round away
Posted on 07 August 2017.
West Ham have received special dispensation to play their Carabao Cup second-round tie away from home as the London Stadium will still not be ready to host football matches.
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What happened next to stars of first Premier League season
Posted on 07 August 2017.
The start of the coming Premier League season marks the 25th anniversary of the first campaign for the then-breakaway league. But what happened to the players from that season?
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Noble so happy with fab four
Posted on 04 August 2017.
Mark Noble has poured cold water over Marko Arnoutovic controversial reputation which caused a few headlines when he joined the Hammers for a £24 million record fee. Instead the captain says he has been a model pro since his arrival declaring: ““The stuff that gets said about Marko off the pitch! From what I’ve seen […]
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Jury out on Slav’s striker decision
Posted on 02 August 2017.
I was surprised to read Slaven Bilic’s comments that there would be no more “exciting” signings during the summer transfer window. We reported some time back that the manager had made up his mind he needed no more front men and club insiders added that anyway it is ” hard to bring in a top […]
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Cole: Manager pointing fingers
Posted on 01 August 2017.
Carlton Cole has hit back at the manager of Indonesian club Persib, who has claimed that the striker is set to be sacked.
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Hammers receive welcome boost
Posted on 01 August 2017.
The Hammers received a welcome boost as Chicharito, Winston Reid, Diafra Sakho and Manuel Lanzini all took part in a full training session yesterday and appear to be stepping up their fitness as the new season approaches. All three have been included in today’s match day squad against Altona 93 but it remains to be […]
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Bilic: “I don’t expect any more ‘exciting’ signings”
Posted on 31 July 2017.
Slaven Bilic has declared he doesn’t expect any more exciting West Ham signing in the current transfer window. He told the official site:“I don’t expect any more ‘exciting’ signings because you don’t want to be overbooked in certain positions. You have to respect your players and those who are number two, because you don’t want […]
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Gold now tips youngsters to make the grade
Posted on 30 July 2017.
It appears West Ham Chairman David Gold has had a change of heart when it comes to the Academy youngsters chances of breaking through. In May he faced wide spread criticism when he said “I think we all have to accept that it is extremely unlikely that a teenager will break into a PL team full […]
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Westley so pleased with Academy boys
Posted on 29 July 2017.
Declan Rice surprised everybody with his seamless performance against Werder Bremen last night except the man who is continually overlooking his development – Terry Westley. The Academy chief reckons he is ready for the first team but cautions: “Maybe he can’t do it game in game out at Premier League level but he’s not going […]
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Rice and Holland get thumbs up from Jurcevic
Posted on 29 July 2017.
Hammers assistant boss Nikola Jurcevic admits he was impressed with Academy stars Declan Rice and Nathan Holland during last night’s (Fri) Betway Cup first leg against Werder Bremen. Rice was clear man of the match pick for most people with Holland showing great skill and potential on the wide right of three attacking midfielders. And afterwards […]
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Confusion over Feghouli departure
Posted on 29 July 2017.
Officially West Ham says their 27-year-old Algerian winger is injured. He has an unspecified muscle complaint and multiple reports confirm he has now left the Hammers German training camp. One report claims he is now seeking a scan and treatment in France while another insists he has returned to the UK for assessment and treatment. If the […]
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West Ham: Javier Hernandez confident of prolific return
Posted on 28 July 2017.
Javier Hernandez is confident he can become the prolific goalscorer West Ham United need as he gave his first news conference on Friday since joining from Bayer Leverkusen.
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West Ham Injury Update
Posted on 28 July 2017.
On the day of the first leg of the Betway Cup in Germany and just two weeks away from the start of the Premier League against Manchester United at Old Trafford, we look at the Hammers injury situation as it stands. Cheikhou Kouyate picked up a freak’ knee injury in Austria, he is back in rehab […]
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Chicharito won’t be risked for cup games
Posted on 26 July 2017.
Chicharito is due to fly to Germany on Thursday to meet his new team mates but is unlikely to feature in the Betway cup against Werder Breme in a two legged final on Friday and Saturday. The Mexican is already match fit after finishing his international duty in the Confederations Cup earlier this month. His last competitive match […]
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Poll: How many goals can Chicharito score?
Posted on 26 July 2017.
Chicharito scored 11 league goals from 20 starts in the Bundesliga last season for Bayer Leverkusen last season and overall he has scored 28 league goals from 45 starts for the German outfit since joining from Manchester United in 2015. For Man United he scored 37 goals from 49 starts and managed 7 league goals […]
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The personal cost of signing Chicharito
Posted on 25 July 2017.
The exciting signing of Chicharito has not been welcomed by every West Ham supporter. A handful of fans made silly online wagers on social media believing the Hammers would never sign the 29-year-old Mexican in a million years. Ben Pattison said on twitter on 14th July “If West Ham sign Javier Hernandez I will give everyone […]
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Hammers balance the books
Posted on 25 July 2017.
This summers transfer dealings have been made all the more incredible in the way David Sullivan has managed to balance the financial books in the wake of a crazy inflated transfer market. Yesterday’s transfer of Javier Hernandez for £16m has bought the summer spending to £45m or closer to £50m when you factor in signing-on bonuses […]
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Four clubs chase Irons striker
Posted on 24 July 2017.
Ashley Fletcher is being chased by four Championship clubs who want to loan him for the upcoming season. The Sun claims Middlesbrough, Leeds, Reading and Wolves are keen to give the former Manchester United youngster first team football this season. However, reporter Andrew Dillon – a Hammers supporter who has decent links to the club – […]
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Westley bringing Academy “drought” to an end
Posted on 23 July 2017.
Exclusive Academy boss Terry Westley is delighted how his youngsters have adapted to life with the first team squad in Austria and believes the long drought of home grown products could be coming to an end. Delighted that such as Nathan Holland, Declan Rice and Josh Cullen are showing such composure in pre-season games he […]
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Randolph joins Middlesbrough in £5m move
Posted on 22 July 2017.
The Republic of Ireland goalkeeper has become Middlesbrough’s sixth signing of the transfer window after sealing a £5 million switch from the Hammers
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From McCarthy To Zaza: The Plight Of Gold And Sullivan’s Striker Signings Part Four
Posted on 22 July 2017.
Last week we touched on the bizarre attacking duo of Mladen Petric and Marco Borriello, but who will make our embarrassing list this week? On our journey through David Gold and David Sullivan’s dreadful attacking signings in their time in charge of our Football club. Enner Valencia Ecuadorian international Enner Valencia was signed by Sam Allardyce in summer 2014 following his efforts at The World Cup in Brazil, but he would far from live up to …
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