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West Ham’s top brass are tonight relaxed after a day of  high drama which saw HMRC officers stage swoops on the London Stadium and Rush Green Training Centre. The 30 or so officers arrived at 8 am but after nearly 12 hours there have been no arrests and not a single laptop, PC or portable […]

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With the London Stadium out of bounds, this summer due to the World Athletics Championships West Ham will do a mini tour of Europe pre-season. Previous negotiations to play in Australia or the Asia Trophy in China and Hong Kong came to nothing and instead the Hammers will travel much closer to home by staying […]

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At last something to celebrate – just a point that probably could and should have been three – here’s how the Irons fans saw the game on ClaretandHugh’s Facebook forum @https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/   We were solid and well organised and looked the only team who would re going to win the match, excellent point .now let’s […]

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  Niall McDonald has returned and brings you his ratings from the improved Hammers performance against Everton this afternoon.   Adrian: Only really called into action once, and that was to gather his own fumble from a throw-in 5 Fonte: Looked more solid than I’ve seen him in previous games. Safety in numbers perhaps 6 […]

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Peterborough United boss Grant McCann has given an interview in which he says West Ham loanee Martin Samuelsen seems to have lost his confidence and Posh have terminated his loan early accordingly. Samuelsen returned to Peterborough after a short spell at Blackburn Rovers on loan at the start of this season, but his second spell […]

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London Stadium’s Head of Safety and Security quit his post last month after 20 months at the former Olympic Stadium. The former chief inspector of the Metropolitan police was previously a member of the borough Senior Command Team and leader of the Events & Operations team with responsibility for managing the policing operations for football […]

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West Ham Vice Chairman Karren Brady has revealed that West Ham have dropped 22 points this season after scoring first. Speaking in her Sun newspaper football diary Brady  says: “THERE’S a West Ham statistic that bothers all of us at the London Stadium. It reveals that the Hammers have dropped a huge 22 points AFTER […]

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Manu Lanzini wants the Irons to start playing with “smiles on their faces and joy in the hearts” because it  makes life so much easier. It’s always a pleasant surprise when a player says something other than the predictable and Lanzini rarely disappoints. The midfielder has enjoyed a fine season despite all the issues and […]

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Minutes from the London Stadium Security Advisory Group (SAG) minutes from January this year reveals the number of banning orders, arrests and ejections made this season relating to West Ham. They reveal under freedom of information that there have been 110 stadium bans, of these 10 were life bans, 35 were season-long bans, 16 were […]

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A new report that West Ham are considering ” a shock move to for Lazio boss, Simone Inzaghi” has this afternoon been described as “pure fantasy.” The report – from Corriere dello Sport  and repeated in The Sun – claims that we are looking at the Lazio boss as  a potential replacement to Slaven Bilic — and […]

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An increase in capacity to 66,000 for next season at the London Stadium will not happen in the foreseeable future club insiders have admitted. New planning permission would be required to take the capacity to 66,000 despite it already having that number of seats already installed at the former Olympic Stadium. The planning authority which happen […]

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  West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has admitted he and every other manager would think about signing John Terry. The central defender wants to carry on playing next season and Bilic believes that although he is now 36, he remains a very competent defender. Bilic told Sky Sports: “He definitely has got at least a […]

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West Ham fans have voted  they want Slaven Bilic to remain in charge of the club next season but the percentage of those voting in favour of him in a ClaretadHugh poll has dipped dramatically since pre-Christmas. Before the festive games the Croat won a poll by a landslide with over 80 per cent of […]

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Slaven Bilic’s big plans for Edmilson Fernandes are set to get off the grid against Sunderland on Saturday. With captain Mark Noble suspended  Bilic hinted that the youngster will be given a chance to impress from the kick-off. He said: “When we signed Edi most of the people, including him, were a little surprised. There […]

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West Ham’s timely victory over Swansea City last weekend has put the Hammers on the verge of securing their Premier League status. There’s no doubt that the East London outfit need to improve their ranks dramatically this summer though after a woeful first campaign at the London Stadium, with defensive reinforcements being a priority. Boasting […]

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West Ham winger Michail Antonio is ruled out for the rest of the season with a “significant injury”, manager Slaven Bilic says.

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Original post: Slav’s full pre-match press conference

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West Ham boss Slaven Bilic brought himself some breathing room with Saturday’s victory over Swansea City but the pressure on the Croatian manager continues to mount. Bilic enters the final 12 months of his contract with the Hammers this summer and has not been offered an extension, despite claims from the board in January that […]

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Former West Ham manager Alan Curbishley told Talksport Radio: “I think David Gold and David Sullivan over the course of their time at Birmingham and at West Ham have been quite loyal to their managers. I think Avram Grant got sacked after being relegated and  Giafranco Zola but over the course of time they have been […]

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West Ham were unsuccessful in their pursuit to sign Yacine Brahimi from Porto last summer but may have better luck at the end of the campaign. The 27-year-old was unhappy in Portugal last summer but has fought his way back in the squad, establishing himself as an important player for Porto. Porto, who like other […]

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Tony Martinez – Oxford United The forward was involved in both games for Oxford this week but, started from the bench in each. During the midweek defeat to Fleetwood Town, he came on in the 66th minute with the scores level. It would be the visitors who went on to win the game, 3-1. He was once again on the bench for the weekend trip to Walsall, coming on as a half-time substitute in an entertaining 1-1 draw. Josh Cullen –…

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Given everything we read on social media I was pleasantly surprised to hear the audible crowd support for Slaven Bilic. Even before Kouyate’s crucial goal sections of the London Stadium home crowd were singing “Super Slav, Super Slav, Super Slaven Bilic”.  The song was repeated several things during the game against Swansea City long before we […]

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BBC pundit Mark Lawrenson predicts a West Ham win on Saturday. Despite being winless in seven games and losing five games in a row Lawro thinks we can overcome the Swans. Lawro writes in his prediction column for the BBC “Swansea have been playing well but have only one point to show for it from their […]

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Bill Bonds has told the fans the Hammers have “more than enough to stay in the Premier League ” and as  the crucial match against Swansea looms said: “I have never believed we will go down and nothing has changed my mind.” He added: “The new signings haven’t come off or added much to the […]

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West Ham United seem to have set their heights high for the summer, with a shocking move reported on the continent. The Hammers are looking to significantly bolster their forward line ahead of next season, having struggled to kick-on in Slaven Bilic’s second-year in charge. Five consecutive Premier League defeats has left the East London […]

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