England Manager Roy Hodgson has announced his picks and standby players for the provisional England Squad at 11am ahead of the last friendlies before the European Championships in France. Once again there is no room for Hammers Mark Noble, Andy Carroll, Michail Antonio and Aaron Cresswell. England provisional squad: Forster, Hart, Heaton; Bertrand, Cahill, Clyne, Smalling, Stones, […]
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Hodgson snubs Hammers for England squad
Posted on 16 May 2016.
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Bilic backs Antonio for England callup
Posted on 16 May 2016.
West Ham winger Michail Antonio should be considered for an England call-up, according to Slaven Bilic. Roy Hodgson will announce his provisional squad for the European Championship on Monday at 11am and Bilic feels the England manager should contemplate selecting Antonio. “He’s quality, the way he is playing, the big impact that he’s had on […]
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Lee pens message after leaving Hammers
Posted on 16 May 2016.
Elliot Lee has left West Ham after his contract expired but he has used social media to vent his frustration at never being given a real chance with the Hammers first team and said he would prove doubting fans wrong who gave up on him. Speaking on his personal twitter account last night “After […]
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The shame of the Boleyn T-shirt snatchers
Posted on 15 May 2016.
While the Green street crush and Manchester United coach incident was going on outside the Boleyn ground on Tuesday evening another sorry tale was going on in the ground. A small minority of so-called West Ham fans were filling plastic bags with farewell Boleyn t-shirts which had been put out on everyone’s seats as a […]
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West Ham fan arrested in probe into attack on Manchester United’s team bus on Tuesday
Posted on 14 May 2016.
A 28-year-old man has been arrested following the attack on the Manchester United team bus before their Premier League match against West Ham.
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Hammers all fit and ready to rock
Posted on 14 May 2016.
The Hammers are in great shape as they head for the final game of the season at Stoke City hoping to claim a place in Europe. Slaven Bilic has reported there are no fresh injury worries although goalkeeper Adrian, who has a calf strain will again miss out with Darren Randolph getting his third game in […]
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Hammers linked with Cardiff centre back
Posted on 13 May 2016.
According to reports in Sports Witness Cardiff Bruno Ecuele Manga is looking for a step up to the Premier League with the Hammers one of three clubs interested according to his agent. Speaking to Sport Witness, the player’s agent, Yvan Le Mée, said: “Yes, Bruno Ecuele Manga should be transferred this summer. His Cardiff contract […]
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West Ham may have to face Liverpool in end-of-season play-off to decide Europa League spot depending on final day results
Posted on 13 May 2016.
The Hammers are sixth in the Barclays Premier League, while Liverpool are three points below them in eighth, with one game to go. The Reds are also two goals behind on goal difference.
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Stoke City v West Ham Preview: Bilic focused on victory, not stealing fifth
Posted on 13 May 2016.
The Hammers need Louis van Gaal’s side to slip up if they are to take fifth in the Premier League, but Slaven Bilic is only thinking about a win at the Britannia Stadium
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20 LIVE games brings £14m cash bonanza
Posted on 12 May 2016.
West Ham have been announced as one of the three LIVE games this weekend away to Stoke. It will be the fifteenth Premier League game shown live on UK TV this season. Each match earns the Hammers a facility fee of around £875,00 so the total will top £13,125,000 for the whole season, up from […]
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Chelsea had talks with OS owners on groundshare
Posted on 12 May 2016.
Chelsea could ground share with West Ham at the Olympic Stadium while their new stadium is built claims the BBC’s Dan Roan. The Blues want to relocate to Wembley for three years and but it is claimed the FA want £20m-a-year in rent. But Roan claims they have also held talks with the London Legacy Development […]
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Big questions for Man United and Met Police
Posted on 11 May 2016.
ClaretandHugh cannot and will not make excuses for the people who decided to throw objects and bottles at the United coach. IT WAS HORRENDOUS and they have shamed our great club! However, there remain some key questions that need asking and answering about last night’s debacle which led to a delayed 8.30 pm kick off. […]
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Life bans on way for United coach attackers
Posted on 11 May 2016.
West Ham will issue life bans to any fans found responsible for attacking the Manchester United team coach before Tuesday’s game at Upton Park. A window on the United team bus was smashed and the kick-off delayed by 45 minutes as a result of the trouble. “We are aware that there were some supporters outside […]
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Van Gaal: We don’t want to spoil to party but we need three points
Posted on 10 May 2016.
Louis van Gaal is looking to dampen a second West Ham farewell to Upton Park inside a month when he takes his top-four chasing Manchester United to east London tonight.
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West Ham plotting summer swoop for Arsenal’s Theo Walcott and will offer striker regular first-team football
Posted on 09 May 2016.
West Ham will offer Theo Walcott regular first-team football in a bid to lure him from Arsenal. The Hammers want to add to their forward line ahead of next season, with Walcott a top target.
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West Ham legend gives amateurs a lesson in the art of defending
Posted on 09 May 2016.
In Episode Three of Betway’s Academy series, Tony Carr puts the lads through some fun defensive shape training. After Carr run the team of West Ham supporting amateur footballers in to the ground in episode two, he then went to work on giving the lads a lesson in the art of defending and the importance
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Mystery targets emerge as Slav calls for no leaks…are we all on the same page here chaps ? :-)
Posted on 09 May 2016.
You could argue that different points of view within the club’s hierachy is a good thing – that it’s healthy and makes for an interesting exchange of views. You could equally well point out that when David Sullivan, David Gold and manager Slaven Bilic appear to be singing from different hymn sheets it may not […]
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Bilic is certain we are going “to do it”
Posted on 09 May 2016.
Slaven Bilic is ready for the game which he has described as “mega big” – a “once-in-a-lifetime sort of game.” Speaking to the official site he said: “It’s a big game for a couple of reasons and one of them is that this is the last game ever at Upton Park. Then, if you add […]
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Akabusi’s massive insight on Talk a Good Game
Posted on 09 May 2016.
Massive Irons fan Krisss Akabussi today joins the Hammers Chat lads to Talk A Good Game who reckons Michail Antonio is a victim of his own success. And he claims that if he had been left up top instead of playing at right back he would have 10 or 12 goals by now. He has […]
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Bilic facing two major player issues
Posted on 08 May 2016.
Slaven Bilic appears to have two problem areas as he heads into the final Boleyn game of all time. He has to decide whether Michail Antonio can again be risked at right back after two extremely dodgy performances against Manchester United and whether Diafra Sakho is close to restoring his position as the club’s No […]
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The 1-4 Swansea shocker – Irons fans react
Posted on 08 May 2016.
The shock defeat by Swansea in our second last Boleyn match has brought a mixed reaction from the fans as did the decision to persist with Michail Antonio at right back. Here’s what ClaretandHugh facebook forum members had to say about the loss of three valuable points. O What was he thinking… A rollover […]
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West Ham celebrate £1.5m windfall
Posted on 07 May 2016.
The West Ham board will be celebrating Middlesbrough’s return to the Premier League this weekend. Boro grabbed the second automatic promotion place in the Championship worth at least £170m after a 1-1 draw with Brighton on Saturday lunchtime. West Ham is believed to have written a £1.5m Premier League promotion bonus clause into the contract […]
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Video: DS on everything – great watch
Posted on 07 May 2016.
A very expressive David Sullivan gives an interview on this remarkable season. Much of it can be read on the official site – from where this video comes – but we suggest you take a look at this as David’s face is more mobile probably than ever before. He makes some great points and as […]
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Farewell Boleyn: Hope you had the time of your life
Posted on 06 May 2016.
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West Ham know Stratford makes sense but Upton Park goodbye will be hard | Owen Gibson
Posted on 06 May 2016.
The potential of the Olympic Stadium move is clear, but the memories and history left behind at the Boleyn Ground and some of the matchday traditions and businesses it affects cannot be replicated at their new home When West Ham moved to their current home in 1904, it was at the invitation of Brother Norbert rather than Boris Johnson. But the switch of surroundings was to prove almost as good value, if markedly less controversial, than the club’s looming relocation – …
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Swansea claim Hammers copied their song
Posted on 06 May 2016.
West Ham fans have always believed that the Bubbles song was adopted from a American music hall hit because of a schoolboy player who resembled a painting called ‘Bubbles’ used in a soap advert in the 1920’s, This week, Wales Online claims the Bubbles song was first used by Swansea fans and copied by Hammers […]
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