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Legendary former West Ham United striker Tony Cottee has heaped praise on Hammers forward Javier Hernandez, stating that the Mexican is “the best goal-scorer,” in the team but thrown caution to the wind on whether his boyhood club will achieve Premier League survival, “It’s really hard to predict this year.” Speaking exclusively to us, the Irons’ fifth-highest all-time scorer had this to say about Chicharito, who has struggled for form and netted …

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Take a look at Saturday’s match in total isolation to everything else going on at the bottom of the table and it looks one of those MUST WIN games. In reality of course it’s not and although I expect us to win it’s my view that a draw would be a  reasonable outcome at this […]

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West Ham are sweating on Manu Lanzini being fit for the weekend match against Southampton after it emerged that he was being scanned for the knock he received in the match against Italy when making his debut for the Argentina national team. The precise nature of the injury is still not known but the national […]

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West Ham co-chairman David Sullivan’s lawyers are today seeking a retraction of a story in The Times which they say wrongly claims  he “acted illegally in his tax affairs” .   Sullivan is challenging their report that he illegally avoided £700,000 in tax after placing money into West Ham United from his family company in 2010. The story […]

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According to Spanish newspaper Don Balon, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has told his teammate Luis Suarez that Manuel Lanzini would fit in perfectly at the Camp Nou. Lanzini has chalked up 18 goals and 15 assists in 96 appearances for West Ham thus far. He scored his debut goal for Argentina earlier this week much to the delight of […]

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West Ham’s  Premier League trip to Arsenal will now be played on Sunday 22 April, with a 1.30pm kick-off. The Hammers were originally due to make the short journey to Emirates Stadium a day later for the Sky Sports-televised game, but the London derby has now been rescheduled. Meanwhile, the Hammers’ home match against Manchester […]

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The Hammers did their bit for nearly skint Dagenham and Redbridge last night who are in desperate financial straits. We rook a decent side to the Chigwell Contstruction Stadium and finally ran out 3-1 winners via goals from Michail Antonio (2) and Jordan Hugill. The Daggers played their part in an entertaining game although there […]

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Michael Antonio grabbed a couple of goals in last night’s fund raising friendly for Dagenham and Redbridge and then declared: “I’ve feel I’ve got the goals in me to keep West Ham up.” The striker is arriving back at his best form and also believes the trip to Miami has helpd the lads explaining that […]

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Moore Than Just A Podcast presenters Sean Whetstone, John Bucci and Nigel Kahn are back in the International break to chat about West Ham finances and the Karren Brady apology in the Sun newspaper. Listen to Sean, John and Nigel set the world to rights in all things West Ham only at www.moorethanjustapodcast.co.uk 

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Saint Etiene’s Jonathan Bamba will wait on West Ham’s Premier League fate before committing himself to the east end! The 21-year-old comes out of contract in the summer after being tracked by the Hammers this but admits his future remains in doubt. With the club unwilling to meet his demands, a free transfer can be expected. […]

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Joao Mario insists he’s still doing his best to make an impression at West Ham after a mediocre start to life in claret and blue. As reported here yesterday (Mon) it is now highly unlikely the Portuguese midfielder will land a permanent deal at the end of the season. But that won’t stop him trying […]

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Declan Rice has revealed that former Chelsea defender John Terry has helped mentor him since he was released from Chelsea and he often meets up with him in Surrey where they both live. Rice told the Sun Newspaper “Me and John Terry are really good friends. When I got released from Chelsea, he gave me a […]

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Watford and Newcastle have reportedly joined West Ham in the chase of Fulham’s outsatnding midfielder Tom Cairney. We were strongly linked with the player in the winter transfer window and according to the Mirror, Fulham will be ready to let him go for £20 million if they fail to land promotion from the Championship. The […]

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A new summary of West Ham’s financial accounts has been published by PriceOfFootball.com  this week. The wide-ranging and in-depth article points out that West Ham’s wage bill rose by 12% to £95 million in 2017. They say it’s a significant increase and puts the club ahead of some of its rivals, but is still behind Everton […]

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Football is increasingly run by mediocre people infected by politics and commerce, yet fans still cling to it as a distraction from real life On 27 June 2016, four days after the EU referendum , England were beaten 2-1 by Iceland in the knockout stages of the European football championships. It was a remarkable display of collective paralysis and the corrosive consequences of fear. Nearly two years later, the country does not appear dissimilar: less than the sum of its …

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The West Ham United Independent Supporters’ Association (WHUISA) have been invited to meet with WestHam owner David Sullivan next Tuesday the association have announced to their members today. They say as a democratic group, the meeting will be guided by the questions the majority of their paid members would like addressed. The email to paid-up members says  […]

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The London Stadium Stadium Safety Advisory Board which met yesterday has said it would while it accepted the troubles last weekend were caused by a small minority of fans it would seriously consider forcing West Ham to play behind closed door effectively banning all fans. In a Statement released on WHUFC.com last week the SAG […]

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“Good Morning Ladies And Gentlemen welcome to today’s celebration, yes a celebration. Some say when someone has died it’s a time of sadness and sorrow, a time where one reflects on their own life and time they’ve spent on this wonderful planet. As we are gathered here today we have the opportunity to unite as one and to celebrate an extraordinary life. So many of you from different walks of life are here to commemorate a…

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Yesterday radio station Talk sport claimed that West Ham would pay for a beefed-up police presence at the London Stadium to prevent any repeat of the trouble which marred Saturday’s defeat to Burnley. They said ‘In light of this violence, West Ham have insisted that police officers be deployed inside the ground for the five remaining home […]

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A Claret and Hugh poll of 1,926 supporters show a majority say they are prepared to put their grievances aside until the summer by calling a truce with the West Ham board. A total of 1,345 supporters just under 70% say they are prepared to call a cease-fire with the board until the summer to […]

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The Football Association has received 15 applications to join the revamped top two tiers of women’s football for 2018-19, with nine vacancies available. Up to four teams could join the top division, the FA Women’s Super League (WSL), and up to five may enter tier two, the new FA Women’s Championship. Any club with an affiliated women’s […]

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It’s funny how the optimist inside of us often surfaces despite all of the available evidence. There was no reason for me to expect a victory against Burnley given our respective recent form and league standings. Sean Dyche is a manager in the ascendancy and ours is one who has failed in his last three […]

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Former Hammer Ravel Morrison is probably the last person you would expect to call for the board, players and fans to unite but he did just that on Twitter by posting “West Ham – players, Fans & board I hope use all come over this dark cloud & stick together WEST HAM will not go down […]

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ClaretandHugh’s Sergey Novysh send an open letter to the board -EVERYBODY NEEDS TO READ THIS!  Dear Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Gold, You’ve been mistreated, you’ve been abused. But enough is enough. It’s time for a strict and proper response. You’ve been trying to be nice to everybody for too long. You’ve been listening to fans […]

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David Gold will not be driven out of West Ham. The co chairman spoke with me  this evening after the ghastly scenes of intimidation and threatening behaviour in front of the director’s box at the London Stadium My job on ClaretandHugh is to get news and reaction and this piece is a report of Gold’s […]

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West Ham manager David Moyes says Joe Hart will start in goal for the visit of Burnley on Saturday.

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