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Slaven Bilic says he is fed up with specialists and physios telling him about once in a lifetime freak injuries. Speaking Kouyate and Lanzini yesterday in the pre-match Press conference he said both could be back for the away game against Newcastle but said if not maybe the Huddersfield home game on 11th September at the London […]

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Slaven manager has admitted it is not an ideal situation to play four games away from home at the beginning of the season but he will be more relaxed when he gets points on the table. The 2017 IAAF World Athletic Championships at the London Stadium finish tomorrow but it is estimated to take around […]

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The club has announced several time changes to our October and November fixtures. Friday night football will be back at the London Stadium for the match against  Brighton & Hove Albion on 20 October with an 8pm kick-off. Then we entertain Liverpool at 5.30pm on Saturday 4 November*, before visiting Watford after the international break […]

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The new West Ham United 2017-18 third kit has been leaked on a Singaporean website www.weston.com.sg. The new third kit made by Umbro features a logo that honours the 1923 West Ham side that reached the FA Cup final. The off white shirt with a hint of baby blue is listed on sale for $99 […]

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  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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European Football Journalist Graham Hunter has recorded an in-depth interview with Slaven Bilic, completed at West Ham’s pre-season camp in Germany. Graham says “This interview will leave Hammers fans loving their manager even more than they already do – and will also, I’m sure, have everyone else feeling exactly the same way. In the first part […]

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The Mexican forward is unsure how he will react if he opens his account for his new employers against one of his former sides

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Michail Antonio will make his return to match action against Everton in the opening under 23s competitive fixture of the new season. And that could well set the Hammer of the Year up for his targeted return match against Southampton next weekend fully recovered from his hamstring injury. Antonio’s return is a boost for the […]

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With Premier League squads taking shape, we take a look at each side’s No 9 entrusted with goalscoring duties this campaign.

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The thoughtful and intelligent FourFourTwo.com has produced a top feature on the strengths and weaknesses of every Premier League team this season. And it’s very difficult to argue with their assessment of the Hammers as we look to climb into a top eight or ten spot after a busy summer whilst allowing for more inward […]

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INTERVIEW – ADAM CRAFTON: Antonio has battled a hamstring injury that flared up in April and subsequently led to surgery. His determination to recover even interrupted his stag do.

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In part two of our exclusive interview with Hammers Legend Ian Bishop, we chat to the former graceful midfielder about what is currently going on in his world, the Claret & Blue world, what the future holds and much more. During Bishop’s time as a Hammer, he had the pleasure of playing under the so-called Del-Boy of football in manager Harry Redknapp. So, with the 52-year-old witnessing teammates flow in and …

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West Ham latest signing Sead Haksabanovic previously had trials at Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool and Aston Villa but previously failed to impress and returned disappointed to his Swedish club Halmstads. While on a one week trial with Manchester United in 2015 he admitted he was a Liverpool fan saying “I am a Liverpool fan, but United are […]

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Former WHUFC DJ Leon Hyde has more strings to his bow than many realise and one of them is his life as a football coach. Currently he is taking his taking his UEFA A licence and asked ClaretandHugh if he could give his thoughts on the Irons pre-season and in particular the game against City.  We […]

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West Ham United are confident of completing the signing of Lamine Kone, according to a report by The Mirror. Sunderland are reportedly holding out for £20m but The Mirror understands that the Hammers are hopeful of landing him in a deal worth just over £10m. The Ivory Coast international is thought to be unhappy at Sunderland […]

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West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has confirmed that Manuel Lanzini and  Aaron Cresswell will be out for another week but Mark Noble has returned to the squad after suffering a minor toe injury. He also confirmed Kouyate will be out for a longer period adding not long but long enough. Speaking to WHUFC.com Slav said: […]

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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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This week marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the Passchendaele battle during the Great War of 1914-1918. Passchendaele is located in Belgium just across the border from France, and the Germans were entrenched there. Torrential rain turned the battlefields into mud swamp land, where not only did the soldiers have to contend with the shells and bullets from the opposition trenches, but get caught off the marked out tracks, you could be sucked into the mud. Approximately over 270,000 British soldiers alone…

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In part one of our exclusive interview with Hammers legend Ian Bishop, we speak to the former midfielder about what life was truly like at West Ham in his day. Ian Bishop arrived at Upton Park in 1989, after impressive spells at Manchester City, Bournemouth, Crewe Alexandra and Carlisle United. The elegant midfielder quickly made a name for himself in Claret and Blue, playing a key role in our promotion back to The Top Flight in the 1990/1991 season. The…

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A new West Ham mural is the process of being created on the corner Priory and Barking road in the shadow of the nearly demolished Boleyn Ground. The mural depicts loyal Hammers servants  Billy Bonds and Trevor Brooking on the side wall of the Fish and Chip shop along the Barking road.

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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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Declan Rice has grabbed his first team chance like few in a very long time and has led the way in bringing the famous Hammers academy back into very sharp perspective. The under 23s skipper, along with Nathan Holland and Josh Cullen, have been outstanding during pre season and he has now spoken of his […]

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Werder Bremen 2 Irons 2 (Bremen lift Betway Cup 3-2 on aggregate) It was a day of firsts for the Irons as Marko Arnautovich and Toni Martinez grabbed their first goals for the club in the side’s best pre-season performance so far. The Hammers took the field with the team that had finised strongly in […]

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Joe Hart believes West Ham are capable of at least a top-eight finish this season after a busy summer in the transfer market.

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Middlesbrough are said to have entered the race to land Ashley Fletcher from West Ham new reports claim today. With the arrival of Javier Hernandez and Diafra Sakho said to be 100% fit Fletcher was expected to go out on loan this season to get some game time. Those who want him on loan are said […]

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