Join the Hammerschat lads as they discuss whether or not we can return to winning ways when Mark Hughes brings his Stoke team to the newly fortified London Stadium.
Posted on 04 November 2016.
Join the Hammerschat lads as they discuss whether or not we can return to winning ways when Mark Hughes brings his Stoke team to the newly fortified London Stadium.
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Posted on 04 November 2016.
Ten Premier League players are nominated for the Best Fifa Men’s Player 2016, including Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez and N’Golo Kante.
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Posted on 04 November 2016.
Two of the original twenty three London Stadium bans have been overturned in the past week while others are currently under review. KUMB.com ran the story of Ben Scott who had his season ticket revoked after a steward registered a complaint against him following the home defeat against Watford back in September. CCTV footage subsequently confirmed that Mr Scott was […]
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Posted on 03 November 2016.
Former bodyguards to the Queen reckon football had better start waking up to te threats footballers are going to face to their seurty. Andy Carroll excaped when two armed robbers tried to attack im in broad daylight as he drove home from training on Wednesday. Simon Morgan, Head of Operations at Trojan Consultancy, leads a team […]
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Posted on 03 November 2016.
The West Ham striker is alleged to have been threatened by two men on motorbikes on Wednesday
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Posted on 02 November 2016.
London’s mayor Sadiq Khan has jumped on the ever rolling London Stadium bandwagon and appears ready to make as much political capital as possible over the “escalating costs.” He is calling for an investigation but at the same the Tax Payers Alliance reckons it’s wrong to blame West Ham for the issues at Stratford. Here’s […]
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Posted on 01 November 2016.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has ordered an investigation into the finances of London Stadium after being told the total cost of converting the arena for use by West Ham has soared by £51m more than previously revealed.
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Posted on 31 October 2016.
Paul Fletcher has been involved in the construction over over 30 venues, and he believes the ground’s original use as an athletics stadium makes it unfit for football
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Posted on 31 October 2016.
Adrian was heavily involved in the action at Goodison park touching the ball 49 times which was three more occasions than midfielder Manuel Lanzini and ten more times than right wing-back Edimilson Fernandes. Of those 49 touches, four were saves. His first save was undoubtedly the best. It came on 26 minutes when Ross Barkley collected […]
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Posted on 30 October 2016.
Slaven Bilic offered no excuses for the latest defeat in West Ham’s erratic season and insisted his players only had themselves to blame. Bilic refused to see the defeat as being a harsh result.
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Posted on 30 October 2016.
The summer signing from Crystal Palace was on hand to set up the Toffees’ first goal at Goodison Park and the Belgium international says he’s been a great buy
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Posted on 30 October 2016.
Slaven Bilic put his finger on the Irons problems by describing Everton as “more lethal and more cruel” than the Irons. Speaking after the game he said: “While you are always not happy after a defeat, I am more disappointed because we could have taken something from this game. “I’m not saying that they didn’t deserve […]
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Posted on 30 October 2016.
Match Verdict This won’t take long and it doesn’t need great analysis. West Ham were beaten today because they had no striker and thus no cutting edge. And despite all the words, we won’t be winning regularly until either Sakho or Carroll becomes available as opposition teams will know exactly how we are going to set […]
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Posted on 30 October 2016.
Slaven Bilic has admitted he “smelled complacency” at West Ham ahead of the club’s start to the new campaign. “We got a bit of that complacency,” he told Sky Sports’ Geoff Shreeves. “I smelled it. I didn’t know and at the end of the day I am the first to say that it is my […]
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Posted on 29 October 2016.
Everton’s James McCarthy – guilty of the most appalling scissor kick on Dimi Payet which put the Hammers maestro out for three mnths – will miss tomorrow’s gae against us at Goodison Park. And the Toffees will also have to play without Leighton Baines with both players remaining injured ahead of another season defining game […]
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Posted on 27 October 2016.
Violent incidents marred West Ham’s EFL Cup tie against Chelsea – one visiting fan points the finger squarely at the stewarding at the London Stadium I absolutely loved Upton Park and the atmosphere was fantastic but I wouldn’t go back to the London Stadium. During the first half it was all quite well behaved really. There were small pockets of Chelsea fans giving some back, you get that at any football ground, but there wasn’t any inciting hatred…
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Posted on 27 October 2016.
CandH’s associate editor Sean Whetstone was an eye witness to last night’s events being right in the middle of the crowd disturbances. Here’s his report on what REALLY happened Yesterday evening was always going to be difficult evening to navigate without headlines condemning West Ham fans. It became a self fulfilling prophecy. We arrived at […]
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Posted on 27 October 2016.
Football authorities and the police are investigating allegations that homophobic flyers were distributed at West Ham v Chelsea.
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Posted on 26 October 2016.
Tensions boiled over at the end of the EFL Cup tie at the London Stadium, as supporters attempted to burst through the segregation line and stewards forlornly sought to keep them apart.
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Posted on 25 October 2016.
The EFL Cup match on Wednesday will be the most stringent examination of policing and stewarding at West Ham’s London Stadium as well as evaluating the ground’s ability to recreate Upton Park’s atmosphere Rather earlier in the season than hoped for by some and feared by others, West Ham United’s London Stadium home will face its sternest test on Wednesday when more than 5,000 Chelsea fans make the journey to Stratford. Not…
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Posted on 25 October 2016.
Slaven Bilic has given his pre-match conference ahead of the EFL clash against Chelsea tomorrow night. Slav told the media “It’s a tough game against Chelsea in a London derby so it’s a big occasion, for sure. I can only repeat what I’ve said before, is that all we can do is try to play good […]
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Posted on 24 October 2016.
• Restrictions on ticket and alcohol sales at high-risk fixture • London Stadium stewarding beefed up following disturbances West Ham United and Chelsea supporters face body searches, alcohol restrictions and post-match segregation as part of a “robust policing plan” aimed at minimising crowd trouble at the EFL Cup tie on Wednesday. There has been trepidation surrounding the fixture ever since the draw for the fourth round was made last month given the rivalry that exists between the clubs and the…
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Posted on 24 October 2016.
Dimitri Payet has made the 30-name list of nominees for the Ballon d’Or. The Frenchman has been incredible for the Hammers since signing from Marseille last summer and was hugely influential for France at Euro 2016 in the summer. In 2016, Payet has contributed 19 assists and 15 goals for club and country and hugely
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Posted on 20 October 2016.
Slaven Bilic fears that there is no end in sight to Andy Carroll’s injury nightmares with the West Ham striker falling short in his rehabilitation from a knee problem.
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Posted on 20 October 2016.
Exclusive West Ham are still unable to put a date on Andy Carroll’s return and refuse to take a single chance with the injury-ravaged striker. And ClaretandHugh has learned this morning that Diafra Sakho is in line to make a first team comeback before the big man. We raised the issue in a story on […]
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Posted on 18 October 2016.
Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker has mocked West Ham manager Slaven Bilic after he gained a fuller head of hair following the international football break.
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