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As expected, Dimitri Payet has begun his clean up of PFA Awards by being included in the Premier League Team of the Season. The team was leaked on Twitter this afternoon and although it looks a lot like a Tottenham and Leicester City combined XI, our man Payet has snuck in there to add a

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Mark Noble struck twice from the penalty spot as West Ham beat Watford 3-1 at Upton Park to keep alive their faint hopes of a top-four place.

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Bilic chose not to blame referee Jon Moss for the perceived injustice of Leicester’s late penalty equaliser, but he wouldn’t mind some questionable decisions coming in his team’s favour now.

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To celebrate 25 years of Sky Sports, we take a look back in the vault at the One Vision promo from the 1995/96 season.

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Strong rumours this morning (Mon) say the Olympic Stadium could be renamed the Samsung stadium before West Ham move in later this year. The whisper is that the biggest electonics company around has won the naming rights race and will pay the stadium owners, E20 Stadium LLP £120m over 20 years with West Ham set […]

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Exclusive David Gold has asked ClaretandHugh to let fans know that he, his family and the Sullivans are all “absolutely fine” despite being forced to run the gauntlet of hostile Leicester City fans this afternoon. The Hammers co owners with their families were turned on after Andy Carroll home hammered home a penalty to put […]

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England manager Roy Hodgson insists he will not be unduly influenced by fleeting form when he picks the strikers for his Euro 2016 squad.

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Exclusive David Gold is totally convinced the Irons will put it across Leicester City in the east midlands tomorrow (Sun). The co chairman reckons we are ideally placed to take advantage of any nervousness they are suffering after a string of hard fought victories. The Foxes have had four single goal successes in the last […]

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Despite, previous assurances of a veto on Olympic Stadium ground sharing by Karren Brady, the OS agreement released today shows a different picture. West Ham is entitled to a 50 per cent discount on their £2.5m annual rent if they ever shared the stadium with any other football club that were to use the stadium […]

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Much has been written in recent days about our strikers. Some good, some far from it. But as we head into the tail end of the season, and embark on a new chapter in our history, the who’s going and who’s staying gossip is much more prominent. I think it’s safe to say that Emineke

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It was a moment to electrify any game, let alone a must-win FA Cup quarter-final replay, and if it provided the latest evidence of Marcus Rashford’s rare ability, it crackled with meaning for Louis van Gaal. Manchester United had taken a kicking on so many levels after their 3-0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday and Van Gaal, as ever, had borne the brunt of it. It was impossible to ignore the subplot here that the manager needed a …

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Van Gaal’s side are going nowhere and even if Manchester United reach an FA Cup semi-final, so the Dutchman can point to some evidence of progress, it may well not be enough Louis van Gaal has already described Wednesday night’s FA Cup quarter-final replay at West Ham as Manchester United’s “last chance of a title” , though after the debacle at Tottenham on Sunday it could also be fairly billed as a final opportunity for the Dutch manager to convince an…

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An expert panel put together by ClubTalk.com reviewed several highly-dubious decisions in the West Ham v Arsenal game last weekend. The panel agreed West Ham suffered another two crucial incorrect decisions which cost them 2 goals on Saturday. Andy Carroll red card escape v Arsenal: The West Ham striker certainly made his mark on the match, […]

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Over 68% of supporters (550 votes) are optimistic and believe West Ham will win tomorrow’s FA Cup quarter final replay over Manchester United at the Boleyn Ground to face Everton in the semi finals at Wembley on St Georges day. Over 16% of you (131 votes) are pessimistic and have a bad feeling about tomorrow and think our […]

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There were ugly scenes at Villa Park tonight after a mass brawl broke out between twenty players during a Hammers Under 21 game against Aston Villa U21’s.  The Villa youngsters scored in 88th minute to make 3-2 on the night but just before the 90th minute a very nasty Villa tackle led to a confrontation […]

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 Manchester United say Wayne Rooney is poised to make a comeback at the Boleyn Ground on Wednesday in the FA Cup sixth round replay. Wayne Rooney started tonight for Manchester United Under 21’s in a game at Old Trafford  against Middlesbrough U21’s. He was replaced on sixty minutes unscathed. Rooney continues his recovery from a […]

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West Ham have not lost at the Boleyn Ground for 232 days when they surrendered 4-3 against an inform Bournemouth last August. This Wednesday we face Manchester United in the FA Cup quarter final replay for a chance to play to Everton in the Fa Cup semi’s at Wembley. West Ham are third favourites at […]

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It’s the second edition of the Hammers Chat fan phone in which sees ClaretandHugh’s partners Hammers Chat again breaking new West Ham ground. This is the show which gives you the opportunity to talk about absolutely anything that’s on your mind and we know how proud the boys are over at HC to have put […]

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The Hammers had two goals disallowed against Saturday’s visitors but managed to come from two goals down to take the lead, only to see Arsene Wenger’s men rescue a point

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Slaven Bilic appears to have suggested that the West Ham board’s Dmitri Payet coup will see other clubs totally re-thinking their signing policies. There’s a widespread view in the game that players of his age – 29 – should not command big fees because they have no sell-on value at the end of the contract. […]

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West Ham are scouting a South American youngster called Federico Martinez according to reports in the Sun newspaper. The tabloid claim the 20-year-old winger has broken into the first team at Liverpool FC  in Uruguay. It says Hammers scouts have been impressed with displays of the £1million-rated youngster and see him as one for thr the […]

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Arsene Wenger has revealed Arsenal scouted Dimitri Payet but they decided they didn’t need him as they had a number of existing creative attacking players and his age put them off. Wenger now claims Arsenal looked at Payet too but opted not to sign him due to the attacking talents already at the club. “I […]

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Radio shock jock, Adrian Durham has been winding up West Ham fans from his official twitter account. To get a reaction Durham tweeted: “So, because West Ham got the Olympic Stadium on the cheap, refs are refusing to give them penalties. Glad we cleared that up.” After getting some abuse on twitter he went on to […]

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Planning permission for four illuminated signs spelling out the words ‘West Ham United’ at the former Olympic Stadium have been refused by the planning authority although no reason has been given why. Planning documentation was submitted back in February to erect four large illuminated sign reading “West Ham United” with letters 3 metres high. Each new […]

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West Ham holds the best home unbeaten record in all four divisions in England. The Hammers have not been beaten at the Boleyn Ground for 227 days and that will increase to 230 days by the time we play Arsenal at Saturday lunchtime. Two Premier League defeats last August at home saw us lose 2-1 […]

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West Ham Academy striker Jordan Brown was a trialist for Ipswich Under 21’s in a 2-1 win over Barnsley youngsters. 19 year old Brown is out of contract at the end of the season and he has been told  by West Ham he will not be offered new terms, having joined the Hammers academy from […]

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