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West Ham’s fantastic victory over Chelsea tonight was the defining moment of our season so far. I – like many others – have believed a victory would see the season turn and for the stadium to start feeling more like home. So sadly, some idiots made sure the hope of ‘home’ was perhaps still a […]

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West Ham v Chelsea  Wednesday October 26th – Kick-off at 7.45pm.  The Irons are taking this very seriously with just the two changes –  Darren Randolph  and Aaron Cresswell Chelsea roll the dice and come up with seven changes. John Terry starts, as Nathaniel Chalobah and Michy Batshuayi also come in.      

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The police have released images of seven men they want to speak to in connection with violence at a West Ham and Middlesbrough game. The game on Sunday, 1st October saw troubles outside the ground and police want to identify the men in the images released. Four other men were previously arrested for affray and […]

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Hugely popular KUMB podcast presenter Chris Scull blogs for ClaretandHugh after Mr Southon provided him with some free and winning tips on a successful recent day out at Ascot Races.! lol. Chris is always welcome here – one of the genuine nice guys – and here casts his passionate Irons eye over all things Hammers. Welcome […]

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  Simone Zaza is becoming more confident in the English game declaring:“I knew that when I arrived it would be hard, because it’s a completely different league, but I didn’t think it would be this different. ” I’m gradually getting used to it,  feeling more confident and I’m very positive at the moment.” The Italy […]

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Chelsea football club have published advice to their 5,200 fans attending the London Stadium tonight and warned those without a ticket not to travel. The Statement says: “Our EFL Cup match against West Ham United on Wednesday will be the first derby held at the London Stadium and we would like to give supporters attending […]

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Arsenal’s Alex Iwobi has revealed that he could have become a Hammer.Iwobi  is currently keeping out likes of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Lucas Perez, but the 20year old has revealed how he could have been turning out for us if things had been different. GETTY He said “Arsenal and West Ham were interested in me and Chuba […]

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Read more from the original source: Watch EFL Cup goals!

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Police have asked local pubs near to the London Stadium to close their doors at 6pm tomorrow.  ClaretandHugh has been told that police officers  visited a number of pubs in and around Stratford and asked them to close their doors between 6pm and 8pm tomorrow evening in attempt to avoid potential violence. ClaretandHugh spoke to […]

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Slaven Bilic has all but dismissed suggestions that he holds a loan interest in one time taret and regular Chelsea sub Michy Batshuayi. Newspaper reports arose a few weeks ago of a possible loan move to Upton Park but ClaretandHugh was told at that time there had been no contact although our insider explained: ” You […]

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Hammer Dimitri Payet has been nominated for the 2016 Ballon d’Or awards, he is only the forth West Ham player to have been nominated following Bobby Moore, Martin Peters and Geoff Hurst. Payet, who also won West Ham’s Hammer of the Year award and the Player of the Year gong at the London Football Awards last […]

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Former Upton Park stewards are set to be used in potential hotspot areas for the match against Chelsea tomorrow as the club and stadium operators raise a major offensive against possible crowd trouble. Over 5,000 Chelsea fans – the biggest away following so far – will arrive for the game and all security measures have […]

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ClaretandHugh’s chief analyst Leroy Rosenior believes that Ashley Fletcher deserves a chance to make his claim in Wednesday evening EFL Cup clash with Chelsea. He believes that Slaven Bilic has a great opportunity to give the player some serious game time and hopes he takes it although fears a natural reluctance will take over. He […]

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Slaven Bilic has declared that what he calls the early season “cramp” is disappearing fast. Speaking in his Manager on Monday column on the official site he said referring to the Sunderland game: “The cramp is smaller now because we won. That helps with healing that cramp, as does your position in the table and clean […]

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Dimitri Payet is the assist and chances king of the Premier league.  His late assist on Saturday which Winston Reid slotted home in the 94th minute was his 13th in 2016 and his fourth this season. His fourth assist puts him joint top with Chelsea’s Matic and  Man City’s De Bruyne this season. Over the whole of 2016 […]

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West Ham have been linked once again with striker Mauro Icardi from Inter Milan following his high-profile falling out with the club’s ultras. The Argentina international is a figure of hate at the San Siro after claiming in his autobiography that he would bring over 100 criminals from his homeland to ‘kill members of the Curva Nord’. Inter […]

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West Ham can finally nail down the London Stadium as their home with a win over Chelsea on Wednesday. And I think given the confidence currently running through the team – AND THE FANS  – we  will see the boys do it…possibly after extra time. Chelsea will come with a much changed team and I […]

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In form Angelo Ogbonna is more than ready for Diego Costa. The defender says the Irons have learned from the opening game of the season in which the Chelsea striker wound them up to the highest level And he has warned the ‘bad boy’ striker ahead of the EFL Cup showdown, that he won’t be […]

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The London Stadium tested parts of its new super large TV screen for the first time when it was switched on at 12 noon yesterday for the first time. Stadium Operators LS185 announced: “We’re testing the first functional panels of our digital wrap. New and exclusive content from 12-7 tomorrow as we welcome you to West Ham […]

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View article: Video: Reid speaks about his last gasp winner

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Visit link: Video: Slav speaks about Sunderland win

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Guest post by PC Hammer The meeting was well attended by around 75 people. The West Ham United Supporters Club (Social Club) was represented by its Chair and two committee members. An agreement was made, in principle, to set up a West Ham Independent Supporters Association (WHISA). Such an association was already in existence but […]

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More here: Video: Fans react to late Reid goal

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We’re pleased to welcome follower ‘Jimmy Jazz‘ as tonight’s guest ratings expert for the first time. It’s always nice to see people put their hads above the parapets for what is a tricky and very subjective job!   Adrian –Important save to deny Khazri but a very quiet day for San Miguel 6 Kouyate – starting to look […]

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Continue Reading: Video: Irons win it – the highlights

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By CandH’s Pete Ellis  Happy hunting ground The boys are back in town! Yes, West ham went to thier favourite away ground and collected another three points at Selhurst Park. It’s been a happy hunting ground for us over recent years and with Cresswell making a welcome return, we looked so much more like the […]

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