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Winston Reid knows the Hammers are getting better and better. The are no longer a team that falls apart when the going gets tough and but one that is improving with every outing. And assessing the progress, Reid said: “In the last game we played against West Brom, even though we were 1-0 behind, we […]

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West Ham accounts will reveal in the next few weeks that the Boleyn Ground and lands were sold by the club for £38m and ClaretandHugh has learned  the highest bid from Gallaird with the second best coming in some way behind at £32m. Gallaird later sold the stadium and  land to Barratt London at a […]

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Arthur Masuaku is set to pour the pressure on Aaron Cresswell for the left back position over the next  few weeks and could well  be in the frame to start the process at Watford. Now fully fit, the defender has been getting glowing training ground reports and is determined to make an impact onn his […]

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West Ham manager Slaven Bilic and his assistant Nikola Jurcevic have both been fined £8,000 after admitting misconduct charges, the Football Association has announced.

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Former Hammer James Tomkins allegedly fell out with Crystal Palace fans away at Stoke at the weekend. Unconfirmed Internet reports suggest he told disgruntled Palace fans to ‘Foxtrot Oscar’ at full time after prolonged abuse of the team during the game. Palace remain in deep trouble sitting second from bottom in the Premier League on […]

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West Ham star Manuel Lanzini has been quoted as saying he wants to return to his former club River Plate where he says he is a fan. The quote was reported by Argentinan TV channel TYC Sports in Spanish which when translated to English said: “My future is in River, I’m going to return to the […]

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Michail Antonio has emerged as a target for Manchester United, Chelsea and Everton according to the Daily Express this afternoon. Last weekend the Sunday People claimed Manchester United are keeping tabs on Antonio, along with Everton. Chelsea are also said to be interested in the Hammers man, with Antonio Conte apparently eyeing him for a wing-back role in […]

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Michail Antonio intends to keep on keeping on in pursuit of an Engalnd place. Called up by one match ‘wonder’ Sam Allardyce and overlooked by Gareth Southgate Hammers fans know that this lad will never give up on his dreams  in any circumstances. Speaking to the official site he said: “I am going to keep playing […]

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Former West Ham shot stopper Phil Parkes believes West Ham did very good business in the January transfer window. Writing his column for Blowing Bubbles Monthly,  in association with Claret and Hugh, Parkes says the acquisition of both Jose Fonte and Robert Snodgrass was brilliant business. He said: “Fonte is a top player who wouldn’t […]

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West Ham are unlikely to raise their season ticket prices next season! Premier League clubs generally announce their season ticket renewal prices about now for the next season with Manchester United confirming last week that ticket prices for the 2017-18 campaign will be frozen for the sixth consecutive year and the seventh time in eight years. The […]

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West Ham boss Slaven Bilic was sent to the stands in anger as he reacted to West Brom’s late leveller in their 2-2 draw by hurling a TV microphone to the ground.

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Sofiane Feghouli thought he’d equalised in the first half of West Ham’s 2-2 draw with West Brom – but was puzzled to see the linesman’s flag up.

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So – if we didn’t already know – Slaven has shown every one of us just how much he cares and how he can seriously lose it. Furious didn’t get close to the manager’s mood at the end of a match where referee Michael Oliver reached a new low even by Premier League standards. We […]

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Now we have the 24 foot x 12 foot London Stadium flag fully funded we are turning our attention to the design.  Our first draft by Gonzo from Hammers Chat is above and currently uses the  retro slogan Claret and Blue but we are debating whether the repetition of the word Claret is too much on […]

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It’s been a while but we’re back with our West Ham phone-in ‘Talk West Ham’ It’s a show where five Hammers fans call in with questions and topics they wish to discuss and we do our best to give our opinions on each issue. If you’d like to be involved next time then just stay […]

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It would have been next door to impossible to get a better response from the Irons as we saw at Southampton – they were full of pace, power and poise to crush their opposition after the Manchester City debacle. But now comes another acid test – West Brom – and the Irons really need to […]

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Slaven Bilic insists the warm weather training in Dubai will contain some very important training sessions. With the Irons facing a two week  break following their departure from the FA Cup Slaven Bilic will take the squad away with a mix of issues on the agenda. He declared: “We are going to train more in Dubai […]

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West Ham have the fourth-highest Premier League viewing figures in the United States new figures reveal. Manchester City top the charts with an average of 513,421 viewers for each of their 19 matches shown live, whilst Manchester United has 510,958 from 24 matches on average. Liverpool follow up in third place having a 500,174 average […]

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We look at the leading contenders to win this season’s PFA Player of the Year award after Chelsea strengthened their grasp on the Premier League title.

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Speaking to Italian daily newspaper La Stampa this week, Mancini has commented on the atmosphere at the London Stadium after attending last Wednesday’s match when Manchester City put four past West Ham.  ‘I believe in the Juventus Stadium effect – the stadium gives Juventus seven or eight points more a season. You want to know […]

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With Andy Carroll and Peter Crouch in the goals, is the target man back in fashion? There are reasons to believe in the big man, writes Adam Bate.

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Ref Watch is back to debate another selection of controversial decisions from the weekend round of Premier League fixtures.

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The Irons came from behind to answer all the questions left behind from the Manchester City debarcle to crush Southampton. It was their first win at St Mary in seven attempts,with Andy Carroll scoring his sixth of the season and Pedro Obian grabbing his first  for the Hammers and Mark Noble’s deflected free-kick clinched the points. […]

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Slaven Bilic has turned to  Jose Fonte for advice on how to beat Southampton this afternoon. He revealed: “Jose didn’t have a great game a couple of days ago but he is a great asset for us and a great player, and we are going to benefit from him. ‘We have spoken about Southampton and […]

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Karren Brady insists selling “dead loss” Dimitri Payet was the right thing to do for West Ham.

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From Monday 6th February, West Ham supporters will be able to review their Club Cash balance (previously called E-Purse credits) online and transact  their balance against home match tickets and upgrades. In addition,  Season ticket holders will  be able to use their balance on Season Ticket Renewals. The functionality has been missing since the beginning of […]

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