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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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Slaven Bilic says West Ham are finally starting to feel at home at the London Stadium. West Ham are back at home against Stoke on Saturday and Bilic hopes the stadium will be rocking once again.

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West Ham will activate a clause in Zaza’s contract to make his loan from Juventus permanent for £25million once he plays a set amount of games.

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West Ham have appointed a new Head of Ticketing at West Ham who has started her new job this week. Nicola Keye is the new boss having been the former Head of Sales at Aston Villa having been with the club for over 13 years and before that was a manager of a Virgin Media […]

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Slaven Bilic is considering a move to bring Carl Jenkinson to West Ham for a third time, according to the Daily Star. The 24-year-old was sensational for us during his first loan spell at the club two seasons ago, but struggled for form under Bilic last season before seeing is campiagn tragically ended by a serious

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It’s obviously the best stadium in London despite the media and politicians enjoying a very English ‘moanfest.’ The London Stadium is a wonderful place to play football however if in fact you are a professional footballer capable of playing at that level. Here for example is what Edmilson Fernandes has to say about it: “When […]

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It’s all getting a bit too political which means more or less nothing will be done about the London Stadium’s increasing costs other than a good moan up. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has ordered a fresh inquiry into the spiralling costs of the Hammers home with his focus apparently being on the retractable seating. […]

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CHARLES SALE: Karren Brady’s ban from the men-only boardroom when she was managing director of Birmingham City is often cited as one of the worst examples of sexist behaviour in football.

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The modification of the London Stadium, as it’s now known, was predicted to cost £272million but this has risen to £323million. The cost of moving the retractable seats has increased dramatically.

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West Ham will move supporters from their ticketed seats to widen the segregation at London Stadium in a bid to prevent further trouble against Stoke City on Saturday.

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London mayor Sadiq Khan has ordered an investigation into the finances of the Olympic Stadium after being told the total cost of converting the arena for use by West Ham has soared by a further £51m. Mr Khan announced his investigation into the conversion cost – up from £272m to £323. Sky News claims the […]

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Aaron Cresswell is feeling fine and entirely at home with a new plan. After an extended period on the sidelines followed by a suspension Cressie remains in remarkably good spirits. Talking to the official site he said: “I am enjoying the new system. It’s nice to get forward in that formation, trying to create and […]

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Slaven Bilic admits he still has a bitter taste in his mouth from the defeat at Everton because it was a game from which we should have got something. Talking to the official site he said: We played some good football at times, we created some chances, so I am happy about that. I felt that […]

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Stephen Ackerman of Hillcroft, Loughton, was convicted earlier today of 18 counts of fraud, totalling more than £60,000 at Snaresbrook Crown Court.The jury heard how the 48-year-old had “preyed on the trust” of several Premiership players and staff from West Ham at the club’s former training ground in Chadwell Heath on December 12, 2014. Ackerman, […]

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More: Video rewind: Re-live that great Goodison 2-3 victory

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Angelo Ogbonna is on a “stop Lukaku ” mission at Everton tomorrow Well aware of his record against the Irons  the Italian defender said: “We will need to stop him getting on the scoresheet. I am well aware of his record against us. “Romelu is a very good player and we all want to stop him. […]

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Karren Brady has kept her comments on Wednesday night’s London Stadium troubles brief and very much to the point in her Sun diary today. She instead chooses to focus on an “unaffected smile” from one of our youthful players. She wrote: “For all that goes wrong in the stadium tonight, the memory I will take […]

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Chelsea manager Antonio Conte claims his team were unlucky to lose to West Ham on Wednesday night. ‘The performance was good because we knew they would play a strong game, but I think we played with a good intensity and created many chances to score a goal,’ said Conte. ‘I saw a good spirit in my […]

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Metropolitan police made six arrests after skirmishes broke out towards the end of the stadium’s first London derby, when West Ham beat Chelsea 2-1 in the League Cup fourth round.

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Hammers host Antonio Conte’s team in EFL Cup fourth round Follow all the latest scores from England, Scotland and Italy Email tim.hill@theguardian.com or tweet @timmyhilleh 7.08pm BST Reasonably strong teams from both sides . West Ham swap Darren Randolph for Adrian, and bring in Aaron Cresswell for Simone Zaza, but otherwise it looks the same team that beat Sunderland at the weekend. Youngsters Aina, Chalobah and Batshuayi get a place in Chelsea’s starting XI; Diego…

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Slaven Bilic has played down the “massive rivalry with Chelsea ” hype by declaring: “It is not like we are playing Millwall.” But  he added of the team’s attitude to the game: “I don’t want them to be calm, no, no. I want them to be focused and up for it but at the same time […]

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Antonio Conte defends his passionate management style before Chelsea’s League Cup match against West Ham on Wednesday, following José Mourinho’s humiliation claims at the weekend . Conte says defeats against Liverpool and Arsenal forced him to change tactics. Conte says West Ham are confident and will be tough opponents Nemanja Matic believes heavy Arsenal defeat was ‘wakeup call’ for Chelsea Continue reading…

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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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David Moyes can complain forever about the offside as far as Dimi Payet concerned who remains deeeply grateful to Winston Reid for weighing in with the winner against Sunderland. The French maestro doen’t often appear on social media but made a point of coming out to applaud the big Kiwi. He has a habit of […]

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West Ham United have become the latest club to check on Morton’s highly-rated forward Jai Quitongo. The 19-year-old has already caught the eye of Crystal Palace and Swansea City.

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