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West Ham plays their first game in three weeks as they face Southampton at the London Stadium on Saturday. Bookmakers Paddypower have West Ham 9/5 for the win while putting Southampton on 8/5 with the draw with 21/10 odds. Historically West Ham has triumphed 74 times Southampton 5o times and 46 matches have ended in […]

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Mark Hughes wants to capitalise on the negativity engulfing West Ham when he takes Southampton to the troubled London Stadium.

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They say the job is not done, there is more to come, more to give but is this the case of just more to take? Whilst there could be protests and marches, finger waving and scornful shouts…is it enough to make the madness stop and for the masters to throw it all in and go…On The Road? “The only people for me are the mad ones: the ones who are mad to live…

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Pundit Michael Owen reckons Southampton are set to turn us over at the London Stadium on Saturday. The former England and Liverpool striker – now seemingly restricted to BetVictor as his outlet for media work – is hardly surprising predicting a tight and tense affair. And in giving his verdict he said: “This is a massive […]

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I’m not sure how many Irons players have been trotted out over recent days pleading with the fans to behave themselves on Saturday and give massive support to the team. Skipper Mark Noble is the latest to emerge doing so in what appears to be another piece of media office thinking. It’s not as though […]

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“There needs to be a complete and utter overhaul at the club, at probably every level,” Former Hammer Tony Cottee has told Sky Sports “Can you do that now? I’m not so sure. There are eight games left. It is important that everybody sticks together, the fans, the players, the management.Everybody has to stick together […]

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West Ham are sweating on Manu Lanzini being fit for the weekend match against Southampton after it emerged that he was being scanned for the knock he received in the match against Italy when making his debut for the Argentina national team. The precise nature of the injury is still not known but the national […]

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The majority of supporters think West Ham will be relegated this season. Nearly 51% of 1,395 voters said the Hammers will face relegation while 49% of those who took part in a Claret and Hugh poll think we can survive the drop. With ten games left to play West Ham sit precariously in 17th spot […]

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Let’s be brutally frank about this, if the Hammers survive this awful season the board of directors are going to have to dig deeper into their pockets than ever before to sort out the mess in our squad.. Truth is that from back to front we look much less than average in most positions  and […]

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International weeks leave me cold as a rule. However, last night was a bit different although I am not referring to England who are capable of winning meaningless friendlies and qualifying before we watch it end there. However, there was great news for all Hammers fans last night with Arnie starring in and scoring two […]

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Sadiq Kahn  has weighed into the London Stadium affair following the the Burnley game declaring: “ I condemn the mindless hooliganism of a small minority of people intent on disrupting the game.” Addressing the London Assembly question time he also claimed that 26 people were involved with four succeeding and that there were 150 separate incidents with […]

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West Ham has given a statement to The Times newspaper about the ongoing litigation with the London Stadium owners E20 and LLDC. The main court case is scheduled for November this year this while an earlier determination about the agreement will be heard as early as April by an expert. West Ham told the Times: ‘West Ham […]

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Declan Rice has told the Sun newspaper that fans have got every right to not be happy admitting the team have not been performing well in recent weeks. Rice told the tabloid “The fans pay their money and they’ve got every right to not be happy. We haven’t been performing in recent weeks. I’ve had a […]

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League Two’s bottom club Barnet have sacked head coach Graham Westley and re-appointed former Hammer Martin Allen as their manager. Westley was in charge for just over two months after arriving on 15 January, but won only two of his 11 games in charge. The former West Ham midfielder Allen arrives for a fifth spell […]

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West Ham will play a friendly at Dagenham & Redbridge on Wednesday to help the financially troubled National League club. All proceeds from the match will go towards the Daggers. “Our major benefactor has decided he is unable to fund the club going forward,” managing director Stephen Thompson told BBC Radio London last month. “We […]

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West Ham is looking at the possibility of landing former Arsenal director of football Dick Law to become take over the role vacated by sacked Tony Henry. Co-chairman David Sullivan has promised to step back from transfers and Law is one of the front-runners to get the job. However, no decision will be made until the […]

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Former Hammer John Hartson says the talk of a director of football is a distraction at the moment as West Ham attempt to avoid dropping into the relegation zone when they face Southampton in a crucial game on Saturday 31st March. Hartson also points out that many top managers will not work with them. Hartson wrote on […]

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Having been away for a week following a personal loss I have followed just one issue from deepest Cornwall as far as West Ham is concerned. Some things are bigger – much bigger than football. Losing a loved one is probably the most extreme among them – but unity at such times is critical – […]

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The West Ham United Independent Supporters’ Association (WHUISA) have been invited to meet with WestHam owner David Sullivan next Tuesday the association have announced to their members today. They say as a democratic group, the meeting will be guided by the questions the majority of their paid members would like addressed. The email to paid-up members says  […]

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Following the detrimental Premier League defeat to Burnley, David Moyes’ West Ham United embarked on a five-day warm weather training camp in Miami, Florida, here are the opinions of five  moorethanjustaclub.com writers on the trip, some believing the plans should have been cancelled in the wake of three successive losses for the relegation-threatened Hammers and others, quite the opposite. Luke Glanville (@Glanville_Luke) – Site Lead: “It’s my understanding that Moyes and his staff planned…

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Interviews with West Ham fans about their views of what led to last Saturday’s pitch invasions and protest against the board has been broadcast on Sky Sports Soccer Saturday. Interviews with Hammers fans included WHUSIA vice chairman Paul Turner, Sex Drugs and Carlton Cole site founder Dave Walker and retired newspaper journalist Brian Williams. The […]

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Former Hammer Tony Gale has urged West Ham fans to unite behind the team in a bid to avoid another “nightmare” relegation. When recalling the impact that the Bond scheme protests had on his season 1992 season at West Ham, Gale said: “It was an absolute nightmare. The crowd that was normally so with you, […]

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The anticipating crowds rush into the auditorium; expectant and hopeful of a spectacle that will be logged in the memory banks for tumbling years, that will entice smiles and gratitude of actions less regrettable! On stage, there are voids where instruments await their players to join them under the blinding spotlights, partially obscured by plumes of dry ice floating across the divide. Then…the scene is dimmed and the announcer bellows, “Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome on stage…!” The …

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Mark Noble has spoken to the club’s official website in a plea to get behind the team for the remaining five home games. Nobes Said “To be honest, as I said after the game, I see that we have two options – either we crumble and fold and give up or we come together, train hard […]

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A report in the Daily Telegraph says West Ham will demand to take over stewarding of the London Stadium. Chief football writer for the broadsheet Jason Burt writes  “West Ham United will demand to take over the stewarding of the London Stadium after co-owner David Sullivan was struck in the face with a coin during […]

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A report in the Daily Mirror said that the West Ham owners have requested urgent talks with the London Mayor Sadiq Khan. Darren Lewis writes in the Mirror “David Sullivan and David Gold are instead demanding urgent talks with London Mayor Sadiq Khan over the public order crisis on Saturday afternoon. The Irons claim Khan has […]

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