ClaretandHugh can confirm that “conversations” over the availability of Jermain Defoe have been held but that Sunderland aren’t keen to let their star striker leave the Stadium of Light. The former Hammer has found the net seven times for the third off bottom Black Cats who themselves have only managed 15 all season! And although […]
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Defoe Sunderland link – an update
Posted on 23 December 2016.
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Player, manager of season so far?
Posted on 22 December 2016.
Who have been the standout figures in the Premier League so far this season?
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Cresswell suffers problem
Posted on 20 December 2016.
Aaron Cresswell has today suffered a injury but insiders believe he will be okay to play against Swansea on Boxing Day. The left back rolled an ankle and went down during training raising immediate alarms that he would miss the game in Wales. He went over in what seemed fairly innocuous circumstances and rumours started flying […]
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Best PL match of 2016?
Posted on 20 December 2016.
What was your favourite Premier League match of 2016? We asked our Sky Sports pundits to pick theirs…
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Mickey-taking Irons choose man of match
Posted on 18 December 2016.
The East end sense of humour came bang to the fore again yesterday following the desperate victory over Hull City. The visitors hit the woodwork three times before captain Mark Noble went up the other end and scored a penalty the Hammers may have been fortunate to receive. At the end the club’s in-house Twitter […]
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When James Corden met Mark Noble
Posted on 17 December 2016.
.@JKCorden speaks to his biggest star yet… 🎥😂 pic.twitter.com/xDlOxgIekg — West Ham United (@WestHamUtd) December 17, 2016
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Poor performance but Irons up to 13th
Posted on 17 December 2016.
Match verdict Hammers 1 Hull City 0 We were second best all afternoon with Hull hitting the woodwork three times. And it took the softest penalty award in the world for us to win a match where again our nerves were all but in tatters Who cares? At the end of it all we had […]
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Big Hammers hero at Hull game
Posted on 17 December 2016.
David Gold has warned the fans to expect a walkover from a Hull teamfighting for their lives at the bottom of the table. The co chairman said: They will not make it easy for us. I am sure that Slaven will be telling his players that we will have to show the same mentality that we […]
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Slav faces another big 90 minutes
Posted on 17 December 2016.
Slaven Bilic is convinced better performances s are on the way once we susscessully negotiate this afternon’s clash with Hull City. The manager has consistently maintained that they will onluy cme with increased confidence from vistories and declared: We said we had to go through an extremely difficult schedule but were then facing a period of […]
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Gold’s not kidding himself
Posted on 15 December 2016.
David Gold – like everybody else who calls themselves a Hammer – is a vastly relieved man this morning (Thurs) after the victory over Burnley last night. But he’s not kidding himself that this was anything other than a pretty ordinary performance by the team at the London Stadium But apart from the single – […]
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Dimi’s ‘dirty work’ attitude spoke volumes
Posted on 12 December 2016.
Dimi Payet typified everything that was right about the Irons at Liverpool and I am not only talking about his goal. He was fortunate not to concede a penalty at the hands of the often card-happy Mark Clattenburg as he chased back into the box alongside Adam Lallana with the heat being turned up. On […]
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Legend Peter Brabrook passes away
Posted on 12 December 2016.
FORMER England international and West Ham United FA Cup winner Peter Brabrook has died of cancer at the age of 79. Capped three times for his country, including an appearance against the USSR in the 1958 World Cup finals, Brabrook was signed by Hammers boss Ron Greenwood from Chelsea for a fee of £35,000 in […]
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WATCH: Zero to hero for Randolph
Posted on 12 December 2016.
Darren Randolph had a mixed day for West Ham in their 2-2 draw with Liverpool.
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Reds stumble against Hammers
Posted on 11 December 2016.
Liverpool fell behind in the Premier League title race after being held to a 2-2 draw by West Ham at Anfield on Sunday.
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Dicksy “would have put someone up in the air” if we’d played like that says Ian Bishop
Posted on 11 December 2016.
Former Hammers favourite Ian Bishop reckons Slaven Bilic has to start lighting fires under a few players and claims he is the right man to sort out our current issues. Bish — who made 255 appearances for the club from 1989 until 1998 — said: “West Ham are a bit like Humpty Dumpty right now […]
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Your club’s record scorer ranked
Posted on 11 December 2016.
Wayne Rooney scored against Reading on Saturday to equal Sir Bobby Charlton’s all-time record of 249 goals for Manchester United – but where does he stand among all 92 clubs’ top scorers?
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Bilic makes case for Irons flops
Posted on 10 December 2016.
Slaven Bilic has defended the Hammers summer signing policy and believes they will all find their form. Virtually every summer arrival has taken stick as the team has struggled, notably Simone Zaza – who has failed to find the net in 11 appearances – and on loan Gokhan Tore. Only Edmilson Fernandes has escaped criticism […]
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West Ham vow to improve supporter services
Posted on 10 December 2016.
West Ham has vowed to improve and expand their supporter services department after complaints of lack of responses to supporter queries and feedback following the move to the London Stadium. The club has expanded the role of Supporter Liaison Officer (SLO) to recruit a Supporter Services Manager who will oversee an expanded department. They have recruited […]
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Massive flag planned for London Stadium east stand
Posted on 09 December 2016.
Guest post by Tim Hoad West Ham season ticket holder Tim Hoad wants to create a massive flag for the London Stadium East Stand which is designed and funded by the fans. Below gives Tim gives us an update on his progress and a chance to vote on the final design. “I am been working […]
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Slaven Bilic confident he can turn things around at West Ham after poor start to life at London Stadium: ‘The owners know it’s going to take time’
Posted on 07 December 2016.
The Hammers are languishing in 17th place in the Premier League without a win in their last five, but Bilic believes he will be given time after a tough move away from Upton Park this summer.
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Grab a Boleyn site for free
Posted on 07 December 2016.
Ok it’s Christmas – always an emotional time of the year and none more so than for West Ham fans this season. Memories of the Boleyn just won’t go away as the ‘old lady’ disappears off the east end landscape for ever. But you can grab yourself a piece of history after ClaretandHugh learned that […]
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Arsenal man attacked inside London Stadium
Posted on 06 December 2016.
The Daily Mirror Sport claims a supporter punched an Arsenal employee, who works as a cameraman for their in-house TV channel, on the London stadium concourse towards the end of Saturday’s 5-1 home defeat. They say West Ham have now called in the police to try to track down the culprit. Arsenal told the Mirror […]
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Oxford to sign five year contract on his birthday
Posted on 06 December 2016.
Reece Oxford will sign a new five year contract on his 18th birthday next Thursday committing himself as a Hammer until 2021. The contract is believed to be worth over £5m to the youngster plus a signing on bonus. The new package is set to double his current £10,000 per week wages. The centre back […]
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CANDH EXCLUSIVE: Sullivan on Bilic situation
Posted on 05 December 2016.
Exclusive by Hugh Southon Hammers co chairman and chief shareholder David Sullivan has revealed exclusively to ClaretandHugh that he is NOT in crisis talks with manager Slaven Bilic. We reported this morning there is no appetitie to sack the manager and that reports to the contrary in The Mirror and on Sky Sports were inaccurate. […]
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Leroy’s view: “There’s been some rubbish talked”
Posted on 03 December 2016.
There has to be a reaction from the Irons this afternoon and I think there will be. I do not believe for a single second players are throwing in the towel as has been suggested by some this week after the Old Trafford defeat on Wednesday. There’s been some rubbish talked They weren’t saying that […]
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Fletcher wants the shirt as AC gets ready
Posted on 01 December 2016.
Ashley Fletcher – the best Iron on view at Old Trafford in the 4-1 defeat – is desperate to hold onto the striker’s shirt against Arsenal at the weekend. He described his Old Trafford goal as “unbelievable” but even more importantly declared the team were determined to bounce straight back on Saturday. The 21 year […]
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