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Chicharito will take the first half positives from Selhurst Park into the match against Liverpool  next weekend. The Mexican grabbed a typical ‘fox in the box goal today and said afterwards: “I always say I’d prefer to win matches and change those goals to points. “But yeah it was good feeling for Andre Ayew and me. […]

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Hammers under 23s 2 Manchester City under 23s 1 Toni Martinez and Nathan Holland led the charge as the Hammers under 23s came from behind to beat Manchester City at Dagenham today. And that means the young Hammers have beaten the two Manchester clubs and drawn at Chelsea over their last three games. The victory saw […]

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Slaven Bilic put the last gasp loss of a point at Selhurst Park firmly on the shoulders of a bad decision by Michail Antonio as the Irons slumped to what feels like the umpteenth last gasp defeat. He was careful not to personalise his remarks claiming that “we  made the wrong decision” but of course […]

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CandH introduces a new feature this evening with our Facebook Group member Danny Danielli Leach taking up his new role of tracking a particular Hammer every week in Player Watch. Welcome aboard Dan – thanks and a big well done mate!   After a spirited display in midweek in the Spurs derby, the captain Noble […]

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    Hugh hands out the marks on another disappointing afternoon   Hart: A series of remarkable saves made him the man of the match which really tells you all you need to know about the Irons performance 8 Zabaleta: Had his toughest examination of the season against  Zaha and failed it. Forgiven on the […]

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By Hugh Southon Palace 2 Hammers 2 They chucked it away again in the last 10 seconds and they only have themselves to blame! After taking a two goal lead through Chicharito  and Andre Ayew, the Irons were on cruise control until five minutes into the second half when Ogbonna gave away the most ridiculous […]

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Now I know Slaven Bilic is paid masses to get it right – along of course with the players – but yesterday’s CandH exercise in team selection showed just how tough life can get for managers – notably ours right now. We threw out an invitation which allowed fans to select the side for today’s […]

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Joe Hart was chuffed to see Adrian in such great form against Spurs and welcomes the pressure it puts on him as the current holder of the first team sweater. After a career in squads with a powerful line up of keepers the England stopper is no stranger to such situations and says simply: “It […]

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West Ham’s under 23s can pave the way for the first team when they spring into action against a bang in form Manchester City outfit at Dagenham this afternoon (KO: 1.30 pm). Academy boss Terry Westley is set to name his youngest team of the season with four under 18s taking their places in the […]

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Slaven Bilic has given a big clue into his team selection thinking for a game at Palace which he admits “determines his own situation” dubbing it “massively important..” He declared: “Mental strength is most ­important thing. That’s why you need leaders, those kind of senators in your team. We’ve enough of them, a few captains […]

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West Ham are unlikely to be able to tempt Burnley boss Sean Dyche into the London Stadium before next summer the earliest. Dyche is at the top of a long list of candidates to take over from Slaven Bilic at the end of his contract although the possibility of a caretaker boss remains should things […]

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Sam Allardyce has broken a long term silence on West Ham and pulled no punches. He reckons that the team are very poor at the back – an area of the team which recived his special attention when he was in charge. And in doing so he has probably created divisions in the fan base […]

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Nigel Kahn looks over a new season of discontent and believes rank and file fans showing a hostile reaction are not necessarily responding to what’s happening on the pitch but to what’s happened in the past couple of years.   Sack the board, sack the board, sack the board” the chants rang out during the […]

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I watched Mark Lawrenson on Liverpool TV tonight by an unfortunate accident on the old remote and he really is sounding very dated indeed. So he gets a bit of  a sympathy vote from yours truly who is starting to take him even less seriously than before which on a ratio of 1- 10 would […]

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Slaven Bilic has given his pre-match press conference ahead of Crystal Palace away on Saturday. Slaven told reporters “Michail Antonio had a bruise on his rib and only trained yesterday. We are going to see today. We are training at 2pm. Nobody said yesterday they felt anything. Antonio will train today and then based on […]

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Eight people were arrested on Wednesday night’s match between Spurs and West Ham at Wembley says the Met Police A 32-year-old and a 40-year-old man were both arrested on suspicion of possession of class A drugs, a 21-year-old was arrested on suspicion of assault on a police officer and a 43-year-old and a 21-year-old man […]

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Slaven Bilic has admitted he has a positive headache ahead of the game against Palace tomorrow following the Wembley performance on Wednesday evening. The manager is feeling much like the Irons fans who gave ClaretandHugh their teams for the match – with barely one of them alike. We published those a couple of hours back […]

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Dear Sadiq Kahn As the Mayor of London, you are the only person who can sort out the problems surrounding the London Stadium. Through London Legacy Development Corporation majority ownership of the stadium, you are ultimately the leader responsible for the former Olympic Stadium. We appreciate you inherited this mess and politicians before you made […]

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The spectacular second half at Wembley on Wednesday has handed Slaven Bilic a massive selection dilemma for tomorrow at Palace – who does he drop? It’s a topic will be on everybody’s mind until an hour before kick off when he finally names his team but the size of the issue is such that – […]

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The London Stadium Pitch surround debate has descended into a public decision about colour on whether it should be Green, Claret, Sky Blue or Navy Blue when possibly it should be about the taxpayer funds which could have been saved. Politicians love to quote that West Ham got the deal of the century with their £2.5m index-linked […]

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The son of a father who had a heart attack outside the Wembley away turnstiles is seeking the Hammers fan who saved his dad’s life by performing CPR.   West Ham fan Wayne Perry said on Twitter “My old man had heart attack going into Spurs tonight. Hammers fan gave CPR and helped save his life. […]

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Suggestions by the Sun newspaper that West Ham could be locked out of their ground or made homeless if Stadium owners E20 Stadium  LLP went bust are completely wide of the mark. The Thursday report claimed: “The Mayor of London and Newham Council will move heaven and earth to avoid the humiliation of the Hammers […]

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A West Ham man has found fame after taking a spectacular fall on live TV after the Carabao Cup clash with Spurs at Wembley. Lee Williams dived to try and catch Mark Noble’s shirt, which the West Ham skipper had thrown into the crowd. The fall was caught by the Sky Sports cameras and soon became […]

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Spurs are investigating after one of their own fans threw a cup of urine over West Ham away fans including women and children during Wednesday’s Carabao Cup game at Wembley stadium. Following the Hammers’ 3-2 comeback, a video emerged on social media which shows a Spurs fan filling a cup with his own Urine before […]

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Newham council have finally revealed the number of free West Ham community tickets it gave away to residents, staff and community groups last season. Until now Newham has kept the number a closely guarded secret promising to publish it at the end of last season. The end of the season came and went and it was […]

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Frank McAvennie has led the chorus of stunned amazement at the circumstances under which the Carabao Cup quarter Final draw was conducted. After a delay to the planned live event on TV because of apparent technical problems, the draw was pre recorded and released via the media. Now come on that’s not great particularly when […]

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