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Andy Carroll’s long term West Ham future remains very much in the balance as the club prepare to entertain bids in the summer. Despite the club regularly making assurances about the striker’s position at the club there is no question they feel short changed after a trouble torn five years – including his loan season […]

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Andy Carroll is believed to have survived his return with no ill effects  and is expected to be fit for the trip to Bournemouth at the weekend. AC looked exhausted at the end of 90 minutes and suffered a wound on the bridge of his nose which required stitches but he is understood to be […]

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West Ham face an FA probe following a one man pitch invasion during the 2-1 defeat by Chelsea – after a fan entered the field of play during the clash with Chelsea according to  Sky sources. At this stage the game’s ruling body is “seeking observations” after the supporter tried to front up Eden Hazard […]

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Winston Reid looks set to be fit  for the weekend fixture against Bournemouth after being disgnosed with “extreme cramp.” The central defender left the action during the match against Chelsea last night  and looked to be in real trouble as he hobbled from the pitch. But ClaretandHugh was told a few minutes ago that he […]

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The time has  come for Slav to bite the bullet tough though that is going to be. A few days ago the manager was speaking of captain Mark Noble in glowing terms describing him as a major influence and his man in the dressing room. The friendship between the two is clear and that is […]

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Defeated yes by Chelsea…yes! But the eighth minute of last night’s game put everything into perspective. Bll Shankly’s most famous saying that football is more important than life and death has never been true and last night showed that as we remembered little Hammer Zara Banks. Zara and her Dad Mark attended games together but […]

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David Sullivan has lifted any pressure Slaven Bilic may be feeling after last night’s defeat by taking it on the chin. The co chairman – speaking on the club website – said:  “Chelsea are 10 points clear at the top of the table for a good reason – they are a well-organised, well-drilled outfit who […]

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West Ham’s season-long problem of individual mistakes being punished wasdemonstrated in all its ugliness against Chelsea last night. And Slaven Bilic made a point of drawing big attention to it after the match without naming culprit and skipper Mark Noble. It was his poor pass deep in Chelsea’s half which saw the league leaders counter […]

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West Ham’s game against Chelsea was largely trouble free last night and there was no repeat of coin throwing or crowd trouble which marred the same fixture in the London Stadium back in October in the EFL Cup. The Met Police have confirmed there were no major issues or incidents but they arrested three supporters […]

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  Irons 1 Chelsea 2 Well, perhaps the best thing we can say about tonight was that West Ham didn’t collapse before a very talented Chelsea team. But they did themselves few favours notably when a sloppy Mark Noble pass saw a host of our players the wrong side of the ball as the west […]

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Diafra Sakho is fully expected to rejoin the first team squad within the next fortnight and could be on the bench for the match  at Hull City on April 1. ‘Sak’ has been making great progress in his rehab programme and hopes are now high the striker could even rejoin the first team squad within […]

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Slaven Bilic has one major decision to make as he looks at his team selection for tonight’s clash against Chelsea at the London Stadium. All the reports we are getting here at ClaretandHugh are that bar any late accidents Andy Carroll is fit to return for his first match since the Southampton win. But the […]

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Little Hammer Zara Banks – who passed away at the age of just eight years old earlier this year – will be remembered by the club tonight in the eight minute on the big screens. Zara went to school as normal on Wednesday 11th January but sadly suddenly collapsed in class and was taken to […]

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Make no mistake Chelsea’s stars will be feeling big time pressure when the arrive at the London Stadium tonight. We are now into March and with a title victory at stake, after their nearest rivals closed the gap at the weekend, the boys from Stamford Bridge will be feeling it big time. The Irons on […]

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Andy Carroll looks set to step into the action tonight for the first time in a month. Carroll has been out injured with a groin injury since scoring in the 3-1 defeat of Southampton at St Mary’s on February 4 but all the signs appear positive for the Chelsea match. With only Jonathon Calleri available […]

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Robert Snodgrass has played down the arrest warrant for failing to attend court as a misunderstanding saying it is not a big issue. It was issued for  after he failed to attend a court trial having been charged with driving a car while a baby was being held by a passenger. Snodgrass is alleged to […]

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Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has pleaded for the “right atmosphere” at Upton Park this evening. The Italian boss declared: “Last time wasn’t good. I hope in this game our fans, the West Ham fans, enjoy totally the game and find the right atmosphere. In England, it’s very strange for me to talk about this — […]

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David Gold has guaranteed that there will be no crowd trouble tonight when West Ham face Chelsea. He says a number of measures have been introduced since the troublesome EFL Cup night and adds that in his view the troubles were overblown in the first place by the media. Gold told the Daily Star: “I can […]

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A recent freedom of information request to the Met Police has shown that West Ham have the least troublesome fans when it comes to arrests and banning orders in the Premier League within London. Last season Chelsea had 108 football arrests on match days followed by Spurs on 49, Arsenal has 40 fans arrested while […]

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David Gold is expecting a top performance against Chelsea declaring: “If you look at the teams we fielded in the two previous encounters  I believe we are stronger now.” He remembered how unlucky we were to lose the first game when Diego Costa should have seen red but given the performance in the EFL Cup clash […]

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Chelsea have called on their supporters to be well behaved ahead of clash against West Ham at the London Stadium on Monday night. They have also warned those without a ticket not to travel to the area. Chelsea are the London club with most football related arrests this season  (34) whilst West Ham are third […]

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Manu Lanzini is playing out of his skin and has stepped up to the plate big time over recent games. He has recorded man of the match and near mom performances in several since being handed almost total responsibility for the creative side of the Hammers game. And one sublime back heeled ball to set […]

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Michael Antonio has revealed very clearly how AFC Wimbledon rejected the chance of signing him when refusing to pay his £7 registration fee when he was a teenager. Whille playing for non league Tooting & Micham the leading Hammer of the Year contender was offered the opportunity to trial for both Queens Park Rangers and […]

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Mark Noble has had his critics but Slaven Bilic isn’t amongst them – quite the opposite. Hammer to the core Nobes has become the key  player the manager’s squad and Bilic simply won’t  hear a word against him. Speaking ahead of the Chelsea game Bilic said: “He has been very, very important for me. You need the […]

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West Ham have added Burnley’s Andre Gray to the list  of striker targets they will be considering this summer. With a year left on his current deal and no talks having taken place on a new deal the 25 year old looks set to leave Turf Moor. Gray grabbed 23 goals last term and has […]

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Plans to increase the London Stadium to a capacity of 60,000 have hit a stalemate. With nine trouble-free games West Ham had hoped the stadium operators LS-185 would apply to Safety Advisory Group (SAG) for a 3,000 capacity to allow the sale of  partial season tickets until the end of the season. The stadium operators […]

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