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West Ham’s board will be relieved they allowed manager Slaven Bilic to have the final say on not signing former Brentford striker Scott Hogan. Having joined Aston Villa,  the 24 year old was last night carried off on a stretcher in the  2-0 defeat by Newcastle. It came at a time when he has failed […]

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West Ham United enjoyed a debut Premier League 2 London Stadium debut beating  Fulham 2-0 to strengthen their claims for a Division 2 play-off place. The win saw them into fifth place just two points behind Newcastle and Wolves with Fulham on 34 and runaway leaders Swansea on 42. Nathan Holland scored with a curling strike […]

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The mystery of what happened to the remaining West Ham John Lyall gates has finally been resolved. The three remaining gates which were put up for auction last year through Hilco with a live auction and webcast at the Boleyn Ground in June was purchased by former West Ham chairman Terry Brown. Three of the […]

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The West Ham squad are arriving home this evening from their five day warm weather training in Dubai.  Many of the squad boarded a Emirates flight in business class earlier today for the seven hour flight back to London and others will follow on. ClaretandHugh have been told that the West Ham squad are on […]

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West Ham have tonight cleared finally cleared up season-long speculation that Chelsea may be ready to move for Michail Antonio in the summer. And ClaretandHugh was told the leading Hammer of the Year candidate is set to be offered a new summer deal which “will reflect the value we have of him as a player.” […]

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The London Mayor, Sadiq Khan is struggling to find an auditing company to take on the independent review of the London Stadium transformation over-spend and spiraling running costs. He announced his inquiry on 1st November last year but many companies have reportedly ruled themselves out through conflict of interest as they were involved in the former […]

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A report commissioned by developers Barratt London has revealed a medium to high risk of unexploded ordnance underneath the Boleyn Ground stadium and surrounding lands once used by West Ham. The ground investigation report by RSA Geotechnics was submitted as part of planning documentation to Newham to again permission to build 842 flats on the […]

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Winston Reid knows the Hammers are getting better and better. The are no longer a team that falls apart when the going gets tough and but one that is improving with every outing. And assessing the progress, Reid said: “In the last game we played against West Brom, even though we were 1-0 behind, we […]

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Jim Daly of the Daily Mirror has ranked West Ham’s Mark Noble as one of the dirtiest players in the Premier League. Mr Daly included Nobes in a top ten of players rival fans love to hate suggesting our captain was hated by rival fans. Daily wrote: “The nastiest type of midfielder possible masked under […]

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The West Ham Supporters Club also know as the Hammers Social Club in Castle Street held an Emergency General Meeting last week called by its members to decide whether to close their doors or not. Claret and Hugh understand the social club is losing around £7,000 per month and has been doing so since West Ham […]

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West Ham have tonight ruled out new speculation the club is on the verge of signing club-less former Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov. Berbatov – who also had spells with Spurs and Fulham – has been without a club since departing Greek outfit PAOK last summer and has regularly been linked with a Premier League […]

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Teenage Chelsea striker Dominic Solanke is reported as being of interest to West Ham and several other Premier League clubs. The 19 year old seems likely to leave Stamford Bridge when his contract expires in the summer with wage demands of around £50,000-a-week too rich for even Chelsea’s blood. Apart from the Irons, Everton are said […]

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West Ham supporters agree that the club have turned a corner in their new home and it is starting to feel like home. Yesterday we ran a story that West Ham joint Chairman David Gold said: “I absolutely agree it feels more like home, especially in recent games”   On the back of Mr Gold’s comments we […]

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West Ham believe there remains interest in Sofiane Feghouli from Italian outfit Roma but won’t let him leave for less than £9 million in the summer. Slaven Bilic may now be ready to listen to summer offers for the player following the arrival of Robert Snodgrass and although Algerian has started to show some form […]

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  Gonzo is on the loose again with a new a quirky and satirical look at the world of West Ham news and social media simply called NEWSBEAT. Here you will find a selection of stories, blogs, posts and amusing videos selected by Gonz  which will contain   anything that has amused, irritated or interested […]

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West Ham were joined by Leicester City and Everton scouts in checking out Brazilian winger Jonathan Cafu in midweek. The irons watched the 25-year-old Cafu playing for  for Ludogorets in their Europa League defeat to Copenhagen. The Brazilian was given a lone striker role against the Danes but was unable to prevent his side going […]

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David Gold has honoured former West Ham manager Charlie Paynter. Paynter first became involved with West Ham as an unpaid helper in 1897. In 1900 Paynter joined the Hammers as a player however, he never played for the first-team after he suffered a career ending injury. The club appointed him reserve-team trainer in 1902. He was […]

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In an interview for Football.London West Ham joint chairman David Gold says it now feels much better at London Stadium. The team is doing better on the pitch and Hammers’ supporters finally seem to be getting accustomed at their new home. Gold told Football.London : “I absolutely agree it feels more like home, especially in recent games. […]

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West Ham accounts will reveal in the next few weeks that the Boleyn Ground and lands were sold by the club for £38m and ClaretandHugh has learned  the highest bid from Gallaird with the second best coming in some way behind at £32m. Gallaird later sold the stadium and  land to Barratt London at a […]

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It’s not exactly been the season Hammers fans were expecting but it’s getting better all the time. But despite all the various pressures visited on manager Slaven Bilic from a new stadium to Dimi Payet the boss remains top man with the vast majority of fans. After a ClaretandHugh blog praised the manager for his […]

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Arthur Masuaku is set to pour the pressure on Aaron Cresswell for the left back position over the next  few weeks and could well  be in the frame to start the process at Watford. Now fully fit, the defender has been getting glowing training ground reports and is determined to make an impact onn his […]

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Four weeks ago Slaven Bilic indicated to reporters that a new deal for Michail Antonio was imminent but more recently the Hammer has been coy about his contract position He told Sky Sports “Right now, nothing is really happening on the contract talks. We’ll just see how things go. At the moment my head is not […]

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West Ham chairman David Gold has given his 173,000 followers on twitter some good news by suggesting Andy Carroll, Arthur Masuaku, Sam Byram and Andre Ayew will all be available for the Watford game on 25th February. Gold posted a message on social message to say: “We should be able to put out a strong squad against […]

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WEST Ham fear that Adrian may turn down a contract offer this summer in order to advance his Spain international chances. The club have an option on his present deal which is worth around £30k a week and in the absence of top class keepers are interested in keeping both him and Darren Randolph. The […]

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West Ham denied rumours that they are ready to sell Arthur Masuku back to Olympiacos. Speculation arose this morning in the national media that the £6 million signing had proved a flop and that the Irons were ready to move him on with his former club having first refusal. It seemed the unlikeliest of tales […]

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West Ham have taken the whole squad out to Dubai with them with the exception keeper Raphael Spiegel and Gokhan Tore who has returned to Turkey to recover from his operation. The list of those who flew to the middle east includes Arbeloa who has not been seen since the Arsenal 5-1 defeat at the […]

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