Up The Hammers – Latest West Ham United FC News

Phil Parkes has come through successfully on the heart procedure which we reported here a couple of says back. Big Phil is a huge CandH‘s favourite  and spoke to us on the eve of his hospital visit. Now his daughter Marie has revealed on her Facebook page that her Dad has been through surgery and […]

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ClaretandHugh can confirm there are absolutely no issues with Maun Lanzini having returned to Argentine rather than join the rest of the squad in Dubai. Manu celebrated his 24th birthday yesterday and Slaven decided to let him travel home to be with his family for a couple of days. The plan now is that the […]

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Speculation the Hammers are ready to sell Arthur Masuaku back to Olympicaos appears to be wide of the mark given the player’s difficult recent injury issues from which he is now recovering. Stories this morning claim Slaven Bilic is keen to sell the 23-year-old, and his former side in Athens have first refusal on any future […]

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Manuel Lanzini has not joined the first team in Dubai for  five days of warm weather training and has instead been given time off ‘for family reasons’ Claret and Hugh understand. He is thought to have returned to his native Argentina where he appeared on TV saying he would like to return to his former […]

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European Sports Journalist Graham Hunter has interviewed West Ham captain Mark Noble for his Big Interview podcast series. Mark tells how he established as himself as a first team Premier League footballer and captain of the club he has supported since he was a kid. The skipper also talks about what that role really means […]

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West Ham’s front line strikers Andy Carroll and Diafra Sakho were both on the plane for Dubai  as the Irons headed for their warm weather training break. Co chairman David Gold had revealed earlier today the Senegal striker was “running free” and ” set for a return in mid March” but it’s particularly good news […]

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David Gold has delivered two exciting updates and verdicts on two Irons who have been out of the frame for a while. The co chairman has been closely following Diafra Sakho’s progress on the training pitch and is looking forward to the return of Arthur Masuaku. Sakho has been recovering from the long required operation […]

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842 homes will be built on the Boleyn Ground, with 18 buildings ranging from three to 13-storeys. The site, which will be renamed Upton Gardens, will also feature a nod to the Hammers, with a ‘legacy route’ planned which will celebrate the history of the  Boleyn ground.  A paved, circular courtyard will mark the centre […]

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West Ham Chairman David Gold has been among thousands of fans who turned out for the family fun day at the London Stadium today. he was happy to pose for photographs and sign autographs. Although the players haven’t be signing autographs in person because of safety fears for such a large crowd we have been […]

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West Ham’s gesture of trading in named Payet shirts for £25 has been completely eclipsed after the club today put all home shirts on sale for £25 today. Two weeks ago WHUFC.com announced “West Ham United are offering any supporter who purchased a 2016-17 replica West Ham United shirt printed with Dimitri Payet’s name and […]

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West Ham manager Slaven Bilic and Andy Carroll went out of their way to make one young Hammers fan’s day at the Rush Green training ground yesterday. Father Matt Hill wrote on Facebook “Slaven Bilic, what a man!  We took Alf down to then training ground yesterday to try to meet some of the players. […]

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Dimi Payet has been called overweight and unfit in French media since his return to France with some saying he is a shadow of the player they witnessed in the European championships in the summer. French paper L’Equipe has put the boot in further by labelling him a flop after Marseille lost 3-2 to Nantes last […]

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Former Hammer James Tomkins allegedly fell out with Crystal Palace fans away at Stoke at the weekend. Unconfirmed Internet reports suggest he told disgruntled Palace fans to ‘Foxtrot Oscar’ at full time after prolonged abuse of the team during the game. Palace remain in deep trouble sitting second from bottom in the Premier League on […]

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West Ham star Manuel Lanzini has been quoted as saying he wants to return to his former club River Plate where he says he is a fan. The quote was reported by Argentinan TV channel TYC Sports in Spanish which when translated to English said: “My future is in River, I’m going to return to the […]

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  West Ham players were at the O2 arena tonight in a private box to watch rapper Drake. They were VIP guests of Mark Pryke, the owner of S14 VIP limited who supplies cars to stars including many of the West Ham first team. Mark Noble, Michail Antonio, Ashley Fletcher, Darren Randolph, Aaron Cresswell and […]

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West Ham will move for Pablo Zabaleta and Bacary Sagna if Manchester City fail to offer one or both new deals claims the Daily Mirror. Both defenders are out of contract in the summer and the reports says the Hammers have been alerted to the potential availability of the duo as their contract negotiations at […]

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Michail Antonio has emerged as a target for Manchester United, Chelsea and Everton according to the Daily Express this afternoon. Last weekend the Sunday People claimed Manchester United are keeping tabs on Antonio, along with Everton. Chelsea are also said to be interested in the Hammers man, with Antonio Conte apparently eyeing him for a wing-back role in […]

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Details of the residential development that will replace the Boleyn Gground will be released a preview launch event next Thursday in Stratford close to West Ham’s new stadium. The Barrett London development called Upton Gardens consists of 842 new properties with one, two, three and four-bedroom homes. The preview launch event will take place on […]

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Talksport Shock jock Adrian Durham has defended his criticism of Slaven Bilic in a long winded article in which he insists he doesn’t hate West Ham. Durham writes: “On Monday’s Drive show I was highly critical of Slaven Bilic for his touchline aggression and for his criticism of referee Michael Oliver after the game.” A […]

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Slaven Bilic will head off for Dubai tomorrow (Wed) knowing the pressure on his job is history! The West Ham board are delighted with the progress the team has made and memories of the Manchester City humbling in the FA Cup have been well and truly buried by the performances immediately preceding and following that […]

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West Ham will soon enable functionality to enable season ticket holders to forward their seats to friends and family. The club plan to launch the ticket forwarding functionality in March either for the Chelsea or Leicester City match. The new ticket forwarding system will allow you to electronically transfer your matchday ticket to a family […]

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It will be interesting to see Slaven Bilic’s reaction to Darren Randolph’s performance against West Brom at the weekend. I’m a Randolph fan and I’m also aware that all goalkeeping errors come under a harsher spotlight than those from any other members of the team. But given how Slaven reacted to Adrian’s mistakes earlier in […]

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A West Ham fan dialled in to BBC radio’s 606 phone-in show to fire an angry broadside at Leicester fans. The fan, named as James, told hosts Ian Wright and Kelly Cates that Leicester fans should stop complaining about the fact that their team is now just one point above the bottom spot. He said: […]

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West Ham fans are not the most romantic fans in the Premier League according to a new poll.  That’s the conclusion of a survey which found that 18% of Hammers questioned would rather watch their club play football than spend St Valentine’s Day with their partner. Fifty percent would apparently give up West Ham altogether if they […]

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Former West Ham striker target has hit back at a West Ham fan on twitter who compared him with failed loan signing Simone Zaza. West Ham season ticket holder Callum Fitzer messaged the Chelsea striker to taunt “Zaza has played more minutes in the league this season than you have, let that sink in” Batshuayi […]

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Slaven Bilic and his assistant manager Nikola Jurcevic have been charged with improper conduct by the Football Association following Saturday’s 2-2 draw with West Brom. Bilic was sent off by referee Michael Oliver after throwing a TV microphone to the ground in reaction to Gareth McAuley’s injury-time equaliser in the 94th minute. Hammers assistant boss Nikola Jurcevic […]

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