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On Wednesday West Ham will host just short of 10,000 fans coming to the first ever free family fun day at London Stadium. It will be the biggest fun day in the club’s history and gives season ticket holders the chance to see their heroes for free during half-term. Although it will be primarily an open […]

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As more and more home games are played in the London Stadium the issues become less and less meaning the stadium begins to feel more like home. The  earlier troubles with segregation and fighting seem a distance memory and we now seem to have turned a corner with the quality of stewarding. The club have […]

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West Ham chairman David Gold has reminded his 173,000 twitter followers the Hammers tried to buy the former Olympic Stadium outright which would have saved the tax payer from forking millions in losses each year in operating costs. Speaking to a couple of Liverpool fans on twitter about the London Stadium a West Ham fan […]

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Former West Ham shot stopper Phil Parkes believes West Ham did very good business in the January transfer window. Writing his column for Blowing Bubbles Monthly,  in association with Claret and Hugh, Parkes says the acquisition of both Jose Fonte and Robert Snodgrass was brilliant business. He said: “Fonte is a top player who wouldn’t […]

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Andy Carroll and Aaron Cresswell will join the Irons squad on their warm weather training stint in Dubai despite carrying minor injury issues. Carroll missed the match against West Brom with the well publicised groin niggle whilst Cresswell left the action at half time with a dead leg. With all the medical staff travelling to […]

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West Ham insiders are taking a relaxed view of Andy Carroll’s absence from the London Stadium and internet rumours that he was in Newcastle this weekend. They are aware that whenever the striker is mentioned as being absent from duty, the rumour factory goes into overdrive on his whereabouts. But insiders insist that if he […]

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Seventy one percent of West Ham fans would back sanctions to West ham season ticket holders who don’t regularly used their seats during a season.  Thousands of season ticket holders are missing from each league game with real attendances for the Arsenal home around 6,000 lower than the stated figure and the Stoke City home […]

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One West Bromwich Albion away fan called Jamie Saunders complained about the stewarding at London Stadium after he found himself in the West Ham home end. Speaking on his own twitter after the game, the Albion fan said “Awful experience today and West Ham stewards were no help what so ever!” Jamie told ClaretandHugh afterwards: “I […]

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Southend United’s Anton Ferdinand received a hostile reception at Millwall yesterday. Before the game Anton said “I’m a West Ham fan and former player who is now with Southend so I’m sure I’ll get a few jeers but I’m looking forward to it because it’s another important match for us, getting a few jeers tends to […]

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Robert Snodgrass was told today that his free kicks are currently quite the equal of Dimi Payet’s. The £6 million window signing arrived with a big reputation as a dead ball specialist and has already shown what a handful he can be at both free kicks and corners. One effort from around 20 yards against […]

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West Ham are unlikely to raise their season ticket prices next season! Premier League clubs generally announce their season ticket renewal prices about now for the next season with Manchester United confirming last week that ticket prices for the 2017-18 campaign will be frozen for the sixth consecutive year and the seventh time in eight years. The […]

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Twitter’s keyboard warriors continue to blast co chairman David Gold and the board for not buying a striker in the transfer window. The ongoing attacks that we needed a striker and right back continue to be levelled directly at Gold despite the fact that the only name mentioned as a possible signing was Scott Hogan […]

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David Gold has confidently predicted that Andy Carroll is likely to be back in action for the match against Watford in a fortnight. The big man’s involvement in the match against West Brom was in the balance all last week as he tried to recover  from a groin problem he has felt all season. With […]

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David Sullivan doesn’t want to see Andy Carroll  called up by England next month according to a report in the Daily Mirror. Instead he believes it’s very important that the big striker rests between outings for West Ham. Gareth Southgate had hoped to see the 28 year old in action against West Brom yesterday but […]

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So – if we didn’t already know – Slaven has shown every one of us just how much he cares and how he can seriously lose it. Furious didn’t get close to the manager’s mood at the end of a match where referee Michael Oliver reached a new low even by Premier League standards. We […]

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  ClaretandHugh’s Niall McDonald rates the Irons     Randolph: Keeper always looks helpless when the ball goes through his legs, as it did for their first and missed out for the corner to the second 5 Cresswell: Found it hard to get involved in attack. Was stretching his right hamstring before the break and didn’t return […]

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Now we have the 24 foot x 12 foot London Stadium flag fully funded we are turning our attention to the design.  Our first draft by Gonzo from Hammers Chat is above and currently uses the  retro slogan Claret and Blue but we are debating whether the repetition of the word Claret is too much on […]

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Slaven Bilic refused to mince his words after the game declaring: “The referee was very bad today.” The official Michael Oliver made a series of dodgy decisions with the West Ham boss unable to contol his temper at the end and being sent to the stands. And afterwards he said: “The way we played makes […]

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Irons 2 WBA 2 A bitterly disappointing outcome with seconds separating us from a win the second half performance thoroughly deserved. But the difference in this West Ham team to the one we saw for so long earlier in the season is the massive plus with every man giving 100 pr cent to the cause […]

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Slaven Bilic has announced his team with the inform Andy Carroll the notable exception. A club source insisted the striker trained this morning despite not making the squad. There is no recognised right back or striker in the line up giving many cause for concern. Record transfer signing Andre Ayew has not made the bench […]

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The West Ham Official Snapchat story went from Cheik Kouyate with a Number 8 shirt to Manuel Lanzini with his number 1o shirt when touring around the dressing room with their camera causing most to believe Carroll is out of contention today. There have been a number of unconfirmed rumours on social media that Andy Carroll returned […]

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Darren Randolph is the only West Ham player to be nominated for the London football awards. The Hammer is included for the London goalkeeper of the year award. Other nominees are Hugo Lloris, Thibaut Courtois, Alex Smithies and Jordan Archer. The winners will be announced on March 2nd at Battersea Evolution as part of an […]

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It is that time of year where many Premier League clubs announce their season ticket renewal prices for next season. This week Manchester United confirmed that ticket prices for the 2017-18 campaign will be frozen for the sixth consecutive year and the seventh time in eight years. A 25 percent reduction will be applied to […]

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Here’s the first design for the 24ft x 12ft flag which ClaretandHugh will be putting into the London Stadium on match days and for which we have had permission from the club. We felt it was really important to ensure that Billy Bonds was finally placed bang on the Hammers radar after sometimes being ignored […]

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Former Hammer Jack Collison will help launch the Hammerheads competition today at the London Stadium. You can meet the former West Ham player who be happy to answer questions, sign autographs or pose for photos outside the stadium where you can also enter the Heineken Hammer heads competition to win great prizes. Where: London Stadium North […]

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West Brom supporters going to the London Stadium on Saturday are being urged to partake in a minute’s applause in memory of West Ham fan James Miles . The 28 year old season ticket holder known as ‘Jimbo’ to his friends sadly passed away last Friday, having battled against a brain tumour for a number of […]

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