West Ham will head off for a warm weather training camp in Dubai next Wednesday. Slaven Bilic is taking the first team squad to a five-day trip to the UAE. After their Premier League fixture against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday the Hammers have a two-week break from action after being knocked out of the […]
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Hammers off to Dubai warm weather training
Posted on 08 February 2017.
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West Ham to play first three games away from home
Posted on 07 February 2017.
The confirmation that the Premier League 2017-18 season will start on 12th August 2017 and end on 13th May 2018 means that West Ham are almost certain to play their first games of the new season away from the London Stadium. The World Athletics Championships will be held in the London Stadium between 4th August […]
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Stadium caterers to sample the best Ribs in London
Posted on 07 February 2017.
West Ham season ticket holder Mark Gevaux, better known as the Rib Man for his succulent baby-back pork-rib meat stuffed into floury buns and topped with a lava-like splodge of his own hot sauce with a X-rate name hopes to move to the London Stadium very soon. Nicknamed the “godfather of street food”, Gevaux spent […]
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Developers to respect Boleyn Ground memorial garden
Posted on 07 February 2017.
Developers Barratt London have kept the Boleyn Ground Memorial garden open during the demolition and re-development phase of Upton Gardens and it the garden will eventually be incorporated within the development. The club have continued to visit the memorial garden from the time to time to ensure the gardens remain tidy to respect those loved […]
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Over one thousand Boleyn ground bricks saved
Posted on 07 February 2017.
Volunteers have sorted through over one thousand memorial bricks from the Boleyn Ground in a bid to reunite them with loved ones. The bricks, many of which have been inscribed with names of fans who have passed away, were saved by the company in charge of demolishing the Boleyn Ground. Donna Heuerman, whose son Jonjo has […]
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Club breaks silence on real attendance figures
Posted on 07 February 2017.
A recent freedom of information request by ClaretandHugh has revealed the number of supporters coming through the turnstiles at the London Stadium in November and early December is far less than those published. The number supporters recorded through the electronic turnstiles for the West Ham v Stoke City game in November was 48,391 compared with […]
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Hammers on loan
Posted on 07 February 2017.
Hammer Jaanai Gordon scored his first Football League goal, getting an important equaliser in Newport County’s 1-1 draw with Cheltenham Town. Toni Martinez played 80 minutes in his Oxford United side’s clash against local rivals Swindon Town to help the visitors to a 2-1 win. Josh Cullen was also in action for 80 minutes as his […]
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Man Utd Legends to help Tombides foundation
Posted on 07 February 2017.
Dwight Yorke and Paul Scholes are part of a star studded Manchester United Legends side that will play an Australian Legends XI team in March. Manchester United confirmed the game on Twitter, with the duo joining a squad that will also feature Brian Robson as coach, Denis Irwin, Mikael Silvestre and Karell Poborsky. The game […]
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Which one of these three Hammers has done best?
Posted on 07 February 2017.
If the Hammer of the year was voted for now only between these three West Ham players who would get your vote based on performances this season so far? Player Stats: Pedro Obiang 17 League appearances 1 Goal 1 Assist 5 Yellows Winston Reid 21 League appearances 2 Goals 2 Assists 6 Yellows 1 Red […]
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West Ham pocket almost £1m in UEFA compensation
Posted on 06 February 2017.
West Ham have pocketed almost one million pounds from UEFA following the European Championships this past summer. The compensation comes from UEFA for players who were released from their clubs to go and play in the Championships in France. A total of 641 clubs from across the globe, received an equal share per player per […]
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West Ham fan didn’t read his banning order
Posted on 06 February 2017.
A West Ham fan banned from football matches travelled to Teesside on the day the Hammers played Middlesbrough – saying he hadn’t fully read his banning order. The fan was barred for five years from entering any town or borough where the Hammers were playing, for a four hour time period either side of the […]
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Slav gets a big boost as style returns
Posted on 06 February 2017.
Slaven Bilic saw the team produce precisely the kind of performance at Southampton that will see him cruise on to his third year in charge. Everybody around the club been desperate to see the team play with the kind of panache and style they showed throughout their last season at the Boleyn. And as the […]
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Hammers fans want World Cup Statue to stay
Posted on 06 February 2017.
West Ham fans want the Champions Statue on the corner of Green Street and Barking road to remain as a permanent reminder of the connection between West Ham and the local area. ClaretandHugh ran a poll on Sunday after the Daily Mail ran an article over the weekend which suggested that locals were opposing the […]
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Operating losses of London Stadium mount up
Posted on 06 February 2017.
Budget estimations for the next four years for the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) reveal that the public body is accounting for large operating losses for Stadium going forward. The LLDC own 65% of the London Stadium through E20 Stadium LLP and the organisation released it’s budget plans for the next four years. After spending […]
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Super bowl comparisons with Hammers
Posted on 06 February 2017.
I couldn’t help but feel sorry for the Atalanta Falcons in the early hours of this morning. There they were 28-3 ahead at the third quarter only for the New England Patriots draw level 28-28 before full time in dramatic fashion with the Patriots going on to win the Superbowl 38-28 in extra time (over […]
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Slav doesn’t understand speculation over his future
Posted on 06 February 2017.
Slaven Bilic really doesn’t understand why his future is being questioned. The manager has been under pressure for most of the season for a variety of “reasons” and although he knows this stuff goes with the territory he really doesn’t get the most recent outburst. OK, the Man City defeat was horrible as have been […]
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Gold hopes of 66,000 stadium capacity by year end
Posted on 06 February 2017.
West Ham Joint Chairman David Gold hopes West Ham can increase to 66,000 before the end of 2017 but concedes that there are still a lot of issues to be resolved first. Answering a West Ham fan question on twitter Gold said “I don’t know when we will get approval to go to 66,000 as […]
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Oh baby…Obiang is over the anger
Posted on 06 February 2017.
Pedro Obiang has explained his joy at scoring his first ever Irons goal. The midfielder grabbed a beauty at Southampton and Said: ““It feels very, very good. This goal is for my baby because I am now a dad, and I am very happy because many times I have seen the other guys score. I’ve […]
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Lacazette ready to leave Lyon this summer
Posted on 05 February 2017.
Speaking in an interview with Canal+, former West Ham striker target Alexandre Lacazette confirmed that he will be seeking to leave Lyon in the summer. “I think that the right moment has arrived to leave. I think that this summer I will need a change of scenery and discover something else, still with the idea of advancing […]
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London Stadium valued at just £22.5m
Posted on 05 February 2017.
The London Stadium has been valued at just £22.5m by its owners E20 Stadium LLP in its published financial accounts released late in December last year. The company accounts which cover to the period to the end of March 2016 give a fair value assessment of £22.5m. The fair value assessment considers the business plan […]
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Man City fan would have been asked to leave
Posted on 05 February 2017.
An investigation to find a Manchester City fan wearing a named replica shirt in the East Stand West Ham end has failed to locate the seat he was sitting in. A photo of the Man City fan brazenly standing in the home end went viral on twitter on Wednesday night annoying many fans asking why […]
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Poll: Do you want the Champions statue to move?
Posted on 05 February 2017.
The debate on whether the Champions statue on the corner of Green Street and Barking Road should be moved to the London Stadium has raised it’s head again. They are plans to relocate the sculpture of 1966 World Cup winners Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters and Ray Wilson before the start of next season but […]
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Stadium owners closer to naming rights deal
Posted on 05 February 2017.
London Stadium owners E20 are closer to concluding a naming rights partner but nothing has been confirmed or signed at this stage ClaretandHugh have been told. West Ham have the rights of final approval but not the negotiation. Spurs, Chelsea and E20 are all chasing the same potential sponsors to get the best deal for their […]
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West Ham’s thirty goal partnership
Posted on 05 February 2017.
Andy Carroll has scored six goals from twelve Premier League apperances in the fist half of the season while Michail Antonio has scored eight goals from twenty two premier League appearances. Their fourteen goals between them could mean they could be on for a thirty goal plus partnership between them by May. Carroll scored his […]
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Twenty goal striker is no easy feat
Posted on 05 February 2017.
In May last year West Ham Joint Chairman David Sullivan made that now famous claim of needing a 20 year a season striker. “We know that we need a top striker which is the hardest thing to sign. We need a 20-goal-a-season striker and that will cost us £25m or £30million. That is where the […]
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West Ham charged to train at the London Stadium
Posted on 05 February 2017.
A Freedom of Information request has revealed that West Ham are charged to train at the London Stadium if the training falls outside the twenty hours before or after a scheduled match. The Hammers pay a basic fee of £2.5m per year in stadium rent plus other performance related bonuses for up to 25 matches […]
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