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West Ham away fans set off a red pyrotechnic at St Mary’s stadium yesterday during the Hammers 3-1 win. The Hammers are not usually connected with the use of smoke bombs or flares and incidents involving West Ham and pyrotechnics remain rare. Being in possession of a pyrotechnic device at a football match, or attempting […]

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Some days like Man City last Wednesday are just a complete washout. You leave work early, travel through London during rush-hour, witness a 4-0 thrashing then queue for ages only to miss your connecting train.. . . . . . . .  all part of being a West Ham fan really. Other days however are […]

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The illuminated West Ham United sign is unlikely to be taken down for the Athletics World Championships in August this summer. The Athletics meeting requires a clean stadium and in December last year the Times ran a headline saying ‘West Ham sign to be taken down’ However, ClaretandHugh have learnt that other alternatives are being looked […]

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An investigation into a report that a London Stadium steward wore a Chelsea football coat  on Wednesday night has claimed it was an honest mistake by the female steward. The steward was photographed wearing the Chelsea coat under her yellow high visibility steward jacket but the stewarding company insist she is not a  Chelsea fan and […]

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London Stadium owners E20 Stadium LLP and operators London Stadium 185 plan to invest up to £1m to install free Stadium wide WiFi in the former Olympic Stadium which will installed in the Summer and is scheduled to be ready for the start of next season in August. An original plan to install stadium Wi-fi […]

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Jose Fonte hailed a fantastic performance from the Irons as he returned to his old stomping ground of the St Mary’s Stadium. And speaking to whufc.com after the game he commented: “It was a strange experience coming back to Southampton “It was emotional, difficult, but in the end I can say a big thank you […]

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Despite the disappointing 4-0 loss on Wednesday a loyal Claret and Blue away army of 3,388 supporters made the journey to the south coast on Saturday morning. I had that sinking feeling again after Southampton went one nil up after just twelve minutes, the goal at first looked offside but TV replays showed that Winston Reid […]

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West Ham grabbed a stunning victory at St Mary’s this afternoon (Sat) with a performance which delighted manager Slaven Bilic and co chairman David Gold alike. Here ClaretandHugh’s Facebook forum members @https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ give their views on the 3-1 victory at St Mary’s Keith Pivonski Who would be happy to finish 8th???   Graham Hatt Fine […]

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Slaven Bilic’s decision to take Andy Carroll out of the action was purely for “precautionary reasons.” The manager explained that the big man is still feeling a groin problem but explained that he would be fine and that there is “no problem”. And David Gold told us: “There is no major issue and  with the […]

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Thrilled David Gold made Pedro Obiang his man of today’s match with Robert Snodgrass a short head behind him. He told ClaretandHugh: Wherever you looked there was a player giving his all – it couldn’t have been a better response after Wednesday night. The manager took all the stick and all the speculation over his […]

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Slaven Bilic was thrilled with Robert Snodgrass’ full debut following the midfileder’s impressing outing s a sub on Wednesday night. The former Hull man was in outstanding form and it would have been difficult for Slav to find higher words of praise for the 29 year old. The manager said: “He was brilliant. Great vision, […]

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Slaven Bilic couldn’t speak highly enough of the Irons performance declaring: “The guys were fantastic, we had a game plan and they executed it in the best way. We were solid behind the ball, we kept the ball, attacked well and it was a great team performance. “We have a team that is working hard for […]

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The Irons came from behind to answer all the questions left behind from the Manchester City debarcle to crush Southampton. It was their first win at St Mary in seven attempts,with Andy Carroll scoring his sixth of the season and Pedro Obian grabbing his first  for the Hammers and Mark Noble’s deflected free-kick clinched the points. […]

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Slaven Bilic has turned to  Jose Fonte for advice on how to beat Southampton this afternoon. He revealed: “Jose didn’t have a great game a couple of days ago but he is a great asset for us and a great player, and we are going to benefit from him. ‘We have spoken about Southampton and […]

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Slaven Bilic has identified new Saints striker  Manola Gabbiadini as a threat to the Irons should he appear in the team after his move to Saints this week. Speaking ahead of the game Slav said: “I know he’s an Italian international and he was at big club Napoli. He had his ups and downs. I watch […]

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West Ham are confident  that Slaven Bilic will lead the team into a successful end of season and are  more than hopeful that he will serve out the three years on his contract. The defeat against Manchester City has been firmly put behind the club as the team heads for Southampton with three points beckoning. […]

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From Monday 6th February, West Ham supporters will be able to review their Club Cash balance (previously called E-Purse credits) online and transact  their balance against home match tickets and upgrades. In addition,  Season ticket holders will  be able to use their balance on Season Ticket Renewals. The functionality has been missing since the beginning of […]

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Irons fans have sent an overwhelming “We want Slav” message to the board for the third time this season. The Mirror this morning reported that Roberto Mancini was inside the London Stadium, sparking-suggestions that he could be on the Hammers shortlist to replace the Hammers ever popular Irons boss. The national newspaper ran its own […]

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I saw the bad old days return at the London Stadium on Wednesday night and I’m not buying into all the “Manchester City were brilliant so we have to accept the result” stuff. There has been far too much inconsistency from the team this season and although five wins from seven ahead of the game […]

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David Sullivan has this morning sent £800 to former academy product Amos Nasha’s Just Giving page after the youngster faced eviction from his home. And the co chairman told ClaretandHugh exclusively:  “I have made the donation personally. Mad as it is the club can’t give away any money without board meetings/board approval. “I was very impressed […]

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Heavy speculation has again arisen in the media this morning that Slaven Bilic is coming under pressure following the arrival of Roberto Mancini at the London Stadium on Wednesday night. Mancini watched his former club Manchester City beat the Irons 4-0 which has been enough to produce The Mirror headline ” Ex-Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini […]

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Michail Antonio is hurting and ready to make Southampton pay for the pain. The brilliant wideman come striker – come everything said: “Right now, that result (Man City)  is painful and it’s really hurting us but we have another gameand we just need to make sure we get things right  against Southampton on Saturday. “It’s definitely […]

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West Ham, Arsenal and Spurs  have been singled out by living-wage campaigners after being accused of failing to ensure everyone who works for them was paid “a fair wage” says the Telegraph. The chairmen of the three London clubs were sent open letters by Citizens UK – which has long lobbied for the living wage – […]

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Former West Ham Academy player Amos Nasha faces being homeless after being orphaned just before Christmas. Amos tragically lost his mother a few years ago, early last year his father suffered a heart attack which resulted in him having to sell his shoe shop in East London. In the summer Amos was released by West […]

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Hammers Andre Ayew has been knocked out of the African Cup of Nations in tonight’s semi-final.  Ghana were two nil losers to Cameroon who now progress to Sunday’s final against Egypt. Ayew played all ninety minutes but was not able to cancel out the two goals scored by Cameroon in the second half. Former West […]

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The Sun said earlier today that the FA would study video evidence of an apparent punch on a Manchester City player which could hit Aaron Cresswell with violent conduct charge They claimed that Cresswell could be facing a four match ban after he was caught in an off-the-ball clash with Raheem Sterling. The West Ham left-back, who gave […]

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