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West Ham treated around 60 of the 158 season ticket holders who previously sat in block 114 to a day with the first team at Rush green today. Those who could get the time off watched training today although both Dimi Payet, Chek Kouyate and Manuel Lanzini were noticeably missing today. Payet in France but is […]

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Aaron Cresswell – as we reported earlier this afternoon – left the training ground injured today. Our picture shows the left back leaving training after he went over having rolled an ankle. The reports this evening remain “as were” with the medics believing the player will be fit for the match against Swansea on Boxing […]

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Michail Antonio left the Rush green training pitch holding his groin leading to speculation he had picked up a new groin strain. However an insider has told ClaretandHugh this evening that Antonio finished training early today as a  complete precaution. He complained his groin felt tight but after a once over by medic staff he […]

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West Ham manager Slaven Bilic, coach Julian Dicks and skipper captain Noble led a West Ham contingent of club personnel attending the funeral of former Hammer Peter Brabrook earlier today. A number of former Hammers who knew Peter including Ron Boyce, Ken Brown, Eddie Bovington, Brian Dear, Alan Dickie, Eddie Presland, Alan Stephenson, Clyde Best, John Ayris, […]

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Aaron Cresswell has today suffered a injury but insiders believe he will be okay to play against Swansea on Boxing Day. The left back rolled an ankle and went down during training raising immediate alarms that he would miss the game in Wales. He went over in what seemed fairly innocuous circumstances and rumours started flying […]

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LLDC CEO, David Goldstone has defended his predecessors decisions not to build a stadium suitable for football in 2007 claiming no football club was willing to commit at that time to his knowledge. Giving evidence to the London Assembly Budget Monitoring Sub Committee last Wednesday Goldstone said: “Premier League football is an enormous global brand in […]

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The bookmakers are far from convinced that Dimi Payet will be on his way from West Ham in the winter transfer window. The cynical-minded may believe the player’s decision to give an interview freely naming Arsenal as a possible destination and declaring himself “ambitious” was conveniently timed. However the idea of West Ham playing through […]

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Dimi Payet reckons it would be fun to play for Arsenal. However, with the Hammers insisting they can’t seriously accept a switch in the January window the midfielder is likely to have to wait until the summer at the earliest. ClaretandHugh was told by a key insider: “It is almost impossible to consider letting him […]

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Slaven Bilic made a surprise appearance at West Ham’s staff Christmas party last Thursday. Junior back office staff held their Christmas party at the Rocket restaurant in Canary Wharf in Docklands last week. Both manager Slaven Bilic and Vice Chairman Karren Brady made surprise appearances to thank staff for their hard over the past year. […]

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West Ham manager Slaven Bilic and captain Mark Noble will lead a West Ham contingent of club personnel attending the funeral of former Hammer Peter Brabrook today. The funeral procession will be leaving an address in Brandon Grove, South Ockendon for a funeral service at the Holy Cross church in Hornchurch at 10.45am this morning before […]

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In an exclusive interview with French TV channel SFR Sport, Dimitri Payet spoke about his future. The 30 year old year admits he would like to play in the Champions League as quickly as possible before his career is over. The West Ham player also spoke of the interest expressed by Arsène Wenger for him and a possible return […]

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Former Hammer Clyde Best has leant his support to a campaign to keep The Champions statue at the junction of Barking road and Green Street in Upton Park. Best, who scored 47 goals for West Ham and played alongside Bobby Moore, said: “I think it should stay. These guys are all from this area. They belong […]

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West Ham are planning a big clear-out of the squad this winter as they bid to correct the mistakes made during the summer transfer window. Sofiane Feghouli is the latest player to come under the microscope after a lack lustre first half of the campaign which has seen him join Alvaro Arbeola, Simone Zaza, Jonathon Callieri […]

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Slaven Bilic didn’t mention his name but it’s clear who and what West Ham are missing at the moment! Discussing the display against Hull he was again on the Andy Carroll issue and how we must help him become more effective. He explained: “When it’s not going well you are trying to find something and you […]

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LLDC CEO, David Goldstone gave evidence at the London Assembly Budget Monitoring sub-committee last week about the rising cost of the London Stadium which started at an estimate of £250m in 2004 before reaching the current total of £752m which is over treble the initial estimate given to the public. The committee heard how the […]

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LLDC CEO, David Goldstone gave evidence at the London Assembly Budget Monitoring sub-committee last week about the rising cost of the London Stadium and the impact of the failed retractable seating system. He confirmed an extra £21m was spent on the doomed system last year and estimated costs could each as high £8m per year […]

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David Gold has admitted the truth – the performance against Hull City was “poor.” The co-chairman – pestered on Twitter to admit the truth about the very fortunate victory on Saturday afternoon – had no problem doing so in his latest tweet on the game as a follower demanded he expressed his feelings. Gold was […]

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Karren Brady took a dig at Spurs during the BBC Apprentice final by calling them cheap! The West Ham vice-chairman could not resist the chance to have a dig at Lord Sugar’s club during the final last night, broadcast on BBC1 on Sunday night. It came in the boardroom during a discussion about potentially selling a product […]

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Michail Antonio insists that contrary to the views of many, the penalty award against Hull was fully justified. Explaining the incident leading up to Mark Noble’s successful spot kick, he said: “The ball was in the air, I out-strengthened Huddlestone. I took a touch to swing and hit but he’s held my leg. Some people […]

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Slaven Bilic  has cancelled Christmas. Given the team’s still worrying form -despite seven recent points and the fact that Yule celebrations and the Hammers don’t always sit well together – that seems a pretty good idea. The manager revealed after the win over Hull City: “I have told my staff we’re going to have a […]

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Slaven Bilic is busily building the Andy Carroll good guy reputation. Nothing wrong with that although the emphasis on it may perhaps need to be a  little more balanced at times. We have heard for example what a great striker the manager believes him to be on many occasions. Now, he has revealed that he […]

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By Niall McDonald I turned up yesterday in hope of three points and in expectation of some pretty dire football. In that regard the Irons did not disappoint. I wasn’t expecting to walk away having felt the emergence of a good old-fashioned West Ham atmosphere in the brand spanking new London Stadium! There was loads […]

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Former Hammer Ravel Morrison has been nominated for Italy’s ‘Bidone D’Oro’ award meaning ‘Golden Dustbin’. Nominations Bidone d’Oro: Diego LOPEZ (AC Milan) DODO ‘(Inter / Sampdoria) Hernanes (Juventus) Stevan Jovetic (Inter Milan) Geoffrey Kondogbia (Inter Milan) Luiz ADRIANO (AC Milan) Felipe MELO (Inter Milan) Martin Montoya (Inter Milan) Ravel MORRISON ( Lazio) Mario SUAREZ (Fiorentina) […]

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David Gold is choosing not to join in the protests about West Ham’s level of performance against Hull City yesterday and has deciding perhaps to take the more pragmatic view. The Hammers have been roundly slagged off by many critics after a dire display at the London Stadium which saw the lowly visitors hit the […]

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Slaven Bilic believes the most nervous of victories – over Hull City yesterday – is the prelude to freer and better football from the Irons. He admitted that at half time he told the players the only upsides  were that it was still 0-0 and “it couldn’t have been any worse.” But he added: “In the […]

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I’m sorry but West Ham’s performance against Hull was a total embarrassment – honestly as bad as it gets. And the first question David Sullivan needs to ask Slaven Bilic during that regular Monday morning phone call is: “What can we do to help you” because quite honestly this simply cannot be allowed to go on. […]

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