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West Ham has jumped two places up the Premier League table to 13th place after the lucky 1-0 win over Hull City this afternoon. Just a few weeks ago we slumped to 18th place in the relegation zone. The Premier League table is fast becoming a table of two leagues.  Just 11 points cover the […]

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Exclusive Talks over any new deal for Slaven Bilic are set to be shelved until the end of the season. David Sullivan indicated before the season started he was likely to leave talks until January or the end of the present campaign. He said: “I will give Slaven a new deal in January. “I just want […]

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Slaven Bilic admitted the Hammers produced another poor performance at times in the victory over Hull City but was delighted with “three massive points”. Speaking after the match he said: “In the first half definitely we were fortunate. We were sloppy, they were better. “At half-time I said there are a couple of good things, one […]

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Match verdict Hammers 1 Hull City 0 We were second best all afternoon with Hull hitting the woodwork three times. And it took the softest penalty award in the world for us to win a match where again our nerves were all but in tatters Who cares? At the end of it all we had […]

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10 /Payet inswinging free kick – cleared 11/ Lanzini good run into box but blocked 15/ Payet smashes in a shot from inside area – blocked with great trouble 16/ Rare Hull attack snuffed out 19/ Noble gives ball away and Mkoanbi races onto ball – narrowly wide 20/ Shocking back pass from Cresswell – Mkoanbi […]

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Slaven Bilic is clearly tiring of talking about the London Stadium simply saying: “It’s a great stadium. You can feel the crowd. And he added: The nearly 60,000 people. Yu can really feel them. Yes it’s different to Uton Park but as we aid at the beginning of the stadium, there are ups and down. […]

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David Gold has warned the fans to expect a walkover from a  Hull teamfighting for their lives at the bottom of the table. The co chairman said: They will not make it easy for us.  I am sure that Slaven will be telling his players that we will have to show the same mentality that we […]

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Slaven Bilic is convinced better performances s are on the way once we susscessully negotiate this afternon’s clash with Hull City. The manager has consistently maintained that they will onluy cme with increased confidence from vistories and declared: We said we had to go through an extremely difficult schedule but were then facing a period of […]

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David Gold has expressed his huge delight the club has signed Reece Oxford to a new deal declaring that ten years ago it may not have happened. The co chairman said: “I am thrilled that we have been able to secure the signature of highly-rated defender Reece Oxford for another four-and-a-half years. It sends out […]

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I’m expecting us to make it seven points from three games this afternoon but it won’t be pretty or entertaining. Wednesday night’s game against Burnley was as horrible as I expected it to be but the fact we didn’t look in the slightest bit confident or relaxed really doesn’t matter at all at this stage. […]

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The security of the London Stadium has been questioned after after seven youngsters broke into the stadium this week. A youtube channel called Nightscape broke into the stadium in October this year and the video by Harry Gallagher went viral with over 3 million views. The stadium operators vowed to improve security but the latest […]

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The Met police football unit have warned West Ham and Hull City fans to allow more time for their journeys on Saturday afternoon as emergency gas works continue outside the stadium in the Olympic park. The tweet from the Met police said “Please note if attending the West Ham v Hull City fixture tomorrow the gas works […]

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Single-minded Dimi Payet has nothing on his mind but West Ham United and the current struggle away from the relegation places. ClaretandHugh has reported over the last 24 hours that the club intend keeping him at the London Stadium this season. And Mark Noble in an interview earlier in the week revealed the two have […]

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West Ham joint Chairman has defended the club on the ticket exchange scheme. Gold was responding to a message from a West Ham fan called Pete Andrews who said “Why was there so many empty seats last night DG? Thought we had 50k on the waiting list !!” The chairman replied “There is 66k capacity at […]

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Simone Zaza will be returning to Juventus according to his agent. West Ham paid Juventus an initial €5million in August for a season long loan with an option  to sign him permanently for a further €20m if he reaches 14 Premier League appearances. But the striker has failed to adapt to the Premier League and […]

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The Daily Mirror are claiming West Ham will reignite their interest in Cherries striker Callum Wilson in January but they say Everton are ready to rival West Ham for the 24 year old. Wilson signed a new contract in July that runs until 2020 and would cost command a transfer fee in excess of £20million. […]

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One Burnley fan has taken to social media to describe the way he was treated by stewards in the London Stadium on Wednesday night. He tell the camera: “This is not about the fans, this is not about the team, this about the security and staff of the stadium. It’s a disgrace at English football. How can […]

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Exclusive West Ham are not – and haven’t been – in negotiations with Manchester United over a Dimi Payet switch to Old Trafford in January. Stories arose today that Jose Mourinho is determined to land the Frenchman and that the Irons could do business so long as Anthony Martial is thrown into any deal. But […]

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For the fifty thousand plus supporters who attended last night’s win it was probably the most subdued atmosphere I have experienced all season.  Apart from the applause for both the departed young fan Jack Howard and  West Ham player/youth coach Peter Brabrook, the place was quiet for the majority of the match and any singing […]

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The club claimed the Burnley midweek evening game was another sell out and the official attendance was recorded as 56,990 just 10 under the maximum 57,000 tickets that can be sold. However, anyone present last week would have seen thousands of empty seats scattered around the London Stadium. The problem is the official attendance just […]

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Right let’s put it out there now. If we can’t give a decent thumping to a very, very poor Hull team this weekend we have a problem! No ifs and buts, we need a convincing and dominant display  with a decent two or three goal result at the end of it. Hull City is a […]

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David Sullivan has hailed the win over Burnley declaring: “Make no mistake about it, that was a massive win for our football club.” Speaking to the official site he said: Not only did we secure our first victory in seven Premier League matches, but we also kept our first clean sheet since October. While we […]

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Slaven Bilic knows precisely what’s wrong with the under-performing Hammers – the same as any club at any level of the game which has forgotten how to win! And that’s why he hopes the victory over Burnley was a brick in the wall – despite being precariously perched and in danger of falling out – and will set […]

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David Gold – like everybody else who calls themselves a Hammer – is a vastly relieved man this morning (Thurs) after the victory over Burnley last night. But he’s not kidding himself that this was anything other than a pretty ordinary performance by the team  at the London Stadium But apart from the single – […]

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Mark Noble was relieved to win ugly and admitted it wasn’t a game you would choose to watch for pleasure. After scoring the goal to give us three precious points over Burnley the captain said: “Tonight wasn’t one of those games you’d watch on Match Choice let me tell you! “We knew Burnley would chuck […]

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Desperately relieved boss Slaven Bilic saw the team take all three points from a game he had declared “had to be won.” Speaking afterwards the manager said: “It was a very important game for us. It was a very long game – the longest game we’ve been involved in. “Well done to the players, we showed […]

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