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Joe Hart has been omitted from England’s squad for the summer’s World Cup after Gareth Southgate opted against selecting the national side’s most experienced current player for the tournament in Russia. The Manchester City goalkeeper, who has spent the season on loan at West Ham, was told on Monday in a phone-call from Southgate that […]

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It’s Tuesday so it must be time for Mike on Monday! Mr Manera was a little bit slow out of the traps with his latest episode but it’s worth the wait as he again casts  his eyes over all things West Ham. And he starts in philosphical mood by recalling a conversation with some idiot […]

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Mark Noble’s plea – seemingly on behalf of a West Ham stay for ‘The Ginger Pele’ – looks unlikely to succeed in the short term. Thirty five year old Ginge looked to have made his final appearance for the Irons in the last few minutes against Everton and left with tears in his eyes at […]

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West Ham managerial target Paulo Fonseca has one more game in charge of Shakhtar Donetsk this Saturday in the Championship playoff against Rivals Dynamo. Shakhtar has already won the Ukrainian Premier League after they triumphed in the game against FC Veres (Rivne, northern Ukraine) and scoring 75 points in the table thus, becoming beyond the grasp […]

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Following trouble at the West Ham v Burnley game in March, Karren Brady and Sadiq Khan got into an argument over the number of stewards at the London Stadium and whether there had indeed been a 15% cut of the security budget cut to save money. The London Mayor wrote back to Baroness Brady to […]

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Paulo Fonseca has reportedly viewed  property in London following his 75 minute meeting with David Sullivan in Essex yesterday. The Portuguese manager of Shakhtar Donetsk is reported by the the Mirror to have jetted into London where he was joined by super agent Jorge Mendes at Sullivan’s multi-million pound Essex mansion. According to Mirror Football he had […]

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The David Moyes debate goes on following the arrival of first managerial candidate through the doors of Sullivan Towers – Paulo Fontesca and in this piece Iain Dale – founder of www.West Ham Till I Die.com explains his past mixed emotions and current position on the Scot’s claims to carry on at the London Stadium. […]

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If polls are to be believed around 9,000 season ticket holders will give up their seats this summer.  The London Stadium survey suggests that around 18% will not renew when the 1st June deadline passes.  West Ham continues to claim there is a big demand to replace these supporters from their waiting list. In February […]

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West Ham press conferences could get interesting if Paulo Fonseca gets the Hammers manager job. The Shakhtar Donetsk manager once conducted his post-match news conference in a Zorro costume. Fonseca promised to dress up as the masked vigilante if his side qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League. The 2-1 win over Manchester […]

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David Moyes still has a chance of becoming the permanent Hammers boss despite stories writing him off during the day. Much rumour-mongering – as it is bound to be the case – has been doing the rounds that his chance has gone but ClaretandHugh  has learned over the last few minutes that stories of his […]

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CandH ratings man Niall McDonald has had a busy season having to hand out marks amid a lot of dross and the odd high moment – notably from one particular player. Here Niall gives his ratings on each one of the Irons over the entire campaign  Hart – Trying to restore his reputation and maintain […]

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David Sullivan has tonight interviewed his first managerial candidate at his Essex mansion.  The Daily Mail have published photos of Shakhtar Donetsk manager Paulo Fonseca with his agent Jorge Mendes arriving at the Chairman’s house. Fonseca and Mendes flew into Luton this afternoon before being photographed arriving at Sullivan’s pad at 6.35pm, they were photographed […]

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West Ham are today reported as having interviewed Paulo Fonseca as a future West Ham boss. He is the first of the candidates  to be seen according to a tweet from the Daily Mail’s head of Sport Lee Clayton The former Portuguese defender who played as a central defender is the current manager of Ukrainian club FC […]

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Sky Sports have revealed that the summer transfer window will open on the earlier date of Thursday May 17 to fall into line with FIFA rules. The regulations of the governing body state very league must have at least one transfer window in a calendar year that lasts for 12 weeks. Sky reports that it […]

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David Moyes today left West Ham at the end of his short term contract but will be back as a candidate for the job permanently early next week. However, should Sam Allardyce be sacked  from the Everton job which seems very likely there is a strong possibility  the Scot could be head hunted for a […]

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Marko Arnautovic signed off from a great season with a very good feeling indeed. The Hammer of the Year was again at his best in the match against Everton and heads into the summer break feeling relaxed and relieved. He told the official site: “We completely dominated the game and deserved the three points. We’re very […]

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Bookmakers Betfair have made David Moyes the odds-on favourite to be given a contract to manage West Ham next season. The bookies have made Moyes an odds-on 1/3 favourite followed by Ronald Koeman 4/1, Carlo Ancelotti 6/1, Marcelo Bielsa and Sean Dyche 8/1,  Manuel Pellegrini 10/1, Eddie Howe 14/1, Rafa Benitez and David Wagner are both […]

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West Ham manager target Thomas Tuchel has been appointed as the new manager of PSG this afternoon it has been announced. Tuchel, who has been out of work since leaving Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund in May 2017, has signed a two-year contract with the French club. The 44-year-old spent two years in charge at Dortmund […]

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David Moyes finally decided to attack and his team produced an exhilarating performance to shove Everton aside at the London Stadium. Quick to feet passing with the likes of Lanzini, Kouyate, Mario and Arnie producing tip top performances saw the season out with a bang and started a new debate on the Scot’s future at […]

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West Ham will take the next ten days to decide on who their next manager will be next season. Although many supporters want a change of manager, that is on the proviso that the replacement is an improvement on David Moyes and not just more of the same or worse. Below are four experienced and successful managers […]

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James Collins was in tears in what appears to be his last game for West Ham yesterday. West Ham fans sang ‘There is only one Ginger Pele” as he warmed up along the touchlines at the London Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The crowd broke into song several times during the victory over Everton by chanting: ‘Sign him up, […]

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Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley has moved to head off any approaches to the club from West Ham for Rafa Benitez’s services. The head of United and Sports Direct makes very few statements but has declared:  “I would like to thank Rafa Benitez for his magnificent achievement this season. I would also like to applaud the […]

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Manu Lanzini produced a stellar performance for the Irons yesterday with a 10/10 performance and afterwards thanked the fans from the bottom of his heart. The Argentine scored an incredible goal and was in magnificent form but his first thoughts were for the supporters who have stick by the squad throughout. He told WHUTV:“I always […]

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The similarities between West Ham and Everton have always been obvious to me – like many of you know doubt – and yesterday#s little showdown at the London Stadium brought that home more than ever. Here were two managers – and big mates – walking the same tightrope on their future employment having been in […]

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David Moyes addressed what may be his final post match press conference following the fabulous victory over his former club Everton and declared: “My contract is up at midnight – then I’m on the streets.” With speculation over his future creating as many and more words as his team’s performance in the final game of […]

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A no confidence motion on Karren Brady was duly passed at an emergency meeting of the West Ham Independent Supporters Association before today’s game. The meeting was called ahead of the 3- victory over Everton following the club’s vice chairman had claimed many of he problems at the club were caused by malcontents and keyboard […]

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