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David Gold has made it clear in an interview with ClaretandHugh this evening that he’s ready to press harder and harder for safe standing when the Premier League chairman meet on Thursday. Speaking excusively to this website he declared: “The world has moved on and there can be no complaints on health and safety grounds […]

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West Ham have sold 2,618 from the 3,000 tickets allocated to them for the Premier League clash with Manchester United at 4.30pm on Sunday 27th November. The Hammers need to reach the 2,800 figure to hit the sale or return target, or will end up paying for the tickets that are unsold under that amount. £30 […]

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Diafra Sakho is fully expected to start or be on the bench when we kick off against Spurs this weekend. The liklihood is that the striker will be brought on later in the game but we have been assured that he is entirely ready to take his chance. Either way it’s a huge boost for the […]

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David Gold heads for Thursday’s Premier League chairmans’ meeting ready to push hard on the proposal for safe standing to be introduced acoss the Premier League. The co chairman has been an advocate of the scenario for a long time and is determined to ensure the subject gets a big hearing as the climate towards […]

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Friends of a teenager who tragically died after collapsing during a Sunday league football match last week have called for a special tribute during Spurs’ weekend clash at home to West Ham this weekend. 18 year old Spurs fan Jack Atkinson  been playing for local side Holland Football Club when he suffered a cardiac arrest […]

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West Ham and Stoke are both being linked to Liverpool’s out of favour England striker Daniel Sturridge. However, ClaretandHugh has learned there is an immediate reluctance from the club to get into protractted discussions with the merseysiders  who have a reputation for pushing clubs to the limit on transfer deals. Sturridge is linked to the Hammers […]

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Gokhan Tore joined West Ham over the summer on a one season deal from Besiktas for a £2.5 million loan fee with a £10 million buyout clause option. Despite being Slaven Bilic’s number one priority signing he has struggled to settle in at East London and has provided just one assist all season. Tore has been out […]

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Former Hammer Dean Ashton has revealed the mega money deal he did with West Ham in the time of the Icelandic regime. Deano told Talksport Radio  “When I came back from injury and Craig Bellamy was then in the club, Kieron Dyer was in the club, Freddie Ljungberg had come to the club. West Ham […]

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West Ham are weighing up move for Galatasaray’s Portuguese winger Bruma according to reports in Turkey. Manchester United, Spurs, Chelsea and Arsenal are reportedly keeping tabs on the 21-year-old but the Hammers are considering a move Bruma, rated at around £21.5million, impressed against Manchester United in a pre-season fixture and recent reports in Turkey claim […]

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Napoli will sell striker Manolo Gabbiadini in January and reports claim West Ham are interested. Gabbiadini has stayed in Italy despite previous interest from Everton put but he has endured a disappointing start to the season, scoring just once in nine Serie A outings, and Napoli now look ready to move him on. According to […]

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West Ham are weighing up a shock January move for Troy Deeney say reports in the Daily Mirror. The tabloid claims Hammers have Watford skipper Deeney in their sights as they renew their attempts to land a big-money striker. They point out that the Hammers tried and failed to secure one during the summer window […]

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Mark Noble sends goal keepers the wrong way 87% of the time during penalty kicks says @PenaltyKickStat The twitter account dedicated to statistics on penalties claims is the best penalty taker in the world when it comes to sending the keeper the wrong way. The social media accounts  lists “Mark Noble 87% Hazard 77% TMuller […]

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West Ham play three back to back away games in the remainder of November before facing Arsenal at home in the London Stadium at the beginning of December. The away action starts this weekend at White Lane Hart where West Ham sold out their 2,300 allocation within an hour. Following this Saturday’s match against Spurs […]

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The London Stadium hosted Rugby League yesterday as England faced Australia in the Ladbrokes Four nations tournament. 35,569 rugby fans were present at the match which England lost 18-36 to the men down under. There was no trouble, no fighting, no arrests, no segregation of fans, no throwing of objects and supporters were able to […]

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West Ham insiders are privately seething at Eggert Magnusson’s intervention in the London Stadium debate. The former chairman decided to tell the world the stadium should be torn down and rebuilt in an interview with the Sun and claimed that mony had been poured down the toilet. The Icelandic knows all about that subject of […]

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Hammer Andre Ayew was handed the captains armband by former West Ham manager Avram Grant to lead Ghana out in the crucial 2018 World Cup assignment against Egypt last night. The player was making his return to the team after missing September’s qualifier clash against Uganda due to injury. Ayew played the full ninety minutes but Ghana’s chances […]

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Exclusive Alvaro Arbeloa has joined the growing list of Irons players heading for the exit door this January. Slaven Bilic has decided the 33 year old former Real Madrid defender is no longer part of his plans and he will be allowed to leave. Arbeloa has joined Gokhan Tore and Simone Zaza on the ‘surplus […]

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West Ham are  certain to refuse requests form the London Stadium operators to pay a share of the increasing security costs affecting the stadium. Widespread newspaper reports last week suggested that the arrival of police into the stadium and the heavier costs generally could lead the stadium officials towards making the request. However, we understand […]

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One time Hammers target Saido Berahino will be available from West Bromwich Albion at a knockdown price in January but Slaven Bilic is unlikely to be tempted by the prospect. Albion know it is the last chance they have to cash in on the club outcast who insists he is determined to see out his contract. […]

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ClaretandHugh is pleased to bring a new blogger to its readers today – long term Iron RICHARD IAN ORAM who has a near lifetime’ love of the club. Richard lives in  Texas and says: “From the first time I went to Upton Park, they were my club.  West Ham has a culture that I’ve never witnessed anywhere […]

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Valencia have emerged as the latest club apparently ready to give Simone Zaza a route out of his West Ham hell. And sources close to the player are claiming his chances of success at the London Stadium were always going to prove immensely difficult given that he has never been played the lone striker role […]

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West Ham target Tammy Abraham has dropped a heavy hint he may have to leave Chelsea to get top flight football. ClaretandHugh revelaed earlier last week that the Hammers were keenly scouting the 19 year old who has hit the net 12 times in 20 games at Bristol City on loan. He is one of […]

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Interesting news out of Spurs this morning is that midfielder Dele Ali is likely to miss next weekend’s game against the Irons after twisting his knee in training last week. The 20 year old was preparing to face  Arsenal when he sustained the injury, with  boss Mauricio Pochettino saying he’d be out for a few weeks. […]

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Karren Brady has a theory …yes I know, I know! Writing in her Sun diary ths week she starts from the premise that us fans are wondering why the team’s results are not as good as the team itself. She also claims that Slaven bought a lot of players in the summer and claims the settling-in time […]

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It’s been a far less interesting international break than the previous one in which the Hammers dominated the headlines following fall-out from the notorious Players Night Out!. You will remember of course that this was down to the restaurant meeting which folowed the Middlesborough game when Andy Carroll and Darren Randoplh were accused of  being […]

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The imminent release of Gokhan Tore and Simone Zaza is set to release a big wage bonus with which the Irons can play in the January window. Tore’s farwell now looks nailed on with the Hammers surrendering the £2.5 million loan fee in favour of a £40k a week salary saving and Zaza all but […]

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