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West Ham joint chairman has been grounded and will not be able to make today’s lunchtime match. The 80 year was turned away from Stansted airport when he tried to board a plane to Liverpool because of fog. Gold tweeted “So disappointed. I am on my way home from Stansted airport. Fog. Will watch the […]

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We are all aware of Romelu Lukaku’s record of nine goals in his last eight games against West Ham but Tom Cleverley has also scored three goals for three different teams against the Hammers, including the last time he played against them, but is yet to register one against them for Everton. He first netted against […]

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Slaven Bilic is deseprate for an Andy Carroll return. The manager has chosen to discuss his attitude towards the injury-ravaged AC despite the striker apparently being nowhere near a comeback. He has likened him to  Diego Costa or Romelu Lukaku as a player who can change games and added: “I have a lot of feelings […]

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Everton 13:30 West Ham United Premier League, Sky Sports 1 HD (12:30) Michail Antonio is again set to lead the Hammers line as the boys bid for a win which can push us into mid table at Goodison today (Sun). Let’s hope that he becomes our Lukaku as a fearsome front line striker. Slaven Bilic […]

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Slaven Bilic is thrilled with the impact made by Edmilson Fernandes. The youngster has made an immediate impact since being drafted into the team in Aaron Cresswell’s absence and holding his place against Chelsea and scoring a magnificent goal. That’s delighted the manager who said: “It’s a great thing to see him make an impact like […]

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By Pete Ellis Ayew back, Fernándes playing great, Obiang emerges as  the missing link we have been crying out for, Chelsea outplayed. Headlines? West Ham fans cause riot. It’s been educational though. For instance, we now know that’s it was actually West Ham fans who invaded Poland in the 1930s, West Ham fans that shot […]

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Co-chairman David Gold is off to Goodison Park ready for a result. Speaking exclusively to ClaretandHugh he said: “Had this match been three weeks ago we would have been sneaking into the place but the last three games have changed so much. “Slaven has developed this three at the back system which has found space […]

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Everton’s James McCarthy – guilty of the most appalling scissor kick on Dimi Payet which put the Hammers maestro out for three mnths – will miss tomorrow’s gae against us at Goodison Park. And the Toffees will also have to play without Leighton Baines with both players remaining injured ahead of another season defining game […]

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Writing his half term reports for Sky Sports, Alan McInally has suggested West Ham have been the most disappointing Premier League team this season considering their pre-season expectations. He says: “I’ve given West Ham an ‘E’ and that’s the worst I’m going to give any team. Disappointed. Dimitri Payet is fantastic but hasn’t done it […]

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West Ham have the eighth highest average attendance in Europe this season after moving to the London Stadium. The Hammers are now above the likes of Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea.The Irons also now feature in third place in English football. Top 20 highest average attendances among the European elite (2016/17) Borussia Dortmund – 81,080 […]

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It’s time for some perspective despite the Football Association promising inquiries, probes and all the rest of it into last Wednesday evening. In no way will I try to excuse the behaviour of a couple of hudered idiots who decided to really harm West Ham’s name by some missile throwing which was basically a shower […]

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Another seven days… another depressing report on possible return dates for Diafra Sakho and Andy Carroll. Last week we were told Carroll had “several bridges to cross”, this week we get nothing more than “Andy Carroll and Gokhan Tore continue to work on their rehabilitation at Rush Green.” Then comes the Sakho report after off the […]

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One West Ham fan posted a plea on twitter “Recently my nan passed away with cancer, she was a lifelong West ham fan and had a passion about football. She tried to make it to every West Ham game that she could because she loved every minute whether we were winning or losing, my grandad is […]

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger does not believe English football has a “hooligan problem” and has called for a return to safe standing at stadiums. “You cannot say 200 people is a general problem in the country,” said the Arsenal manager to reports today when asked about the troubles at the London Stadium. “Hopefully West Ham […]

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By top CandH blogger Pete Ellis The London stadium is a target. It’s a gleaming shiney new beacon that is absolutely ripe for the plucking.  Not by Isis, or any other mentally challenged group of terrorists, but from equally simple football fans that have an IQ matched only by their show size.With well reported shortcomings […]

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Slaven Bilic hinted that Michail Antonio could again lead the line at Goodison Park agreeing that he had made a good case for himself. Speaking at his morning presser he said:“He was really good and that’s why we put him there. He did everything we hoped and expected that he would do. “He used the […]

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Slaven Bilic refused to discuss the troubles at the London Stadium this morning at his press conference  ahead of the Hammers game against Everton on Sunday. Slave told reporters “I have said enough about the Stadium. I want to talk about football and about the game. I am a football manager.” Talking about the game […]

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Chelsea manager Antonio Conte claims his team were unlucky to lose to West Ham on Wednesday night. ‘The performance was good because we knew they would play a strong game, but I think we played with a good intensity and created many chances to score a goal,’ said Conte. ‘I saw a good spirit in my […]

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The Metropolitan Police have released details of those arrested after Wednesday night’s trouble around the West Ham v Chelsea match. The police have reduced the number arrested from seven to six and names three of the name already charged. Although they have not released how many of the six were West Ham supporters it is […]

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Let’s have a recap on where we are after a torrid week. Things didn’t start as they should have done but it’s getting better – much better. A move to the London Stadium was meant to be the next step on the ladder for the club when it came to progression in the table, but early […]

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West Ham and London Stadium are this morning (Fri) reported as being close to finalising the identification of 200 individuals who will receive stadium bans following incidents of disorder during the club’s win over Chelsea. The club, operators, the Metropolitan Police and Chelsea are looking to work together in the investigation, with extensive CCTV footage being […]

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A Chelsea fan – clearly keen to have his five minutes of fame before the BBC cameras – waded into Hammers supporters after the over-hyped incidents in the Trevor Brooking last night. With daughter Victoria,8, he spoke of their terrible ordeal by coins – and how many times she had been hit by them. He […]

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West Ham and Operators London Stadium 185 have released a statement to say they are close to identifying 200 individuals  who will receive London Stadium bans. ” West Ham United and London Stadium are finalising the identification of 200 individuals who will receive stadium bans having been involved in incidents of disorder during West Ham’s EFL […]

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Cheik Kouyate’s unbelievable goal to open last night’s scoring gave the Irons their first step towards the quarter finals and he could barely believe it’s quality when he looked at it after the match. He said: ““I saw my goal after the game and it was an unbelievable. I spoke with Dimi and said it […]

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CandH’s associate editor Sean Whetstone was an eye witness to last night’s events being right in the middle of the crowd disturbances. Here’s his report on what REALLY happened Yesterday evening was always going to be difficult evening to navigate without headlines condemning West Ham fans. It became a self fulfilling  prophecy. We arrived at […]

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West Ham have landed something of a financial bonanza by getting Manchester United in the quarter finals of the EFL Cup. Clubs take 45 per cent of the gate receipts and in our case with 74k plus possible at Old Trafford we can expect to reap around three quarters of a million plus the likliehood […]

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