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London clubs pay very little to the Metropolitan Police for policing with their stadia and police need to be invited in before they will attend any football match. Under a freedom of information request for last season the Met revealed Chelsea paid the most of the London clubs at £94,388, Spurs paid £38,568, Arsenal paid […]

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Here’s the first headline I saw this morning: WATCH WEST HAM FANS FIGHT AMONG THEMSELVES IN DISGRACEFUL SCENES AT THE LONDON STADIUM. Beaten 4-2 in a game we were universally expected to win, 17th in the League, fighting in the stadium because of a lack of segregation and the standing issue rumbling on. Players under-performing…two […]

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The increase in capacity at London Stadium from 57,000 to 66,000 would help to fund rail seating in our new home, David Gold has told Blowing Bubbles.In an exclusive interview with the monthly magazine the co-chairman spoke excitedly about his vision of the Hammers having the biggest stadium in London. But urged the claret and […]

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ClaretandHugh have received multiple eye witness accounts of fights and trouble at today’s Premier League game against Watford. The main areas of trouble appear to have been in block 127 in the corner of Bobby Moore Lower and the East Stand at the London Stadium and in the Sir Trevor Brooking Upper stands between the divide […]

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Slaven Bilic made it quite clear that the Hmmers will be on the wrong end of a lot of results if they continue to defend as they did against Watford. Disussing the awful 4-2 defeat at The London Stadium he said:“The bottom line is that if we defend like this, we’re not going to win […]

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ClaretandHugh Facebook member Brian Neil Gay ran the rule over new boy Simone Zaza this afternoon. Here he gives you a blow by blow look at his game and gives an overall verdct! 1st Half 01:00 First touch for Zaza, after dropping into our half for a Watford free kick, with a forcible overhead kick […]

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Speaking to the media ahead of Everton’s trip to Sunderland on Monday night, Everton manager Ronald Koeman has revealed why he signed Enner Valencia on loan. Koeman also quashed suggestions that Valencia was a panic buy, saying “He was one of the options earlier on in the window.CHe can play as a nine or behind […]

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Former West Ham midfielder Diego Poyet has revealed his disappointment after a move to San Lorenzo was blocked by Argentinian Football Federation rules. The 21-year-old mutually agreed to terminate his contract with the Hammers on deadline day in a bid to find a new club. The son of former Sunderland manager Gus Poyet, revealed via his twitter account that […]

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Simone Zaza will not be taking over as the Irons penalty taker! The last time he was seen competitively was when he became a laughing stock in the the penalty shoot out against Germany when firing over the bar following a very dodgy stutteting approach. With Andre Ayew and Andy Carroll out injured, Zaza is […]

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By Pete Ellis on the Hammers week that was!   DAVID GOLD’S 80th With our joint chairmen turning 80 this week, it was nice to see that the Twitter abuse was toned down a notch in recognition of this milestone. Only Barry from Barking, and Steve from Southend had a bad word for DG, with […]

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The novelty of the London stadium appears to be wearing off as West Ham struggle to sell tickets for the first ever League Cup fixture at the stadium against Accrington Stanley.  Despite tickets starting from a tenner season tickets are not convinced and tens of thousands of tickets remain available for the Wednesday  evening encounter […]

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Dimitri Payet and new signing Simone Zaza look certain to start against Watford Manuel Lanzini, Sofiane Feghouli and Havard Nordtveit are also back from injuries but Michail Antonio looks certain to get the shout on the right wing berth. Watford have worries with defender Brice Dje Djedje doubtful with a foot problem and Craig Cathcart, […]

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West Ham will take their maximum 2,800 supporters to the Hawthorns on Saturday 17th September after they sold out their full allocation this week. The £30 tickets went on sale on Monday to priority points holders before going on sale to season ticket holders on Tuesday, Claret members on Wednesday reaching general sale on Thursday. […]

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West Ham have published the first and second names of 47,380 season ticket holders in the London Stadium. The four large PDF files for the four stands contain 94,760 words and assuming two words per season ticket holder that equates to 47,380 names. The East stand contains the names of 22,121 season ticket holders, the […]

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It’s time for the Irons to win with style and panache! They came out on top playing ugly against Bournemouth and were pretty poor in the first half at Manchester City when they tried to play five at the back, handed the advantage to the home team and were quite fairly beaten. Yes, they picked […]

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The new Ticket Exchange and forwarding functions will not be available for tomorrow’s Premier League game against Watford despite previous promises that it would be. Back in July, WHUFC.com promised “Details of the brand new ticket exchange and forwarding system in place for the new season” but the scheme failed to launch for the first […]

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The West Ham ticket office and their new partners Ticketmaster continue to be dogged with multiple teething issues since the move to the London Stadium. Delayed season ticket access cards, paper tickets, long telephone waiting queues on Premium rate numbers and technical problems with access cards are just some of the early problems to affect […]

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Finally, Slaven Bilic has made the comparison between Messi and Payet! With the Hammers playmaker supreme on his way back to the action tomorrow, the boss declared: ‘Every big club is suffering if their best player is not playing,’  ‘They are not panicking at Barcelona but they are saying Messi is injured they are at least […]

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Actor David Bautista – who will be starring in the movie Final Score to be set at Upton Park – will watch his first ever game of football at the London Stadium this week. David – who will play opposite Pierce Brosnan – declared: “I am going to this one. – it is my first football […]

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Slaven Bilic has poured contemot on the amount of cash being splashed in the transfer market dubbing fees as “crazy” but has admitted he would have signed Paul Pogba if he could have. Manchester United took Pogba back to Old Trafford for a world record fee after selling him for a humble  £800,000. And the […]

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David Gold admits that he was confident but couldn’t guarantee that Dimi Payet would be in the claret and blue this season. As the co chairman prepares for the clash with Watford he told ClaretandHugh exclusively:  “It was the talking point of the summer of course particularly after his Euro 2016 performances. “I knew how […]

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The Hammers Chat boys are tonight looking at the game against Watford team in what could well be the game to kick-start the Irons season. It’s our first 3pm Saturday kick-off since the Premier League started and  should hopefully see the return of a few key players. We discuss our favoured starting line-ups, chew the […]

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Exclusive West Ham season ticket holders will receive a personal letter from the two Davids over the next few days pleading for unity over the standing issue at the London Stadium. Sadly, the dilemma has dominated the headlines over the last couple of weeks as the club attempt to get the stadium up to its […]

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Mark Noble is in “bring it on” mood as the Hornets head for the London Stadium. Watford will be the first club to feel the sting of a rapidly recovering Irons side in which Dimi Payet is likely to make his first start of the season along with the expensive loan signing up front – […]

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David Gold has made it clear nothing less thn a win at the London Stadium at Watford on Saturday will be good enough. He really sees it as win or bust as the Irons bid to move on from a point a game status to at least a point and a half by winning. Speaking exclusively […]

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Top Hammers medic Stijn Vandenbroucke has given an upbrat report on the returning international players revealing that “we have not suffered any injuries and all  should be available for selection on Saturday against Watford. Head of Medical and Sports Science Stijn Vandenbroucke said: Dimitri Payet and Havard Nordtveit both played for their countries, France and Norway respectively, […]

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