Up The Hammers – Latest West Ham United FC News

The much maligned and often criticised retractable seating appears to be moving ahead at pace despite the scare stories that have been doing the rounds recently. Claret and Hugh partners hammerschat once again bring you exclusive video footage from the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park with the most up to date progress. This particular video was recorded […]

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Chelsea away sold out in just four hours this morning.  The Hammers were allocated 3,000 tickets at Stadium Bridge at£30 each for the opening game of the Premier League season on Monday night 15th August. West Ham introduced a new online away ticket system at 9am morning but just after 1pm this afternoon all 3,000 […]

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Enner Valencia is not on his way to Galatasaray or anywhere else at the moment. Reports from a generally unreliable Turkish media suggested that the Ecuador international was on his way to the club later this summer. But ClaretandHugh has learned there is not a word of truth in the suggestion with soures close to […]

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Manu Lanzini will be missing from the Hammers action for anything between three to six weeks. The brilliant midfielder – injured while on international duty for Argentina ahead of the Rio Olympics – flew back into the UK earlier in the week and after scans at Spire Roding Hospital has been told that he has […]

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West Ham were forced to play without a sponsor name on their shirt last night as they lost to Domzale in the Europa League first leg and many supporters commented how better the shirt looked and they much preferred it. Early speculation suggested that UEFA bans gambling sponsorship on shirts in European competitions but this […]

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West Ham will award priority points to season ticket holders attending European and domestic home cup games starting this season. In line with many other clubs, West Ham will award one priority point for each home cup match attended at the former Olympic Stadium including next Thursday when West Ham play the second leg against Domzale […]

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 By Pete Ellis So with the season officially starting I started to think about the last 26 years Ive spent marching along the Barking road to my home from home. Leaving the Boleyn has made us all reminisce about the place, and recall our most poignant memories. I’ve shared mine on this site, detailing the […]

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Assistant manager Nikola Jurcevic has said that West Ham will have to delve into the transfer market to add reinforcements after losing new signing Gokhan Tore to a knee injury. Speaking to the press after the 2-1 loss Domzale in the absence of Slaven Bilic who was serving one match touch line ban Jurcevic said:  “Gokhan Tore […]

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West Ham were at their poorest or Domsele were a far better team than anyone expected? Whichever view you take last night’s result was deeply disappointing and there’s one heck of a lot of tuning to go on before next week’s second leg at the London Stadium. Here. ClaretandHugh readers give their thoughts on last […]

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ClaretandHugh’s ratings man Niall McDonald delivers his first verdict of the new campaign Adrian: No chance with either goal and a magnificent double save kept us in the tie. Not much else to do, which was strange considering the chaos in front of him 6 Antonio: Caught upfield for both their goals and on any […]

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Domzele 2 Irons 1 That really was a night to forget but it could have been a whole lot worse! And at the end of it all the surprising thing was to see the smiles on the Domzele faces because the Irons won’t be this bad again (surely) and with an away goal in the […]

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Irons sponsors Betway are being forced to swallow a bitter pill tonight. Their logo is missing from the shirt for tonight’s match in Slovenia despite the match getting hgh profile treatement by BT Sports HD. It would have been a real bonus for the company but sadly from their point of view Uefa rules have […]

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West Ham are back on the trail of Swansea’s Andre Ayew but Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins is unimpressed with our opening offer of £15 million. Rumours have been circulating of our interest for the last 24 hours and we have had it confirmed by a source close to the club that the Irons have renewed […]

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Season ticket holders in the Olympic Stadium West Stand have been given deadlines to buy their seats for the Europa League next Thursday before their seats go on sale to Claret Members tomorrow. Seats in the West stand lower went on sale yesterday after the club were finally given permission to sell them by stadium […]

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The process for buying away tickets has changed and will be used in anger tomorrow (Friday) for the first time when Chelsea tickets become available for priority points applications.  Gone are the days of faxing or posting paper application forms and now the whole system is completely online. We have asked the obvious questions to West Ham […]

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West Ham have sold just 262 away tickets for tonight’s first leg  against NK Domzale in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round. The tie was switched to the modern 16,155-capacity Stozice Stadium in the capital city of Ljubljana – ten miles south west of the town Domzale but the Hammers only managed to sell 262 […]

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UK brewer Greene King is giving England and West Ham football fans a reason to cheer with the launch of a new beer to mark the 50th anniversary of England’s 1966 World Cup victory. Bobby’ is a light blonde British beer dedicated to World Cup-winning England and West Ham captain, Bobby Moore and, in a […]

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Exclusive Phil Parkes believes Dimi Payet will go to an even higher level when the Hammers make their bow in the Olympic Stadium declaring: “Every match will be an occasion – it will be like a Wembley factor.” And the former goalkeeper is convinced that the wide open spaces of the London Stadium and a […]

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Mark Noble has declared that the arrival of Slaven Bilic coincided with the greatest year of his own career . The captain was in fabulous form last term and was most peope’s pick for an England midfied slot. That wasn’t to be but it seems nothing can take the gloss offa campaign which wil live […]

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West Ham’s new home could be known as the Tesco Stadium after reports emerged that the supermarket giant is poised to join the race to secure the naming rights for the Kondon Stadium. Owners E20 Stadium LLP had been expected to complete a £6million deal with Indian company, the Mahindra Group, a technology giant and […]

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The first of sixty eight 12m high fabric panels was installed at the former Olympic Stadium today. These will soon be joined by the new West Ham United illuminated marquee sign which arrived at the London stadium last week. The claret and blue themed fabric panels on the new alternative wrap will contain five West […]

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West Ham Co-Chairman, David Gold has broken silence over Tony Carr’s situation confirming much of what ClaretandHugh reported earlier today. Responding to a West Ham supporter who asked David why he sacked Tony Carr, Gold replied on twitter: “Not sacked. Tony’s two-year, full-time ambassador contract came to an end. He declined an ongoing part-time role […]

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ClaretandHugh has received confirmation that West Ham will soon start selling tickets in the West, North and South lower Stands  for the upcoming Europa League game next Thursday after it was granted permission from the stadium owners and operators this morning. The West Betway stand will go on sale to season ticket holders in stages […]

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Getting our heads around the Tony Carr news is difficult indeed. Yes a club legend who, with his chief scout Jimmy Hampson, unearthed some of our greatest names from Tony Cottee through Michael Carrick, Rio, Joe Cole, Frank Lampard, Glen Johnson. His name is written large in our Hammers Hall of Fame. His and Jimmy’s […]

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Irons boss Slaven Bilic has been warned he will only be able to keep Darren Randolph happy for a certain period of time. Former Hammers goalkeeping hero Phil Parkes – speaking exclusively to ClaretandHugh – reckons there could be a problem looming for the manager unless he can solve the dilemma of having two quality […]

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The heavy lifting cranes and air skate equipment are busy moving the remaining three lower tier stands forward 15 metres in time for the Europa second leg match on Thursday 4th August. One surprise addition to the former Olympic Stadium is new West Ham branding spotted in photos published today. The welcome sight of Claret crossed […]

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