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West Ham supporters were dismayed yesterday to find the new champions place area being used to store large wheelie rubbish bins close to a memorial stone for Bobby Moore.  The Stratford champions place area was finally opened this week ahead of the Muller Anniversary Games when Athletics returned once again to the former Olympic Stadium. Hammers  fans […]

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laven Bilic was pleased with yesterday’s victory but remains anxious about Aaron Cresswell’s late injury. The manager – speaking to the official site after the 3-0 win over Karlsruher said: ““It was a good test for us, in a good atmosphere against a good team who play in the second Bundesliga.“They are starting on the […]

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West Ham face stiff competition for Toulouse striker Ben Yedder with reports in France claiming Lyon have been the 25 year old striker their top target. According to information from Mercato365 , the club president Jean-Michel Aulas has revived his interest in Yedder, who is under contract until June 2017 and valued around ten million […]

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Hammer Manuel Lanzini has sprained his left knee in the goalless draw with Colombia last Thursday and will now miss the remaining two friendlies against Haití and México prior to the Olympics opener against Portugal on August 4th claim the Argentina press today. The 23-year-old had a good game match against Colombia so news of […]

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Aaron Cresswell looks set to take his place in the Irons team for the next Thursday evening’s Europa Cup clash against NK Domzale. We have received an early report from Austria that although there’s a chance the medical team may play it safe and let him fully recover from the wicked lunge he suffered towards […]

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Irons 3 Karlsruher 0   We’ve heard it a million times or more of course, that pre-season is all about getting fit and worrying about results is daft. Frankie McAvennie told us so in an insightful  ClaretandHugh blog yesterday admitting that in his time at the club his Hammers had  been absolutely hopeless. Never was the […]

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West Ham Captain Mark Noble and Hammer Winston Reid lost their cool after a horror studs up challenge on Aaron Cresswell just nine minutes before full time in a pre season friendly with Karlsruher which they lost 3-0. The skipper and Reid were incensed and the air turned blue as Nobes and Reidy fronted up […]

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The team is in and is the strongest we have seen on the tour so far. And they have kicked off 2/ Karlsruher curling free kick collected by Randolph Hammers have started at a much better termp and launch early attack – four passes – saved by keeper and cleared 7/Fehouli wins free kick – […]

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It appears we aren’t  about to put out of our misery anytime soonregarding Carlo Bacca. ClaretandHugh understands there is no specific deadline and the Hammers are happy to pursue other options while Bacca comes to his final decision on his move away from Milan. Reports in Italy claimed Carlos Bacca thanked David Sullivan for his offer […]

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Many of the 38,000 spectators at the Muller Anniversary Games last night suffered a long journey home after the Athletics event finished last night. One can only wonder what it will be like for a 60,000 crowd. Journalist Ian Ridley took to twitter posting this picture and saying  “Stratford station 1 hour after athletics finished […]

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Dimi Payet has given an interview on the Réunion island TV broadcast news. Dimitri Payet is back in Reunion Island for a few days  on holiday where he received a warm welcome. 500 fans waited for him at the international airport of Roland Garros in Saint-Denis. During two days, he was greeted all around Reunion Island by hundreds of fans, including in his hometown. […]

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Slaven Bilic is not keen on a swap which would see Saido Berahino arrive at The London Stadium in a deal involving Diafra Sakho. The possibility of a switch beween clubs by the two has been regularly speculated but ClaretandHugh understands that the manager is cool on Berahino and is “very unlikely” to go in […]

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The Irons again head into a televised pre-season friendly as they close their Austrian tour this afternoon with a clash against the 2.Bundesliga side  Karlsruher SC which will be shown on Premier Sports. The match is due to kick off an hour earlier than the two previous games tour games at 4 pm and we […]

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Arsenal fan Mo Farah visited the former Olympic Stadium on Thursday to re-familiarise himself with the stadium but surprised by the West Ham colours and logos in the stadium. “When I walked in yesterday all I saw was West Ham and I was like ‘pretend you didn’t see that’,” Farah said on Friday. “I guess I […]

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David Gold reckons Sam Allardyce will be sorely tempted to give Hammers Mark Noble, Andy Carroll and Aaron Cresswell their England chance when he takes over as England boss. The co chairman believes the former Irons boss can defy his critics by producing an England team we can admire again. Speaking exclsuively to ClaretandHugh DG said: […]

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AC Milan has officially confirmed that West Ham transfer target Carlos Bacca has not traveled with the squad for their pre-season tour of the US. However, Milan are insisting that he is being left at home “not for reasons related to the transfer market” Sky Italia make claims Carlos Bacca is furious with AC Milan for […]

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West Ham will wait on Slaven Bilic’s next pick should Carlos Becca decide to turn his back on the club’s offer. But the Irons will not call time on the deal – or issue ultimatums to the  AC Milan player – although they are ready to move on should the manager say enough is enough. […]

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Frankie McAvennie is one of the best loved Hammers of all time and he has been carefully watching events at the club this summer. Here in a special blog for ClaretandHugh he gives his exclusive views on the striker situation and what he expects from the team and fans this season. When David Sullivan announced […]

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The world’s fastest man Usain Bolt will be racing at the London Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park this evening. The football-mad Jamaican sprinter, who holds the 100m and 200m world records and won Olympic Gold in London in 2012, will race in the 200m in West Ham’s new home tonight. On Super Saturday Team GB […]

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West Ham will travel to Slovenia for the first leg on Thursday 28th July with the tie being switched to the modern 16,155-capacity Stozice Stadium in the capital city of Ljubljana – ten miles south west of the town Domzale. However if Domzale are expecting thousands of West Ham fans to make the journey to […]

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Carlos Bacca remained coy when asked by reporters at Milan-Malpensa airport about his future yesterday. Bacca told reporters at the airport “I’m leaving the the US tour with the team tomorrow, West Ham? I’m thinking about Milan and making myself available for the coaching staff. I don’t feel any pressure. I have a four-year contract with Milan and […]

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West Ham are today becoming convinced that Carlos Bacca will turn them down despite agreeing a near £27 million deal with AC Milan for the 29 year old Colombian striker. The player was named for the United States pre season tour leaving the Irons in limbo after chairman’s son Jack Sullivan claimed yesterday (Thurs) the […]

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West Ham United will face Slovenian side NK Domzale in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round. Slaven Bilic’s squad will travel to Slovenia for the first leg on Thursday 28 July at 8.45pm CEST (7.45pm BST), with the tie being switched to the modern 16,155-capacity Stozice Stadium in the capital city of Ljubljana – […]

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The new high-definition (HD) screen due to be installed on the alternative digital wrap outside the former Olympic Stadium is facing a race against time to be installed before the kick off  of the first Premier League match against Bournemouth on Sunday 21st August. The new screen will be one of the largest in Europe […]

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Up to ten thousand lower tier tickets for the Europa League third qualifying round match are scheduled to go on sale at 9am next Wednesday ClaretandHugh understands. As reported yesterday, West Ham do not have permission to sell tickets in the North, South and West lower tiers of the London Stadium for the Europa league game […]

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