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West Ham is offering individuals or companies to become a patron of the West Ham Academy for £3,000 per year. The details say: Play your part in our future success by becoming a Patron of our world-famous Academy of Football. With the provision of your support as an Academy Patron, you will personally make a […]

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  This is Facebook member Mark Poore’s first stab at a blog and despite having no answers to the Michail Antonio issue as he writes it’s sometimes  good to give voice to your frustrations.   Like most Hammers fans I was glued to all media reports last summer waiting to see who we might be […]

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Hammers Reece Burke and Josh Cullen will face Millwall in the League 1 play-off semi-finals it has been confirmed today. The West Ham on-loan youngsters helped Bradford City secured their fifth place in League on Sunday as they beat Chesterfield 2-0 at home. Both started the match as the Bantams finished League in the play-off places […]

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Slaven Bilic appears to have two problem areas as he heads into the final Boleyn game of all time. He has to decide whether Michail Antonio can again be risked at right back after two extremely dodgy performances against Manchester United and whether Diafra Sakho is close to restoring his position as the club’s No […]

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Exclusive West Ham’s ambassador to the east end community, ClaretandHugh’s Leroy Rosenior has revealed that the club has received several awards for its work amongst ethnic groups in the area. Lee himself was taken on board by the club after joining CandH and the club are hugely appreciative of the work he does on behalf […]

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If we all want to be a part of history on Tuesday night, imagine how the lads must feel as they wait to see if they will be involved in the last ever team to perform at the Boleyn. They will witness the parade of legends which will include the likes of Bonzo, Hursty, Parkesy […]

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Some West Ham supporters got carried away at the last Saturday at the Boleyn Ground after 112 years. This video posted a fan called Joey defended the scences saying “Not allowed to have a laugh at football anymore apparently” One fan didn’t see the funny side posting “Yeah let’s rip up our stadium & sing […]

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The shock defeat by Swansea in our second last Boleyn match has brought a mixed reaction from the fans as did the decision to persist with Michail Antonio at right back. Here’s what ClaretandHugh facebook forum members had to say about the loss of three valuable points.   O What was he thinking… A rollover […]

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West Ham has revealed that supporters will need to pay £50 to buy their seat in a special presentation box. However, season ticket holders must collect their box with the seat in it or face a delivery charge which is yet to be confirmed. The club say: “Following the Boleyn Ground finale against Manchester United […]

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James Absolon is our guest player ratings man today – here’s how he saw the Irons performances Randolph  – can’t blame him but still 4 goals let in. Stopped a few to keep the score lower than it should have been 5 Cresswell  – nothing special, often left stranded by counters and just not with […]

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Our 4-1 loss to Swansea City at the last Saturday at the Boleyn Ground has virtually written off any chance of a top four finish and Champions League, although it is mathematically possible, but we have everything to fight for to get a  Europa League place. Southampton are breathing down our necks just two points behind […]

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Match verdict Irons 1 Swans 4 It was a total and complete Hammers  mess from top to bottom and for the first time this season the fingers are pointing straight at the boss! It’s hard to criticise a man who has got virtually everything right during this wonderful season but this afternoon was his worst […]

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West Ham fans had to avoid a sink-hole which  suddenly appeared along the Barking Road, East Ham less than a mile from the Boleyn ground before kick off. Barking Road was closed and buses were diverted after the sinkhole appeared. Some West Ham fans reported delays in getting to the Boleyn Ground before  the match […]

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The West Ham board will be celebrating Middlesbrough’s return to the Premier League this weekend. Boro grabbed the second automatic promotion place in the Championship worth at least £170m after a 1-1 draw with Brighton on Saturday lunchtime. West Ham is believed to have written a £1.5m Premier League promotion bonus clause into the contract […]

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I write this from my living room in Swansea, tidying up after my youngest’s birthday sleepover (who is the only one of my four children to be born in Swansea!) My first memory of supporting West Ham was the 1980 FA Cup final vs Arsenal. There was a lot of passion in Leytonstone, E11 and […]

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Frustrated Slaven Bilic wants a clampdown on transfer speculation until the Hammers have played their last three critical games. The manager wants every player in the squad focused on the games in front of them rather than worrying about whether they have a long term future at the club. His frustration boiled over in yesterday’s […]

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I’m very proud to have received an invite to the Boleyn on Tuesday night for what is going to be a hugely emotional farewell to one of the best places in the world! I had two of the greatest years of my career on that wonderful stage and I have no idea how I am […]

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Slaven Bilic corrected a reporter who mispronounced Batshuayi in yesterday’s pre match press conference telling them to do their homework. The media were asking Slaven if rumours that West Ham have made a £31m bid for the Marseille striker were true. Slav answered “Michy Batshuayi, he’s a top striker, playing for Marseille, big club scoring […]

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So we are almost at the end but first it’s Swansea at the Boleyn as the penultimate game to be played the ‘old lady.’ But for our FA Cup run, fixture congestion and Manchester United’s triumph, tomorrow’s game would have been the end. Instead it’s been delayed by a few hours. And as ever the […]

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Passionate lifelong fan Nigel Kahn – who  launched CandH’s Farewell Boleyn series – as this site’s former historian earlier in the season is three games away from a personal tragedy as Upton Park disappears forever. Nigel has made no secret of his opposition – reacting angrily for months but now the ‘funeral’ as he describes […]

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David Gold – like the rest of us is holding onto a Champions League dream – and expects to win at Upton Park tomorrow but he adds a note of caution from personal experience. The team news out of Wales is that Swans captain Ashley Williams will be rested for the last two league games ahead […]

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A recycled photo has been doing the rounds on social media this week in the run up to the final game with some suggesting West Ham are planning colour their football pitch Claret and Blue for the last game ever at the Boleyn Ground on Tuesday night against Manchester United. The photoshoped mocked up picture […]

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Exclusive Goalkeeper Adrian is likely to be sidelined for the rest of the season. The Spaniard is set to miss the last three games of the season after developing a calf problem in training which initially looked as though it would keep him only out of the Swansea match. However, ClaretandHugh was told this morning […]

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Exclusive Seventy-nine-year old David Gold is set to make the briefest playing appearance of all time and hopes the ball comes nowhere near him. A West Ham All Stars team is being put together to play West Ham Ladies at the Boleyn  in early summer to which we understand the likes of Russell Brand and […]

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West Ham manager, Slaven Bilic briefs the media this morning ahead of the last Saturday home game at the Boleyn Ground tomorrow. West Ham face Swansea City who are 13th in the league on 43 points. The reverse fixture finished 0-0 last December. “We’ve got one player injured and that’s Adrian. He felt his calf […]

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Former two time Hammer, Joe Cole has revealed he found his return to West Ham tough under then Hammers manager Sam Allardyce and says things he believes things could have been different if he played under Slaven Bilic “I found it tough to be honest because the injuries were tough, I never got going,” Cole […]

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