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The brilliant Irons fans have a huge part of play at the Boleyn tomorrow night. I don’t care how professional you are, when you have had three massive games such as the Hammers have just gone through there’s bound to be a little drop in the atmosphere when it’s Watford at home on an April Wednesday […]

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West Ham will display a photo of former Hammers player Dylan Tombides during the Premier League game with Watford tomorrow evening on the big screens on 38 minutes to remember the brave lad who died two years ago this week. Dylan, whose prodigious talents saw him sign for West Ham in 2008, lost his brave […]

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Diafra Sakho is 100 per cent fit and ready to return to the Irons squad for tomorrow evening’s clash against Watford. The striker has been missing during a key week of the club’s season but ClaretandHugh was assured this morning that he is now fully fit. We were told by our senior source at the […]

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West Ham will soon be running their Hammer of the year contest which will be announced at the annual players awards gala event. Claret and Hugh are running a poll this week to find your Iron of the year this season which will give a good indication who will triumph in the Hammer of the […]

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Ok last word on the Leicester match and it takes us back to February 2015 when the Hammers were held to a 2- draw by Spurs after taking a two goal lead at White Hart Lane. The Hammers had of course taken the lead and six minutes into extra time the referee awarded a penalty […]

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Exclusive West Ham’s Olympic Stadium catering ‘partner’ has failed to make any profit on it’s two primary catering contracts in the UK with Wembley and Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium. Last week’s publication of the Olympic Stadium agreement confirmed West Ham will earn a 30% share of catering profits after the first £500,000 of profit is paid to stadium […]

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David Gold has made it clear who he wants to win the Championship. Despite a 4-0 drubbing of Stoke City last night the Hammers chairman has made it clear that Spurs are not the team he wants to see at the top of the pile come the end of the season. Gold has been receiving […]

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Exclusive Martin Samuelsen has had his future settled for next season and it’s Peterborough United director of football Barry Fry who has decided what’s best for him. Barry was the guest of the two Davids at the Manchester United FA Cup replay when he spoke of the Norwegian teenager’s next step and said: “He needs […]

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Slaven Bilic’s decision to bring in first Nikita Jelavic followed by Emmanuele Emineke have not covered the manager in glory. And the decision to start thrashing the ball to the far post when Andy Carroll appeared for the second period against Leicester  was not appreciated by ClaretandHugh’s chief analyst Leroy Rosenior. The former striker is […]

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As part of my own personal farewell to Boleyn, I treated myself to a night at the West Ham hotel last Saturday night to have my first and last sleep over at the Boleyn Ground before it is demolished in August this year. £114 bought me a room (box 259) for Saturday night which is […]

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Absolutely no question about it – Jon Moss’ decision to give Leicester City a last second penalty was a disgrace – embarrassing…and yes I genuinely feel he was trying to even things up for the one he gave to the Hammers. There are no excuses for that but hold on a minute prior to that […]

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Blue seats have started to be installed at the former Olympic Stadium or should we call it the ‘Samsung Stadium’. They will join the claret seats installed over the last few weeks. Lady Brady is at the stadium this morning she posted out on social media “The blue seats have started to be installed, to […]

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Strong rumours this morning (Mon) say the Olympic Stadium could be renamed the Samsung stadium before West Ham move in later this year. The whisper is that the biggest electonics company around has won the naming rights race and will pay the stadium owners, E20 Stadium LLP £120m over 20 years with West Ham set […]

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Referee Jon Moss has taken enormous stick for his performance in the game between ourselves and Leicester City yesterday but was it deserved? ClaretandHugh Facebook forum followers @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/have been giving their views. Here’s a random selection: O Fined for telling the truth? O Why should he be fined? He wasn’t abusive, didn’t call him […]

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In addition to facing a possible disciplinary hearing by the FA for comments he made in an interview about referee Jon Moss, Andy Carroll could face a heavy fine for breaching strict social media rules. The West Ham striker retweeted a message by former Manchester United stopper Peter Schmeichel on twitter saying “Is that ref […]

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It’s been one of the busiest news weeks at the club for a long time and that is really saying something because the Irons is never far away from the headlines. And all the way along the line ClaretandHugh has led the way with agenda setting stories on everything around the club – possible transfers […]

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Leicester City 2 Irons 2 I’m not sure when refs decided they should become rock stars but it was too soon. For this afternoon Mr Jonathon Moss made himself the man of this crazy match a with some bizarre decisions which looked at one time as if it would result in finally giving West Ham what […]

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ClaretandHugh’s Niall McDonald rates the Irons Adrian: No chance with either of the shots Leicester managed to get on target 5 Cresswell:  Looked our most comfortable defender today and a fantastic strike 7 Reid:  Looked off the pace again and no doubt relieved to see the back of Vardy. 5 Ogbonna: Relished the physical battles. […]

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Boss Slave Bilic and striker Andy Carroll both made it clear they felt seriously hard done by after an extraordinary affair at Leicester this afternoon. A last second penalty gave 10 man City a share of the points after Andy Carroll and Aaron Cresswell had cancelled out the Foxes 1-0 lead via Jamie Vardy’s opener. […]

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Slaven Bilic has sprung a couple of big surprises by leaving Andy Carroll and Manu Lanzini on the bench today at Leicester. Here’s how the ClaretandHugh Facebook followers @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/?fref=nf have reacted.   O Why no Lanzini  or Carroll O Why isn’t Carroll starting? (Never thought I’d find myself saying that) no Lanzini either…. Maybe we’re […]

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Hit this link at half time for immediate and live reaction to the first 45 minutes from our mighty Hammers. The boys from Hammers Chat in association with CandH waste no time in getting their view on line and this is the only place you can find them. Gonzo and Geo will be giving it […]

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Diafra Sakho – having only just recovered from injury – has, according to the club, sustained another one which is keeping him out of action. It came at the same time as stories arose he had stormed out of the training ground after learning he wasn’t in the team for the game against Arsenal. And […]

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Former Hammers striker and top ClaretandHugh analyst Leroy Rosenior has called on the Irons to “sort out the Diafra Sakho situation as quickly as possible.” And he has even offered to sit down with the Senegal front man if the club needs help in getting to the bottom of any troubles he may be experiencing. […]

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I reckon Andy Carroll can lead the Hammers to victory this afternoon at Leicester and that’s not based on hope and optimism. City’s defence with big central defenders Robert Huth and Wes Morgan at its heart sits deep and invites crosses and excellent into the box and that plays to AC’s aerial strength. If he […]

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Big James Tomkins has had enough of self pity and will put it behind him today as the Irons looks for a fabulous win at Leicester City. He has admitted the Manchester United semi final replay defeat left him shattered but said: “I had trouble sleeping that night. “And it affected me the day after as […]

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Exclusive David Gold is totally convinced the Irons will put it across Leicester City in the east midlands tomorrow (Sun). The co chairman reckons we are ideally placed to take advantage of any nervousness they are suffering after a string of hard fought victories. The Foxes have had four single goal successes in the last […]

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