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Tomorrow night (Wed) the Irons go into action against Manchester United in their last ever game at The Boleyn. Pulsating and emotional…sadness and joy at various levels – it really is going to be a night which one way or another will live forever in  West Ham history. And in this edition of Talking A […]

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Mabel Rose Arnold is arguably one of the biggest and oldest Hammers fans on the planet. She turned 100 on the same day as  West Ham played Crystal Palace at the Boleyn ground earlier this month. She’s met Bobby Moore, married the man who helped along a young Trevor Brooking, and has had her name […]

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Ok, let’s put the Adrian Durham thing to bed before it gets out of hand – the guy is not to be taken overly seriously. I first came across him when he was working for ClubCall years ago when he may have become aware of me as a contributor – one arm of my various […]

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TalkSport shock jock Adrian Durham has accused West Ham manager Slaven Bilic of damaging the reputation of match officials with his constant post match moaning. And he has challenged him to back it up with evidence if he thinks there is an orchestrated conspiracy against West Ham. Durham speaking in his Daily Mail column today […]

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An expert panel put together by ClubTalk.com reviewed several highly-dubious decisions in the West Ham v Arsenal game last weekend. The panel agreed West Ham suffered another two crucial incorrect decisions which cost them 2 goals on Saturday. Andy Carroll red card escape v Arsenal: The West Ham striker certainly made his mark on the match, […]

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Over 68% of supporters (550 votes) are optimistic and believe West Ham will win tomorrow’s FA Cup quarter final replay over Manchester United at the Boleyn Ground to face Everton in the semi finals at Wembley on St Georges day. Over 16% of you (131 votes) are pessimistic and have a bad feeling about tomorrow and think our […]

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West Ham United and England legend Bobby Moore would have celebrated his 75th birthday today. Mooro, who lifted the FA Cup in 1964 and European Cup Winners’ Cup 1965 with West Ham, rose to football immortality when he became England’s World Cup winning captain in 1966, receiving the Jules Rimet Trophy after Hammers team-mates Geoff Hurst […]

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Slaven Bilic has been giving his pre match press conference ahead of tomorrow’s FA cup sixth round replay with Manchester United under the Boleyn ground lights. Slave told the press “It’s the final FA Cup tie at the Boleyn Ground, it’s Manchester United and it’s the quarter-finals. It can’t be bigger. We are fully motivated and […]

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West Ham chairman, David Sullivan has shown his softer side by supporting the aims of a very small charity trying to raise awareness for Pancreatic Cancer on their road to the Wembley FA cup final. David Sullivan was approached to ask if he could help get two tickets for the FA cup replay against Manchester United at […]

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I fully expect Slaven Bilic to support Diafra Sakho in his  press conference this morning ahead of tomorrow’s FA cup replay against Manchester United. Sakho has made the paper headlines in the last few days since he left training with an alleged knock on Friday. He didn’t stay with the team on Friday evening and missed […]

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Now I obviously understand that it’s dangerous to believe what one reads in the Sun but should it be true, there’s a story in there this morning which will give the Irons all the more hope of a huge result tomorrow night. It’s not a hard story to write of course but the down market […]

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I was asked to pen my memories of the Boleyn Ground for the official programme for the Arsenal game which appeared last Saturday on page 98. For those for missed it here is the extended version of the article. As we prepare to say farewell to the Boleyn Ground I have been reminiscing about my […]

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There were ugly scenes at Villa Park tonight after a mass brawl broke out between twenty players during a Hammers Under 21 game against Aston Villa U21’s.  The Villa youngsters scored in 88th minute to make 3-2 on the night but just before the 90th minute a very nasty Villa tackle led to a confrontation […]

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The Hammers are tracking Racing Club striker Gustavo Bou with a view to a £9million move for the Argentine forward according to reports originating in Argentina.The 26-year-old Bou one of the most prolific strikers in South America since joining Racing where he has scored 43 goals in 50 games. The report in Ole’ claims West […]

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A spokesperson for the LLDC has said the authority are disappointed following the announcement that an appeal to keep the exact details of the contract between LLDC and West Ham United  has failed. A spokesman for LLDC  said “We are disappointed by the tribunal’s decision”  “We have already published the vast majority of the contract […]

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Slaven Bilic has said that  Diafra Sakho and Alex Song are unlikely to be fit to take part in the FA cup replay quarter final on Wednesday evening under the Boleyn lights. Speaking via his Manager on Monday column on WHUFC.com  about the upcoming FA cup tie Bilic said: “I don’t think Sakho or Song will be […]

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The appeal by the London Legacy Development Corporation against the decision by the Information Commissioner ordering publication of its deal with West Ham for Olympic Stadium has failed it has been revealed today. Claret and Hugh understands that the LLDC has 35 days to publish the information in full. The fan coalition who bought the Freedom […]

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Although it has become clear over the last few hours that Diafra Sakho could be on his way from West Ham in the summer, his recent behaviour on snapchat may be easier to understand than many consider. Top ITK ExWHUEmloyee has confirmed ClaretandHugh’s story of earlier in the day that a move is very much […]

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Slaven Bilic was asked whether Andy Carroll should be included in the En gland squad this summer after his hat trick on Saturday “I’ve said my opinion about a few of our players.” said Bilic. “Mark Noble, Aaron Cresswell, and Andy Carroll is definitely in the category that he has to make you think about […]

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West Ham have not lost at the Boleyn Ground for 232 days when they surrendered 4-3 against an inform Bournemouth last August. This Wednesday we face Manchester United in the FA Cup quarter final replay for a chance to play to Everton in the Fa Cup semi’s at Wembley. West Ham are third favourites at […]

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Diafra Sakho’s future is  on the line today with the unhappy striker set to meet boss Slaven Bilic for the first time since his training ground problems last Thursday. And given Slav’s refusal to entertain strops from players – as demonstrated by his treatment of Morgan Amalfitano soon after his arrival – there may be […]

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It’s the second edition of the Hammers Chat fan phone in which sees ClaretandHugh’s partners Hammers Chat again breaking new West Ham ground. This is the show which gives you the opportunity to talk about absolutely anything that’s on your mind and we know how proud the boys are over at HC to have put […]

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Roger East will be the referee for the FA Cup quarter-final replay between West Ham and Manchester United on Wednesday evening at the Boleyn Ground. After several miscarriages of justice from Craig Pawson, Darren Cann, Mark Clattenburg and Robert Madley all eyes will be on Mr East under the Boleyn lights midweek hoping he will not […]

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Andy Carroll was entirely laid back about his hat-trick when interviewed after the game yesterday. It was a brilliant show of self restraint as in fact this was only the second of his 10 year career – the other one coming asa Newcastle payer. It came in the second game of the season of the […]

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FA match officials let West Ham down again for the third match in a row to finish a draw. The latest villain of the peace is Premier League referee Craig Pawson with his lino Darren Cann following equally disappointing performances by Mark Clattenburg for our Palace 2-2 draw and Robert Madley for our Chelsea 2-2 […]

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Diafra Sakho – as regular readers of my stuff know – is my favourite Hammer – even above Dimi Payet whom I love to pieces. So that demonstrates exactly what I think of the guy who is currently at the centre of what hopefully is nothing more than a storm in a teacup over his […]

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