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West Ham fans fancy Rafa Benitez to lead the team next season but only marginally with Bournemouth’s Eddie Howe giving him a real run for his money. ClaretandHugh‘s latest poll has shown that the Spanish boss remains a favourite with the Irons supporters who would see him as the man to revitalise the Hammers squad. […]

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Hammers favourites of years gone by will play again to raise cash for courageous little Isla Caton. Isla, from Hornchurch in Essex, was diagnosed with a rare child cancer called Neuroblastoma – the same disease which tragically took the life of heroic young Sunderland fan Bradley Lowery last year – in March 2017. Her family […]

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David Moyes has repeated that the Hammers fans will be absoutely vital in getting the team across the line in the last games of the season. Speaking at Wednesday’s Player Awards, the Scot encouraged West Ham fans to recreate the atmosphere which inspired his team to a 3-0 home victory over Southampton. He said: “On […]

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Declan Rice looks all set for a change of position next season should David Moyes remain in charge at West Ham. Dec retained his trophy as Young Player of The Year at last night’s Hammers awards which was the perfect boost after his weekend error against Arsenal. But he was once again at the centre […]

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The family of  West Ham season ticket holder Sami Sidhom have blasted his murderers as “cowards” who “stabbed him in the back” on his way home from the West Ham v Stoke match. In a statement, the family said: “How many more have to die this way before everyone cares? How many more communities like ours […]

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Most end of seasons brings a managerial merry go round! West Ham looks likely to stay up but the big question for CandH is whether David Moyes – or one of several other candidates – is the right man to take us forward – next season. Although we have already run on poll on Moyes […]

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Former Hammer Ravel Morrison has pleaded his former teammate to bring him back to West Ham if he has any influence. Carlton Cole who was at the West Ham Players’ awards last night messaged Ravel on social media saying ‘Bro, time to come back to England’ Ravel replied ‘Bring me back to West Ham, you […]

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Marko Arnautovic scored a hat-trick of awards at the West Ham Players’ awards tonight. The awards ceremony at the Intercontinental London – The O2 saw eight awards handed out, from Young Hammer of the Year, to Goal of the Season and finally the big one – the prestigious Hammer of the Year. Arnie predictably picked […]

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Just over one year ago we ran the first London Stadium survey in March 2017. Supported by a number of different West Ham websites, blogs, social media accounts including WHUISA, the survey was completed by 6,356 match going supporters. The 2017 survey results were published last year at http://www.claretandhugh.info/london-stadium-survey-results-revealed/ The 2018 survey takes around three minutes […]

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Joao Mario wants the Hammers to show off their quality against Manchester City on Sunday as they bid for points against the best team in the league. Speaking to the official site the midfielder said: “Everyone enjoys watching the way Manchester City play. They have amazing football players and they are an incredible team. “This […]

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Stuart Pearce is convinced that Declan Rice will bounce straight back from his mistake against Arsenal. The teenager has gone on the record to explain how Pearce has taken him under his wing and will have listed carefully to what he has had to say. Speaking to the official site the David Moyes assistant said:  “It’s […]

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Back when he was appointed and for some time since, I was happy to give David Moyes the benefit of the doubt on the basis that he needed to take Slaven Bilic’s squad, get them fit and give ourselves a real chance of survival. Ok, he’s probably got us safe but I can’t see that […]

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Some may say it may be unfair to judge David Moyes after just 27 games in charge but his win ratio of just 25.93% is the worst for any permanent West Ham manager in their history. Moyes has won 7 games, drawn 9 and lost 11 since taking over from Slaven Bilic. Gianfranco Zola win ratio was […]

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Boyhood West Ham fan Jack Wilshere penned some notes in Arsenal’s match programme ahead of the London Derby last Sunday in which he described the Irons as “a big and fantastic club with a some of the best fans in the Premier League.” Wilshere wrote in the programme: “My dad and all his mates are West […]

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 Chicharito’s grandfather, Tomas Baltazar, has all but announced the Mexican striker won’t be at West Ham next season. Speaking to the media on Friday, he allegedly told Mexican newspaper El Sol de Irapuato: “I think he’ll carry on triumphing. Over there, they’re going to throw him out of the West Ham team. It’s a team that […]

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The Great Newham run which finishes inside London Stadium on the running track has been cancelled this year because of a lack of available Sundays. Run organisers say ‘Great Newham London Run won’t be taking place this year due to the lack of a suitable Sunday date over summer. We will, however, be staging Simplyhealth […]

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David Moyes is set to pick up anything between £1.25 million – 2.1 million if he saves the Hammers from relegation this season. The 54 year old looks likely to secure the Irons Premier League safety after signing stay up a deal worth £15k a week plus the stay up bonus ahead  and new talks could […]

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Adrian is ready to return to the team on Sunday with Joe Hart ruled out under the terms of his loan deal from Manchester City. And he wants to make sure it’s ore than a one-off performance telling the official site: “I want to be in the team until the end of the season and to […]

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Academy boss Terry Westley has told his youngsters to keep their foot on the pedal despite the Under 23s season being over. Speaking to the official site he said: “Our season comes to a close but the first team still have five fixtures and the players have to put their foot on the pedal once […]

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I believe we will be safe before the final game against Everton and beyond the relief everybody will be feeling should that be the case such a situation present the Hammers with an academy bonus on the final day. For all David Moyes’ faults – and his negative approach is paramount among that – he […]

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Stoke City will be relegated at the weekend – bar a mathematical miracle – if they lose at Anfeld. Stuck on 29 points with two games left and a goal difference of -33 against the Irons -21 that will be enough to do for Paul Lambert’s team with games against Palace (h) and Swansea (a) […]

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Pedro Obiang is still on target to take a place on the bench against Leicester City next weekend. The midfielder has made great progress from a knee injury which looked set to end his season but instead he’s in line for a return for the last three games. Winston Reid, Sam Byram and Michail Antonio […]

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The executive committee of the West Ham United Supporters Club wrote to members over the weekend to wipe out 87% of their 920 membership telling them they are not official members anymore. The 70-year-old institution is locked in a battle with the majority of its members over assets owned by the club. Around 50 members who […]

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There is some confusion on just who is exactly in charge of turning around the London Stadium fiances after the Stadium owners Chief Restructuring Officer has been appointed as interim CEO of Evan Cycles last week. Retail restructuring expert Alan Fort was appointed on 1st December  last year with the Sadiq Khan saying  “A Chief Restructuring Officer has […]

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Fresh correspondence between West Ham Vice-Chairman Karren Brady and the London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been revealed after a Freedom of Information request by Claret and Hugh. The new correspondence shows a war of words between the Baroness and the Mayor after the West Ham v Burnley game and a leak of information to the Times […]

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West Ham are currently in talks with Declan Rice over a new bumper contract. There was disappointment within the club at the headlines attracted by his Arsenal howler but the Hammers know they have a serious discovery on their hands and talks – which have gone on for a couple of weeks -are continuing . […]

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