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West Ham Legend Billy Bonds has been honoured at the Olympic Stadium as his shirt is the first to go up at the converted stadium as part of the Hammers WestHamification of their new home continues. WHUFC.com revealed yesterday  “On Wednesday, the construction team set about installing a prototype model of the shirt, this one in […]

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Our top man Ian Bishop concludes his thoughts on West Ham 2016 and FINALLY gives his view on whom he wants to grab fourth place of his two favourite clubs – us and Manchester City. Bish has always been unable to separate his emotions on the two clubs but this time around he comes down […]

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Spanish radio station Taronja is reporting that a deal to sign Valencia starlet Antonio Martinez is now agreed with West Ham. The news follows similar reports from Spanish media yesterday. The reports suggested  the Hammers would pay an initial 1 million Euros which could rise to 3 million Euros on certain performance factors . Martinez has […]

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Cheik Kouyate appears to be a major doubt for the weekend match against Palace. The all-action midfielder missed Senegal’s 2-1 win over Niger last night with reports claiming he had bronchitis and a slight fever. It will be a blow to the Hammers, but should he miss the squad depth is such that it will […]

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Claret and Blue is a new West Ham anthem composed and produced by Hammers Chats own music producer Alan ‘Avit’ Guest and performed by Pete Booker. In this exclusive preview Gonzo has produced a montage of his own pictures exclusively for Claret and Hugh to create an accompaniment for what could become a classic Hammers score. […]

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Dimitri Payet has just scored this free-kick for France. He only just got subbed on! World class. pic.twitter.com/C0AxcTBNKL — Uber West Ham (@UberWestHam) March 29, 2016 62 minutes Dimitri Payet replaces Antoine Griezmann for France 64 minutes Dimitri Payet scores this amazing free-kick for France. His goal put France 3-1 up although the score is […]

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As well as selling out season tickets at the former Olympic Stadium, West Ham has sold out each and every corporate entertainment seat at the new stadium, all 3,600 of them! The club insisted corporate members commit for three years which is scheduled to bring in around £36m of revenue over the next three years or around […]

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You don’t actually tell people they were your heroes do you but Ian Bishop most certainly was one of mine. He’s been a pal for a very long time and one of the best playmakers ever to grace the Boleyn. He’s also been a great fried to ClaretandHugh since our launch and it’s a real […]

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The Mark Noble didn’t quite follow the script. Sorry to ruin the illusion but the real life fantasy football match was finely scripted to finish in a six all thriller and then go to a penalty shoot up but the referee didn’t follow the plan by ruling Marlon Harewood’s goal offside which entirely failed to […]

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With the 54,0000 capacity of the former Olympic Stadium already sold out and the extra 6,000 seats  announced last week a certainly to sell out too, Claret and Hugh has taken a look at the possible financial windfall from ticket sales in our new 60,000 seated stadium. An estimated 8,000 seats have been sold at […]

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Several  West Ham supporters have been asking what happened to the former Hammers scheduled to make an appearance at Mark Noble’s testimonial who failed to show. Claret and Hugh understands Robert Green could not get permission from QPR to play in the testimonial whilst Paul Konchesky, also on loan to QPR from Leicester, was also unable […]

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West Ham are close to signing  Toni Martinez for £2.4 million according to reports in Spain repeated by the Daily Mail today. Martinez has starred in Valencia’s youth teams for the past few years, scoring over 100 goals in four seasons, but he’s grown tired over his lack of first-team opportunities. It is claimed the […]

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Congratulations to Sherri Hough, Linda Curtis and Annette Oliver who have each won a signed copy of David Sullivan’s new movie ‘Fall of the Krays.’ ClaretandHugh’s exclusive competition asked a simple question – what was the name of the elder brother to the twins – Reggie and Ronnie? The answer was of course Charles and the three copies […]

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Forgive me for a few minutes – age has its downsides but that Manchester United replay tickets are officially sold out with all the problems many have experienced along the way got me thinking. Like many others out there I recall the days vividly when I queued up around the Boleyn for tickets – there […]

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West Ham’s board will await Slaven Bilic’s summer shopping list before making any moves into the transfer mrket. Despite admitting having a list of  around a dozen possible striker targets the manager is expected to soon supply his priority list. David Sullivan has admitted he like Zlatan Ibrahimovac in a talkSport interview and Christian Benteke […]

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Former Hammer Taylor Tombides has paid a moving tribute to his late brother Dylan after scoring a deft chip during West Ham All Stars’ 5-6 defeat to West Ham XI in Mark Noble’s testimonial match on Easter Monday. His act bought a lump to the throat to the 35,000 capacity crowd as well as the […]

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Dean Ashton’s incredible goal in Mark Noble’s made all the headlines  on the back of his amazing scissor kick in yesterday’s Upton ark festival. Talk about rolling back the years – this was as good as anything you will see any time any week on any ground at an Premier League club. And if there […]

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Mark Noble has spoken about his perfect day and his deep rooted affection for the fans after a brilliant testi monial event. Speaking to West Ham TV he said: “To be honest there are no words to describe how thankful I am of the fans. I know there were a lot of travel issues, the […]

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Exclusive David Gold summed it up perfectly when declaring: “Mark Noble’s testimonial transcended football – it was a wonderful day out for players old and new, their families and the fans. it was magical.” As another landmark event in the history of the Boleyn this was another classic as the players old and new took […]

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EXCLUSIVE Ian Bishop was thrilled to provide the assist for goal of the season qualifier from Dean Ashton in Mark Noble’s fabulous testimonial this afternoon (Mon). The great former midfielder was the oldest player on the pitch at 50 but barely looked a day older than when he was in his Hammers pomp. And speaking […]

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It was an afternoon to die for …a Family Affair and wherever we watched it we were all involved in a wonderful party for a fabulous bloke. Dean Ashton almost stole the day and his incredible overhead goal is already trending on Twitter, PDC scored, Mark grabbed his own and pantomime villain David James played […]

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He’s one of breed that is all but extinct – Mark Noble is the heart and soul of football – a guy who allows us to remember when the game meant community rather than corporate. That so many of our former greats have gathered to honour him this afternoon at the Boleyn tells us all […]

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I am writing this on my iPhone on a train to Boleyn Ground for the Mark Noble testimonial at 2pm this afternoon. Mark Noble has been a Hammer as long as I can remember. Indeed it’s hard to remember a time before he was at West Ham. He embodies everything that is good at the […]

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Slaven Bilic is set to make some crucial defensive decisions as players return for selection at the weekend. The Hammers will be seeking a double over former boss Alan Pardew’s Palace at the Boelyn and he is set to select the starting X1 from his strongest squad for some time. Both James Tomkins and James […]

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If you are travelling to Mark Noble’s testimonial  match today you should be aware there is limited underground and overground trains. West Ham has issued the following important travel advice for supporters attending the Mark Noble Testimonial match. It is best to leave an extra hour for your usual travel time to the Boleyn Ground […]

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