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West Ham has officially confirmed the Olympic Stadium will increase to 60,000 for Hammers games this coming season in August, just as Claret and Hugh told you last week. WHUFC.com  released a statement saying:  “In conjunction with the London Legacy Development Corporation, Newham Council and Stadium operators LS185, West Ham United are delighted to announce […]

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West Ham’s new £9 million star signing Manu Lanzini has signed a weekly deal worth around £40k a week with the club. The Argentine was on a weekly wage of around £25k a week whilst on loan but his new deal carries a £40k-£45k basic plus appearance and goal bonuses. The 23 year old has […]

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Former West Ham youth player, Izzy Iriekpen has been jailed for over three years for glassing a bouncer. The Old Bailey heard that Simon Williams needed 61 stitches stretching from his temple to his shoulder after the attack outside a pub in Notting Hill in July 2014. Iriekpen, who captained the 1999 FA Youth Cup […]

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West Ham have announced that a planning application has been submitted by E20 LLP for a replacement wrap solution for the former Olympic Stadium after the previous design was abandoned. The Club say it has worked with its stadium partners tirelessly to develop an optimum solution that would see the largest digital screens in Europe, […]

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West Ham are close to making the final decision on Alex Song’s future at the club. The midfielder had hoped to land a two year deal at the end of the summer but that is now looking increasingly unlikely after he has been missing from the team over recent weeks. That is understood to be […]

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Liverpool’s Christian Benteke has been regularly mentioned as a Hammers target in recent weeks but it seems the player is now being ruled out as an option. ClaretandHugh first brought the news that his £120k a week wages were too much for the Hammers and that was confirmed this morning by David Sullivan to the […]

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David Sullivan has confirmed ClaretandHugh’ s story that Christian Benteke will not be joining West Ham at a fee of around £120k a week. The Mirror claimed in a headline this morning that the Irons want him but just as CandH had revealed, whilst Slaven Bilic is an admirer, the wage puts him out of […]

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West Ham’s FA Cup quarter-final replay with Manchester United at the Boleyn Ground will kick off at 7pm on Wednesday, 13th April and the game will be broadcast live on BBC One. The winners of the quarter-final replay will face Everton in the last four, with the semi-finals taking place at Wembley on St Georges […]

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Upton Park underground station will be closed  on Easter Monday 28th March when Mark Noble’s testimonial is due to be played. TFL has confirmed there will be no service on the District line between Aldgate East and Dagenham East, and on the Hammersmith & City line between Liverpool Street and Barking. Replacement buses will run […]

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The Football Association have this afternoon confirmed that The FA Cup quarter-final replay between West Ham and Manchester United is to be switched to Wednesday 13th April with 7pm kick off. WHUFC.com originally announced the date of 6th April on Friday but this was quickly removed on Saturday when it was clear UEFA permission had […]

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West Ham have been forced to amend their official website with updated details on the FA Cup replay with Manchester United in April. Originally on Friday night, the club confirmed the date was set was for Wednesday 6th April at 7pm. That page mysteriously disappeared by Saturday morning and today the club have been forced […]

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Former Hammer David Cross reckons Slaven Bilic’s Way is better than the regularly mentioned “West Ham Way.” Crossie made a rare visit to the Boleyn for the FA Cup replay against Liverpool and will be back for a final time following an invite from the club for the last game of the season. In a […]

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By Pete Ellis Watching the teams above us panic, and the ones below squirm is amusing.  Arsenal ( for who I personally have a lot of  respect ) seem to specialize in possessing a self destruct button that goes off every season without fail, ruling them out of the running for CL and PL titles […]

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The Hammers are set to hand boss Slaven Bilic a summer transfer kitty of around £35 million although £12 million of that will immediately be spent on completing deals for Manu Lanzini and Sam Byram. However should the Irons finish in the Champions League places the war chest could be boosted by a few more […]

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West Ham are certain to offer Slaven Bilic a new deal at the end of the season. Earlier in the season Bilic commenting on the probability declared: ” “I have a contract, I said the same at  Besiktas – my contract is my work and only good work guarantees me that.” Since then he has gone […]

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ClaretandHugh has been monitoring responses from season ticket holders attempting to order their tickets for the FA Cup replay between the Irons and Manchester United on April 6 in a bid to take the pain out of the operation for those who haven’t yet received theirs. Some have been having a hard time getting hold […]

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Ain’t nobody, like Lanzini, makes us happy, plays the West Ham Way! Not a new song but it certainly came of age at Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon after it was sung more than the Payet song by 3,000 travelling West Ham away fans in good spirits at Chelsea. Let’s just hope Arsenal don’t nick […]

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West Ham plan to attract a 20 goal a season striker without breaking through their FFP ceiling but it won’t be Christian Benteke. The Belgian is on £125,000k a week at Liverpool and whilst manager Slaven Bilic likes the player our top source at the club said: “They aren’t the sort of wages we will […]

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Irons co chairman David Gold has been calling for technology on key decisions for a very long time and is back on the case after the shocking error of refereeing judgement at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. He is not being reactionary as his pedigree on the issue goes back several years but he believes the […]

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Reports that West Ham have struck a deal for Besiktas star Gokhan Tore were tonight denied by West Ham United. We alerted readers to the reports in an earlier piece on here this evening declaring we would try to get the story confirmed or otherwise. But despite manager Slaven Bilic being a big admirer of […]

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Here’s the weekly news – all in one place from ClaretandHugh and presented by our video partners Hammers Chat fronted by the hugely popular Gonzo. If you haven’t had a chance to catch all the news as it  appears on CandH that’s no big surprise because there’s so much of it and every week Gonzo […]

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David Gold has given very short shrift to a Chelsea fan trying to give him a hard time over the Olympic Stadium. After seeing his team cheat their way to a draw against the Irons yesterday a Twitter follower tried his best at baiting the Irons co chairman by dredging up a subject which has […]

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Slaven Bilic – whilst bitterly disappointed late ‘penalty that never was ‘- has half suggested the Irons only had themselves to blame for yesterday’s draw at Stamford Bridge. Our  manager has always told it as it is and usually refuses to apportion blame on officials or anything else accepting the game’s variables with common sense, […]

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ClaretandHugh has finally discovered the timetable for supporters wanting to buy their tickets for the FA Cup replay against Manchester United. Season ticket holders were able to able to get theirs today starting from 9 am but many fans contacted CandH with conflicting reports on how they had or had not been able to get hold […]

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