Up The Hammers – Latest West Ham United FC News

The boys from Hammers Chat are providing some high interest video blogs – the highlight being the trip from the Boleyn to the Olympic Stadium. Now the lads have laid their Irons credentials on the line in this latest video blog which will make great viewing for all followers. Here they take an emotional look […]

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Three days on and the great Dimi Payet penalty debate continues with Manchester United’s Chris Smalling offering his predictable opinion on the matter. It’s a very long time since a West Ham player attracted so much publicity which demonstrates the effect Dimi is having on the League and Cup. However, there’s not many who would disagree we […]

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West Ham will be allocated 31,500 tickets for a Wembley semi-final should they overcome Manchester United in the FA Cup replay in April at the Boleyn Ground. With West Ham 808 Bond Holders, 2,700 Corporate members and 26,000 Season Ticket Holders it means less than 2,000 tickets could go on sale to Academy members for […]

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Claret and Hugh understand that West Ham will cease their partnership with ‘See Tickets’ at the end of this season. See Tickets is the trading name of a British ticketing services company owned by French company Vivendi SA. They have provided ticketing systems and software to West Ham at the Boleyn ground. West Ham are understood […]

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West Ham’s last season at the Boleyn Ground together with a terrific FA Cup run and a sell out Mark Noble testimonial has led to an increase in complaints about the premium line telephone number used used by the club for the West Ham ticket office hotline. One West Ham fan received a phone bill […]

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Worrying news concerning Winston Reid emerged fro the Hammers camp tonight after the central defender was taken off in Sunday’s game against Manchester United. Reid rushed himself  back into action after the Hammers boss Slave Bilic was hit with a crisis following an injury to Reece Oxford in training. The central defender answered the call […]

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West Ham are not in the last four just yet but they are in the draw for the  FA Cup semi-finals.  West Ham will host Manchester United next month for their quarter-final replay to settle what we started yesterday. Crystal Palace, Everton and Watford are already through to the semis following the eliminations of Reading, Chelsea […]

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David Gold has made it clear that unless Darren Randolph decided to “dive into his own net” Manchester United’s Old Trafford equaliser was illegal and should have been ruled out. The Hammers keeper was clearly nudged and left unable to do anything about Martial’s leveller six minutes from time in Sunday’s quarter final. And Gold […]

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Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal made a serious point when claiming that Dimi Payet is a diver in his press conference after the match yesterday. The Dutchman was at pains to point out: “Payet was more or less diving. He was maybe touched, but not enough to fall like that.” That is a very […]

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The John Lyall gates have been removed from the Boleyn Ground today  ready to be relocated  and build into to the new club shop outside the former Olympic Stadium. They were originally constructed after West Ham used the £25,000 fee from the 1956 transfer of free-scoring winger Harry Hooper to buy the land that now makes […]

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Newham Council  has finally  passed a planning proposal by Barratt Homes and Galliard Homes  to redevelopment the Boleyn Ground. The meeting of the council’s Strategic Development Committee last week ends more than a year of arguments and debate between the council, local campaigners and the developers over the future of the Hammer’s old ground. Initially, the […]

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West Ham are facing a serious fixture pilie up with an FA Cup replay set to be squeezed in an already bursting schedule. We are still awaiting the official confirmation of the re-scheduling of the Watford and Manchester United Premier league matches due to our FA Cup run. And UEFA’s rules are making re-scheduling difficult with […]

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David Gold has heaped praise on Winston Reid for taking his place in the Irons side at Old Trafford despite not being ready to play in such a high profile game. The co-Chairman had tweeted earlier in the week that the central defender would not be able to make the game as he’d barely rejoined […]

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The FA Cup Quarter-Final replay at the Boleyn Ground against Manchester United should net the Hammers another £1m on top of the estimated £3.8m they have earned so far in their FA Cup run this season. Assuming West Ham set ticket prices around the £40 mark, a sell out 35,000 capacity crowd will bring in […]

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Slaven Bilic has me confused for the first time! Sorry Slav but I’m afraid I really don’t get the Emenike thing at all. As fas as I can make out he has had one decent game against a Championship side in the last round of the Cup. By common consent he performed OK against Rovers […]

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Manchester United’s excuse finding under pressure boss Louis van Gaal ridiculously claimed that Dimi Payet dived in a bid to win yesterday’s match. Mind you, he had little if anything to say about his team’s equaliser which should have been ruled out at a stroke after goalkeeper Darren Randolph was clearly fouled in the build-up. […]

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The Hammers Chat boys are back with their look at the United/Irons game. There are so many talking points to discuss and Gonzo, Geo and Tom get to grips with most of them. Penalty shouts, perhaps the best free kick many of us have ever seen, goals which definitely shouldn’t have stood – everything comes […]

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It’s the worst cliche in football but it is the only one we can use after the drama of Old Trafford today: We were robbed.” ClaretandHugh chief analyst Leroy Rosenior had said in his preview  of the game the Hammers would win if there were no dodgy refereeing decisions – sadly there were and both […]

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Hammers skipper Mark Noble has joined manager Slaven Bilic in wanting the FA Cup over Champions League football. Nobeswas disappointed to have come away from Old Trafford with just the draw declaring: “We should have been two up in the first ten minutes. “We then took the lead through a fantastic free ick from Dimi […]

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Slaven Bilic is no moaner but he was upset with two crucial decision which cost the Hammers big time at Old Trafford this afternoon. Dimi Payet was clearly brought down in the box by Marcus Rojo but refereeMartin Atkinson allowed play to go on when it was clear the fould ha been committed. And if […]

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Young Hammer, Reece Oxford has solved the mystery of his exclusion from the FA Cup squad that travelled to Manchester over the weekend. The 17 year old central defender who can also play in midfield has revealed he suffered a small injury in training yesterday which ruled him out. Speaking on his personal twitter account this afternoon […]

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French National coach, Didider Deschamps says he remains open minded about a recall to the France national side for West Ham midfielder Dimitri Payet. He told the French media: ‘Dimitri has always been good with his club,’ said Deschamps. ‘That was already the case at Marseille. ‘For the national team, he made good entrances, he […]

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25-year-old Norwegian midfielder Havard Nordtveit has today confirmed he is leaving Borussia Mönchengladbach in the summer when his contract expires. Gladbach have also confirmed that Nordtveit is heading to England. German newspaper Bild backs rumours in the UK that Nordveit’s destination in England is West Ham where he is said to join on a free transfer this […]

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The Irons fans have busily been giving their Man U v Irons match verdicts – here’s the latest batch from the ClaretandHugh Facebook forum at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/   Graham Hatt Di Canio was 100-1 with a 1-0 win. Remember loads cashed in that day. Trevor Newman 2-1, EL Liverpool loss, Man Utd rubbish and under pressure at […]

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ClaretandHugh has canvassed the views of many Irons fans via the Facebook forum at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ on how today’s game will turn out. Here’s the first batch – more later.   Dean Marsh I really think we will win it 1-3.  The boys have been immense of late and Manure are shocking at the moment. Anything can happen in […]

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Claret and Hugh has spoken to former FA Cup Hammers veteran David Cross about his memories and his hopes for West Ham. Well loved former striker Crossie  joined West Ham from Manchester City or £180,000 in December 1977 He scored 9 goals in 21 league games during his initial season at the club, but this […]

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