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Join the Moore Than Just A Podcast boys, George, John and Sean in a West Ham outside broadcast podcast special. The podcast crew interview members of the Brisbane Hammers, Sydney Hammers and Kiwi Hammers in the Black Lion pub in Plaistow just before kick off. We recorded all the live atmosphere at the Boleyn Ground […]

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Exclusive Emmanuel Emenike has little chance of landing a permanent West Ham deal given the 8 million euros price attached to his loan option. The agreement to join the Irons until the end of the season was a long and drawn out affair with his club by Fenerbahce finally agreeing so long as the 8 […]

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Exclusive Sam Allardyce and Mauricio Pochettino  – in their hunt for defeat excuses – both quickly jumped on the state of the West Ham pitch. Talking after his defeat last Saturday Allardyce said “The pitch was never this bad in the four years I was here.” Before yesterday’s game Pochettino got his excuses in early saying before kick-off […]

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Angelo Ogbonna will be fit to take his place at the centre of the Irons defence at the weekend after his heroic performance against Spurs. That was the forecast from the training headquarters today as manager Slaven Bilic studies his other otions following the injury to James Collins during Wednesday evening’s classic at the Boleyn. […]

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For David Gold – as reported exclusively at ClaretandHugh – it was the sweetest night of the season. For the fans it was emotional, passionate and as exciting as it gets. Here’s how they have been reacting on the CandH Facebook forum @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ O Totally deserved we were superb. COYI O I’m so happy.. O […]

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That was a truly fantastic performance and Slaven’s decision to play five across the back with three central defenders was an absolute master stroke. Michail Antonio is probably on the hottest streak of his career and that near post header was an absolute classic. Many said it was all about the delivery by Payet but […]

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The best video blog boys in the business – CandH’s partners Hammers Chat – are back, and to describe the mood as passionate and delirious would be doing the words a disservice. This was Tottenham whom we outplayed in the first half and frustrated with a brilliant show of resolution in the second. We also […]

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West Ham’s wonderful victory over Spurs has been greeted with the word “the sweetest yet” by co chairman David Gold. Still basking in the glory of a fabulous victory he said: “There have been some wonderful moments this season but that beats all – it’s the sweetest because it’s Spurs.” It was clearly hard for […]

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David Sullivan has hailed the amazing Hammers after their astonishing victory over Spurs last night in which every player emerged a hero. The 1-0 victory is probably the sweetest of the season given that it stopped a title charge by the deadly enemy and showed the team at their attacking best and most defensively resilient. […]

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“Always it is difficult, it was a game that was more physical than others, in the way that they play, always this long ball, and they try to fight in every action, and they are very strong,” Pochettino told Sky Sports. “For us it was difficult for the way that we want to play, and […]

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Fresh from his Homer Simpson goal celebration last  Saturday against Sunderland at the Boleyn Ground, Michail Antonio celebrated his goal last night with a new celebration which resembled the Carlton dance from Fresh Prince of  Bel Air. Antonio told WHUFC.com “I completely forgot my celebration that I had planned. I had planned it so much and […]

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Spurs fan Lord Sugar wrote to West ham Vice Chairman Lady Brady and Co-Chairman David Gold on twitter yesterday morning before kick off to ask for a favor to help Spurs go top of the league. Apprentice star Sugar requested to the pair “I need a favour from you tonight for West Ham to let us […]

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West Ham chairman David Gold took to Twitter after the final whistle to confirm it looks like a hamstring injury for James Collins who came off injured. Another West Ham supporter also asked Gold about Michail Antonio who he thought picked up a knock in the victory but the West Ham confirmed that was not the […]

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ClaretandHugh Facebook Group member Niall McDonald gives his verdict on how our players performed against Spurs in what was surely the match of the season!   Adrian: Only one save to make and made it magnificently 7 Antonio: Full-back. Winger. Striker. Goal-scorer. Match-winner 9 Cresswell: Seems far more comfortable in his more advanced role 7 […]

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Adrian: Made an incredible double save and was his usual rock-like self when the pressure came on 8 Antonio: Another great goal and terrific all round performance – the bloke’s a revelation 8 Collins: Battled his brains out until forced off with an injury 8 Ogbonna: Magnificent. Played in acute pain throughout second half after […]

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Why listen to Phil Thompson, Robbie Savage or Paul Merson telling you what has happened in the first half against Spurs when you can get some biased analysis from West Ham fans? Claret & Hugh and our partners Hammers Chat will be going live with a stream as soon as the referee blows his whistle on […]

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Speaking to Sky Sports, Charlie Nicholas has predicted things could boil over on the pitch with a high chance of a player being sent off. Nicholas told Sky: “West Ham would love nothing more than to dent Tottenham’s title aspirations and they will be greeted by a really aggressive atmosphere in East London. “Their players thrive on […]

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West Ham Chairman David Gold has confirmed 6,000 extra seats at Olympic Stadium could be ready for this coming In response to our story yesterday Gold confirmed on twitter:  “Yes, it’s possible that the capacity of the new stadium will rise to 60,000 for the start of the new season. dg”   He also confirmed […]

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West Ham will finally tie up the deal for Manu Lanzini at the beginning of next month. The brilliant midfielder’s injury problem have put the signing date back but the club are ready to do the deal at the start of April The fee of £8 million has been agreed and a source told Claret […]

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This is a tough one but it’s the sort of game from which we must take something if we are going to fulfil those top six ambitions we’ve heard about all season long. And let’s recall the words of that old song as far as the Irons are concerned tonight: “When the going gets tough, […]

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On Monday we asked you “Who would get your Hammer of the year vote based on performances to date this season?”  A massive 1,710 of you responded to the poll. Unsurprisingly 947 of you representing 55.38% says Dimitri Payet should be crowned Hammer of the year this season! However an encouraging 18.83% (322 people) disagreed […]

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Newham council have taken the unusual step of boarding up the World Cup Sculpture on the corner of Green street ahead of Wednesday evening’s London derby against Spurs. The bronze statue featuring Bobby Moore,  Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters and  Ray Wilson has been protected with wooden boards over concerns it could be vandalised by Spurs fans […]

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Claret and Hugh are hearing as yet unconfirmed reports that Victor Moses picked up a knock in training today and is now a doubt for tomorrow’s London derby game against Spurs. Michail Antonio is likely to be asked to fulfil a right back role again tomorrow with Sam Byram suspended and Joey O’Brien and James Tomkins […]

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Spurs are the Premier League title favourites, according to Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri. They are two points behind leaders Leicester with 11 games remaining. “Tottenham are strong in every situation,” said Ranieri today  “Everyone is speaking about Leicester but nobody about Tottenham,” he said. “Tottenham, in my opinion, are favourites. When they defend and when […]

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As part of BBC Sport Relief, West ham fan James Corden’s character ‘Smithy’ pokes fun at Spurs and asks why anyone would pay money to watch Tottenham as he runs for FIFA president. West Ham legend Geoff Hurst also features on the sketch. Smithy says:“I heard a story the other day where a ticket to […]

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Campaign group Boleyn Development 100 want all the properties built on the site of the Boleyn Ground to be 100% social housing, in response to the lack of affordable homes available in Newham and to turn the former football pitch into a public park. “It’s a massive plot of land, and there’s a housing crisis […]

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