Tony Cottee is thrilled with the Dimitri Payet deal declaring “it’s a huge statement of intent by the board.” And the former striker said: ” There a lot of football supporters that complain about the huge wages that players get these days, but I can’t imagine any West Ham fan moaning about the salary of Dimitri […]
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Cottee applauds board’s huge statement of intent
Posted on 17 February 2016.
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Noble breaks West Ham testimonial record
Posted on 17 February 2016.
Mark Noble is on target to break a new West Ham record for the largest ever attendance of a Hammers testimonial match. We understand that very few tickets remain for the match in honour of Nobes on the 28th March and the game looks set to sell out completely. Our source close to the ticket […]
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Hammers tried to get more FA Cup tickets
Posted on 17 February 2016.
David Sullivan has joined his co chairman David Gold in paying his personal tribute to the Irons fans. The fans have astonishingly snapped up the entire 7,200 tickets allocated by Blackburn for the fifth round FA Cup clash this weekend. And after DG had paid a massive tribute to them, Sullivan told the official site: […]
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Stand up for FA Cup against the wreckers
Posted on 17 February 2016.
The FA Cup has become of the utmost importance to us Hammers this year but ClaretandHugh FB member CAROL COMBES fears that Football Association suggestions to turn it into a midweek competition with no replays will harm it irreparably. She declares: “It’s not about the football…it’s about the money.” Remember the F.A. Cup? That […]
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Video Blog: Rovers v Irons previewed!
Posted on 17 February 2016.
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Slav’s FA Cup Randolph poser
Posted on 17 February 2016.
Darren Randolph is set for another FA Cup outing against Blackburn Rovers but the ‘Adrian pressure’ is growing on boss Slaven Bilic. Randolph has been quite sensational so far and looked the equal of the No 1 on his FA Cup excursions but ClaretandHugh understands that the boss is having to think about his involvement […]
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England v Germany Boleyn game for Mooro?
Posted on 16 February 2016.
Claret and Hugh understands the club are looking into the possibility of staging an England XI v Germany XI match at the Boleyn Ground before the season ends to commemorate the contribution Bobby Moore, Martin Peters and Geoff Hurst made in winning the World Cup in 1966 fifty years ago. A crowd of 93,000 spectators – […]
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FA Cup fifth round sells out
Posted on 16 February 2016.
West Ham has sold all 7,200 tickets for Ewood park this Sunday. Son of the chairman, David Sullivan Junior confirmed the news this evening on twitter by saying “We’ve sold out 7,200 ticket allocation for Blackburn, 5 days in advance. Bare in mind it’s a 4/5 hour trip and on TV. Best fans going ⚒” […]
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£4 million Jelavic? In our dreams
Posted on 16 February 2016.
ClaretandHugh has again been assured this afternoon that reports of Nikicia Jelavic’s transfer to China nrtting the club a transfer fee of £4 million are false. Various media outlets have claimed the Hammers sold the Croatian for £4 million but that was rubbished by a highly placed source at Upton Park. Such a fee would […]
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Lanzini set for Blackburn return
Posted on 16 February 2016.
West ham Chairman, David Gold says he is hopeful the Manuel Lanzini will travel with the Hammers squad to Blackburn for the fifth round FA Cup match at Ewood park on Sunday. Gold posted on twitter today “I’m hoping Lanzini travels to Blackburn. dg” Ten days ago Bilic confirmed Lanzini has resumed first team training saying […]
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“We’ll finish with 66 points” – the fans react
Posted on 16 February 2016.
ClaretandHugh’s associate editor Sean Whetstone bravely put his head on the block by forecasting the remainder of West Ham’s League games and coming up with a final points total of 66. Here’s how members of the CandH Facebook forum at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ have reacted. O A bit on the optimistic side I think! I reckon another […]
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We can all be ‘told you so fans’….BUT!
Posted on 16 February 2016.
CandH blogger Pete Ellis takes another sideways look at us fans and how too often we want it both ways Football fans. Which one are you? I must admit, at times I’ve been both! As recently as 4.27pm on Saturday, I allowed myself get caught in the trap of thinking the worst as I discovered out […]
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FA slash semi and Final ticket prices
Posted on 16 February 2016.
Irons fans will receive a big cash bonus should the club reach the semi finals and Final of the FA Cup. For according to reports this morning the FA is slashing ticket prices for both events as they bid to ease the pressure on fans’ pockets. Prices for the Final have been reduced by £5 […]
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Irons points total – my head on the block
Posted on 15 February 2016.
ClaretandHugh’s associate editor Sean Whetstone has taken a look at our remaining games and come to a brave conclusion on how many points we will collect by the end of the season…read on! West Ham have now hit the magical total of 40 points at the weekend, we would usually be signing with relief at […]
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Obiang threat to Song deal – the fans react
Posted on 15 February 2016.
A big debate is going off over at ClaretandHugh’s facebook group on whether Pedro Obiang will wreck Alex Song’s hopes of a permanent deal. Word on the Hammers grapevine is that Pedro is now ahead of the Barelona loanee for a starting spot. Here’s some random thoughts from CandH members. Come and join then @https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ […]
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DG: “No divine right …we have to be happy “
Posted on 15 February 2016.
David Gold admits to disappointment after the result at Norwich but reckons everybody under-estimated the effects of the Liverpool 120 minutes. He also pointed out that games against struggling teams are always tough pointing to the Sunderland v Man United game as a prime example. Dpeaking exclusively to ClaretandHugh he said: “Nobody has a divine […]
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Zarate sent off for love bite
Posted on 15 February 2016.
Former Hammer Mauro Zarate was sent off after grabbing and possibly biting Inter Milan’s Jeison Murillo by the neck on Valentine’s day evening. However Zarate claims he was punched twice during the scenes that marred the end of Fiorentina’s 2-1 win on Sunday night. After Khouma Babacar scored the winner in stoppage time, Zarate initially refused […]
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Jelavic fee agreed …but not at £9m!
Posted on 15 February 2016.
West Ham are set to receive a humble £1.5 million for Nikica Jelavic. Despite reports that the club is set to receive anything from between £4 million to £9 million for the striker we revealed on February 2 that the fee would be less than they paid for him. The fee of £9 million mentioned […]
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Jack makes Noble ‘testimonial’ decision
Posted on 15 February 2016.
Jack Collison claims he “can just about get out to play ” in Mark Noble’s Testimonial on March 28. Having retired from the game because of a knee injury Jack will turn out in the game even if it turns out to be for short time. Speaking to the ClaretandHugh interview section of MooreThanJustAPodcast tonight – […]
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Jelavic arrives in China
Posted on 15 February 2016.
West Ham striker Nikica Jelavic has arrived in China to complete his move to Beijing Renhe. Jelavic has landed in China to wrap up the formalities of the transfer to Renhe, who were relegated after finishing 15th in the top flight last year. The Croatia forward joined the Hammers on deadline day last September for around £2m […]
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Bilic makes a pledge
Posted on 15 February 2016.
Slaven Bilic has given an assurance there will no repeats of last season with the Hammers sliding down the table. The draw at Norwich, following the defeat at Southampton, has set up the spectre of an end of season similar to last year when we sunk after a brilliant start. The Irons of course started their fall […]
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Slav’s content …but an issue may remain
Posted on 14 February 2016.
Ok, I can understand why Slav declared himself content with the 2-2 draw at Carrow Road. To pull two goals back is always an achievement and he of course mentioned the extraordinarily emotional and physically draining game against Liverpool in midweek. I think it’s pretty obvious by now that I’m as big a fan of […]
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Collison raving about this Iron
Posted on 14 February 2016.
Jack Collison has become a massive Michail Antonio fan. The Hammers cult hero – who has gone through more than most during his time in the game – announced his retirement on Saturday. And tomorrow evening he will appear in the ClaretandHugh interview section of MooreThanJustAPodcast when among much else he will discuss the impact […]
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OS capacity unlikely to increase in short term
Posted on 14 February 2016.
Yesterday, Claret and Hugh revealed as many as 25,000 West Ham supporters on the Olympic Stadium priority list could be disappointed as demand for OS season tickets outstrips supply. There are believed to be fewer than 9,000 season tickets remaining for next season for the 34,000 strong waiting list who have paid a tenner piece […]
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New Payet Video-The Love Affair Continues
Posted on 14 February 2016.
With another goal and assist yesterday we dedicate this new video to Dimitri Payet today on Valentine’s day. From just 19 appearances the play maker has scored 7 goals, made 5 assists and completed 838 passes with 82% pass accuracy. Dimi we love you! The Love affair continues Share This:
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Video blog: Row Z – all the week’s new right here
Posted on 14 February 2016.
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Howard Webb explains why he thinks VAR Michael Oliver was WRONG to make penalty call which led to Erik ten Hag’s Man United sacking
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West Ham star Michail Antonio misses Jamaica’s clash with the USA after losing his PASSPORT, reveals boss Steve McClaren
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