West Ham insists that only one season ticket holder has been relocated due to new security measures brought in by Newham’s Safety Advisory Board. A West Ham insider told Claret and Hugh that the disabled season ticket holder in question has accepted a free place in hospitality for the remainder of the season. Other disabled […]
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Relocated season ticket holder given hospitality
Posted on 30 March 2018.
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Hammers fans will make Hughes eat his words
Posted on 30 March 2018.
Southampton Mark Hughes’ comments about the issues surrounding the London Stadium and the Hammers as a club touched a few nerves this morning. But I have every faith and confidence that the brilliant Hammers fans will see him eating his words big time by 5 pm tomorrow (Saturday). We have heard nothing other much then […]
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Hughes hopes London Stadium anxiety will help Saints
Posted on 29 March 2018.
Southampton manager Mark Hughes wants his team to get on the scoresheet early at the London Stadium to pile on the pressure and hopes the atmosphere and anxiety amongst West Ham fans will affect the Hammers performance negativity. Hughes told reporters at his pre-match Press conference “West Ham have their own problems to deal with, it […]
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Khan supports Brooking and Noble messages
Posted on 29 March 2018.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has backed messages from Sir Trevor Brooking and Mark Noble to West Ham supporters. Khan told the London Standard “I fully support Sir Trevor Brooking and West Ham captain Mark Noble’s open letters to fans, urging them to back the team on Saturday. Nobody wants to witness scenes like those during the […]
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Good news on injury front ahead of crucial clash
Posted on 29 March 2018.
Excluding long absentees, Winston Reid, Pedro Obiang and Sam Byram who have all been ruled out for the season David Moyes looks to have a full squad to choose from. As revealed earlier, Andy Carroll is not due to be fit until 16th April at the earliest but previous injury doubts Cheik Kouyate and James Collins both trained […]
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Hammer hangs up boots as he faces bankruptcy
Posted on 29 March 2018.
West Ham cult hero Carlton Cole has confirmed he has retired from professional football. The former Hammer has been training with AFC Wimbledon but told WHUFC.com today. “This is a bit of an exclusive actually!” he laughed. “I’m still getting offers to play, but the fact is that I feel I am in a different […]
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Andy Carroll tipped to be West Ham’s saviour
Posted on 29 March 2018.
David Moyes has revealed in his London Standard column that he expects Andy Carroll to be fit for the last four to five games of the season This could mean Carroll targets the home game against Stoke at the London Stadium on 16th April, if not it could come at the Emirates Stadium against Arsenal […]
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Finally some good news for West Ham
Posted on 29 March 2018.
Finally some good news, a supercomputer has calculated that West Ham will retain their Premier League status and will finish the table in May on 39 points in 15th place this season. The computer believes the Hammers will amass nine points by winning three games in the next eight games but predicts five more losses. […]
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BBC pundit predicts West Ham joy
Posted on 29 March 2018.
BBC pundit Mark Lawrenson predicts all three points will go West Ham’s way this Saturday. Lawro writes on the BBC website: It is going to be very interesting to see what the atmosphere is like at London Stadium after what happened there in West Ham’s last home game – the 3-0 loss to Burnley. That […]
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Poll: West Ham v Southampton result
Posted on 29 March 2018.
West Ham plays their first game in three weeks as they face Southampton at the London Stadium on Saturday. Bookmakers Paddypower have West Ham 9/5 for the win while putting Southampton on 8/5 with the draw with 21/10 odds. Historically West Ham has triumphed 74 times Southampton 5o times and 46 matches have ended in […]
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Hammers announce special security measures
Posted on 29 March 2018.
A series of measures will be introduced to ensure the safety of supporter safety at Saturday’s match against Southampton. In an official statement on the club website the Club has announced it has worked closely with stadium operators LS185, E20, the Metropolitan Police, London Borough of Newham and fans – via the Supporter Advisory Board […]
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Hammers v Saints: Pundit claims first half an hour critical
Posted on 29 March 2018.
Paul Merson has dubbed the Hammers v Saints game a 30 minute game believing the the Irons have to be winning after half an hour or find themselves deep in trouble. He believes that if they don’t have their noses in front after 30 minutes, the atmosphere inside the stadium “will be toxic.” He told Sky […]
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Moyes puts onus on players not fans! Hooray
Posted on 29 March 2018.
David Moyes has turned all the “get behind the players” spin from the Hammers media office and elsewhere on its head and told the boys on the pitch to change the mood. Not before time the manager has made it clear that the squad must be the people who sort out the issues inside the […]
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We send Mayor TEN key questions on Stadium issues
Posted on 29 March 2018.
Quite rightly, many questions have been asked of the West Ham United board and the move to the London Stadium. We have seen the protests and whatever side of the fence anyone sits on there is surely nobody would question anybody’s right to ask the questions. Certainly not us! All the arguments have had an […]
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£13 million striker wants Hammers move
Posted on 29 March 2018.
Fyodor Smolov is today being reported as wanting to join the Irons before the World Cup. Sky Sports claim that a source close to the player says West Ham “can end the Cold War” by signing the Krasnodar striker. The 28-year-old scored for Russia in the country’s defeat by France in midweek and also found […]
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Tense, yes, but Irons rivals face very tough fixtures
Posted on 29 March 2018.
Take a look at Saturday’s match in total isolation to everything else going on at the bottom of the table and it looks one of those MUST WIN games. In reality of course it’s not and although I expect us to win it’s my view that a draw would be a reasonable outcome at this […]
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Southgate has a heart to Hart
Posted on 29 March 2018.
Gareth Southgate has indicated that Joe Hart will be in his plans for the World Cup but that may be based on other factors than a position as No 1. Hart is currently a back up goalkeeper in the international squad with both Jack Butland and Jordan Pickford ahead of him. However, the England manager is […]
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Owen picks Hammers/Saints winner
Posted on 29 March 2018.
Pundit Michael Owen reckons Southampton are set to turn us over at the London Stadium on Saturday. The former England and Liverpool striker – now seemingly restricted to BetVictor as his outlet for media work – is hardly surprising predicting a tight and tense affair. And in giving his verdict he said: “This is a massive […]
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Julian Dicks: “Fans must be heard”
Posted on 29 March 2018.
Julian Dicks has defended the fans right to protest as new demonstrations are planned for Saturday! The Terminator – choosing to give an interview to The Sun – declared: “I don’t agree with the fighting, the coin throwing and the violence — but fans must be heard “They are deeply frustrated with the way things are […]
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Hughes’ F-word Arnie abuse can spur Irons
Posted on 28 March 2018.
ClaretandHugh blogger Allen Cummings has touched on the sub plot which will be played out between his former boss Mark Hughes and himself on Saturday afternoon when Southampton come calling. Arnie suffered some merciless barracking and abuse from the locals when he went back to the Potteries with the Irons last December when Hughes was […]
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Mayor doesn’t understand how difficult the situation is
Posted on 28 March 2018.
Karren Brady was asked about her meeting with Sadiq Khan at the Supporters’ Advisory Board on Monday evening. Brady admitted saying “She doesn’t think the London Mayor understands how difficult the situation is but acknowledged it is not easy for him to sort out. In reality, he has got an £8m bill to move the […]
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Brooking meets Supporters’ board
Posted on 28 March 2018.
Sir Trevor Brooking met with the West Ham Supporters’ Advisory Board chaired by Karren Brady on Monday evening at the London Stadium. Brooking addressed the meeting, first reflecting on his first hand experiences of the Burnley game describing it as a very sad day, and personally for him to be sitting in that area where […]
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Police in the dark over protests
Posted on 28 March 2018.
Met Police have revealed they are in the dark over the organisers of two protests planned outside the London Stadium on Saturday. One protest involves a stroll from Stratford park to the Stadium at 12.30pm while another planned static demonstration tells supporters to ensemble at 1 pm at Stratford station for wait for further instructions. […]
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Police throw big doubts over Khan’s claims
Posted on 28 March 2018.
London mayor Sadiq Khan’s claims of a co-ordinated protest by West Ham fans during the match against Burnley have been knocked down by police. Khan – speaking at Mayor’s Question Time – had said: “More than a dozen fights broke out in the stands between fans. 26 individuals tried to get on the pitch and 22 […]
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Moyes on scouting mission
Posted on 28 March 2018.
David Moyes watched Nigerian and Serbia at The Hive Stadium in Barnet last night as he took himself off on a personal scouting mission. All Nigeria Soccer reports hat representatives from both West Ham and Newcastle United were in attendance as Serbia ran out 2-0 winners thanks to a double from Toon striker Aleksandar Mitrovic. The […]
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Match day checks for three Hammers
Posted on 28 March 2018.
David Moyes will leave decisions over the involvement of three players against Southampton until Saturday as their various ‘injury’ issues are addressed. The Irons boss will check out Manu Lanzini, Cheik Kouyate and James Collins ahead of the Southampton match with the Argentinian midfielder currently rated the most doubtful. The player has suffered a muscle […]
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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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Howard Webb admits VAR was WRONG to send David Coote to pitchside monitor over West Ham’s winning penalty against Man United in game that got Erik ten Hag sacked – as referee chief urges officials to ‘make own judgement’
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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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Jarrod Bowen scores within SECONDS after coming off the bench during England’s clash with Ireland – as West Ham star bags with his first touch in Nations League game
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Chelsea LGBTQ+ supporters group lash out at ‘hateful comments’ directed at Sam Kerr and her fiancee Kristie Mewis after announcing they are expecting their first child
