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National newspaper journalist and  mega Manchester City fan Scott Loney has sent ClaretandHugh this very personal blog to remind Hammers fans their current London Stadium problems are not unique. By Scott Loney Sheikh Mansour dropped roughly £210m of his estimated £20 billion fortune when he acquired my beloved club Manchester City back in August 2008. […]

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Marko Arnautovic is on fire as the highly critical match against Southampton approaches this weekend. The club’s record signing grabbed his third goal of the international break in Austria’s 4-0 friendly international win over Luxembourg. Arnie had netted twice in Austria’s win over Slovenia on Friday and was again on target  within four minutes at […]

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The London Stadium is forecast to lose £23m in this financial year come close to next month. Athletics is often touted as the problem but in fact represents just 50 per cent of the problem. UK Athletics pay just £35,000 per year as a maintenance fee plus a share of ticket profits on crowds larger […]

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“There needs to be a complete and utter overhaul at the club, at probably every level,” Former Hammer Tony Cottee has told Sky Sports “Can you do that now? I’m not so sure. There are eight games left. It is important that everybody sticks together, the fans, the players, the management.Everybody has to stick together […]

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Crowd safety barriers will go up on the walkway in front of the director’s box at the London Stadium before Saturday to prevent a repeat of the protest that marred the West Ham v Burnley match. One disabled season ticket holder told KUMB.com that they have been moved from their normal seat to allow the erection […]

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Mark Noble has taken the unusual step of writing an open letter to the fans opening with the words ‘Dear fellow Hammer’ as he bids to play into their passion ahead of Saturday’s game. In fairness to the club’s official site www.whufc.com it’s not a bad promotional technique as the club prepares for its biggest […]

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Way back in 2016 ClaretandHugh published this article explaining the huge difference in the amounts of money paid for the use of the London Stadium by West Ham and UK Athletics. In the light of recent events we thought it worth running again given the tensions that are apparently surfacing between the stadium owners and […]

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Joao Mario could land a near last chance to nail down a Hammers future on Saturday if the worst case scenario surrounding Manu Lanzini develops. The club still hasn’t heard the outcome of the Argentine’s scan on the knock he received against Italy last week and so options remain open at this stage on team […]

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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s meeting with Karren Brady yesterday looks very much like the tea and biscuits meeting  he’d claimed he wanted to avoid. Much has been said about the move to the stadium and I was among those who opposed it. Sadly it went ahead and despite all the frustration and irritation that’s […]

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West Ham Vice-Chairman Karren Brady finally achieved her meeting with London Mayor, Sadiq Khan 15 months after first asking. Disappointingly the meeting lasted just 45 minutes indicating the complex issues surrounding the London Stadium could not be resolved between the pair in that time frame. Last week the London Mayor insisted he had not met […]

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Southampton’s Charlie Austin is racing to be fit for his first game in 16 against West Ham on Saturday. Austin remains the club’s six-goal top-scorer despite his long absence from action with a hamstring injury but is now back in action and hoping to play some part in the London Stadium clash. Saints record signing, […]

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West Ham are sweating on Manu Lanzini being fit for the weekend match against Southampton after it emerged that he was being scanned for the knock he received in the match against Italy when making his debut for the Argentina national team. The precise nature of the injury is still not known but the national […]

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Arthur Masuaku was one of four players to quit the DR Congo set up today and return to West Ham United. The left sided wing back was set for an international debut in his nation’s  friendly against Tanzania in Dar-Es-Salaam tomorrow (Tues) but instead booked a ticket for London and the east end after an […]

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The majority of supporters think West Ham will be relegated this season. Nearly 51% of 1,395 voters said the Hammers will face relegation while 49% of those who took part in a Claret and Hugh poll think we can survive the drop. With ten games left to play West Ham sit precariously in 17th spot […]

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Let’s be brutally frank about this, if the Hammers survive this awful season the board of directors are going to have to dig deeper into their pockets than ever before to sort out the mess in our squad.. Truth is that from back to front we look much less than average in most positions  and […]

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Manu Lanzini has picked up a knock whilst on international duty. And although it is unlikely to keep him out of the match against Southampton this weekend it comes as a minor worry at  the wrong time. The precise nature of the injury is not known at this stage early reports are that it will […]

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Sam Byram’s West Ham future is very much on the line as the club heads towards summer. And even should the Hammers slip into the Championship the player’s injury record this season limits his chances of remaining at the club. Although he was  near ever-present for Leeds whilst at Elland Road his regular problems at […]

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A West Ham fan who was born in Dagenham and lived for several years in Plaistow, a stone’s throw from the Boleyn Ground needs help after suffering appalling injuries in Thailand in a motorcycle accident. Hammer Harry Cross had been travelling Southeast Asia for the last 5 months. On his way to extend his travel visa, Harry […]

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West Ham Vice-Chairman Karren Brady has refused to rule out any future ambition to become the London Mayor but says she has too much on at the moment. Asked by the Observer what ambitions are still unfulfilled? Brady answered: “I don’t know. The toughest thing about being a success is you’ve got to keep on […]

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Karren Brady says she has no intention of walking away from West Ham telling a reporter she has never walked away from anything in her life and she isn’t going to start now. The Baroness was doing an interview for the Guardian about a new TV show about the gender pay gap. The first lady of […]

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By Allen Cummings There’s there’s the prospect of an intriguing and possibly highly influential sub-plot to the game tween West Ham and Southampton – a personal duel that’s bound to add a bit extra spice to the already eagerly anticipated encounter. And it may play a big part in deciding define the destination of three […]

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West Ham will not be head hunting any managerial candidates until the club’s end of season fate is known! Speculation – if that’s what it can be called – arose in The Sun today that “feelers” had been put out in the direction of former Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini. A very attractive proposition of […]

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It didn’t take long did it – Manu Lanzini scored for Argentina against Italy…is pictured with Messi and is wanted by Barcelona! Big sigh. International weeks need to be treated with all sorts of caution …players’ lips are loosened when away from their clubs and rumours circulate quicker than time! I was in fact was […]

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With ten games left to play West Ham sit precariously in 17th spot just 2 points off the relegation zone. A loss against 18th place Southampton next Saturday would see us swap places and the Hammers would end up in the relegation zone. While West Brom looks all but down on just twenty points from […]

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According to Spanish newspaper Don Balon, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has told his teammate Luis Suarez that Manuel Lanzini would fit in perfectly at the Camp Nou. Lanzini has chalked up 18 goals and 15 assists in 96 appearances for West Ham thus far. He scored his debut goal for Argentina earlier this week much to the delight of […]

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Leicester’s head of senior player recruitment Eduardo Macia is on a short list to become West Ham’s new director of football according to a report. The highly-regarded Spaniard has previously worked at Valencia and Liverpool and was credited with helping sign the likes of Fernando Torres, Raheem Sterling and Javier Mascherano. Macia, who was previously […]

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