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Joao Mario insists he’s still doing his best to make an impression at West Ham after a mediocre start to life in claret and blue. As reported here yesterday (Mon) it is now highly unlikely the Portuguese midfielder will land a permanent deal at the end of the season. But that won’t stop him trying […]

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Major League Baseball is coming to the London Stadium with the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox set to play each twice in the summer of 2019. The matches are tabled for June 29-30 to fit in with British Athletics’ summer plans for the venue. While the proposed games are yet to be finalised, […]

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The London Assembly Budget Monitoring Sub-Committee will  tomorrow question two of the key decision makers associated with the London Stadium, who were in post before the London 2012 Olympics took place: David Edmonds CBE, former Chairman, LLDC and Neale Coleman CBE, former Deputy Chairman, LLDC will both be present to give evidence to the GLA committee about why […]

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Declan Rice has told the Sun newspaper that fans have got every right to not be happy admitting the team have not been performing well in recent weeks. Rice told the tabloid “The fans pay their money and they’ve got every right to not be happy. We haven’t been performing in recent weeks. I’ve had a […]

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Controversial former Hammer Ravel Morrison looks to have finally turned his back on England and is ready to play for Jamaica. The one time Hammers miisfit is currently playing for Atlas in Mexico. And the 25 year old has now posted a letter on Instagram that appears to be the Jamaica Football Federation asking him […]

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Declan Rice has revealed that former Chelsea defender John Terry has helped mentor him since he was released from Chelsea and he often meets up with him in Surrey where they both live. Rice told the Sun Newspaper “Me and John Terry are really good friends. When I got released from Chelsea, he gave me a […]

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New deals for Manuel Lanzini and Declan Rice will need to wait until West Ham’s Premier League status is confirmed. West Ham wants to tie Rice down to a new deal worth around £25,000 a week. The 19-year-old is currently contacted until 2020 and is believed to be on £10,000 a week despite playing 23 senior […]

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League Two’s bottom club Barnet have sacked head coach Graham Westley and re-appointed former Hammer Martin Allen as their manager. Westley was in charge for just over two months after arriving on 15 January, but won only two of his 11 games in charge. The former West Ham midfielder Allen arrives for a fifth spell […]

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  By Allen Cummings   How many of us sat watching the Wigan v Southampton cup tie with our ‘wannabe’ managerial hats on? I studiously assessed our next premier league opponents, trying to weigh up what we faced in possibly our biggest game of the season so far. On the face of it the Saints’ […]

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West Ham will not be moving to make Joao Mario’s move permanent in the summer should they remain in the Premier League. The midfielder has been disappointing since arriving on a loan in January and ClaretandHugh understands there is no chance of the club meeting a transfer fee of around £26 million. His performances have […]

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West Ham will play a friendly at Dagenham & Redbridge on Wednesday to help the financially troubled National League club. All proceeds from the match will go towards the Daggers. “Our major benefactor has decided he is unable to fund the club going forward,” managing director Stephen Thompson told BBC Radio London last month. “We […]

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David Gold and David Sullivan’s presence in the London Stadium director’s box for the Southampton game is today being confirmed by the London Evening Standard. But a report in London’s evening newspaper adds that they have yet to make up their minds about attending a game at Dagenham and Redbridge on Wednesday. ClaretandHugh revealed yesterday […]

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West Ham are outsiders of the  relegation fighting clubs to take the drop. The High Street bookies are never very far wrong on such issues – they can’t afford to be – and the odds makers give the Irons a realistic chance of staying up over the likes of Stoke, Southampton and Huddersfield. Indeed, the […]

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Hammers Josh Cullen and Declan Rice have been named Republic of Ireland players of the year last night. Cullen was named the Irish Under 21 player of the year award while Rice picked up the Under 19 Irish player of the year award. Elsewhere, former Hammer Sean Maguire was named as SSE Airtricity League Player of […]

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West Ham is looking at the possibility of landing former Arsenal director of football Dick Law to become take over the role vacated by sacked Tony Henry. Co-chairman David Sullivan has promised to step back from transfers and Law is one of the front-runners to get the job. However, no decision will be made until the […]

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THE FA are reported as having met with West Ham’s former head of recruitment Tony Henry over his race row. Henry received his marching orders from the club after making discriminating remarks against Africans claiming they “can have a bad attitude.” According to The Sun he is likely to attend a racism awareness course as part […]

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Former Hammer John Hartson says the talk of a director of football is a distraction at the moment as West Ham attempt to avoid dropping into the relegation zone when they face Southampton in a crucial game on Saturday 31st March. Hartson also points out that many top managers will not work with them. Hartson wrote on […]

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Karren Brady’s article in the Sun newspaper on Saturday has received a mixed reception from West Ham supporters. Some see it is the start of an apology to heal the rift between fans and the board while others see it a cynical ploy to fill her newspaper column. A number of football supporters up and […]

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David Sullivan, David Gold and Karren Brady look certain to be back on their director box positions for the match against Southampton. The trio are determined to face up the threat of any abuse believing it would be a dereliction of their duties to make themselves invisible for the afternoon. There have been strong claims […]

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Watford and Newcastle have reportedly joined West Ham in the chase of Fulham’s outsatnding midfielder Tom Cairney. We were strongly linked with the player in the winter transfer window and according to the Mirror, Fulham will be ready to let him go for £20 million if they fail to land promotion from the Championship. The […]

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Andre Ayew has admitted has admitted he could have given more to West Ham ! The former Hammers misfit has of course returned to his former club Swansea in an £18 million move amid allegations that it should never have happened given the Swans were serious relegation rivals at the time. But Ayew has accepted […]

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It would be easy to make a case supporting Pablo Zabaleta as the Hammer of the Year. OK, it’s hardly been a vintage season but nobody can fault the effort, determination and desire of the veteran right back. One thing is for certain however, his Hammers of the year are the supporters who have suffered […]

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Squeaky bum time doesn’t enter into it – this is a time when every single nerve end is screaming at us so I inevitably have to look at the relegation scrap. This time I have given it a twist by awarding the absolute minimum number of points I believe those from 18th  position upwards to […]

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A new summary of West Ham’s financial accounts has been published by PriceOfFootball.com  this week. The wide-ranging and in-depth article points out that West Ham’s wage bill rose by 12% to £95 million in 2017. They say it’s a significant increase and puts the club ahead of some of its rivals, but is still behind Everton […]

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West Ham Vice-Chairman Karren Brady has finally secured a meeting with the Mayor of London for crisis talks about the London Stadium four months after he said he was taking personal charge of the London Stadium following Newham council’s exit from stadium ownership company E20. The Hammers have been granted a meeting with Sadiq Khan on Monday 26th March, but it […]

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Official minutes from London Stadium owners E20 board in late January confirm that the public organisation was looking for ways to reduce cost on stewarding. The papers released online as part of the London Mayor’s transparency programme on the stadium say the company was legally obliged to provide a higher number of stewards even though […]

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