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West Ham are hoping Andy Carroll will be back in the first team squad for the match against Manchester City on Sunday April 29 but to be definitely available for the away trip to Leicester. Carroll was included for the warm weather training trip to Miami and that was based on the progress he has […]

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Having been away for a week following a personal loss I have followed just one issue from deepest Cornwall as far as West Ham is concerned. Some things are bigger – much bigger than football. Losing a loved one is probably the most extreme among them – but unity at such times is critical – […]

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Hammers legend Phil Parkes  isn’t sure David Moyes will want to stay at West Ham beyond this season regardless of its outcome. Relegation is on everybody’s mind but Parksey believes two wins will do it for us with Southampton and Stoke there to be taken so long as the fans give it everything they’ve got. […]

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The West Ham first-team squad arrived back in the UK from Florida in the early hours of this morning after completing five days of warm-weather training in Miami. The players who have been enjoying temperatures in the US as high 30c arrived back to a sub-zero climate and a flurry of snow. They were staying […]

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Pablo Zabaleta has told the club’s website that he understands the frustration of fans but says everyone needs to pull together and be united. Zaba told Wets Ham TV in Miami “It’s been a difficult season in terms of injuries and many things that sometimes have affected the team. To the fans all we can say […]

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The West Ham United Independent Supporters’ Association (WHUISA) have been invited to meet with WestHam owner David Sullivan next Tuesday the association have announced to their members today. They say as a democratic group, the meeting will be guided by the questions the majority of their paid members would like addressed. The email to paid-up members says  […]

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Interviews with West Ham fans about their views of what led to last Saturday’s pitch invasions and protest against the board has been broadcast on Sky Sports Soccer Saturday. Interviews with Hammers fans included WHUSIA vice chairman Paul Turner, Sex Drugs and Carlton Cole site founder Dave Walker and retired newspaper journalist Brian Williams. The […]

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Accounts for a company called Boleyn Phoenix Limited appears to suggest that Galliard Homes sold the Boleyn Ground land for a £22m mark on the £38m they paid West Ham. The Boleyn Phoenix hopefully owned by Galliard shows revenue of nearly £60m with the cost of sales of £40m. After spending £38m on the land, Galliard spent […]

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Spirit of Shankly member Roy Bentham sees a lot of similarities between Liverpool fans’ own struggle in the late-noughties and West Ham fans against their board. Bentham blogged for the FSF on what its like fighting for your club… “I looked at Saturday’s events in Stratford down in the capital on television and two things instantly came […]

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Former Hammer Tony Gale has urged West Ham fans to unite behind the team in a bid to avoid another “nightmare” relegation. When recalling the impact that the Bond scheme protests had on his season 1992 season at West Ham, Gale said: “It was an absolute nightmare. The crowd that was normally so with you, […]

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West Ham has called an emergency meeting of the Supporters’ Advisory Board before the next game against Southampton. The club wrote to members of the advisory board this week saying “Following the events that marred last Saturday’s match with Burnley, we would like to invite you to an Emergency Supporter Advisory Board meeting to be […]

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Self-confessed West Ham fan Sir Robin Wales has been deselected by his party today for the election for Newham mayor after 23 years in power. The Labour mayor of Newham will be replaced in May’s local elections by Rokhsana Fiaz. Sir Robin had faced opposition after Newham council spent over £50m under his leadership on […]

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The FA have published written reasons for West Ham anti-doping fine. Three strikes were two wrong addresses for Manuel Lanzini and one unnamed Academy player being absent the club claim who was called away on U-23 duty at short notice. FA ‘concerned’ charged West Ham after three breaches in just three months. Earlier this month […]

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West Ham Vice Chairman has used her Sun column to apologise on behalf of everyone at West Ham and says the Board takes full responsibility for the club’s predicament. Writing for the tabloid Brady Says “FIRST of all I want to apologise on behalf of everyone at the football club for what we witnessed last […]

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan has rebuked Karren Brady for claiming that cuts in the London Stadium’s security budget were responsible for the crowd trouble that marred West Ham last Saturday according to the Guardian. West Ham’s vice-chairman wrote to the mayor of London after an emergency meeting between stakeholders on Monday and said David Sadler, […]

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BBC journalist Simon Stone says he stands by his comments that Saturday’s trouble were organised by mobile phones Simon wrote Twitter “Re: comments on  West Ham story + strength of feeling against it. Firstly, I did not make it up. Info came via credible source + I had no reason to think it was incorrect. Secondly, there is official statement […]

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by Allen Cummings It’s probably an understatement but right now we could all do with a new hero. A saviour. Someone who can lift our spirits and lighten the gloom that has descended like an old style London fog on the London Stadium, engulfing all and sundry. We need someone to lift us. Excite us. […]

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Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has come to the defence of David Sullivan and David Gold. “I do not wish what happened at West Ham on anyone. I do not look at that and think ‘that is great for us at Palace’,” said Parish, speaking to local media this week. “I know David Sullivan and […]

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A Claret and Hugh poll of 1,583 supporters says West Ham owners David Sullivan David Gold should stay away from the next home game versus Southampton on 31st March. Over 56% said the owners should not be in the directors’ box for the next home game at the London Stadium with over nearly 49% saying […]

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BBC journalist Simon Stone claims West Ham troubles at the London Stadium were organised using mobile phones and that 85% of the attempts to invade the pitch were repelled. Stone wrote on his Twitter account last night: “It is estimated stewards repelled 85% of the attempts to get on the pitch West Ham on Saturday. Trouble wasn’t […]

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The London Stadium Stadium Safety Advisory Board which met yesterday has said it would while it accepted the troubles last weekend were caused by a small minority of fans it would seriously consider forcing West Ham to play behind closed door effectively banning all fans. In a Statement released on WHUFC.com last week the SAG […]

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West Ham players returned to Miami beach this afternoon after training all morning but decided to keep their clothes on this time after intense media attention when they sunned themselves on Tuesday afternoon after training.  Andy Carroll, Mark Noble, Declan Rice, Aaron Cresswell and Jordan Hugill were all photographed by paps as they ventured out […]

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Sir Trevor Brooking says unhappy West Ham fans should stay away from the remaining five home games while Hammers skipper Mark Noble says supporters should unite behind the team in their remaining games to avoid relegation. While further protests are planned the reality is the board can’t do anything meaningful until the summer, they can’t […]

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Yesterday radio station Talk sport claimed that West Ham would pay for a beefed-up police presence at the London Stadium to prevent any repeat of the trouble which marred Saturday’s defeat to Burnley. They said ‘In light of this violence, West Ham have insisted that police officers be deployed inside the ground for the five remaining home […]

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 ITK EXWHUEmployee is suggesting that West Ham supporters should wear a retro shirt at the next home game at the London Stadium against Southampton to show support for the team in a united front of solidarity behind the players. EX explained to C&H this morning: “basically in a nutshell, I am fed up with the way our […]

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They say a picture paints a thousand words so it is unfortunate to see images of West Ham players sunning themselves on Miami beach in the tabloid laughing and rubbing sun cream into each other as they sun themselves. The timing is awful from a PR perspective after an awful week in the media in […]

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