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A report in the Daily Telegraph says West Ham will demand to take over stewarding of the London Stadium. Chief football writer for the broadsheet Jason Burt writes  “West Ham United will demand to take over the stewarding of the London Stadium after co-owner David Sullivan was struck in the face with a coin during […]

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A report in the Daily Mirror said that the West Ham owners have requested urgent talks with the London Mayor Sadiq Khan. Darren Lewis writes in the Mirror “David Sullivan and David Gold are instead demanding urgent talks with London Mayor Sadiq Khan over the public order crisis on Saturday afternoon. The Irons claim Khan has […]

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A report in the Daily Mail today claims that West Ham could have their home capacity reduced for their next home match at the London Stadium. The tabloid claims “West Ham now face the major threat of having their stadium capacity reduced for their next home league game against Southampton on Saturday after four separate […]

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The removal of the corner flag and running to the circle was a homage to the 1992 protest against the West Ham Bond Scheme. At a home game against Everton in February in 1992, a West Ham fan climbed out of the old South Bank terraces at the Boleyn Ground, grabbed a corner flag and […]

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Mark Noble refuses to blame the supporter who ran on the pitch who later tackled saying his emotions were high like mine.“It is hard for me personally because I am a West Ham fan myself and the results affect me more than anyone else, but in this league for the past two seasons really it […]

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James Collins has spoken about the fan incident with Mark Noble saying: “I think any fan running on the pitch and seeing my friend and captain and a boy who loves this club as much as me and who has been here since he was a kid…having to do that with a fan on the […]

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Former Hammer Frank Lampard says he sympathises with some of the frustrated West Ham fans. The former Hammer did not shy away from calling the Hammers fans aggressive, but did offer his thoughts as to what was the catalyst to yesterday’s scenes. “They feel like they’ve lost an identity in moving stadium. Part of that […]

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West Ham supporters have a right to protest against their owners David Gold and David Sullivan, the Daily Telegraph’s Chief Football Writer Sam Wallace told the Sunday Supplement on Sky Sports today. Investigations are still underway by the club and Premier League, and an emergency meeting of all stakeholders has been called following the ugly scenes […]

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“There weren’t sufficient stewards and they couldn’t really cope” Sir Trevor Brooking told BBC Radio 5 Live’s Sportsweek programme this morning. “The club are obviously going to have to look at things with the local police and make sure that trained stewards and police are in place — you’re almost looking at it and saying: […]

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It’s funny how the optimist inside of us often surfaces despite all of the available evidence. There was no reason for me to expect a victory against Burnley given our respective recent form and league standings. Sean Dyche is a manager in the ascendancy and ours is one who has failed in his last three […]

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Reports that West Ham could face up to a ten point deduction or up to three home games behind closed doors have been described as far-fetched by a source close to the FA this evening. The Football Association said it would be seeking observations from West Ham as well as awaiting the match referee’s report. West Ham […]

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Former Hammer Ravel Morrison is probably the last person you would expect to call for the board, players and fans to unite but he did just that on Twitter by posting “West Ham – players, Fans & board I hope use all come over this dark cloud & stick together WEST HAM will not go down […]

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Sir Trevor Brooking has told unhappy supporters to stay away from the London Stadium for the good of th club. “I just think that the different supporter groups obviously got frustrated and were going to have the demonstration and then they cancelled it during the week,” Brooking told the BBC on their Sportsweek program. “It looked […]

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BBC Radio 5 producers contacted Claret and Hugh Associate editor Sean Whetstone last to appear on this morning’s Five Live Sunday breakfast show to give witness eye views on yesterday’s London Stadium troubles. Speaking to BBC presenters Sam Walker and Chris Warburton, Sean explained he thought the trouble was a storm in a teacup pointing […]

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By Claret and Hugh Associate Editor Sean Whetstone I felt compelled to write my version of events from yesterday as I stand not far away from the director’s box in the lower West Stand. First, the media sensationalism of the event is way over the top and reading some reports you would have thought there had […]

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Mark Noble has explained he will always protect himself if a fan approaches him on the pitch adding that he hoped supporters had got it off their chest after yesterday’s game. Noble told a reporter: “I’m a West Ham fan and I’ve always protected the club, If someone approaches me, I’ll protect myself. It’s been like […]

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ClaretandHugh’s Sergey Novysh send an open letter to the board -EVERYBODY NEEDS TO READ THIS!  Dear Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Gold, You’ve been mistreated, you’ve been abused. But enough is enough. It’s time for a strict and proper response. You’ve been trying to be nice to everybody for too long. You’ve been listening to fans […]

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After a couple of weeks absence CandH’s rating experts is back – Niall McDonald hands out his marks on a very bad day at the office Hart: Didn’t think I’d see Hart play again and on this basis I hope I don’t 3 Zabaleta: Got forward well before the break 5 Collins: Pretty standard Collins […]

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David Gold will not be driven out of West Ham. The co chairman spoke with me  this evening after the ghastly scenes of intimidation and threatening behaviour in front of the director’s box at the London Stadium My job on ClaretandHugh is to get news and reaction and this piece is a report of Gold’s […]

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David Moyes made a heartfelt plea for the supporters and players to pull together after another defeat and intense protests from the terraces. He told the official site: “What we need the Club to do now, the supporters and the players, is pull together. When I took over we were in the bottom three and we’re […]

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West Ham 0 Burnley 3 This goes down as perhaps the worst day in West Ham’s history – not because of a defeat at the hands of Burnley but because of crazed mindless so called fans  determined to shame themselves and the club we love. Few of us will have seen such scenes as erupted […]

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Joe Hart’s return to the first team  today is not the biggest surprise in the world but a surprise nonetheless. The competition between him and Adrian has gone on all season and although the Spaniard was – in my opinion – at fault for the first goal last at Swansea week I can’t agree with […]

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West Ham’s under performing players are off to the sun of Miami for five days of warm weather training following today’s match against Burnley. Is this a great idea ?  Followers of ClaretandHugh’s Facebook forum respond. O It’s just a warm weather jolly O Its a joke and hardly merited…. Our chances of relegation have probably increased […]

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David Moyes admits that this season’s relegation battle is tight but West Ham just need to focus on getting 40 points to be safe but admitted it could go down to the last day for many teams including the Hammers. The West Ham manager told reporters: “It’s changing all the time, there is very little […]

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David Moyes confirmed Winston Reid is out for the remainder of the season while he admitted Sam Byram could suffer the same fate. He told reporters James Collins and Angelo Ogbonna had been training all week and he hoped they would both be fit. In his pre-match press conference, Moyes told reporters “Unfortunately we lost […]

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Joe Hart will start Burnley, manager David Moyes has confirmed. Speaking to reporters in his pre-match press conference, Moyes said that Hart will replace Adrian in goal at London Stadium on Saturday afternoon. “Joe Hart will start on Saturday,” Moyes confirmed. “Although it was not necessarily down to the fact we conceded eight goals in the last two matches, […]

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