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This Remembrance Sunday at 11am please remember the 1,000 West Ham Pals killed in the first world war. One of the reasons why the First World War was so traumatic an event to British society was that so many of the new infantry Battalions formed to fight in the trenches were the so-called “Pals Battalions”. […]

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Karren Brady told Sun readers today that the club invested £100m in transfers during Slaven Bilic’s time at West Ham which has caused puzzlement among some supporters trying to do the sums. In fact, the figure is closer to £151m with over £75m sold in the same period leaving a net spend of £75m. Here […]

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Not good enough Karren Brady – in fact pretty horrible in the extreme! My associate Sean Whetstone yesterday gave a piece of advice to the West Ham board including the suggestion that the vice chairman stopped writing her column in The Sun. This morning we all found out why he  felt that way when she […]

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Javier Hernandez appeared to pull up with a hamstring injury on 51 minutes into his international match last night. Chicharito won his 99th Mexico cap in El Tri’s friendly 3-3 draw with Belgium.

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West Ham striker Diafra Sakho scored as Senegal secured a 2-0 victory in South Africa to book their place at next summer’s FIFA World Cup in Russia. The Hammer opened the scoring in Polokwane on 12 minutes with an own goal from Thamsanqa Mkhize making it 2-0 before half time. Fellow Hammers Cheikhou Kouyate played […]

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West Ham Vice-Chairman Karren Brady has broken her silence on the sacking of Slaven Bilic.  Writing in her Sun football diary she says: “WHEN we told Slaven Bilic we didn’t want him to stay as manager of West Ham, it was clear he was not going to argue with the decision. No one likes to […]

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David Moyes rounded off his first week’s training with the West Ham squad and gave a firm thumbs up to all of them. And he made it clear that every player was on a new page saying: It’s a clean slate for the entire squad. They’ve all worked very hard this week and responded in a […]

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Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers was very much part of West Ham’s thinking as the club considered possible replacements to succeed Slaven Bilic. David Moyes was always high on the Hammers wanted list, but the club looked into a list of possibles before plumping for the 54 year old Scot. Former Liverpool boss Rodgers is currently […]

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Declan Rice has confirmed many reported coming in from the training ground that training has really taken off at Rush Green . ClaretandHugh has received numerous messages this week that the intensity has been stepped up considerably and that the players not on international duty were revelling in the high energy approach under introduced under new […]

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Poor results on the pitch for West Ham have led to an inevitable return of anti- board feelings and London Stadium discontent. Much good work was done by the club last season to fix new stadium teething issues and atmosphere but a toxic atmosphere and a winter of discontent is once again returning. The same can […]

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Mexico manager Juan Carlos Osorio says Javier Hernandez understands he is now at a different club and will make a new start with David Moyes  after previously falling out at Manchester United Ahead of Mexico’s friendly against Belgium, coach Osorio said: “Javier is an intelligent person. He knows he is in another club and it’s […]

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Majority London Stadium owners, London Legacy Development Corporation are forecasting that they need to inject a further £21.1m of ‘working capital’ from the public purse into Stadium holding company E20 Stadium LLP during the current financial year to keep it afloat. The LLDC Investment committee meets next Tuesday 14th November and papers published in advance […]

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By Max Willow Whilst the initial response from West Ham fans to the David Moyes appointment was resoundingly negative, there is a lot more to the man than meets the eye, and it would be foolish to pigeon-hole him at this stage of proceedings. Before going any further let me make one important comment. Contrary to the […]

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West Ham manager David Moyes says his best attribute is training with players Moyes told reporters yesterday  “I think if you’re asking me my best attribute will be on the grass with the players, training and I hope that we can see something that’s needed there. Once they know they are running and sprinting the […]

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Harry Redknapp says David Moyes needs to find “a winning way” rather than “the West Ham way” some fans demand. The former West Ham boss told Radio 5 Live that Moyes should use Andy Carroll as a focal point for his attack and win at all costs. Harry said: “You have to play to your […]

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West Ham joint Chairman David Gold has taken to social media to ask West Ham fans to get behind their new manager. Gold wrote on twitter “Hello all West Ham fans, the board have made their decision to appoint David Moyes as the new manager can I ask you to get behind him and the […]

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Sam Allardyce has told talkSPORT that whoever leaked that Bilic called players after the sack to ask where he went wrong is disgusting. Big Sam said “I don’t know who leaked that in the press. Whoever did is disgusting. Slaven ringing up one or two of the players for a private conversation and it ends up in […]

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David Moyes has done due diligence on West Ham and has come to the conclusion the club is not in a relegation fight. Commenting on the job in front of him he declared: “The due diligence I’ve done here is the knowledge that I’m here for a short period to do the job quickly. We […]

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Former Hammers hero Ray Stewart is backing his fellow Scot David Moyes to get things sorted at the London Stadium and believes him to be a “great choice” for the job. Stewart,made 432 appearances for the Irons and was never anything less than fearless and brave – qualities he sees in Moyes. Speaking to the […]

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Joe Hart is this morning be reported as coming under pressure for his England spot. Reports claim that Jack Butland will be in goal for England against Germany given the number of goals conceded by the on loan Hammers keeper at club level. Southgate gave Butland a start in England’s final World Cup qualifier in […]

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David Moyes says he is not aware of any problem with between himself and Karren Brady over comments he once made to a female reporter and an article written earlier this year by the Baroness. Asked the question at yesterday’s press conference Moyes said  “It was Karren who I spoke to on the phone, it […]

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David Moyes appears ready to wipe the slate clean with Javier Hernandez. Chicharito had previously accused Moyes of “not taking me into account” during his time at Manchester United – before snubbing him in his leaving letter. The striker extended his best wishes to Alex Ferguson, the man who bought him, but gave Moyes and […]

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Speaking to reporters at the London Stadium today, David Moyes said: “I’m in talks with a couple of people, Stuart Pearce is one of them. Hopefully I will have something settled by the end of the week.” On Monday the former Hammer nicknamed Psycho told Talksport “I’ve had no contact with West Ham if that’s what […]

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David Moyes laid out his thoughts and some plans as he took over the reins at the London Stadium Day. Here’s how the fans at ClaretandHugh’s Facebook page responded to the new manager. O Humble,  honest and open – let’s see how we go   O Thought he came across well. Hopefully he’s the firm […]

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West Ham’s squad learned the truth of what lies in front of the,m this afternoon when hardman David Moyes snapped: ” If they don’t do the running, they’re not playing. “ A very new regime is about to create a few shockwaves among a squad which has looked lethargic and sub standard in the fitness stakes […]

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David Sullivan has revealed that he was forced into making a change of manager at West Ham  because Slaven Bilic looked an entirely spent force. And he has explained how Sam Allardyce’s words that he had the worst job in football came back into his mind as he realised the deed had to be done. […]

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