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Paul Allen 1979 – 1985 If you watch any sort of footage of the 1980 Cup Final you will see a teenage Paul Allen either sobbing with delight at having collected his winner’s medal or being callously hacked to the ground by Arsenal centre half Willie Young while he is bearing down on the Arsenal goal. With this appearance Allen became the youngest player to appear in an FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium at the…

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Met police have confirmed there were five arrests on Monday night during the West Ham v Huddersfield match. Despite the game being mostly trouble free three West Ham fans were arrested and two Huddersfield fans were nicked. Four of the arrests (Two West Ham and two Huddersfield) were arrested for affray in the same incident away […]

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Slaven Bilic claims the Hammers will carry great confidence to the Hawthorns on Saturday declaring: “We need to build on this now. We beat them (Huddersfield)  after training at our stadium and we were on fire in training. “But we must do it in games, and that’s what we did. We have to do it again […]

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See the article here: Slaven Bilic Press Conference in full

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So on to West Brom as one critical game follows another! A defeat here and we go back to square one with the anxieties and concerns starting all over again. With the game being at the Hawthorns the conundrum is which formation the manager will play because the usual one-up seriously doesn’t do it for […]

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Paul Ince just can’t help himself it seems. Sadly the former Hammer appears to be trying to make a name for himself in the mainstream and  social media these days – currently at our club’s expense. Late last week he was taking a pop at the board and following last night’s game it was the […]

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Relieved Slaven Bilic was delighted to grab the club’s first three points of the season declaring: “The lads did everything we asked of them.” Speaking to BBC Sport he said: “I am really pleased with how we acted in a difficult situation. After three defeats your confidence is a bit down but the lads did […]

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The Guardian took to their favourite sport of West Ham bashing again on Sunday.  Senior researcher at the Directory of Social Change, Rachel Cain wrote an article which appeared to blame West Ham for a short fall in charity funding. She wrote “As West Ham United kick off a new season in the Olympic Stadium where […]

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Monday night’s home game against Huddersfield at the London Stadium is also Slaven Bilic’s 49th birthday. “Birthday or not everyone at the club would like to get the boss three points,” says James Collins. “He’s been under tremendous pressure. It’s crazy in football that the managers get put under so much pressure when sometimes really […]

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West Ham manager Slaven Bilic today gave answers to the Carvalho controversy and David Sullivan’s claims that two other players were offered to him after it collapsed. On that one he said:  “He (David Sullivan) likes to talk, it’s his right” adding “That is not exactly what happened with those two players that you have […]

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Slaven Bilic has used his London Evening Standard column to speak about William Carvalho for the first time. Slav writes:  “The other thing which has dominated the last week or so has been our attempt to sign William Carvalho from Sporting Lisbon, an attempt that ultimately failed. There has been much said and written since. […]

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Newham council is expected to take over full ownership of the London Stadium long term. At present Newham Legacy Investments own 35% of the stadium with the London Legacy Development Corporation ( LLDC) owning the remaining 65% through a joint company called E20 Stadium LLP. Long term the likelihood is that London Legacy Development Corporation will be […]

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There appears to be a growing movement suggesting the board should quit. The ‘board out’ slogans are being prepared but want does that actually mean and what do they hope to gain? David Sullivan and David Gold are directors of the holding company W H Holding Limited but they are also 85% shareholders. While it […]

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Iain Dale from West Ham Till I Die joins the Moore Than Just A Podcast crew of Sean Whetstone, John Bucci and Nigel Kahn for a one off emergency one-hour podcast to discuss the problems and melt down that have set our beloved club in recent weeks. The lads give their personal opinions on who is […]

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A dying West Ham fan and season ticket holder for 45 years had the night of his life when watching his beloved Irons one last time. Eighty-two years old George Davies moved from East Ham to Cheltenham five years ago but last year was diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer. However Cheltenham Live reports that George had […]

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West Ham United legend Tony Cottee has been lined up to give London Stadium tours in September. On Sunday 24th September, supporters can enjoy a tour of London Stadium led by the former West Ham striker. Cottee netted some 146 goals in two spells through the 1980s and 1990s for the Hammers, including that famous […]

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West Ham have borrowed money secured against the remaining property and leases they own. A charge filed at Companies House on Thursday shows that the Hammers have borrowed money from Rights and Media funding thought to be financed by West Ham fan Michael Tabor secured against Chadwell Heath, Rush Green and Little Green. In addition, they […]

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West Ham boss Slaven Bilic rejected the chance to sign both Renato Sanches and Grzegorz Krychowiak this summer, according to Hammers joint-chairman David Sullivan.

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The Telegraph again links Rafa Benitez as a future manager of West Ham. They say that although Benitez will not quit Newcastle at this stage, he has been left disillusioned by the blatant lack of ambition this summer and his long-term future on Tyneside is in serious doubt. Indeed, should West Ham sack Slaven Bilic […]

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Diafra Sakho faces an anxious wait in the final minutes of Deadline Day after telling West Ham officials why he wanted to leave, according to Sky sources.

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The wantaway Senegal striker met briefly with West Ham club secretary Andrew Pincher late this evening despite being told no directors were available to meet with him and there was no point in coming in. Pincher again confirmed to the striker in person his previous phone conversation from the afternoon that no directors were present […]

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Stories arriving out of Sky Sports News this evening that Diafra Sakho turned up at the London Stadium to discuss personal issues have been denied by West Ham. In fact the striker had rung the club and been told that none of the directors were able to see him as they were in various parts of […]

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Diafra Sakho turned up at the London Stadium this afternoon wanting to discuss “personal issues” with West Ham officials. The report came from Sky Sports man on the West Ham deadline day watch Michael Weightman who confirmed the ClaretandHugh story which revealed that he had first driven to Chelmsford Racecourse where agent Mark McKay watched […]

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Manu Lanzini – contrary to reports that he has a new injury – is  still in training and working hard to be 100 per cent fit for the match against Huddersfield. And ClaretandHugh understands that it was his decision to stay at home -no doubt helped by the the club’s “persuaders!” Manu decided than rather […]

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Let’s take the opportunity to delve deeper into the main Talking Points from yesterday’s defeat in The North East, as individual errors cost us dearly again, the pressure was heaped on Bilic and the Board came under rapid fire. Time Up For Super Slav? Following the full-time whistle at St James’ Park yesterday, a barrage of pressure was placed on the shoulders of Slaven Bilic, after we slumped to…

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West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has been made the over night bookies favourite for the first Premier League manager to be sacked. Yesterday Bilic was the fourth favourite at 4/1 behind Frank De Boer, Rafa Benitez and Antonio Conte but he has been made the odds on favourite overnight after the crushing 3-0 defeat at Newcastle.  Sky […]

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