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A 17-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder and possession of an offensive weapon. The teenager was arrested on Friday morning in Benfleet, Essex and was taken to an East End police station for questioning. On Wednesday evening Karren Brady told the Supporters feedback panel that four arrests had been made at the […]

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Young Reece Oxford is still hoping to emulate Rio Ferdinand by making a permanent breakthrough into the Hammers team. Despite not getting a chance so far this season, the fact that he has not been sent out on loan would siggest his chance may come. However, the team’s form will need to turn upwards first […]

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Hammer Tony Cottee remains totally convnced that Slaven Bilic is the right man to lead the club into a brighter period starting at Crystal Palace next weekend. TC was one of the Croatian’s biggest supporters before hisl appointment and said: “Slaven has earned the right to put things right after his first season. He has […]

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West Ham are preparing to offer Michail Antonio a new deal after his amazing rise from the fringes of Hammers  selection last November  to the England team just over a year later! The wideman has been an astonishing signing for £7 million and it comes as no surprise to hear that the club want to […]

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Karren Brady has used her Sun newspaper football diary to re-enforce that she believes in West Ham’s move to London Stadium and says the noise will disappear once when the Hammers start winning home games. He points out we can never go back so we have to look forward together. Early feedback from our poll […]

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Thirteeen London Stadium break-in attempts have been made and every one of them has been foiled according to  opeator  LS185. The copycat attempts came after a  group of London guys managed to get in and film their own unauthorised entry which has since been shown on You Tube. In their video they were pictured in some […]

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This weekend’s poll seeks to discover when fans expect  the London Stadium feel like our new home? There have been widely publicised problems which the club have called “teething issues” after our move to the London Stadium. While any move to a new home takes time to settle we ask the simple question how long […]

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David Gold has sent his best to Michail Antonio ahead of tomorrow’s Word Cup quaifier against Malta. Talking to the official site the co chairman says: “This is another fantastic opportunity for him and the key for him now is to keep getting selected in the squad and eventually his chance will come. There is […]

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Ravel Morrison could be set for a Premier League return. The 23-year-old is currently with Lazio but is out of first team favour with much speculation he could soon be on his way. The former England Under-21 international has made just eight appearances for the Serie A side since moving to Italy in 2015. Lazio […]

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Love him or hate him, Harry Redknapp won’t hear anyone talk the Irons down. Ok, everybody knows the hstory but as is usually the case, the knockers tend to overlook the achievements. And whatever else may be said it also needs to be remembered that he achieved the club’s highest ever Premier League finish of fifth. […]

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West Ham player Enner Valencia is alleged to have faked an injury to escape from police during Ecuador’s victory over Chile last night. The striker currently on loan to Everton was confronted by police officers upon arriving at the stadium on Thursday over unpaid child maintenance bills.  The 26-year-old started Ecuador’s 3-0 victory and but it […]

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The Metropolitan police will deploy more officers outside the stadium for the West Ham v Chelsea game EFL cup game than were used for the mach against Millwall in 2009. ClaretandHugh’s associate editor, Sean Whetstone attended a Met police football unit meeting in Lambeth on last night (Thurs) alongside Amanda Jacks from the Football Supporters’ […]

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Aaron Cresswell is hoping to be in action for the next League match against  Crystal Palace. He has made a much quicker than expected return from tje knee ligament injury he sustained during the pre-season game against Karlsruher. Cressie played 50 minutes in a training ground match against the Hammers PL2 side today and with […]

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Today ClaretandHugh are calling for an end to the Premium line rip off number for the ticket office. Many supporters continue to receive large mobile phone bills after calling the West Ham ticket office. 0871 numbers are regarded as premium numbers and not included in any mobile call plans. West Ham do point out the costs […]

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Nineteen year old Alex Pike has spoken of how he was left bloodied but unbowed after his Checkatrade Trophy clash withthe strongest man mountain  in football –  Adebayo Akinfenwa. The young Hammer clashed with the the immovable object as the League Two side beating our kids s 3-0 with Bayo sscoring the opener in a typically […]

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Supporters representatives of both West Ham and Chelsea will meet with the Football Unit for the Metropolitan police on Thursday evening ahead of the EFL Cup game on 26th October. ClaretandHugh Associate editor, Sean Whetstone will be present as a guest of the Football Supporters Federation (FSF) who arranged the meeting to raise fan issues […]

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Gokhan Tore’s agent has made it clear the winger is determined to turn his form around and contribute to the Hammers cause. Ali Pektas has spoken to Fanatik this week about Tore’s start to life at West Ham and said: “Gokhan is happy to be in London. He already played at Chelsea (youth-team) before so knows […]

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The West Ham Supporters Club also known as the Hammers social club based in Castle street next to the Boleyn ground is likely to close it’s doors soon unless trade drastically picks up ClaretandHugh have been told. A source close to the social club told ClaretandHugh “We took over £15,000 in takings at the last […]

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Pedro Obiang has signalled a change of Hammers fortune belieiving they are on their way back – and he’s keen to play a part in it! After a fine performance against West Brom it looks as if hs time may finally have come. He told the official site: ” “Maybe the international break has come […]

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An international break gives time for reflections and my own generally involve the Bolyen. I adoped the Hammers as my club in 1962 and as I wrote in a Facebook status a few days back it has probably represented the biggest adventure of my life. I added: “In terms of unpredictability, intrigue and gossip, there […]

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Former England,  Nottingham Forest and Hammers hero Stuart Pearce forsees Michail Antonio following enjoying a great Three Lions career. The former Irons left back gave the £7m Hammer a glowing reference saying: “Antonio is someone I know well and he’s a great player. I was really pleased when he got the call-up for England!” Speaking […]

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Slaven Bilic wants to train at the London Stadium and has been told it is not a problem. “We can train here as many times as we want,’ Slaven Bilic told reporters last week ‘I asked for that. It’s not a question of can we? We can.’ It is myth that West Ham only gets 25 […]

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Reports in Italy warn West Ham could send Simone Zaza back to Juventus as soon as January, rather than buy him outright. The Italian striker joined the Hammers on loan this summer, with the deal automatically becoming permanent on his 15 appearance. That transfer would be worth £17.5m plus bonuses to Juventus who have already budgeted for […]

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Former Hammer Stewart Downing says he prefers the Boleyn Ground after playing at the London Stadium on Saturday but says the players are going to have to get used it. “Players wise there’s a lot of the same old faces but it felt a bit like going to a different club in terms of the […]

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Former Hammer James Tomkins admits that  Crystal Palace would have preferred the visit of his old club not to be disrupted by the international break. When asked if Palace would have wanted the derby to follow straight on from the 1-1 draw at Everton, Tomkins told eagles.cpfc.co.uk: “For sure. We’d have liked to have played it […]

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