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A bumper crowd is expected for the FA Cup third round game at the London Stadium in January against Birmingham City. Birmingham has taken an allocation of 5,200 which they are likely to sell out even though they could have demanded up to 9,000 tickets which is 15% of the total stadium capacity. Technically 60,000 […]

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Issa Diop is having none of it! Unlike some of us who try to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear the central defender is gutted and not taking a single positive from the game against Watford. Even the manager declared we deserved more, created chances and could have got at least or […]

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West Ham posted revenue figures down in every area for last season when compared with the previous season at the London Stadium. West Ham Group turnover was down £8m to £175m for the financial year ending 31st May 2018, the Hammers Group operating profit was also down by £32m from £65m to £33m. Ticket sales […]

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A company owned by West Ham Vice Chairman called BKB Media Limited was paid £438,000 as a consultancy fee for work relating in finding American investor Albert ‘Trip’ Smith who purchased the remaining 10% of shares of West Ham United from the Icelandics. The £438,000 consultancy fee was on top of Brady’s annual wages listed as […]

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West Ham are set for a huge boost over the Christmas games with the return of Marko Arnautovic for either the match against Southampton or Burnley. The big fella has made a quicker than expected recovery from injury and has been described as being 95 per cent certain to appear at St Mary’s or Turf […]

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West Ham have been hit by two crushing blows this morning with the news that both Fabian Balbuena and Chcharito’s injuries may keep them out over Christmas and beyond. The central defender was injured as he launched a challenge which gave away the spot kick against Watford and looks to have been sidelined for a […]

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Crowd safety stewards lost control and were overly aggressive after supporters walked home past Westfield Avenue where it joins up with Montfichet Road following the Hammers defeat against Watford yesterday evening it has been claimed by multiple eyewitnesses. Met police officer Andy Sheldon dedicated to West Ham told his social media followers: “Reading reports around an […]

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West Ham supporters became for their safety after a number of incidents at the London Stadium yesterday.In one incident supporters were showered in glass from a faulty floodlight with glass falling in section 130 at halftime. West Ham season ticket holder Kevin Hind messaged Karren Brady on twitter to tell her:“today me and some other fans in block […]

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I have two things to say about yesterday before getting on with Christmas! As a bloke who loves a punt I have learned you need to be a good loser before you can be a good winner and whilst both teams were decent yesterday Watford were slightly better. Yes of course I wanted a win […]

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Danny Leach puts the PlayerWatch spotlight on Michail Antonio after seeing him come back to form at Fulham 35 – Blocks a through ball played by Pereyra on the left hand side 37 – He whips in a powerful cross on the right which is blocked by Holebas who sends the ball for a corner […]

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Fabian Balbuena and Chicharito – having left the pitch with injuries this afternoon (Sat) – will have their injuries assessed on Sunday evening before any decision is made on their involvement at Southampton on Thursday. ‘The General’ went down after falling awkwardly when conceding a penalty which gave Watford the lead against the Irons. It’s […]

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Disappointed Manuel Pellegrini believes the Irons should have had at least a draw from the game against Watford. Speaking to the BBC after the game he said: “”We deserved a little bit more, I think, at least to draw the game. Going a goal behind made it more difficult in that we were playing under […]

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Niall McDonald hands out his marks Fabianski: Watford weren’t exactly peppering our goal with shots so hard to judge the keeper today. Was due to let in a penalty at some point 6 Zabaleta: Stuck to his task well as personnel rotated around him throughout the game 6 Balbuena: Conceded the penalty, collected […]

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It was the type of game in which you will see the very best of Robert Snodgrass – physical, fast and open but despite the Scot’s best effort it went totally wrong for the Irons today. That was no reflection on the 31 year old midfielder who as ever gave it his lot but as […]

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Here’s Hugh’s ratings Fabianski: Two outstanding saves and another top performance – no chance with pen or second goal 8 Zaba: Barely put a foot wrong and got forward well whenever he had the chance 7 Balbuena: Little option but to bring his man down for pen then injured – just […]

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Hammers 0 Watford 2 Let it be said straight away this was a great game of football with two teams giving it a real go …the only thing which was all wrong was the result! A Troy Deeney penalty after a Fabian Balbuena foul and a Deulofeu breakaway towards the end after a stupendous save […]

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Ok she did a great job on sorting out the stadium owners and can take some pride for her role on the stadium generally but beyond that I’m not sure why Karren Brady needs to keep opening it on all things football. Well she does of course have a column to fill in The Sun […]

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Robbie Savage doesn’t have that many pals among the fans given his normally boisterous view on most things affecting EVERY club. But probably not too many Irons will disagree with his brief analysis of our season and what is needed next. Sav is a regular in The Mirror of course and has been casting his […]

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Watford represents another step on the road to the top 10 as far as Mark Noble is concerned later today. The skipper – having signed a new deal at the club – is looking for a big second half of the season and a coveted place at the top. His ambitions are not quite as […]

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Manuel Pellegrini’s iron fist is showing his iron fist within the velvet glove more and more as he describes what he expects from ever player on the pitch. Robert Snodgrass’ weight loss programme was just one example of how hard you will have to work to become a regular member of a team managed by […]

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Manuel Pellegrini is targeting a European spot in his first season as Hammers boss and beating Watford is a vital step in that direction tomorrow (Sat). Pellegrini is enjoying the good times making it clear that whilst the team had no targets before the season admits: “We must demonstrate game by game that we are […]

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It’s that special time of the year again and a time for us at CandH to stop and say THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU who follow us day in day out! Sean, myself and the rest of our little Hammers gang wish you all – and your families – the best […]

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Marko Arnautovic has been named the Austria Footballer of the Year! Marko enjoyed one of the best years in his career scoring 11 Premier League goals this year so far. And this is his first Austrian Footballer of the Year award, after RP Leipzig’s Marcel Sabitzer claimed the 2017 honour. Six-time winner of the award, David […]

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Believe it or not Lawrenson is at it again. Four on the bounce from the Hammers must be really cheesing the old boy off because just as he fancied Fulham to beat us last week he is back on our case for tomorrow’s game. A Hammers defeat by Watford is apparently on the cards from […]

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Declan Rice will bring up a half century of Hammers appearances if he takes his place in tomorrow’s line up against Watford and that immediately brings the thought: ‘New contract for Christmas please!” Given that he is not yet 20 and that the boss has said he may soon need to give him a rest […]

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