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West Ham Vice Chairman Karren Brady told London Assembly members earlier this week that London Stadium owners should give her the naming rights to sell. Brady replying to a question about the London Stadium naming rights told the budget committee at City Hall: “They should give it to us and let us sell it, in reality […]

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Huddersfield away sold out to West Ham Season ticket holders with twenty or more priority priority points this morning much to annoyance of supporters who missed out due to system glitches. A number of supporters with over twenty priority points claim they missed out yesterday due to website problems with West Ham’s ticketing partner Ticketmaster. […]

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There are fresh concerns over Marko Arnautovic’s fitness for Saturday’s London Derby against Spurs after a video published by the club on their official Twitter feed showed the Austrian striker limping in training today at the London Stadium. Yesterday Manuel Pellegrini told reporters “Marko is OK, he worked when he returned from the squad, he […]

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Andriy Yarmolenko returns against Spurs tomorrow with something to prove after the defeat at Brighton. The Ukranian was held responsible by many for the Glenn Murray decider at the Amex Stadium after being brushed off the ball in midfield during the build-up. So tomorrow he comes face to face with either Ben Davies or Danny […]

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Older Hammers get one of the best deals in the Premier League, with the senior season ticket on offer at West Ham the cheapest in the league! It costs a mere £160, working out at £8.40 a game, per Which? The only clubs that come close to that are newly promoted Cardiff (£169), Manchester City […]

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Michail Antonio has experienced the good times against Spurs – no more so than when scoring twice in three appearances – including the winner in the final meeting between the sides at the Boleyn Ground. Now the former Hammer of the Year is looking forward to another clash against the north Londoners tomorrow in which he […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has let Arthur Masuaku know that his performance against Brighton has not gone unnoticed. And that may well have put the wing back’s place in jeopardy against Spurs at the London Stadium tomorrow (Sat). The boss said: “I knew about Aaron (Cresswell) when I was here with Man City. “Arthur is maybe a […]

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Mark Lawrenson has backed West Ham to take a point from Tottenham this weekend. Spurs visit the London Stadium following the international break, and lie in fifth in the table. Lawrenson does not believe they have been playing all that well, however, and believes the Hammers, who have already beaten Manchester United and held Chelsea […]

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Issa Diop could become a key and incredibly frustrating player for Mauricio Pochettino in the Irons hopeful victory roll over Spurs tomorrow. The young Frenchman has been growing and growing in every game as his partnership with Fabian Balbuena has flourished. He saw of Romelu Lukaku against United and was a mega performer in the […]

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Grady Diangana has been with the first team this week and has everything crossed that he makes the match day squad for the massive derby against Spurs on Saturday afternoon. After his dazzling appearance against Macclesfield and stepping off the bench to make his debut in the League against Manchester United, an appearance against the […]

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Manuel Pellegrini is eager to see his side return to winning ways against Tottenham on Saturday. Having collected seven points from their last four league matches, another three would be the perfect post- international break result and he wants to see us grab even more from the next group of matches. He said: “We have […]

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Jack Wilshere’s injury misery looks set to continue after he has suffered a new setback in his recovery from surgery. The midfielder last appeared in a Hammers shirt on September 1 in the 1-0 defeat by Wolves when it was discovered trhat a screw from previous surgery had worked its way loose in his ankle. […]

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CandH match analyst Mike Manera takes a look at how we will beat Spurs 🙂 Let’s face it, we don’t like Spurs, and we love to beat them above anyone else. But Spurs are a very good side. They have good players, an excellent manager and a cohesive style and philosophy. Having said that, […]

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Norwich based artist David “Gnasher” Nash who founded Gnashers Murals is back at work today in Newham creating a second West Ham mural close the famous ‘Long Live the Boleyn’ wall yards from where the Boleyn Ground once proudly stood. The art was commissioned by West Ham supporter Vik Taak who works for Newham Council as […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has moved to kill off January rumours of a move for Roma striker Edin Dzeko. The Hammers boss knows the striker well from his Manchester City days and with the club possibly looking for a new front man in January it wasn’t unexpected that Dzeko’s name would be mentioned. However, in an untypical […]

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Norwich based artist David “Gnasher” Nash who founded Gnashers Murals is back at work today in Newham creating a second West Ham mural close the famous ‘Long Live the Boleyn’ wall yards from where the Boleyn Ground once proudly stood. The art was commissioned by West Ham supporter Vik Taak who works for Newham Council as […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has given his first press conference at Rush Green since the International break. Pellegrini told reporters “We had important players away from the squad but the rest of the group have trained well. Yarmolenko was the last to arrive yesterday.” On Arnie he said “He’s OK. He played just one game, he has […]

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West Ham are today reported as “weighing up” what is described as “an audacious January move”for Olivier Giroud. According to the Mirror’s Darren Lewis the Hammers could resume their interest in the former Gunner. He writes: “With his contract up at the end of the season, however, Chelsea are monitoring his situation as Manuel Pellegrini […]

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Ok, ClaretandHugh is ready to stage a protest march if the Irons don’t do the right thing…! Karren Brady has let it be known that the London Stadium’s East Stand is to be named after a Hammers legend adding that it won’t be Dimitri Payet when mischievously asked the question at the London Assembly meeting […]

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West Ham Vice Chairman Karren Brady revealed yesterday at City Hill that a statue will be commissioned to fill the empty plinth at Champions Place outside the London Stadium originally intended for the World Cup champions statue from Green Street featuring Bobby Moore, Martin Peters and Geoff Hurst. Earlier this year Newham council under a […]

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Karren Brady will never be everybody’s cup of tea and there have been many problems between her and the fans over the London Stadium. We would not argue the fans have been unfair in their judgements of some of her words and actions which have often been abrasive. However, she yesterday appeared before a London […]

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A football chant usually reserved for referees of ‘You don’t know what you’re doing!’ could be said of London Stadium owner E20 and the LLDC. Yesterday, London Assembly members at City Hall heard that the LLDC don’t even understand their most basic costs at the London Stadium never mind their losses. On 27th September LLDC […]

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West Ham Vice-Chairman Karren Brady had admitted that the London Stadium with its current contracts would be difficult for West Ham to take over despite saying it is something she would look at. Speaking to London Assembly budget monitoring committee at City Hall she said the club would need to be really clear how UK Athletics, […]

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West Ham’s investigation into the youth coach Mark Phillips who went on a march organised by the Democratic Football Lads Alliance, will focus on whether he has brought the club into disrepute claims the Guardian who first broke the story earlier this week. Phillips, who was suspended on Tuesday, is facing the possibility of losing his […]

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Tottenham appear to have suffered a major blow ahead of the game against us on Saturday. The Evening Standard is claiming that Dele Ali has been ruled out of the game at the London Stadium which gives the Irons a perfect opportunity to get back on course after the Brighton and Hove Albion defeat. The […]

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West Ham Vice-Chairman Karren Brady has revealed that West Ham United and E20 Stadium LLP will go to court on the 19th of next month. Brady estimated that both sides had spent around £2m each so far and the matter was unlikely to be resolved out of court at this late stage, adding whoever loses […]

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