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Newham Council which remains the safety authority for the London stadium have called an Emergency safety advisory board this Thursday and said in a statement on Monday: “Newham Council is extremely concerned about the violent scenes witnessed during Saturday’s match, and utterly condemns the actions of the small minority of troublemakers responsible. In December last year, Newham […]

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The full extent of the toxic relationship between West Ham and their landlords E20 Stadium has been laid bare in a report by the Daily Telegraph able to reveal that the two sides are locked in a £100 million-plus legal row that will see them face off at the High Court in November. West Ham and the […]

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The renamed Real West Ham Fans group met today for the first time since group founders Andy Swallow and Micky Morgan stepped down last week. A statement on social media from the reformed group read: “RWHF have today held our first committee meeting and after having consulted all other fan groups within our group we have […]

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A West Ham fan who claims to be the pitch invader who was tackled by Mark Noble has made a statement on Social media. The supporter says “I want to write to Twitter to West Ham fans, my fans, my beloved team, it was a moment of stupidness from me but passion took over and […]

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The football fan who invaded the pitch and planted a corner flag in the centre circle is a respectable businessman who has voluntarily handed himself into police the Daily Mail have revealed. Sixty-one old travel operator Paul Colborne actions were seen by millions on television around the world. West Ham supporter Colbourne told the Daily Mail: ‘I […]

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David Moyes and his first team squad landed quietly in Florida on Sunday to spend five days at a warm-weather training camp.  Writing in his London Evening Standard Sport column on Friday, Moyes said: “We’ve just come through a real hard winter period and although I haven’t been here since the start of the season, […]

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A report in the Daily Telegraph says West Ham will demand to take over stewarding of the London Stadium. Chief football writer for the broadsheet Jason Burt writes  “West Ham United will demand to take over the stewarding of the London Stadium after co-owner David Sullivan was struck in the face with a coin during […]

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A report in the Daily Mirror said that the West Ham owners have requested urgent talks with the London Mayor Sadiq Khan. Darren Lewis writes in the Mirror “David Sullivan and David Gold are instead demanding urgent talks with London Mayor Sadiq Khan over the public order crisis on Saturday afternoon. The Irons claim Khan has […]

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A report in the Daily Mail today claims that West Ham could have their home capacity reduced for their next home match at the London Stadium. The tabloid claims “West Ham now face the major threat of having their stadium capacity reduced for their next home league game against Southampton on Saturday after four separate […]

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The removal of the corner flag and running to the circle was a homage to the 1992 protest against the West Ham Bond Scheme. At a home game against Everton in February in 1992, a West Ham fan climbed out of the old South Bank terraces at the Boleyn Ground, grabbed a corner flag and […]

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Mark Noble refuses to blame the supporter who ran on the pitch who later tackled saying his emotions were high like mine.“It is hard for me personally because I am a West Ham fan myself and the results affect me more than anyone else, but in this league for the past two seasons really it […]

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James Collins has spoken about the fan incident with Mark Noble saying: “I think any fan running on the pitch and seeing my friend and captain and a boy who loves this club as much as me and who has been here since he was a kid…having to do that with a fan on the […]

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Former Hammer Frank Lampard says he sympathises with some of the frustrated West Ham fans. The former Hammer did not shy away from calling the Hammers fans aggressive, but did offer his thoughts as to what was the catalyst to yesterday’s scenes. “They feel like they’ve lost an identity in moving stadium. Part of that […]

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West Ham supporters have a right to protest against their owners David Gold and David Sullivan, the Daily Telegraph’s Chief Football Writer Sam Wallace told the Sunday Supplement on Sky Sports today. Investigations are still underway by the club and Premier League, and an emergency meeting of all stakeholders has been called following the ugly scenes […]

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“There weren’t sufficient stewards and they couldn’t really cope” Sir Trevor Brooking told BBC Radio 5 Live’s Sportsweek programme this morning. “The club are obviously going to have to look at things with the local police and make sure that trained stewards and police are in place — you’re almost looking at it and saying: […]

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It’s funny how the optimist inside of us often surfaces despite all of the available evidence. There was no reason for me to expect a victory against Burnley given our respective recent form and league standings. Sean Dyche is a manager in the ascendancy and ours is one who has failed in his last three […]

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Reports that West Ham could face up to a ten point deduction or up to three home games behind closed doors have been described as far-fetched by a source close to the FA this evening. The Football Association said it would be seeking observations from West Ham as well as awaiting the match referee’s report. West Ham […]

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Former Hammer Ravel Morrison is probably the last person you would expect to call for the board, players and fans to unite but he did just that on Twitter by posting “West Ham – players, Fans & board I hope use all come over this dark cloud & stick together WEST HAM will not go down […]

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Sir Trevor Brooking has told unhappy supporters to stay away from the London Stadium for the good of th club. “I just think that the different supporter groups obviously got frustrated and were going to have the demonstration and then they cancelled it during the week,” Brooking told the BBC on their Sportsweek program. “It looked […]

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BBC Radio 5 producers contacted Claret and Hugh Associate editor Sean Whetstone last to appear on this morning’s Five Live Sunday breakfast show to give witness eye views on yesterday’s London Stadium troubles. Speaking to BBC presenters Sam Walker and Chris Warburton, Sean explained he thought the trouble was a storm in a teacup pointing […]

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By Claret and Hugh Associate Editor Sean Whetstone I felt compelled to write my version of events from yesterday as I stand not far away from the director’s box in the lower West Stand. First, the media sensationalism of the event is way over the top and reading some reports you would have thought there had […]

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Mark Noble has explained he will always protect himself if a fan approaches him on the pitch adding that he hoped supporters had got it off their chest after yesterday’s game. Noble told a reporter: “I’m a West Ham fan and I’ve always protected the club, If someone approaches me, I’ll protect myself. It’s been like […]

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ClaretandHugh’s Sergey Novysh send an open letter to the board -EVERYBODY NEEDS TO READ THIS!  Dear Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Gold, You’ve been mistreated, you’ve been abused. But enough is enough. It’s time for a strict and proper response. You’ve been trying to be nice to everybody for too long. You’ve been listening to fans […]

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After a couple of weeks absence CandH’s rating experts is back – Niall McDonald hands out his marks on a very bad day at the office Hart: Didn’t think I’d see Hart play again and on this basis I hope I don’t 3 Zabaleta: Got forward well before the break 5 Collins: Pretty standard Collins […]

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David Gold will not be driven out of West Ham. The co chairman spoke with me  this evening after the ghastly scenes of intimidation and threatening behaviour in front of the director’s box at the London Stadium My job on ClaretandHugh is to get news and reaction and this piece is a report of Gold’s […]

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David Moyes made a heartfelt plea for the supporters and players to pull together after another defeat and intense protests from the terraces. He told the official site: “What we need the Club to do now, the supporters and the players, is pull together. When I took over we were in the bottom three and we’re […]

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