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Slaven Bilic has denied the suggestion he is too nice.  “I don’t see myself as an especially nice guy,” he told Bianca Westwood on Soccer Saturday “I also can lose my temper and I was doing that very recently – or last season. When I feel it’s needed, I do that. I think I have it [a […]

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Huddersfield Town boss David Wagner believes all three of his latest signings are all pushing  for places in Monday night’s team at the London Stadium. The Premier League manager of the month for August brought in  in No10 Abdelhamid Sabiri from Nuremburg, Florent Hadergjonaj from Ingolstadt and ex-England and West Ham goalkeeper Robert Green from […]

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Tom Ince knows he will suffer the “sins” of his father when he arrives at the London Stadium on Monday night. The 25 year old winger has had to block out or fight off unwanted attention from Irons fans knowing  the jibes, sneers and mocking is never far away when he comes into opposition with […]

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West Ham has quietly increased ticket booking fees at the London Stadium by 100% for all Season Ticket Holders. With the introduction of the new Ticket Master contract season ticket holders were charged just £1 per online transaction or £1.95 if using the telephone. Previously supporters had been charged £1.50 per transaction under the See Tickets contract. The […]

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Former West Ham Manager Sam Allardyce has revealed a bizarre transfer meeting when he was West Ham manager. Speaking to the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast on Talksport radio he said  on Eder “We arranged to meet up in a hotel after the game … with the president of the club and the secretary of the […]

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It’s time to get back on track and focus on getting three valuable points in what has become a vital game for West ham and in particular manager Slaven Bilic. In this video two of our most regular contributors  have sent in clips giving their opinions on the Monday night fixture at the London Stadium. […]

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Slaven Bilic is pleased with the extra time he has had to prepare his squad ahead of the match against Huddersfield Town. The Hammers have had various players away on international duty and the extra 48 hours is a boon as the manager bids to regroup after three defeats. The squad will train at London […]

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West Ham fans are hoping that photos of the new shirt sleeve sponsor’s logo are only photoshopped mock-ups which will improve when used for the first time on West Ham shirts for real. Supporters pointed to white type face logo on a red background sticking out on the current home kit and pointed to the […]

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The son of former Hammer Paul Ince was asked if he was prepared for further abuse from West Ham fans on Monday night, Tom Ince said: “Yeah, I suppose you could say that. I’m not a popular name round there but it’s part of football, it’s one of those things. That’s why I’m glad it’s […]

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Criminal Jack O’Brien is said to be planning a revenge attack on Andy Carroll after sneaking a mobile phone into Chelmsford Prison claims the Sun today. Jack O’Brien is said to be fuming over his sentence and threatening to take revenge against the star. The Sun says he has told fellow lags he is planning […]

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Head of West Ham Medical Gary Lewin says Andy Carroll is his own worst enemy. Speaking to the Newham Recorder before the International break Lewin said of Andy Carroll: “He has been training for just over two weeks and with the international break it will be even more by the time we get to Huddersfield, so […]

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West Ham’s official partner club in Nigeria has hit the headlines in Africa after nine players from FC Ifeanyi Ubah have been hit with 12-match bans for attacking a referee. A vicious August clash against 2-1 winners Niger Tornadoes ended in chaos with Ubah left with nine men after red cards for Godwin Obaje and […]

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Manuel Lanzini and Javier Hernandes have joined Andy Carroll on in an updated mural on London Stadium wall outside the turnstiles. Andy Carroll famous scissor kick replaced a previous mural of Dimitri Payet last season after the sulky Frenchman engineered a move away. Embarrassed at Carroll’s lack of games after his famous goal against Crystal […]

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Slaven Bilic looks certain to send out his most attacking team of the season as the Irons look to grab the first win of the season at the LS on Monday night. And that could mean unleashing Andy Carroll on Huddersfield where local newspapers have been making it clear that the Terriers  could be unfortunate […]

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This morning the Sun newspaper claimed that Bacary Sagna has reportedly snubbed a move to Brighton in favour of joining West Ham or Leicester. The French international was released by Manchester City at the end of last season and is currently a free agent. The report followed a claim by French newspaper L’Equipe who said that he […]

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Slaven Bilic was asked about his version of why he turned down two players offered to him. David Sullivan made an official website statement after the transfer window closed in which he said “Grzegorz Krychowiak and Renato Sanches were both offered to the manager before their switches elsewhere, but he told us that he is […]

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Slaven Bilic has revealed there was no “on the carpet” meeting with David Sullivan following the Newcastle defeat and that he has never been told his job is under threat. The mainstream media had declared that he had been summoned to a special meeting with the co chairman although ClaretandHugh claimed through its own sources […]

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West Ham Supporters flags have been relocated to the West Stand next to Club London West Ham have confirmed this afternoon. The club introduced the supporter flag initiative last season to help with the look and feel of the new stadium. Stadium operators have now installed new LED mid tier advertising screens where the flags hung […]

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Classy Slaven Bilic has made it clear that he was keen to get William Carvalho into the London Stadium and that West Ham spoke to Sporting Lisbon about signing him. But he added: “I’m not angry we didn’t get him. I am frustrated but not angry because you can’t get all the things you want […]

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Operators London Stadium 185 are thought to have appointed former Arsenal groundsman Sion Bennett as the new head groundsman of the London Stadium.  Bennett is the current deputy groundsman at the former Olympic Stadium joining the grounds staff team last March after six years at the Emirates Stadium as Assistant Groundsman for Arsenal. Before Arsenal, he was […]

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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 confirmed West Ham will be without Manuel Lanzini and Edimilson Fernandes on Monday night to face Huddersfield but is hoping that Andre Ayew will recover from a thigh injury he picked up on international duty. Slav wrote in his London Evening Standard Friday column “Although we will be without Manuel Lanzini, Edimilson […]

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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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Slaven Bilic has used his Friday London Evening Standard column Slaven Bilic to defend himself by replying to comments by Danny Gabbidon that he appeared to have thrown in the towel after the latest defeat. Slav wrote: “I understand that Danny Gabbidon — a former West Ham player — wrote in an article that it looked as […]

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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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Sky Pundit Paul Merson expects a West Ham win on Monday but says he wouldn’t be surprised if Huddersfield walked away with all 3 points! He told Sky Sports: “Slaven Bilic needs a win. It’s West Ham’s first home game of the season and the fans will be turning up expecting the team to put […]

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