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West Ham will spend Boxing day away from home for the fourth year running with many asking whether they will ever get a chance to watch the Hammers at home again the day after Christmas after moving to the London Stadium last Summer. The Hammers last played their last Boxing day fixture at home when they […]

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West Ham have confirmed a pre-season game against Manchester City in Iceland. Nine days ago we brought you the news quoting local Iceland sources but it has today been officially confirmed on WHUFC.com Slaven Bilic’s side will face City in Reykjavik on Friday 4th August, in what will be the first-ever match between two English Premier […]

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Here is a new feature from hammers chat set to run for the duration of the summer where we talk with a few forum members and discuss specific West Ham issues. In our first episode Geo sits down with Tom and Mike to talk about what the future holds for our fringe players.

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The fixture list shows West Ham were due to play Southampton at home at the London Stadium on Saturday 19th August but the IAAF World Athletics Championship will have only finished days before the scheduled match. Officially the game is listed to be re-scheduled but in reality, West Ham will ask Southampton to agree to […]

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West Ham have been selected to play Manchester United on Saturday 12th August as their first game of the 2017/2018  Premier League season but fans should probably not book non-flexible train or plane tickets such yet or book non-refundable hotel rooms. Sky and BT are unlikely to announce which games will re-schedule until the beginning of […]

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West Ham’s programme of three away games to open their new season will hold no fears for the players and manager. For  the team  showed last season they were a different proposition on the road than they were at the London Stadium where they will be hoping the season of adjustment translates into much better […]

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Arsenal are ready to let OIivier Giroud leave the club this summer as West Ham wait to step up their interest in the player. A cat and mouse game of ‘name the price’ is set to be played between the two clubs with nether wanting to be the first first to show their hand. Arsenal […]

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West Ham are off to Manchester United for the first game of the 2017/18 Premier League campaign. The club will play the first three games away and travel to Southampton and newly promoted Newcastle for their next two games in August. Their first home game will be against Huddersfield on Septermber 9 followed by a […]

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Operators London Stadium 185 have released a statement for 160,000 concert goers attending the concert on Friday and Saturday. The statement reads: “Guests attending either night of Guns N’ Roses’ weekend of shows here at London Stadium on Friday and Saturday, we’d like to make you aware of additional safety measures that are now in place […]

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West Ham are now actively involved in chasing Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud. ClaretandHugh has been told the 30 year old striker is likely to cost around £20 million plus £100k a week personal terms. CandH’s forum followers at  https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ have been discussing whther this is a good or bad deal for the club. O £100k a week […]

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West Ham will take on Werder Bremen in a two-legged Betway Cup clash as part of the re-season preparations for the 2017/18 Premier League campaign. The club has announced on the official website: “Slaven Bilic’s men will face the Bundesliga side in back-to-back matches on July 28 and 29, during a 10-day trip that will […]

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West Ham have established that Olivier Giroud is keen to leave Arsenal and are ready to talk to the player once they get the nod . The Hammers have also discovered that personal terms of around £100k a week will be required plus a transfer fee of around £20 million for the 30 year old […]

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West Ham have cleared the London Stadium decks of everything other than “striker business” as the summer transfer season gets underway. Despite talk of Joe Hart and various midfielders interesting the club Slaven Bilic has his mind totally focused on front men. And we understand the club are ready to bringing in two front men […]

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Joe Hart’s’s incredible £175k weekly personal terms are likely to leave him in limbo at Manchester City. Slaven Bilic is know to want to beef up his goalkeeping situation but the Hart option has never really been a goer given the wages situation. And with strikers the main priority, even a £75,000 drop in his […]

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Hammers fans will be eagerly awaiting the publication of the 2017/18 fixture list and just as a reminder – if you didn’t already know -that will happen tomorrow at 9 am. From an Irons perspective the first games will be played away from home as  the World Athletics Championships will be held in the London […]

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Gonzo is back from holiday and getting amongst the fans again. And here in the latest edition of ‘Your Shout’ he has a chat about all the issues that matter to the supporters and invites them to share their views via mobile phone. In this video we have a couple of scathing reviews on the […]

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Dave Sullivan has blasted news that Manchester bomb hero Steve Jones is homeless again on the streets. Publication LadBible.com claimed the Homeless Hero was back on the streets despite offers of help from West Ham Chairman David Sullivan and his son Dave Sullivan. In response to the fake news, Dave Sullivan Junior tweeted “He is […]

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Supporters on a guided tour of the London Stadium are regularly told that a private West Ham board room cost £1m to decorate and furnish with art but the room is strictly out of bounds to non-board members. The area which is said to be off limits to staff, visitors and operators  London Stadium was designed by David […]

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According to the latest dubious rumours coming our of Nigeria, West Ham had a bid rejected by Eupen for Nigerian striker Henry Onyekuru. Reports claim Hammers have had a £7m bid turned down for the 20-year-old because the Belgium club want to sell Onyekuru to a “more prestigious club” and the Hammers are not a […]

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Crystal Palace are set to join the Irons in the chase for Manchester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho, according to The Daily Mirror. Slaven Bilic has been linked with the Nigeria international for some weeks but despite not having a manager in place – which makes to the report a little hard to swallow Palace  are […]

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The London Stadium has been rated as the worst stadium for  atmosphere in the Premier League according to www.footballgroundmap.com A total of 1,688 visitors to former Olympic Stadium gave it just two and a half stars out of five for the atmosphere, just below the rating for the Emirates Stadium which was also on two a […]

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I make no bones about this. Despite recently taking up the option on Adrian’s contract, the Hammers goalkeeping situation is more than a bit worrying! At a distance it’s easy to forget the gaffes that led to the dropping of Adrian before Darren Randolph began to look like a one man horror show towards the […]

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West Ham’s young winger Dan Kemp has spoken of his “pure joy” after England’s under 20s lifted the Toulon Tournament Title on Saturday. The youngster won the trophy via a penalty shoot out with the Ivory Coast at the end of the 1-1 draw with Sheffield United midfielder scoring the England goals before one minute into […]

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West Ham are bracing themselves for a Newcastle advance on goalkeeper Adrian. Toon boss Rafa Benitez is expected to be one of the busiest managers in the transfer market this summer and has been eyeing the stopper despite him signing a new agreement with the Irons. Benitez wants up to six new signings and has […]

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West Ham’s Joint-Chairman David Gold row on social media over West Ham’s use of youngsters has continued on Sunday. Gold told one supporter who refused to let the subject drop  “It’s hard for a teenager to break into the first team and it becomes even harder as the first team gets better but they are, not […]

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Members of the Hammers Supporters Club have supported and agreed to a rescue package for the West Ham Supporters’ Club which was due to close its doors forever on 31st May. A brand new committee has been formed, membership has been re-opened and the club is now busy organising its future. Steve Midwinter is now […]

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