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Plans to increase the London Stadium to a capacity of 60,000 have hit a stalemate. With nine trouble-free games West Ham had hoped the stadium operators LS-185 would apply to Safety Advisory Group (SAG) for a 3,000 capacity to allow the sale of  partial season tickets until the end of the season. The stadium operators […]

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Slaven Bilic readily declares the Hammers turned their season because nobody would stop believing! And he added of the season: “I wouldn’t change it. I would change September and October. But after that, when you’ve made it and you get out of that, the experience is priceless and you benefit from it in the future. […]

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Hammers hero Frank McAvennie is delighted a new deal is on the way for Slaven Bilic. The former Irons striker told Press Association Sport: “It has been hard for West Ham. We go back to people being scared to visit Upton Park, nobody is scared or intimidated going to the new stadium. So they have to […]

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Claims that West Ham initiated talks to sell Andy Carroll to China have proved to be false! ClaretandHugh has established an important fact failure in the story, first published by The Sun, which confirms Slaven Bilic’s account that the club had no wish to sell AC and that the Chinese had approached the Irons The […]

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Michail Antonio on his England call-up last year pic.twitter.com/JeibdJrC99 — West Ham News (@WHUFC_News) March 4, 2017   Michail Antonio is a straight down the middle guy who still obviously can’t believe how far he has travelled these last couple of years. And in this video talking to BBC 5 Live Sport he reveals how […]

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Reports surfacing in Italy that West Ham are planning a swoop for Claufio Ranieri are sheer nonsense. Tuttomercatoweb reckon that ourselves and Stoke City  are eyeing a summer raid for the former Leicester chief but ClaretandHugh can firmly deny that any such move is on. As sensationalist journalism goes this one really does take the […]

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We’re back again with our preview of Monday night’s game which sees league leaders Chelsea visit the London Stadium. This week we’re joined by former West Ham favourite Jack Collison who sits alongside myself and Geo to discuss tactics, the opposition, Andy Carroll and our starting line-up.  

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Declan Rice has pledged his long-term future to West Ham by signing a new contract to keep him at the club until 2020. The 18-year-old is captain of the PL2 side and has enjoyed a brilliant season. Rice was also on the bench for Slaven Bilic’s first team in the Boxing Day win at Swansea […]

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Former West Ham shot stopper Phil Parkes has pulled no punches ahead of Chelsea’s visit to London Stadium on Monday evening. Writing his column for Blowing Bubbles Monthly,  in association with Claret and Hugh, Parkes says the west London side were “mediocre for many years’ before Roman Abramovich’s billions transformed their fortunes. He said: ‘I […]

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Mark Noble has admitted he doesn’t know how to keep Andy Carroll fit but insists the striker is a “massive plus” when he is available. Noble declared: Andy is massive for us whenever he is fit and everyone knows it. He was fit for eleven matches over Christmas and New Year and scored six goals, so […]

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Results in today’s games could have a big effect on the Hammers league position as they go into Monday night’s home game against Chelsea. Each of the three teams who can leapfrog us in the table look to have relatively decent chances of doing so but of course we know that’s not the way this […]

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Karren Brady has claimed West Ham are the last hope for teams chasing Chelsea. Writing in her Sun Diary she said: ” They need us to take at least a point on Monday to provide even a whiff of hope of catching the league leaders. These include Liverpool and Arsenal who meet at Anfield tomorrow […]

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Slaven Bilic readily admits this has been one of the toughest of his managerial career. And he has spoken about the pretence involved when at home as he tried to come to terms with an utterly disastrous early season which put him under enormous pressure for his job. He said: “You pretend at home that […]

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The London Stadium has been deemed suitable for International Cricket and American Baseball. Operators London Stadium 185 confirmed to ClaretandHugh earlier today that feasibility studies had been carried out for both sports in the London Stadium earlier this year and concluded both could be played in Athletics mode within the current stadium dimensions and sight […]

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The tender process for the award of the five year seating transition contract for the London Stadium has been concluded with London Legacy Development Corporation Investment Committee and E20 Board approving the appointment of the successful contractor called PHD Modular Access Services Ltd. On their own website PHD describe themselves as  “The World’s ‘Go-To’ Scaffolding […]

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A warrant has been issued for Robert Snodgrass after he failed to turn up to his trial. The West Ham star  is charged with driving a car while a baby was being held by a passenger. The 29-year-old was allegedly driving on Duke Street, Glasgow, on April 17, 2015 with too many people to put […]

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Andy Carroll is bang in the centre of the headlines again –  probably for all the wrong reason. For the big man turned up at the Iron Men premier in Mile End wearing a ghastly pair of PINK  boots. He may have been noticeable by his absence over the last few weeks but there was no […]

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On-loan injured Hammer Gokhan Tore has suggested a West Ham team mate caused his injury which required an operation by going in hard on him in training ahead of a Crystal Palace game. The 25 year old continues to be paid  up to £60,000 per week by West Ham until the end of the season […]

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West Ham captain Mark Noble has confessed that he enjoys watches London rivals Chelsea play football. The two clubs are set to meet on Monday night at the London Stadium in the Premier League. Noble has admitted that he has a lot of respect for Chelsea due to the way they play and feels they […]

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Former West Ham United star Trevor Morley has revealed the truth of the infamous night he was was stabbed and accusations of a ‘gay’ affair with Ian Bishop!. In March 1991, the news that Morley was critically ill in hospital having been wounded in a domestic incident shook West Ham. And although he made a […]

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Antonio Conte has reported a minor injury for Eden Hazard in the build-up to the West Ham game but he indicated the player will be fit for action on Monday. At his pre-match media conference on Friday afternoon, Conte was asked if there were any fresh injuries in his squad. ‘Nothing important,’ he answered, ‘apart […]

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Slaven Bilic has recalled how Dimitri Payet claimed Victor Moses was the best player the Irons had last season – with the exception of himself! Moses has now been handed a new Chelsea deal after spending loan periods with the Irons, Liverpool and Stoke City respectively. Bilicisn’t surprised Moses managed to finally nailed it at […]

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West Ham have Michy Batshuayi at the top of their wanted list this summer. We reported yesterday (Fri) that the Belgian international was likely to become a target in the summer and can confirm today that he is very much on the club’s list of striker targets. The Hammers are working hard to bring in […]

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West Ham’s stars went to the movies last night and got a taste of what it must be like to tread the Hollywood boards. Ok, it was the Genesis Cinema in Mile End but never mind,  the premiere of Iron Men was a resounding success. Not even Hollywood however , would have witnessed the sort […]

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David Gold insists that pride is the key to Monday evening’s match against Chelsea at the London Stadium. Memories of the Manchester City and Arsenal humiliations have become distant as the team’s performances have rapidly improved over recent weeks. And a result over the west London outfit would set the seal on a fine few […]

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Slaven Bilic has made it clear he expects no trouble at the London Stadium on Monday evening as Chelsea arrive. A total of 38 Hammers supporters were banned by the cluib after the EFL clash against the Blues – not the 97 widely reported. But the manager said:  “It is not that I think [there […]

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