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On Thursday the London Assembly opened a new investigation into the policing and security of the London Stadium. Those present as witnesses to give evidence were the CEO and a director of stadium owners E20 Stadium LLP and LLDC, the CEO of the operators London Stadium 185, the Met Police football commander, director from Westfield […]

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Former Hammers loanee right back Carl Jenkinson will not play for Arsenal today because “he has no confidence” according to boss Arsene Wenger. And that, in part, is down to him being  “quickly hammered by everybody on social media” with Wenger adding he hopes the player “doesn’t read it.” This is one of the frankest […]

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Paul Merson has taken a big pop at Dimi Payet’s attitude and told the French midfielder he owes the club adding: ““If it wasn’t for West Ham, nobody would have ever heard of Payet – he wouldn’t even be playing for France.” The Sky Sports pundit declared: ““I was impressed with Manchester United in midweek, […]

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West Ham boss, Sloven Bilic, is clearly a fully paid up member of the Andy Carroll fan club and ready to release him on Arsenal at the London Stadium.. Bilic has his fingers crossed for a repeat of the  heroics which saw AC score a hat-trick against Arsenal in this fixture last season and believes […]

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Gonzo just can’t help himself. Even when he hands the ‘mike’ to his daughter Chloe to interview young son Jakey for tomorrow’s game, there he is back seat driving and telling the little ‘un to face the camera. Jakey has very set ideas on precisely what’s wrong with the Irons – like the defenders, midfielders […]

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Sky pundit Paul Merson has criticised Dimitri Payet’s recent displays for West Ham, saying that he owes the club for making him a superstar  “I was impressed with Manchester United in midweek, but it was against a poor West Ham team, who were virtually playing with 10-men – Dimitri Payet doesn’t look interested – at all,” […]

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Arsene Wenger has warned that it will take years for the London Stadium to feel like home for the Hammers. “It takes a few years, because you have to make memories and build a little history,” Wenger said. “We moved from the marble hall at Highbury; it was full of history, and suddenly you move […]

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Guest post by Paul Christmas  You are all invited to the next meeting of the West Ham Independent Supporters Association which will take place this Saturday upstairs at the Hammers Supporters Club in Castle Street starting at 1pm. Entry is free. We shall be able to update you on our activities over the last couple […]

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We are all for people trying new things and tonight the official site has proudly announced it has become part of a new major soccer website network called Dugout. This operation has been on the cards for some time and will include news from every Premier League club as it bids to mop up the […]

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Many will be keeping an eye open for Andre Ayew’s name tomorrow afternoon as the Hammers prepare to take on Arsenal. ClaretandHugh reported last night the manager had placed the player on an intensive training regime for the week as he wasn’t considered to be up to peak fitness which, to put it mildly, seemed odd. […]

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Michail Antonio and Aaron Cresswell will miss the Premier League game against Arsenal on Saturday but Slaven Bilic insists they should be fit for  the game at Anfield. Both players were forced to leave the field during the EFL Cup defeat against Manchester United on Wednesday night. Bilic confirmed after the game that the pair […]

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Arthur Masuaku appears to have dropped a heavy hint that our big two will be missing from tomorrow night’s game against Arsenal. The left back has declared himself ready for action saying: “We lost Michail Antonio and Cressy through injury [on Wednesday] and that makes things more difficult. Both players are very important for the team […]

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West Ham have announced  the legend that is Mooro wil be honoured with the Club’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the end of the club’s first season at London Stadium. The West Ham United Player Awards 2017, in aid of The Academy, will take place on Tuesday 9 May 2017 at The InterContinental London, and will […]

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Despite Slaven Bilic admiring he is feeling the pressure of lingering around at the wrong end of the table, the bookmaking fraternity believe he’s a safe bet to keep his job. Despite a 4-1 humiliation at Old Trafford, the Hammers boss who was a favourite for the axe earlier in the campaign is now set […]

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Jurgen Klopp is reported this morning to have no interest in selling Daniel Sturridge which may come as a blow to West Ham. Liverpool will be suffering a striker shortage in January via the African Cup of Nations and Sturridge will be required at Anfield. The club have Sadio Mane on Africa Cup of Nations duty […]

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Originally posted here: Video: Arsenal Preview

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Tension over Simone Zaza’s situation at West Ham could be rising after the Juventus flop appeared from the bench at a meaningless stage of the quarter final cup tie against Manchester United. Zaza – without a goal or decent display to his name  since arriving from Juve – managed to slice a shot from relatively […]

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Diafra Sakho has made it clear he has the Irons fans very much on his mind. Sakho was injured in the League clash at United, pulling a hamstring and now faces a six week lay off. But the striker – having become the first Irons striker to net this season – is making it clear […]

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West Ham boss Slaven Bilic is sweating it out on injuries to Aaron Cresswell and Michail Antonio at Old Trafford last night. In truth a calculated gamble by the boss failed, we have now exited the EFL Cup and are struggling with injuries again for the crucial league games. Both players have been hit by groin […]

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Dimi Payet probably had perhaps one of his worst games in a claret and blue shirt at Old Trafford in the EFL Cup quarter final. He was responsible for one of the goals when his sloppy pass was intercepted by Ander Herrera who set Henrikh Mkhitaryan away down the wing to square for Anthony Martial to […]

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Ashley Fletcher – the best Iron on view at Old Trafford in the  4-1 defeat – is desperate to hold onto the striker’s shirt against Arsenal at the weekend. He described his Old Trafford goal as “unbelievable” but even more importantly declared the team were determined to bounce straight back on Saturday. The 21 year […]

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It’s our third birthday today – and making it particularly memorable is that it coincides with us passing 50 thousand followers to the site. We started as a very small blog back in 2013 and in the three years we have been on the Hammers scene have now passed an amazing 32 million hits. My […]

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Top CandH blogger RICH SPRENT looks at why it all went so wrong at Old Trafford The lessons were all there on Sunday and yet they didn’t sink in. The line-up looked strong however but  to play in a similar shape to Sunday was puzzling. Feghouli has not played anything other than a brief cameo […]

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Exclusive Andre Ayew was missing last night because he has been under an intense training regime which will continue throughout the week. The club’s record signing was fully expected to be involved at Old Trafford last night ( a good game for him to miss of course as things turned out) but instead he was […]

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Ashley Fletcher – the best Iron on view at Old Trafford in the  4-1 defeat – is desperate to hold onto the striker’s shirt against Arsenal at the weekend. He described his Old Trafford goal as “unbelievable” but even more importantly declared the team were determined to bounce straight back on Saturday. The 21 year […]

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Reading to Manchester is a long long way on a bitterly cold November day. But our partner over at Hammers Chat’s – Gonzo – with camera at the ready – made the journey to record what turned out to be a bitterly disappointing night out and left more questions than answers about the Hammers of […]

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