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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger does not believe English football has a “hooligan problem” and has called for a return to safe standing at stadiums. “You cannot say 200 people is a general problem in the country,” said the Arsenal manager to reports today when asked about the troubles at the London Stadium. “Hopefully West Ham […]

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The Daily Telegraph claims that talks over the naming rights for the London Stadium with Indian technology company and carmaker, the Mahindra Group have collapsed. They say Mahindra had a period of exclusivity which expired in August and although there was optimism in the weeks afterwards that an agreement could still be struck the Telegraph say that […]

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By top CandH blogger Pete Ellis The London stadium is a target. It’s a gleaming shiney new beacon that is absolutely ripe for the plucking.  Not by Isis, or any other mentally challenged group of terrorists, but from equally simple football fans that have an IQ matched only by their show size.With well reported shortcomings […]

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The Irons are set for a Wednesday night clash at Old Trafford on November 30 as they bid to reach the semi-finals of the League Cup. And the club are awaiting confirmation of the ticket allocation for the Old Trafford tie, which will also be screened live by Sky Sports at 8pm. West Ham and […]

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Slaven Bilic hinted that Michail Antonio could again lead the line at Goodison Park agreeing that he had made a good case for himself. Speaking at his morning presser he said:“He was really good and that’s why we put him there. He did everything we hoped and expected that he would do. “He used the […]

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Slaven Bilic refused to discuss the troubles at the London Stadium this morning at his press conference  ahead of the Hammers game against Everton on Sunday. Slave told reporters “I have said enough about the Stadium. I want to talk about football and about the game. I am a football manager.” Talking about the game […]

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Chelsea manager Antonio Conte claims his team were unlucky to lose to West Ham on Wednesday night. ‘The performance was good because we knew they would play a strong game, but I think we played with a good intensity and created many chances to score a goal,’ said Conte. ‘I saw a good spirit in my […]

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The Metropolitan Police have released details of those arrested after Wednesday night’s trouble around the West Ham v Chelsea match. The police have reduced the number arrested from seven to six and names three of the name already charged. Although they have not released how many of the six were West Ham supporters it is […]

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West Ham Vice-Chairman Karren Brady has told the Sun newspaper that the club did everything in their  power to restrict and minimise potential problems. She told the Sun: “THE scenes we saw towards the end of Wednesday’s win over Chelsea at London Stadium were a huge disappointment. A disappointment to all who have worked so hard […]

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Let’s have a recap on where we are after a torrid week. Things didn’t start as they should have done but it’s getting better – much better. A move to the London Stadium was meant to be the next step on the ladder for the club when it came to progression in the table, but early […]

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Darren Randolph has made it clear the Irons can match and are ready for anybody. The Hammers keeper was in magnificent form against Chelsea and played a major patt in setting us on the road that takes us to Manchester United for the quarter finals. And speaking to the official site he said: ““We never […]

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A quite magnificent analysis of what’s happening at the London Stadium  appears in today’s Daily Mail guided by the word processor of West Ham fan and top football writer in this country by a million miles – Martin Samuel! Martin never pulls punches and places perspective on puzzles which confuse the minds of those too […]

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West Ham and London Stadium are this morning (Fri) reported as being close to finalising the identification of 200 individuals who will receive stadium bans following incidents of disorder during the club’s win over Chelsea. The club, operators, the Metropolitan Police and Chelsea are looking to work together in the investigation, with extensive CCTV footage being […]

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An MP has today declared the Irons should be forced to play behind closed doors if there are repeats of the incidents which marred last night’s great victory over Chelsea. “None of these problems were unforeseeable given the nature of the stadium,” said Mark Field MP. He told the Evening Standard: “Within the next 14 […]

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A Chelsea fan – clearly keen to have his five minutes of fame before the BBC cameras – waded into Hammers supporters after the over-hyped incidents in the Trevor Brooking last night. With daughter Victoria,8, he spoke of their terrible ordeal by coins – and how many times she had been hit by them. He […]

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West Ham and Operators London Stadium 185 have released a statement to say they are close to identifying 200 individuals  who will receive London Stadium bans. ” West Ham United and London Stadium are finalising the identification of 200 individuals who will receive stadium bans having been involved in incidents of disorder during West Ham’s EFL […]

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Cheik Kouyate’s unbelievable goal to open last night’s scoring gave the Irons their first step towards the quarter finals and he could barely believe it’s quality when he looked at it after the match. He said: ““I saw my goal after the game and it was an unbelievable. I spoke with Dimi and said it […]

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CandH’s associate editor Sean Whetstone was an eye witness to last night’s events being right in the middle of the crowd disturbances. Here’s his report on what REALLY happened Yesterday evening was always going to be difficult evening to navigate without headlines condemning West Ham fans. It became a self fulfilling  prophecy. We arrived at […]

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What a performance …what an incredible victory …what a game changer in our season – we were magnificent! I’m gonna be quite honest about this with you. I don’t like being wise after the even or hearing the words “told you so.”I had big doubts as to whether the manager could get it right after […]

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West Ham have landed something of a financial bonanza by getting Manchester United in the quarter finals of the EFL Cup. Clubs take 45 per cent of the gate receipts and in our case with 74k plus possible at Old Trafford we can expect to reap around three quarters of a million plus the likliehood […]

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Top ClaretandHugh blogger RICH SPRENT is excited! The performance against Chelsea was as perfect as it gets and here he  discusses where we are, what we are about and the system which has so much going for it. Forget £20m 20 goal strikers. Actually forget ANY of that terminology! It’s clear that with the personnel […]

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Slaven Bilic has heaped praise on the team for executing the manner in which they executed his game plan against Chelsea. Speaking on the official site the manager said: “We played really good tonight. It was a great atmosphere, a cup game, night game, London derby, and Chelsea are a great team who have hit great […]

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The FA have confirmed they have launched a probe into the crowd disturbances at the stadium last night (Wed) But they will assess evidence and speak to both clubs before deciding to bring any charges. An EFL spokesman added: “We are currently liaising with both clubs, the Football Association and Metropolitan Police as they look […]

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Read the original: Irons 2 Chelsea 1 – Highlights and goals

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West Ham are being put on trial by media who appear to have hung, drung and quartered us after crowd disturbances in the final few minutes  of a magnificent EDL Cup vitory over Chelsea last night (Wed). But all many not be as it seems and later this morning Sean Whetstone our associate editor here […]

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Metropolitan Police have made seven arrests following disorder at the London stadium during the EFL Cup match between West Ham and Chelsea. The seven men were arrested for public order offences and are currently in custody at various police stations. In addition to these arrests, 30 people were issued with directions to disperse under antisocial behaviour […]

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