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Hammer Tony Cottee remains totally convnced that Slaven Bilic is the right man to lead the club into a brighter period starting at Crystal Palace next weekend. TC was one of the Croatian’s biggest supporters before hisl appointment and said: “Slaven has earned the right to put things right after his first season. He has […]

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West Ham are preparing to offer Michail Antonio a new deal after his amazing rise from the fringes of Hammers  selection last November  to the England team just over a year later! The wideman has been an astonishing signing for £7 million and it comes as no surprise to hear that the club want to […]

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Karren Brady has used her Sun newspaper football diary to re-enforce that she believes in West Ham’s move to London Stadium and says the noise will disappear once when the Hammers start winning home games. He points out we can never go back so we have to look forward together. Early feedback from our poll […]

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ClaretandHugh’s off the wall blogger PETE ELLIS takes his sideways look at the Hammers week that was! Majestic Mr Payet…step forward Pedro What an amazing week…West Ham didn’t lose! I’ve not been this happy since I was diagnosed with kidney stones! In all seriousness, Payet’s goal was majestic.  We’ve not seen such a mesmerising run […]

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Thirteeen London Stadium break-in attempts have been made and every one of them has been foiled according to  opeator  LS185. The copycat attempts came after a  group of London guys managed to get in and film their own unauthorised entry which has since been shown on You Tube. In their video they were pictured in some […]

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This weekend’s poll seeks to discover when fans expect  the London Stadium feel like our new home? There have been widely publicised problems which the club have called “teething issues” after our move to the London Stadium. While any move to a new home takes time to settle we ask the simple question how long […]

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David Gold has sent his best to Michail Antonio ahead of tomorrow’s Word Cup quaifier against Malta. Talking to the official site the co chairman says: “This is another fantastic opportunity for him and the key for him now is to keep getting selected in the squad and eventually his chance will come. There is […]

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A meeting will be held tomorrow afternoon (Sat Oct 8th) aimed at setting up a new Supporters Trust. The kick off meeting will held at the Hammers Social club in Castle Street off Green Street at 3pm . In a statement the group delivered to CandH and other fan sites they say: “Discussion has been […]

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Ravel Morrison could be set for a Premier League return. The 23-year-old is currently with Lazio but is out of first team favour with much speculation he could soon be on his way. The former England Under-21 international has made just eight appearances for the Serie A side since moving to Italy in 2015. Lazio […]

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Chelsea are demanding the full 5,700 away allocation for the evening EFL cup match against West Ham at the London Stadium later this month.  They have released the following statement on their official website: “Under EFL Cup rules, away clubs can claim up to 10 per cent of the stadium’s capacity which in the case […]

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Love him or hate him, Harry Redknapp won’t hear anyone talk the Irons down. Ok, everybody knows the hstory but as is usually the case, the knockers tend to overlook the achievements. And whatever else may be said it also needs to be remembered that he achieved the club’s highest ever Premier League finish of fifth. […]

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Andy Carroll is close to a comeback but has not a put a date on his return. Speaking for the first time in weeks about his recovery the striker said:  “ I am working hard in the gym and everything is going well. Hopefully soon I will be back in action. “I can’t wait to play […]

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Fifteen fans – representing the Irons supporters base – were involved in a lively three hour meeting in front of a  panel consisting of Board members, senior staff members and representatives from London Stadium and the Metropolitan Police  on Wednesday evening. The fans were selected to take part from the hundreds who have provided feedback […]

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Slaven Bilic is a big bookies favourite to be the next  manager chopped this season. His odds are now as short as 6/4 with Sky Bet after the disastrous start to the season with David Moyes at 3/1 and Tony Pulis next on the list at  5/1. Slav himself has admitted he knows the reality […]

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West Ham player Enner Valencia is alleged to have faked an injury to escape from police during Ecuador’s victory over Chile last night. The striker currently on loan to Everton was confronted by police officers upon arriving at the stadium on Thursday over unpaid child maintenance bills.  The 26-year-old started Ecuador’s 3-0 victory and but it […]

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The Metropolitan police will deploy more officers outside the stadium for the West Ham v Chelsea game EFL cup game than were used for the mach against Millwall in 2009. ClaretandHugh’s associate editor, Sean Whetstone attended a Met police football unit meeting in Lambeth on last night (Thurs) alongside Amanda Jacks from the Football Supporters’ […]

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Operators London Stadium 185 together with caterers Delaware North will ban the sale of bottles from the Premier League match when West Ham face Sunderland later this month. The London Stadium Safety Advisory Group (LS-SAG) which met earlier this week have decided all bottles must now be decanted and liquid contents poured into plastic glasses […]

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Dimi Payet’s wonder goal against Middlesborough may have got everybody out of their seats but it still can’t eclipse the best goal ever seen by a West Ham player. A ClaretandHugh poll asked whether the Frenchman’s amazing solo effort was better than Paolo Di Canio’s fabuou volley against Wimbledon back in 2000. Over 1200 voted […]

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Aaron Cresswell is hoping to be in action for the next League match against  Crystal Palace. He has made a much quicker than expected return from tje knee ligament injury he sustained during the pre-season game against Karlsruher. Cressie played 50 minutes in a training ground match against the Hammers PL2 side today and with […]

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Work is underway to install the largest TV screen in Europe at the London Stadium. Construction workers have removed temporary fabric panels containing West Ham players under the illuminated West Ham United sign and are preparing to lift a number of panels into place this week.  This picture taken on Wednesday evening shows that the 12 metre fabric […]

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A super computer is predicting a finishing position of 13th for the Irons this season. After seven matches the Hammers are third from bottom with just one win and four points but will finish the campaign in 13th a drop of six places from last season according to the talkSPORT’s super computer Sunderland will finish bottom […]

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Today ClaretandHugh are calling for an end to the Premium line rip off number for the ticket office. Many supporters continue to receive large mobile phone bills after calling the West Ham ticket office. 0871 numbers are regarded as premium numbers and not included in any mobile call plans. West Ham do point out the costs […]

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Karren Brady’s comments about the club have been the only show in town over the last 24 hours. She’s been knocked from pillar to post – along with the owners – by the media but here’s what the fans at ClaretandHugh’s Facebook forum have to say at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ O There will always be those that […]

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Karren Brady has let slip that a film called Iron Men is being made about the Boleyn Ground. West Ham commissioned Spark Media to make the film in their final season at the Boleyn Ground and eagle eyed supporters would have spotted the film crew on match days in their high visibility vests last season […]

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Enner Valencia has been met by police and lawyers in Ecuador following a training session while on international duty. The striker a was faced by authorities holding a judicial order, with lawyers representing the mother of his five-year-old daughter seeking an alleged £13,350 in maintenance,reports the Liverpool Echo. The 26-year-old was greeted at the Atahualpa […]

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I’m absolutely sick to the back teeth of waking up to headlines aimed at tearing my football club to bits. This time it’s over some words which might have been more carefully chosen from Karren Brady – last week it was segregation and policing, before that it was standing and prior to that even it […]

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