After another day of media frenzy focusing on West Ham, their fans, the London Stadium, the owners and Karren Brady. ClaretandHugh Associate editor Sean Whetstone called up Talksport radio station to try to balance up some of the biased media attention which has beset our club in recent weeks. You can hear the full interview […]
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CandH talk to Talksport
Posted on 06 October 2016.
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Young Hammer and ‘Man Mountain’ Bayo
Posted on 06 October 2016.
Nineteen year old Alex Pike has spoken of how he was left bloodied but unbowed after his Checkatrade Trophy clash withthe strongest man mountain in football – Adebayo Akinfenwa. The young Hammer clashed with the the immovable object as the League Two side beating our kids s 3-0 with Bayo sscoring the opener in a typically […]
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Brady makes club position clear
Posted on 06 October 2016.
Karren Brady is widely reported today on the comments she made at the Leaders Sports Business Summit at Stamford Bridge ysterday (Wed). In pursuit of a stick with which to beat West Ham, the media at large leapt on her remarks about the club’s “culture” prior to the Davids arrival and spun them out of […]
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Good guy Michail’s charity drive!
Posted on 05 October 2016.
West Ham winger Michail Antonio has fulfiled al promise made to a Birmingham charity. Good guy Michail pledged a signed shirt for Libby Mae’s Little Angels to founders Richard and Charlotte Sharratt, but ran out of time to post it before last Saturday’s auction for neonatal units across the region. So he went out of […]
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Besiktas fans abuse over Tore video
Posted on 05 October 2016.
Turkish football fans are furious over the Gokhan Tore song published on youtube over the weekend. The video has been viewed by over 17,500 people but Besiktas fans say we have Tore all wrong and he is too good for West Ham. One Turkish fan commented:“Why don’t you idiots tell that your single victory of the […]
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CandH at police meeting ahead of Chelsea clash
Posted on 05 October 2016.
Supporters representatives of both West Ham and Chelsea will meet with the Football Unit for the Metropolitan police on Thursday evening ahead of the EFL Cup game on 26th October. ClaretandHugh Associate editor, Sean Whetstone will be present as a guest of the Football Supporters Federation (FSF) who arranged the meeting to raise fan issues […]
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CandH at police meeting head of Chelsea clash
Posted on 05 October 2016.
Supporters representatives of both West Ham and Chelsea will meet with the Football Unit for the Metropolitan police on Thursday evening ahead of the EFL Cup game on 26th October. ClaretandHugh Associate editor, Sean Whetstone will be present as a guest of the Football Supporters Federation (FSF) who arranged the meeting to raise fan issues […]
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Fans urged to give Tore time
Posted on 05 October 2016.
Gokhan Tore’s agent has made it clear the winger is determined to turn his form around and contribute to the Hammers cause. Ali Pektas has spoken to Fanatik this week about Tore’s start to life at West Ham and said: “Gokhan is happy to be in London. He already played at Chelsea (youth-team) before so knows […]
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Twitter’s raging critics get Brady comments all wrong
Posted on 05 October 2016.
West Ham fans on social media have torn into Karren Brady after completely misunderstanding her remarks about the club having no corporate culture! Brady has become an easy target for many fans after the move to the London Stadium and her remarks to a Leaders in Sport conference have been seized on as another stick with […]
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“London stadium was an opportunity to re-brand”
Posted on 05 October 2016.
West Ham Vice chairman Karren Brady has been speaking today at a Leaders in sport conference in London. Among the audience was Guardian journalist Owen Gibson who has been relaying her speech via social media which can be found below. “Karren Brady says Olympic Stadium was an opportunity to “rebrand” the club. Also says club […]
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Hammers social club likely to close doors
Posted on 05 October 2016.
The West Ham Supporters Club also known as the Hammers social club based in Castle street next to the Boleyn ground is likely to close it’s doors soon unless trade drastically picks up ClaretandHugh have been told. A source close to the social club told ClaretandHugh “We took over £15,000 in takings at the last […]
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Midfielder says international break may not help him
Posted on 05 October 2016.
Pedro Obiang has signalled a change of Hammers fortune belieiving they are on their way back – and he’s keen to play a part in it! After a fine performance against West Brom it looks as if hs time may finally have come. He told the official site: ” “Maybe the international break has come […]
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Carroll/Randolph probe – the club’s position!
Posted on 05 October 2016.
The probe into the player’s night out which allegedly ended at dawn for Andy Carroll and Darren Randolph is understood to have been headed up by the manager. But a top club source told us this morning that whatever the outcome the decision will be backed at board level. Carroll and Randolph were claimed to […]
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Palace problems as Irons get set for return
Posted on 05 October 2016.
Alan Pardew will be without both Loic Remy and Jonathon Benteke for the clash against the Irons. And with James Tomkins ready to face up to his old side for the first time aready the anticipation is underway. Tomkns has revealed that this will be a massive match for him and he could be in […]
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Heartbreaking image of a long goodbye
Posted on 05 October 2016.
An international break gives time for reflections and my own generally involve the Bolyen. I adoped the Hammers as my club in 1962 and as I wrote in a Facebook status a few days back it has probably represented the biggest adventure of my life. I added: “In terms of unpredictability, intrigue and gossip, there […]
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Best West Ham goal ever poll: DiCanio or Payet?
Posted on 04 October 2016.
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Zaza’s agent/Dad piles pressure on
Posted on 04 October 2016.
Simone Zaza’s father/agent Calcio Mercato has claimed this evening that the Irons will have to buy his mis-firing striker son permanently should he play ten games in the claret and blue. However, our understanding is, from sources inside the club, that the figure is closer to 16. Some game playing is cloearly going on from […]
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Former Hammer hails new club hero
Posted on 04 October 2016.
Former England, Nottingham Forest and Hammers hero Stuart Pearce forsees Michail Antonio following enjoying a great Three Lions career. The former Irons left back gave the £7m Hammer a glowing reference saying: “Antonio is someone I know well and he’s a great player. I was really pleased when he got the call-up for England!” Speaking […]
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Song comes out of coma
Posted on 04 October 2016.
Former Hammer Rigobert Song will be flown to France for treatment after coming out of a coma his doctor claims. 40 year old Song suffered a stroke on Sunday after he collapsed at his home in Yaounde and was immediately transported to hospital in the Cameroon capital. Dr Louis Joss Bitang A Mafok, director of the emergency […]
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Disabled Boro fan sees funny side of coin throwing
Posted on 04 October 2016.
17-year-old disabled Middlesbrough fan, Owen Swift was one of the 3,000 Boro fans who made the trip to the London Stadium at the weekend and was caught up in the crowd problems. He told the Middlesbrough Gazette“We could see West Ham fans drinking alcohol in the stands and they weren’t watching the game,” “When West Ham scored […]
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West Ham has spent more in transfers than Spurs
Posted on 04 October 2016.
West Ham have come out joint 14th in the world as the biggest transfer spenders in the last six years. The September report from www.football-observatory.com says West Ham has spent 95m euros (£83m) since 2010 making them level with reigning Premier League champions Leicester City who spent the same amount. Spurs are in 17th place in […]
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West Ham has rights to train at London Stadium
Posted on 04 October 2016.
Slaven Bilic wants to train at the London Stadium and has been told it is not a problem. “We can train here as many times as we want,’ Slaven Bilic told reporters last week ‘I asked for that. It’s not a question of can we? We can.’ It is myth that West Ham only gets 25 […]
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West Ham MD to fly out to Nigeria to find superstar
Posted on 04 October 2016.
Nigerian team FC Ifeanyi Ubah will this week host West Ham top brass in Lagos and Nnewi in Nigeria in a bid to take the partnership between both football clubs to the next level. A West Ham delegation led by Hammers managing Director, Angus Kinnear with President of FC Ifeanyi Ubah, Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah […]
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Juventus concerned over Zaza return
Posted on 04 October 2016.
Reports in Italy warn West Ham could send Simone Zaza back to Juventus as soon as January, rather than buy him outright. The Italian striker joined the Hammers on loan this summer, with the deal automatically becoming permanent on his 15 appearance. That transfer would be worth £17.5m plus bonuses to Juventus who have already budgeted for […]
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Stewart Downing: ‘I prefer the old stadium’
Posted on 04 October 2016.
Former Hammer Stewart Downing says he prefers the Boleyn Ground after playing at the London Stadium on Saturday but says the players are going to have to get used it. “Players wise there’s a lot of the same old faces but it felt a bit like going to a different club in terms of the […]
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Tomkins: ‘West Ham is massive game for myself’
Posted on 04 October 2016.
Former Hammer James Tomkins admits that Crystal Palace would have preferred the visit of his old club not to be disrupted by the international break. When asked if Palace would have wanted the derby to follow straight on from the 1-1 draw at Everton, Tomkins told eagles.cpfc.co.uk: “For sure. We’d have liked to have played it […]
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