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The long awaited Ticketmaster Ticket Exchange will be live for visit of Sunderland on 21 October the club have finally announced on WHUFC.com. Despite being announced in July and promised for the start of the Premier League season it never materialised, first because of technical problems with Ticket Master and later over safety concerns after the Watford […]

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Chelsea have been given an away allocation of 5,200 for the EFL cup game on Wednesday 26 October  just 500 seats under the 10% EFL cup requirement. It was was thought that the London Stadium Security Advisory Group (SAG) which includes the Metropolitan Police would look to drastically reduce the away allocation on safety grounds but […]

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Aaron Cresswell began training with the first-team today after recovering from the knee injury sustained against Karlsruher in the pre-season friendly. And according to co chairman David Gold both he & Andy Carroll could be available for the match against Crystal Palace after the international break. The striker  has been working towards full fitness after […]

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Ok we hate bad language even among fans but this is funny and we can’t resist posting. If you are offended by the F word we advise you to turn away now. That famous East End humour and ability to laugh at ourselves has come to the forefront in this video which is aimed at […]

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Slaven Bilic has insisted that all the summer signings will come good and dismissed suggestions none of them have improved the squad this season. Speaking to the official site he said:”“All the summer signings are good players and they will come good, at least that’s what we expect them to do. “They came to improve […]

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Dimi Payet experienced big problems getting away from the London Stadium at the weekend. The brilliant Frenchman drives a fabulous silver Mercedes but it did him no good as he tried to make a quick exit from the ground after the game heading, we’re told, for the airport. Our top picture shows him heading back […]

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Gokhan Tore has made the sort of West Ham start nightmares are made from and is regularly getting booed from the terraces. Here ClaretandHugh Facebook members @https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ have their say on the loanee from Turkey. O Slav is not the only West Ham manager to persist with no hopers. Carlton Cole and Boa – Morte […]

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Right back Sam Byram will be out injured for weeks following a serious hamstring tear on Saturday against Middlesborough Bilic has admitted. As a general rule, grade one Hamstring strains should be rested from football for 3 weeks and grade two injuries for about 4 to 6 weeks. In the case of a complete rupture, […]

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Sam Byram has torn a hamstring and will be out of action for the Iron  for six weeks minimum! The right back overstretched within the first five minutes of the weekend clash against West Brom and was stretchered off – seemingly in agony. Now it has emerged the unlucky defender will be out for a […]

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Former West Ham defender Rigobert Song is in a critical condition after suffering a stroke. The 40-year-old was rushed to hospital in Yaounde in his homeland of Cameroon on Sunday. Song was understood to be at home in the Odza neighbourhood in Yaounde when he suffered a cerebral aneurysm. The cousin of Alex Song Song played for West Ham between 2000-2002 making 24 […]

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I don’t like Richard Keys – never have never will and that he was allegedly involved in an affair with his daughter’s friend at a time when his wife of 34 years is batling cancer – came as no surprise. Last week  the disgraced former Sky Sports commentator was busily taking a “told you so” […]

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Police say they are received no reports of injuries or stabbings following Saturday’s draw against Middlesborough despite claims on social media that a Boro fan had been stabbed and a video which was claimed showed a knive in the hands of a young West Ham fan. An eyewitness subsequently told the Middlesborough Gazette how she watched […]

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James Collins is clearly not in any sort of mood to mince his words. After claiming the team cannot keep relying on Dimi Payet to get them out of schtook after Saturday’s game he has gone in even further and accused the squad of slacking. He readily admitted it after the match and today kills […]

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West Ham joint-chairman David Gold took to Twitter on Sunday evening with an injury update ahead of West Ham’s away game against Crystal Palace. Gold said: “Carroll and Cresswell could be available for the Palace game and Ayew the week after.” The news seems to contradict what the head of medical science said last week which […]

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West Ham have been accused of breaking Football Association rules on discrimination by the chairman of the West Ham Ladies team, Stephen Hunt who has lodged a formal complaint with the FA after months of argument over funding and facilities with the club. “West Ham need to be fined until they start to act like a […]

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One of the most extraordinary events ever, surely took place in football yesterday – Dimi Payet appeared in the same team as Gokhan Tore. No I won’t repeat that, unbelievable as it sounds. How can such an event take place and how on earth does that happen?? Sorry but I can’t get the thought out […]

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As usual I took my camera to the game yesterday and amongst others I bumped into Claret and Hugh associate editor Sean Whetstone on the way home. We dissected the days proceedings at the top of the Waterloo Station escalators and by the sounds of things it should be an interesting Moore Than Just a […]

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David Sullivan has expressed his anger at what he descibes as sensationalised events outsde the London Stadim yesterday. And he snapped: “A group of mindless thugs with no intention of watching the game came together outside the ground, and three arrests were made. I have watched all the videos and as far as I can […]

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David Gold has never made any secret of his admiration for Pedro Obiang privately but has chosen to put that on the record for the first time. The co chairman has never previously mentioned the player publicly as being deserving of a place for fear of allegations that he is trying to pick the manager’s […]

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Former Hammers boss Sam Allardyce could face fresh problems should allegations of a taped conversation between him and Ravel Morrison prove correct The former Irons midfielder’s big pal Jermaine Tennant claims the former Hammers midfielder has proof of the conversation between himself and Allardyce when he requested a pay rise. He asaid: ““I heard Ravel […]

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    We feel we simply have to publish this Facebook comment posted by a disabled Hammers fan. Nobody from ClaretandHugh witnessed the alleged incident and we publish it because should it be true – which until proved otherwise we have to – this is seriously out of order. ClaretandHugh has no desire to whip up […]

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A confidential twenty four page Steward briefing booklet was found discarded in a bush near Pudding Mill Lane DLR station only to be found by ClaretandHugh associate editor last night on his way home from the game. The document contained the mobile numbers of a wide number of senior individuals within operators Stadium London 185 […]

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While all the negative news has been about West Ham and their fans behaviour yesterday at the London Stadium. Here is a video of two drunk Middlesborough fans who thought they would use the blue tarpaulins as a trampoline and ignore stewards pleas to come out for their safety. We understand neither were ejected or […]

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Slaven Bilic insists  he needs no reminders of his current position as Irons boss. Despite having only one of the team’s first seven games the Croat remains as popular as ever with the majority of fans. Slav has made it clear that any pressure from outside is no worse than that he is putting on […]

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Trouble at London Stadium has been widely reported in the main stream media this evening with West Ham getting the brunt of the accusations for their behaviour. Troubles flared when Middlesborough scored on 51 minutes when many of the away supporters had not returned from the bar at half time, over one hundred fans came […]

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