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Amanda Jacks from the Football Supporters Federation (FSF) received emails from 127 supporters following a plea for London Stadium supporter feedback on this site and others. Amanda summarises the feedback and her meeting with key stakeholders below: “Last Monday I met with representatives from Newham Council, London Stadium 185 and Westfield Stratford City having sent your feedback […]

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Former Premier League referee Poll has stuck the boot in to official Jonathon Moss after another controversial display. Andy Carroll had some hard hitting comments about Moss’ performance when he awarded a spot kick against us in the 2-2 draw against Leicester towards the end of last season. And Poll has come out with some […]

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Swansea boy John Hartson has told Claret and Hugh West Ham’s record signing Andre Ayew is worth about “half of the £20 milion fee the club paid for him.” Speaking exclusively to the site Hartson said: “Personally I think the Swans did well. For me Ayew is worth about £10 million!” Hartson is a regular […]

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John Hartson – a team mate of Slaven Bilic’s back in the nineties- does not believe there is any serious problem between the manager and his West Ham squad but insists: “Thy will waiting for him to come up with new ideas.” Harts has been following our season of misfortune and told ClaretandHugh exlusively: “Nobody […]

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One last charity football tournament will be played today at the Boleyn before the site is bulldozed to the ground starting from tomorrow. Barratt London will host a special  behind closed doors charity tournament. A range of companies involved in the redevelopment of the site will be donating funds to charity in order to participate […]

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Slaven Bilic’s future is coming under increasing pressure with concerns growing about relaxed standards at the club’s training ground claim the Daily Mail this morning. The newspaper claims that West Ham players have been allowed to bring their children to training and it has led to concerns about a soft environment at the Hammers state […]

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West Ham are advertising a new job vacancy for a Supporters Services Manager who will also take of the role of Supporters Liaison Officer The Job advert: The move to our new Stadium with a fan base which has doubled in size has led to a new opportunity arising within our Supporter Services department and […]

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Former West Ham manager Sam Allardyce looks to be in hot water with the FA despite just one in charge after agreeing in principle, to a £400,000-a-year deal to represent a company he had never heard of which could be considered a conflict of interest. An under cover investigation by the Daily Telegraph also has […]

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West Ham fans have sent a clear and overwhelming message to the West Ham board: “Don’t you dare sack Slaven Bilic.” Despite four straight League defeats and five in all this season, the manager remains massively popular with the vast majority of fans . The vote quickly passed the 1,000 mark required to make it […]

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  The two Davids have issued the following statement to the official website which we are happy to to reproduce here: There is no question that this has not been the start to the season that we were looking for but rest assured we are doing everything we can to fix the situation. The facts […]

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The club have categorically denied that artificial crowd noise was played during yesterday’s Premier League defeat against Southampton. A West Ham insider told ClaretandHugh this morning “West Ham United can confirm that they never have, and never will, play additional crowd noise inside the stadium.The support from our fans doesn’t need any amplification, they are […]

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Gonzo took his young son to his frst ever Irons game yesterday and the little lad left saying: “If only we’d gone to another game.” Theat’s where we’ve got to with even the youngste among us knowing that this is about as bad as it can get – to quote skipper Mark Noble. In Gozo’s […]

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Slaven Bilic needs to win at least one of the next  three games if he is to survive as West Ham manager. He has now lost his last four and five in all as the season has degenerated into a total shambles and with three “winnable” games ahead, we have learned he has to get […]

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Diafra Sakho is now pain free and will be ready to make his Irons return after the international break. The controversial Senegal striker has had a recurring back problem which was created when away on international duty and  led to a big row between club and country. However, he has not helped himself after seeking […]

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Manuel Lanzini suffered heavy bruising following a first half challenge against Southampton. The playmaker was subbed at half time to the surprise of many with Sofiane Feghouli taking his place. There were suggestions the Argentinian had been removed from the action because he wasn’t at his best but a club insider denied that to ClaretandHugh […]

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There is an overwhelming sense that we are waiting for the inevitable. The sight of and sounds coming from Slaven Bilic in his post match interview following the 3-0 defeat against Southampton was about as depressing as it gets. Prior to the match captain Mark Noble had called for what e described as “the West […]

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West Ham have lost five of their opening six Premier League games for the first time in their history. So we have officially had the worst start to any Premier League season after yesterday’s embarrassing 3-0 defeat. After scoring in the last 18 Premier League matches we failed to score a goal for the first time […]

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Away from the disastrous on the pitch results is a related phenomenon of season ticket holders not turning up for games. West Ham boasts 52,000 season ticket holders at the London Stadium but many of these are already giving the games a miss on the third home Premier League match. Empty white seats can be […]

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Jamie Redknapp described the West Ham performance against Southampton as shambolic. Here are some random comments on his damning verdict on Slaven Bilic’s team from members of the ClaretandHugh Facebook Group @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ O He’s not wrong O I blame the complete midfield who are not helping the defence nor the attack. I think one of our […]

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Sky pundit Jamie Redknapp savaged the West Ham performance against Southampton saying: “That was utterly shambolic and it could and perhaps should have been six.” And he added “It’s all well and good talking about confidence and the new stadium but the fact is the players aren’t doing their jobs. “I knew this would be […]

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The only thing more worrying than an entirely inept Irons performance over 90 minutes against Southampton was Slaven Bilic’s post match interview with Sky TV. Quite simply he looked utterly distraught and could offer no positive answers to what was a pretty gentle questioner . He started by admitting that Southampton had “deservedly won the […]

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We put the spotlight under returning defender Winston Reid as ClaretandHugh’s Brian Neil Gay continues his PlayerWatch series. Here’s the Kiwi’s blow by blow involvement and Brian’s verdict. 1st Half 00:00 lines up in the CB right side position with Nordveit on his right, Ogbonna on his left 01:30 – Reid had filed in for […]

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