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Terry Westley was delighted to see the Development side beat Norwich last night but admitted they were not at their best. West Ham United PL2 left it late before  Toni Martinez scored a rebound after his penalty was saved. Marcus Browne made sure of the points in stoppage time. Westley said: “I don’t think we were […]

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Sofiane Feghouli has pledged that “we will  take a long look at ourselves” after the humilation of the weekend at West Brom. The winger appeared as a sub during the game and told the official site: “Each and every one of us will take a long look at ourselves and we all know that we […]

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Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford are invited for a behind-the-scenes tour of the London Stadium courtesy of co-owner Billionaire David Sullivan, as well as enormous Essex home. The show called ‘How the other half lives’ is aired at 9pm tonight on Channel 5. David Sullivan’s home called Birch Hall, near Theydon Bois, Essex comes complete with […]

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Those of a nervous disposition should look away. These latest images of the Boleyn Ground show the final scenes of the Hollywood film Final Score with massive destruction of the Boleyn seating areas. The film stars former Bond star Pierce Brosnan and Guardians of the Galaxy’s Dave Bautista. The movie tells the story of a hero battling against all […]

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Work has already started to install a state of the art HD screen at the London Stadium. Construction workers have removed temporary fabric players containing West Ham players under the illuminated West Ham United sign in preparation for the installation of the massive TV screen.  This picture taken on Monday afternoon shows that the 12 metre […]

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Daily Mirror sports writer MIKE WALTERS – a top bloke and a good pal of ClaretandHugh’s – was at the Hawthorns at the weekend and here brings his thoughts on the Hammers.    NICE foundations, shame about the roof. Most of the falling masonry, roof timber and brickwork has landed on West Ham’s defence after […]

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One corner of the Boleyn Ground was blown up last night as the pictures below show. A large explosion complete with fireball was staged at West Ham’s former stadium on Sunday night. The controlled blast was part of a forthcoming Hollywood action film called Final Score which is being shot in the Green Street stadium now […]

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A ClaretandHugh follower has sent a message to fans telling them how things turned out when we had the sort of disastrous run of results we are currently experiencing. We lost four on the trot and shipped a shed load of goals as things went from bad to worse but everything of course turned out […]

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The flawed migration policy from the Boleyn Ground to London Stadium is undoubtedly considered the crucial factor in the current unrest. Over 250 season ticket holders have already been relocated in what West Ham are describing as an “ongoing process to keep like minded supporters together.” Some season ticket holders have pointed to the ‘plus […]

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You think you have read just about everything negative about West Ham this weekend then you read something by Paul Merson writing in the Daily Star. The former disgraced Arsenal player has suggested young West Ham fans will switch to Manchester United if problems continue at the London Stadium. “Fans are fighting amongst themselves and kids […]

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West Bromwich Albion’s Jonny Evans has explained how Tony Pulis’ team managed to tear the Hammers apart at the weekend. And it’s clear that the Irons have a second season syndrome to deal with if they are to get back to the winning ways that marked their first season under Slaven Bilic. The former Manchester […]

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West Ham are in no mood to listen to Slaven Bilic sacking talk! Speculation that the boss could face te ‘bum’s rush’ over the next three or four weeks has been firmly dismissed by the club who will give the manager time to put things right. They consider there has been a huge over-reaction to […]

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So now we look forward to the mighty Accrington Stanley arriving at the London Stadium and the question is what sort of team will Slav put out. Just how seriously will he take this game given the current position surrounding our Premier League situation. It was reflected in a conversation between myself and Sean earlier […]

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No surprise that some knee jerking Irons are already calling for Slaven Bilic’s head after the team collected just three points from a possible 15. But one ludicrous twitter account called @SlavenOut started the calls before the West Bromwich Albion defeat. It asked:”Would any West Ham United fans be in interested in a protest, me and […]

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Slaven Bilic has been explaining his understanding of the ‘West Ham Way and how it applies to the team’s defensive duties. And it’s no surprise to hear him speaking of the players being comrades and helping each out in all circumstances. With the shockwaes of the 4-2 defeat at the Hawthorns slowly subsiding and eyes […]

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An article in today’s Observer by Owen Gibson claims West Ham have already relocated 250 season ticket holders as part of their ongoing policy to put ‘like minded people together’ Owen writes “West Ham are trying to move on to the front foot and have insisted on a police presence within the ground. They will […]

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Former Hammer, Paul Ince has told BT Sport that West Ham problems are down to them focusing too much on attacking and not defending. West Ham have moved down into the bottom three this weekend of the Premier League table after five games of the season with just 3 points to their name after a late win […]

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“It was so bad, it’s embarrassing, it was like watching an under-10 team. Hopeless,” said Shearer on BBC Match of the Day reviewing West Ham’s 4-2 loss against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday. “This is not a problem that happened this season, it started at the end of last season. In 12 of the last […]

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Too much change is rarely a good thing in business or in football! We have bought in thirteen new players over the Summer transfer window, we have moved out of our stadium of 112 years to the London stadium doubling our amount of season tickets holders and changed our first team training ground of many […]

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It’s been a shambolic start to the season and many would say it is very much in keeping with The West Ham Way. We seem to effortlessly go from feast to famine in what is a familiar scenario for all long suffering West Ham fans. Perhaps we’d all dared to dream that a move to […]

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Hammers living legend Billy Bonds has sent a “don’t panic ” message to Irons fans everywhere and declared: “Trust the manager – he will know what’s wrong and I believe he will put it right.” Speaking exclusively to ClaretandHugh he added: “We won’t be hanging around the bottom for too long – there’s too much […]

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Paul Scholes and Steve Macmanaman have poured salt into red raw West Ham wounds following the West Brom defeat. Tomkins scored in the 4-1 defeat of Stoke City and the two BT pundits were quick to qustion Slaven Bilic’s decision to sell the Irons academy product t Crystal Palace for £10 million. Scholes said: “I […]

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ClaretandHugh FB forum members at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ have their say on the slump in our fortunes and how they see the future. O It started with Antonio saga last season. We struggled when he was played at RB. Billic and the owners are not seeing things the same since the season started. Billic is losing support now […]

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By Pete Ellis What’s going on? There’s a lot of negativity and I take it with a pinch of salt usually, but when the glass half full brigade like me begin to worry, surely there are things that raise concern. I thought, like most, that the return of Payet, Lanzini and the introduction of Zaza would […]

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Towards the end of last season David Sullivan was asked whether he was ready to extend Slaven Bilic’s contract. Hs reponse will be haunting the co chairman himself, the manager and the fans. Sullivan never minces his words and made his position clear with these words: “I will give Slaven a new deal in January. […]

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