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West Ham Chairman David Gold has explained the club are trying to achieve harmony between those who want to sit and those who want to stand when he was challenged on a letter sent to all season ticket holders this week. Gold tweeted out “We are trying to achieve harmony between fans who want to […]

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Speaking to the media ahead of Everton’s trip to Sunderland on Monday night, Everton manager Ronald Koeman has revealed why he signed Enner Valencia on loan. Koeman also quashed suggestions that Valencia was a panic buy, saying “He was one of the options earlier on in the window.CHe can play as a nine or behind […]

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Former West Ham midfielder Diego Poyet has revealed his disappointment after a move to San Lorenzo was blocked by Argentinian Football Federation rules. The 21-year-old mutually agreed to terminate his contract with the Hammers on deadline day in a bid to find a new club. The son of former Sunderland manager Gus Poyet, revealed via his twitter account that […]

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Slaven Bilic has broken silence on the marque signings that got away over the summer but accepted he knew it would be difficult to sign any of them. Speaking Italian media outlet MilanNews he said “On our list were [Alexandre] Lacazette, [Simone] Zaza, [Carlos] Bacca and [Michy] Batshuayi, but I knew it would be difficult to […]

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Simone Zaza will not be taking over as the Irons penalty taker! The last time he was seen competitively was when he became a laughing stock in the the penalty shoot out against Germany when firing over the bar following a very dodgy stutteting approach. With Andre Ayew and Andy Carroll out injured, Zaza is […]

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Not to heap more misery on the beleaguered West Ham ticket office but a picture doing the rounds on social media tonight shows that a ticket booking for Accrington Stanley on 21st September has been billed as an UEFA Europa League game. Now that should shift a few more tickets and I am sure the Stanley […]

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By Pete Ellis on the Hammers week that was!   DAVID GOLD’S 80th With our joint chairmen turning 80 this week, it was nice to see that the Twitter abuse was toned down a notch in recognition of this milestone. Only Barry from Barking, and Steve from Southend had a bad word for DG, with […]

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The novelty of the London stadium appears to be wearing off as West Ham struggle to sell tickets for the first ever League Cup fixture at the stadium against Accrington Stanley.  Despite tickets starting from a tenner season tickets are not convinced and tens of thousands of tickets remain available for the Wednesday  evening encounter […]

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Dimitri Payet and new signing Simone Zaza look certain to start against Watford Manuel Lanzini, Sofiane Feghouli and Havard Nordtveit are also back from injuries but Michail Antonio looks certain to get the shout on the right wing berth. Watford have worries with defender Brice Dje Djedje doubtful with a foot problem and Craig Cathcart, […]

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West Ham will take their maximum 2,800 supporters to the Hawthorns on Saturday 17th September after they sold out their full allocation this week. The £30 tickets went on sale on Monday to priority points holders before going on sale to season ticket holders on Tuesday, Claret members on Wednesday reaching general sale on Thursday. […]

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West Ham have published the first and second names of 47,380 season ticket holders in the London Stadium. The four large PDF files for the four stands contain 94,760 words and assuming two words per season ticket holder that equates to 47,380 names. The East stand contains the names of 22,121 season ticket holders, the […]

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Winner of the tickets for tomorrow’s match against Watford was CandH follower Simon Richer. We had a monster entry and are grateful to Betway – the club sponsors who have now supplied freebies via a competition for both the Bournemouth game and of course tomorrow’s at the London Stadium. Our question was: “Who came on as […]

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It’s time for the Irons to win with style and panache! They came out on top playing ugly against Bournemouth and were pretty poor in the first half at Manchester City when they tried to play five at the back, handed the advantage to the home team and were quite fairly beaten. Yes, they picked […]

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The new Ticket Exchange and forwarding functions will not be available for tomorrow’s Premier League game against Watford despite previous promises that it would be. Back in July, WHUFC.com promised “Details of the brand new ticket exchange and forwarding system in place for the new season” but the scheme failed to launch for the first […]

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Exclusive David Gold and David Sullivan have told fans they fully understand the feelings of some supporters who wish to stand at the London Stadium but stress that under Premier League rules it musn’t happen. ClaretandHugh revealed last night that a letter was on the way to all season tickets holders and today we can […]

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Stewarding at the London Stadium continues to be a significant challenge for French stadium operator London Stadium 185 Ltd. The operator was appointed by stadium owners E20 Stadium LLP for the next 20 years to run and manage the stadium day to day and in turn they appointed former Office Cleaning company OCS to assist […]

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The West Ham ticket office and their new partners Ticketmaster continue to be dogged with multiple teething issues since the move to the London Stadium. Delayed season ticket access cards, paper tickets, long telephone waiting queues on Premium rate numbers and technical problems with access cards are just some of the early problems to affect […]

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David Gold is this morning celebrating his 8oth birthday and has been sent a gift for the man who has everything – a Twitter follower’s overdraft!. ClaretandHugh rang the joint chairman this morning to wish him personally the best day of his life on behalf of our followers. And in cheeky style he immediately came […]

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Finally, Slaven Bilic has made the comparison between Messi and Payet! With the Hammers playmaker supreme on his way back to the action tomorrow, the boss declared: ‘Every big club is suffering if their best player is not playing,’  ‘They are not panicking at Barcelona but they are saying Messi is injured they are at least […]

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Actor David Bautista – who will be starring in the movie Final Score to be set at Upton Park – will watch his first ever game of football at the London Stadium this week. David – who will play opposite Pierce Brosnan – declared: “I am going to this one. – it is my first football […]

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Slaven Bilic has poured contemot on the amount of cash being splashed in the transfer market dubbing fees as “crazy” but has admitted he would have signed Paul Pogba if he could have. Manchester United took Pogba back to Old Trafford for a world record fee after selling him for a humble  £800,000. And the […]

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We have no hesitation in doing this earlier than we should – congratulations on your eightieth tomorrow DG! And of course we have to say a huge “well done” on celebrating it by managing your first ever hole in one around the golf course in the grounds of your home. We as a site and […]

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The spotlight will fall very sharply on new striker Simone Zaza at the London Stadium on Saturday when ClaretandHugh will be tracking the Italian’s every move. Zaza has been on the Irons radar for a year and finally completed a highly expensive loan deal which will 99 pc become permanent at the end of the […]

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David Gold admits that he was confident but couldn’t guarantee that Dimi Payet would be in the claret and blue this season. As the co chairman prepares for the clash with Watford he told ClaretandHugh exclusively:  “It was the talking point of the summer of course particularly after his Euro 2016 performances. “I knew how […]

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The Hammers Chat boys are tonight looking at the game against Watford team in what could well be the game to kick-start the Irons season. It’s our first 3pm Saturday kick-off since the Premier League started and  should hopefully see the return of a few key players. We discuss our favoured starting line-ups, chew the […]

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Exclusive West Ham season ticket holders will receive a personal letter from the two Davids over the next few days pleading for unity over the standing issue at the London Stadium. Sadly, the dilemma has dominated the headlines over the last couple of weeks as the club attempt to get the stadium up to its […]

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