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End of the season and it’s been a great one for everybody associated with the club and for your ClaretandHugh. It was three years ago that we first arrived on the scene and are now one of the biggest out there – a position achieved based 95 per cent on excusive Hammers news, news and […]

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A final final farewell to the Boleyn in the form of a West Ham Ladies v a Celebrity X1 remains on hold despite a vote that it should go ahead. The organisers held a poll on the official site – after complaints from a section of fans that the Manchester United game should have been […]

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Should West Ham qualify for the Europa League by virtue of Manchester United winning the FA Cup they will face a new challenge in where to play early home games in the early rounds. UK Athletics have exclusive use of the former Olympic Stadium until 1st August meaning the Hammers would need to find another […]

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Match verdict Stoke City 2 Irons 1 So in the end there was noting but disappointment – err no, not true actually. What I saw at Stoke this afternoon was a team that should have been physically and emotionally drained after a colossal Tuesday night game and all the drama surrounding it off the pitch. […]

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Ok, it’s not cheap but there’s an opportunity to pick up a serious piece of Mooro memorabilia on e bay. A football book from 1971-72 signed by our legendary skipper along with 45 others including Geoff Hurst, George Best, Gordon Banks, Bill Paisley and Alan Ball is being sold for £700. To be honest it […]

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Following that disappointing finale Slaven Bilic told the BBC: “Basically, the most important thing today was to win no matter how and that we didn’t do. We’re disappointed to lose sixth place in the last game of the season. “But it was still a great season for us. It makes us proud. “I’d like to congratulate Stoke – they took their […]

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Instant reaction from our partners over at Hammers Chat as they discuss the game away to Stoke. Emotions are clearly running high as the lads ponder on our 7th place Premier League finish.   Share This:

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West Ham now need the help of Manchester United to keep their European dreams alive. The Hammers finished in seventh place in the Premier League after the disappointing 2-1 loss against Stoke City  this afternoon and they must now anxiously wait on the result of the FA Cup in six days time to decide whether they […]

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West Ham earnings from TV rights have topped £85m this season. The Hammers received an equal share of UK TV rights worth £21,968,793 that all twenty Premier League clubs The Hammers received an equal share of UK TV rights worth £21,968,793 which all twenty Premier League clubs get, next comes an equal share of Overseas […]

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It looks like Enner Valencia could be another player missing from the squad against Stoke today as he posted a picture  on social media of himself with his wife  Sharon in Paris outside the Effiel tower yesterday. The 26-year old, who has a nick-name of ‘Superman’ is tipped to leave West Ham this summer with a Chinese […]

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While the Green street crush and Manchester United coach incident was going on outside the Boleyn ground on Tuesday evening another sorry tale was going on in the ground. A small minority of so-called West Ham fans were filling plastic bags with farewell Boleyn t-shirts which had been put out on everyone’s seats as a […]

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Slaven Bilic is unhappy wt the prospect of facing a Liverpool play off against Liverpool for Europa Cup qualification should events throw up that scenario. It’s an unlikely outcome and of course Liverpool have a chance to qualify anyway via a victory in the Europa League Cup Final. But Slaven has a definite view on […]

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West Ham club DJ and friend of Claret And Hugh, Leon Hyde bumped into the Wealdstone Raider  yesterday and got the famous internet personality to join in a retention of Bubbles by shouting out ‘Come on you Irons’ and encouraging the 50-year-old  to make the Hammers sign with his arms. In case you have no idea […]

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Slaven Bilic is very wary of this afternoon’s game at Stoke and dismissive of suggestions that the Potters may have headed for the sunbeds. He said: “They still have something to play for by claiming the most points ever in their history so it’s going to be tough. It’s the last game of the season, […]

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Glenn Hoddle has named Mark Noble his leader of the year. The former England captin reckons that Dimi Payet was a justfied Hammer of the Year but believes the man pulling the strings was the long serving skipper. Writing in the Mail on Sunday Hoddle said:  “Yes, Payet was West Ham’s player of the season […]

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Andy Carroll has revealed how his girlfriend Billi Mucklow was ready to sell the match ball after his hat-trick against Arsenal last month. The Hammers hitman showed all the old sparkle was back and admits it was the high spot of his career this season. However, on returning home after the match , his partner […]

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Hammer of the year, Dimitri Payet will be missing from the line-up against Stoke City tomorrow for the final game of the  2015/2016 season. His unmistakable yellow Lamborghini  was noticeably missing from the Boleyn Ground players car park today and he did not train with the first team this morning on the Boleyn ground pitch, nor […]

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Karren Brady’s admission that Chelsea have inquired about ground sharing the Olympic Stadium “in 2018″ will not be kicked into touch without a second thought from West Ham. The vice chairman revealed in her Sun column today (Sat) hat she had shown Chelsea officials around the OS adding: “I have very good relations with Chelsea […]

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Diafra Sakho’s future has never been far off the fans’ radar over recent months with the more pessimistic among them claiming he won’t be around next season. This is based on him apparently having a  bit of ruck on the training ground – not entirely abnormal – that he doesn’t have too many pals, and […]

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West Ham have become the punter’s pal this season NetBet looked at how a weekly £10 wager on each top-flight team would have worked out and the Irons came at the  surprise winners with a profit of £364 across the campaign with a game to go. Early wins at big odds, against Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester […]

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A man has been arrested in connection with the incident involving Manchester United’s team bus on the corner of Barking road and Green Street. The 28 year old suspect handed himself in at an east London Police station on Friday after pictures of him were widely publicised Met police have said. He has been arrested on […]

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The Hammers are in great shape as they head for the final game of the season at Stoke City hoping to claim a place in Europe. Slaven Bilic has reported there are no fresh injury worries although goalkeeper Adrian, who has a calf strain will again miss out with Darren Randolph getting his  third game in […]

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Police probing disorder before and during the match on Tuesday evening have released images of four men they want to identify. Kick-off at the Boleyn Ground was delayed by 45 minutes after the congestion and bottle throwing incident with United entering the ground half an hour before the scheduled kick-off. When the game eventually did begin, […]

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West Ham and representatives of Reece Oxford have yet to reach agreement on a new contract for the 17-year-old. Oxford signed a two-year deal in December 2015 which is set to expire in 18 months. Two years is the maximum allowed for a 17-year-old but he can sign a long-term deal when he reaches eighteen in […]

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According to reports in Sports Witness  Cardiff Bruno Ecuele Manga is looking for a step up to the Premier League with the Hammers one of three clubs interested according to his agent. Speaking to Sport Witness, the player’s agent, Yvan Le Mée, said: “Yes, Bruno Ecuele Manga should be transferred this summer. His Cardiff contract […]

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