Up The Hammers – Latest West Ham United FC News

When Slaven Bilic moaned that the penalty wrongly awarded against West Ham at Chelsea was merely the latest in a long line of injustices to strike his side this season, he had a point. In fact, the disgruntled Irons manager may have had four points – going by the calculations of national newspaperman HARRY PRATT’S […]

Read the full story

It’s been a marriage made in heaven! Dimi Payet loves West Ham United with a passion and as made the fact very clear indeed via some quotes in today’s mwdia at the end of the week which saw him make a sensational international return for his country. He declared: ““It’s such an exciting time to […]

Read the full story

All three football pundits agree this weekend  believing that West Ham will beat Crystal Palace this Saturday afternoon to rise to a 53 point total and potentially leap frog above Manchester City into fourth place for a chance of Champions league football. BBC pundit Mark Lawrenson “Crystal Palace’s long wait for a league win this […]

Read the full story

Former Hammer, John Hartson has told the BBC Sport website that  West Ham will finish in the top four in the Premier League table this season. “West Ham are flying, and they do not look in danger of running out of steam despite the fact their season started weeks before everyone else’s did – on 2 July […]

Read the full story

David Gold has whipped up a storm of reaction on Twitter and the issue has absolutely nothing to do with football. Instead the co chairman has stepped into a political minefield by making his feelings known on the attempts of Donald Trump to become President of the United States. It’s a topic that gets everybody […]

Read the full story

Hopefully you have all worked out by now that Ann Summers will not be the new naming parter of the Olympic Stadium and it was our poor attempt at an April Fools joke. Sorry but in reality no naming rights partner will be revealed in the near future. When Claret and Hugh spoke to the […]

Read the full story

David Sullivan can’t make up his mind whether he wants fourth place in the Premier League or an FA Cup triumph at Wembley. Asked on talkSPORTwhich of the two he wanted most he made it clear he found it a near impossible task but said: “If you asked me whether it was third place or […]

Read the full story

Slaven Bilic admits to some deep concerns over tomorrow’s game against Crystal Palace. He fears the international break has disrupted the team’s preparation and is worried the game will come too soon for some players. He said: ““This international break, on one hand we didn’t want it because we had that momentum and we want […]

Read the full story

Palace boss Alan Pardew is running scared of Dimi Payet – or more accurately – his free kicks. And the former Irons boss has told his team to make sure they concede no set pieces against the deadly Hammers hero anywhere near goal. Dimi’s conversion rate from free kicks to goals is around 50 per […]

Read the full story

Exclusive David Gold is expecting his largely Palace-supporting workforce to arrive pretty miserable on Moday morning after being beaten by the Hammers. He explained that being positioned where it was the company had attracted many Palace fans down the years and that there’s always plenty of banter between him and them. He said: “Of course […]

Read the full story

Claret and Hugh understands that high street lingerie retailer, Ann Summers has won the bid to become the naming rights partner for the former Olympic Stadium. The Olympic Stadium will be renamed the Ann Summers stadium this summer ahead of West Ham’s first match in August. As part of the estimated £3m per year sponsorship […]

Read the full story

West Ham are all set to join the “Magnificent Seven.” The move to the OS will  push them into the football stratosphere after th capacity was increased to 60,000 on pure public demand. The club look likely to sell out every game next season and that will make it the seventh highest attended stadium in Europe, […]

Read the full story

Michail Antonio is likely to hold onto the right back position against Crystal Palace this weekend. With Sam Byram carrying a knock and unavailable until the Arsenal game, manager Slaven Bilic is reluctant to risk James Tomkins from the start although he is likely to be on the bench. Tonks played for a while in […]

Read the full story

West Ham defenders James Collins and Sam Byram will play no part in the London derby with Crystal Palace on Saturday. Slaven Bilic has revealed.has taken a knock and the game will come too soon for James Collins recovering frm a hamstring However the pair are likely to be ready when the Irons  host Arsenal […]

Read the full story

A misinformed piece in the Daily Mirror has suggested Dimitri Payet would not be able to play for West Ham if the UK were no longer part of the European Union. The article by Joe Mewis says: “Britain goes to the polls on June 23 and a Brexit vote could radically change the face of […]

Read the full story

Chairman David Sullivan has confirmed exclusively to ClaretandHugh that Valencia wonder kid Toni Martinez is on his way to the club. Despite denials last night on social media, David told us a few minutes ago: ” Yes, I can confirm he will sign in the next 7 days. “There is a large fee if the player […]

Read the full story

Paolo Di Canio reckons Dimi Payet is all set to follow in his own legendary footsteps. Upton Park hero Di Canio said: “Payet is a fantastic footballer. He can be a cracker for a few years to come. He works hard for the team, off-the-ball as well as on it. “Look at the top footballers, the […]

Read the full story

It’s the biggest and best giveaway ever on social media. ClaretandHugh and Hammers Chat have been handed a shirt signed by the entire West Ham legends dressing room. It includes the likes of Paolo Di Canio, Julian Dicks, Ludo Miklosko, Dean Ashton, Rio Ferdinand – and the others…the greatest names in Hammers history. It was […]

Read the full story

Share This:

Read the full story

West Ham Legend Billy Bonds has been honoured at the Olympic Stadium as his shirt is the first to go up at the converted stadium as part of the Hammers WestHamification of their new home continues. WHUFC.com revealed yesterday  “On Wednesday, the construction team set about installing a prototype model of the shirt, this one in […]

Read the full story

West Ham has added Wilfried Bony to their shortlist of strikers the club will work their way through if they cannot land Michy Batshuayi claim the Daily Telegraph The broadsheet claims Marseille striker Batshuayi is still West Ham’s top summer target, but the Irons will face considerable competition from rivals Spurs. The paper say Dimitri […]

Read the full story

Our top man Ian Bishop concludes his thoughts on West Ham 2016 and FINALLY gives his view on whom he wants to grab fourth place of his two favourite clubs – us and Manchester City. Bish has always been unable to separate his emotions on the two clubs but this time around he comes down […]

Read the full story

Spanish radio station Taronja is reporting that a deal to sign Valencia starlet Antonio Martinez is now agreed with West Ham. The news follows similar reports from Spanish media yesterday. The reports suggested  the Hammers would pay an initial 1 million Euros which could rise to 3 million Euros on certain performance factors . Martinez has […]

Read the full story

Share This:

Read the full story

Cheik Kouyate appears to be a major doubt for the weekend match against Palace. The all-action midfielder missed Senegal’s 2-1 win over Niger last night with reports claiming he had bronchitis and a slight fever. It will be a blow to the Hammers, but should he miss the squad depth is such that it will […]

Read the full story

Claret and Blue is a new West Ham anthem composed and produced by Hammers Chats own music producer Alan ‘Avit’ Guest and performed by Pete Booker. In this exclusive preview Gonzo has produced a montage of his own pictures exclusively for Claret and Hugh to create an accompaniment for what could become a classic Hammers score. […]

Read the full story