Social media is a wonderful thing when you can time hop back to see what people were saying about West Ham before the start of the season and before Olympic Stadium tickets went on sale. My favourite tweet is from Niall Harbison posted on 1st July last year. “Football chairman are egotistical idiots. (West ham + […]
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West Ham haters forced to eat humble pie
Posted on 16 March 2016.
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Less than 500 seats left at the Olympic Stadium
Posted on 15 March 2016.
One West Ham supporter received the following Email from West Ham this week. Presumably the supporter is the West Ham priority waiting list. “Dear Supporter, Please see the attached stadium map. IF you have yet to purchase seats for the 2016/2017 season please contact me urgently. We only have Band 4 seats available at £499 […]
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Marquee Irons signing? Here’s the reality
Posted on 15 March 2016.
West Ham are not likely to be making a marquee signing this summer as is being speculated across the national and social media. It has been widely reported that the Hammers are ready to splash out anything up to £25 million on one player simply because they are moving to a new stadium. But players […]
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Remember the departed Irons
Posted on 15 March 2016.
West Ham will be hosting a special memorial service at the Boleyn Ground on Sunday 20 March at 10.30am to remember all those Hammers fans who sadly will not be able to join us on the journey to the Club’s new Stadium on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The service will especially commemorate all those loved […]
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Irons announce final game date and rivals!
Posted on 15 March 2016.
West Ham United’s Final Farewell to the Boleyn Ground will be the Barclays Premier League fixture against Manchester United on Tuesday 10 May. In a statement on www.whufc.com the club say: ‘The Hammers were originally due to take on Swansea City in their final home game at their historic home of 112 years, but the […]
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Iron may get a surprise contract offer
Posted on 15 March 2016.
Exclusive Joey O’Brien has emerged as a more likely candidate to earn a new permanent contract in the summer than Alex Song. Despite getting little first team action, the Irish defender is seen as a decent squad option at wages of around £15k – £20k than Song at around £50,000. O’Brien was with the squad […]
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Reid’s Chelsea hopes
Posted on 15 March 2016.
Winston Reid is sounding confident he’ll be fit for the Chelsea match. The central defender was taken off during the course of the match against Manchester United after he had felt some discomfort to his hamstrings. But the player gave a relatively upbeat report on his condition today declaring that hopefully he would be better […]
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The feeling you get when Payet bangs one in
Posted on 15 March 2016.
The feeling you get when Payet bangs one in from 30 yards#wevegotpayethttps://t.co/zo4yMpEPJG — West Ham Social (@WestHamSocial) 14 March 2016 Share This:
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Carroll happy to be part of Slav’s headache
Posted on 15 March 2016.
Andy Carroll is a fully paid up member of the Dimitri Payet fan club declaring: “You always think he’s going to score when he puts the ball down (for a free kick). Payet’s amazing goal from a 30 yard set piece has been the talk of football since the Manchester United game and the striker […]
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Carroll’s treble dream
Posted on 15 March 2016.
Andy Carroll aims to bury a disappointing season with a triple dream. The injury-ravaged striker reckons it’s possible that this could be the best experience of his career as he looks at a treble to die for. He said: ““I have three things to aim for with the club pushing for top four, the FA […]
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Video blog: Gonzo and Geo take an emotional look at the Boleyn and re-live their lives as Hammers
Posted on 15 March 2016.
The boys from Hammers Chat are providing some high interest video blogs – the highlight being the trip from the Boleyn to the Olympic Stadium. Now the lads have laid their Irons credentials on the line in this latest video blog which will make great viewing for all followers. Here they take an emotional look […]
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Smalling forms Payet view on what he’s HEARD!
Posted on 15 March 2016.
Three days on and the great Dimi Payet penalty debate continues with Manchester United’s Chris Smalling offering his predictable opinion on the matter. It’s a very long time since a West Ham player attracted so much publicity which demonstrates the effect Dimi is having on the League and Cup. However, there’s not many who would disagree we […]
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No FA Cup surprise for the chairman
Posted on 15 March 2016.
David Gold had a big premonition it would be Everton in the semis – assuming we brush Manchester United in the semi finals. The co chairman reacting to the FA Cup draw told www.whufc.com: “He said: “ I said to my daughter and son-in-law that I bet the winners of our game would face Everton. […]
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Fergie back Hammers for top four finish
Posted on 14 March 2016.
LEICESTER CITY will be champions with three games to spare — according to Sir Alex Ferguson, the man who knows more about winning the Premier League than anybody else. Ferguson is so impressed with Claudio Ranieri’s surprise contenders that he feels they will have wrapped up the title before visiting Old Trafford on May 1st, […]
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31,500 allocation for Wembley semi final
Posted on 14 March 2016.
West Ham will be allocated 31,500 tickets for a Wembley semi-final should they overcome Manchester United in the FA Cup replay in April at the Boleyn Ground. With West Ham 808 Bond Holders, 2,700 Corporate members and 26,000 Season Ticket Holders it means less than 2,000 tickets could go on sale to Academy members for […]
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Ticket Master in line for Hammers contract
Posted on 14 March 2016.
Claret and Hugh understand that West Ham will cease their partnership with ‘See Tickets’ at the end of this season. See Tickets is the trading name of a British ticketing services company owned by French company Vivendi SA. They have provided ticketing systems and software to West Ham at the Boleyn ground. West Ham are understood […]
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Time to end the Ticket Office premium call rip off
Posted on 14 March 2016.
West Ham’s last season at the Boleyn Ground together with a terrific FA Cup run and a sell out Mark Noble testimonial has led to an increase in complaints about the premium line telephone number used used by the club for the West Ham ticket office hotline. One West Ham fan received a phone bill […]
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Exclsuive: Winston Reid update
Posted on 14 March 2016.
Worrying news concerning Winston Reid emerged fro the Hammers camp tonight after the central defender was taken off in Sunday’s game against Manchester United. Reid rushed himself back into action after the Hammers boss Slave Bilic was hit with a crisis following an injury to Reece Oxford in training. The central defender answered the call […]
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FA Cup Semi Final draw Live on BBC1
Posted on 14 March 2016.
West Ham are not in the last four just yet but they are in the draw for the FA Cup semi-finals. West Ham will host Manchester United next month for their quarter-final replay to settle what we started yesterday. Crystal Palace, Everton and Watford are already through to the semis following the eliminations of Reading, Chelsea […]
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Likely dates for the FA Cup replay
Posted on 14 March 2016.
West Ham look set to face a 10 day minimum delay before the Manchester United replay can go ahead. Traditionally, replays went ahead three or four days after the original game, but from 1992 they are staged at least 10 days later on police advice after claiming the force needed that period make sure adequate personnel are available. […]
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Gold hits out at goal decision
Posted on 14 March 2016.
David Gold has made it clear that unless Darren Randolph decided to “dive into his own net” Manchester United’s Old Trafford equaliser was illegal and should have been ruled out. The Hammers keeper was clearly nudged and left unable to do anything about Martial’s leveller six minutes from time in Sunday’s quarter final. And Gold […]
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Photographic evidence: Payet’s no diver LVG
Posted on 14 March 2016.
Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal made a serious point when claiming that Dimi Payet is a diver in his press conference after the match yesterday. The Dutchman was at pains to point out: “Payet was more or less diving. He was maybe touched, but not enough to fall like that.” That is a very […]
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John Lyall Gates removed
Posted on 14 March 2016.
The John Lyall gates have been removed from the Boleyn Ground today ready to be relocated and build into to the new club shop outside the former Olympic Stadium. They were originally constructed after West Ham used the £25,000 fee from the 1956 transfer of free-scoring winger Harry Hooper to buy the land that now makes […]
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Redevelopment of Bolyen Ground gets green light
Posted on 14 March 2016.
Newham Council has finally passed a planning proposal by Barratt Homes and Galliard Homes to redevelopment the Boleyn Ground. The meeting of the council’s Strategic Development Committee last week ends more than a year of arguments and debate between the council, local campaigners and the developers over the future of the Hammer’s old ground. Initially, the […]
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West Ham’s fixture chaos
Posted on 14 March 2016.
West Ham are facing a serious fixture pilie up with an FA Cup replay set to be squeezed in an already bursting schedule. We are still awaiting the official confirmation of the re-scheduling of the Watford and Manchester United Premier league matches due to our FA Cup run. And UEFA’s rules are making re-scheduling difficult with […]
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Courageous defender showed squad spirit
Posted on 14 March 2016.
David Gold has heaped praise on Winston Reid for taking his place in the Irons side at Old Trafford despite not being ready to play in such a high profile game. The co-Chairman had tweeted earlier in the week that the central defender would not be able to make the game as he’d barely rejoined […]
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