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Spurs fan Lord Sugar wrote to West ham Vice Chairman Lady Brady and Co-Chairman David Gold on twitter yesterday morning before kick off to ask for a favor to help Spurs go top of the league. Apprentice star Sugar requested to the pair “I need a favour from you tonight for West Ham to let us […]

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West Ham chairman David Gold took to Twitter after the final whistle to confirm it looks like a hamstring injury for James Collins who came off injured. Another West Ham supporter also asked Gold about Michail Antonio who he thought picked up a knock in the victory but the West Ham confirmed that was not the […]

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ClaretandHugh Facebook Group member Niall McDonald gives his verdict on how our players performed against Spurs in what was surely the match of the season!   Adrian: Only one save to make and made it magnificently 7 Antonio: Full-back. Winger. Striker. Goal-scorer. Match-winner 9 Cresswell: Seems far more comfortable in his more advanced role 7 […]

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Adrian: Made an incredible double save and was his usual rock-like self when the pressure came on 8 Antonio: Another great goal and terrific all round performance – the bloke’s a revelation 8 Collins: Battled his brains out until forced off with an injury 8 Ogbonna: Magnificent. Played in acute pain throughout second half after […]

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Slav talking to the BBC “We expected this atmosphere tonight, it is the game of the season for us. It is maybe our best performance, from the first minute we were on the front foot and dominant, tactically, technically and physically. “Spurs concede the least goals and run the most so to out-play them is […]

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Irons 1 the other team 0 I’m gonna forget any fancy words. We – quite simply – were bloody fantastic. We absolutely bossed them in the first half having seven shots on target to  their big fat ZERO and in the second period showed every bit of our defensive resilience. And we did it with […]

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Our fantastic win against London rivals spurs was inspired by a masterful tactical shuffle from Slaven Bilic that bamboozled his opposite number. Here is some reaction from the forum which is understandably a very happy place.     Ironworks says: “Great 3 points and we stopped the spuds getting to top of the league. Well done […]

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Why listen to Phil Thompson, Robbie Savage or Paul Merson telling you what has happened in the first half against Spurs when you can get some biased analysis from West Ham fans? Claret & Hugh and our partners Hammers Chat will be going live with a stream as soon as the referee blows his whistle on […]

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West Ham United have signed highly rated young striker Sam Ford. The front man recently left Ipswich Town and has agreed a deal  which will keep him the Irons until June next year with an option to extend the deal. Talking to whufc.com after signing his contract, Ford beamed: “I’m delighted to have signed for […]

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Spurs will make a late decision on Dele Alli’s fitness ahead of their match against the Irons after he kicked the ground during the warm-up before Spurs’ win over Swansea on Sunday. Tom Carroll is a doubt with an Achilles injury and Mousa Dembele (groin), Clinton Njie (knee) and Jan Vertonghen (knee) are all definitely out. […]

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Speaking to Sky Sports, Charlie Nicholas has predicted things could boil over on the pitch with a high chance of a player being sent off. Nicholas told Sky: “West Ham would love nothing more than to dent Tottenham’s title aspirations and they will be greeted by a really aggressive atmosphere in East London. “Their players thrive on […]

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West Ham Chairman David Gold has confirmed 6,000 extra seats at Olympic Stadium could be ready for this coming In response to our story yesterday Gold confirmed on twitter:  “Yes, it’s possible that the capacity of the new stadium will rise to 60,000 for the start of the new season. dg”   He also confirmed […]

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Dimi Payet has confirmed that Slaven Bilic and the prospect of playing at the Olympic Stadium were the motivating reasons for him joining the Irons and  agreeing a new deal at the club. As he prepared to take on Spurs at the Bolyen tonight, Dimi has been discussing all things West Ham. Speaking to the […]

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West Ham will finally tie up the deal for Manu Lanzini at the beginning of next month. The brilliant midfielder’s injury problem have put the signing date back but the club are ready to do the deal at the start of April The fee of £8 million has been agreed and a source told Claret […]

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This is a tough one but it’s the sort of game from which we must take something if we are going to fulfil those top six ambitions we’ve heard about all season long. And let’s recall the words of that old song as far as the Irons are concerned tonight: “When the going gets tough, […]

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On Monday we asked you “Who would get your Hammer of the year vote based on performances to date this season?”  A massive 1,710 of you responded to the poll. Unsurprisingly 947 of you representing 55.38% says Dimitri Payet should be crowned Hammer of the year this season! However an encouraging 18.83% (322 people) disagreed […]

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Newham council have taken the unusual step of boarding up the World Cup Sculpture on the corner of Green street ahead of Wednesday evening’s London derby against Spurs. The bronze statue featuring Bobby Moore,  Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters and  Ray Wilson has been protected with wooden boards over concerns it could be vandalised by Spurs fans […]

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Claret and Hugh are hearing as yet unconfirmed reports that Victor Moses picked up a knock in training today and is now a doubt for tomorrow’s London derby game against Spurs. Michail Antonio is likely to be asked to fulfil a right back role again tomorrow with Sam Byram suspended and Joey O’Brien and James Tomkins […]

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Spurs are the Premier League title favourites, according to Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri. They are two points behind leaders Leicester with 11 games remaining. “Tottenham are strong in every situation,” said Ranieri today  “Everyone is speaking about Leicester but nobody about Tottenham,” he said. “Tottenham, in my opinion, are favourites. When they defend and when […]

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As part of BBC Sport Relief, West ham fan James Corden’s character ‘Smithy’ pokes fun at Spurs and asks why anyone would pay money to watch Tottenham as he runs for FIFA president. West Ham legend Geoff Hurst also features on the sketch. Smithy says:“I heard a story the other day where a ticket to […]

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Campaign group Boleyn Development 100 want all the properties built on the site of the Boleyn Ground to be 100% social housing, in response to the lack of affordable homes available in Newham and to turn the former football pitch into a public park. “It’s a massive plot of land, and there’s a housing crisis […]

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Former Hammer Modibo Maiga scored a great solo goal for Al Nassr im the Asian Champions League today. Maïga has scored just two goals in the Saudi championship since joining from West Ham last summer. During his debut in the Asian Champions League today he scored the only goal of the game to seal victory. […]

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Premier League clubs are set to meet on Wednesday 23rd March for one of their regular shareholder meetings and away ticket prices will be on the agenda again.  At the last Premier League shareholders meeting in February it was reported that 12 or 13 clubs were in favour of a £30 away cap on tickets. If […]

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Oulala.com  have compared one the world’s most expensive signings to the bargain buy of Dimitri Payet to see how the two stack up against each other. Payet cost West Ham £10.7 million to become the signing of the season. In just 19 league appearances this season, the French international has created an impressive 67 chances. The majority […]

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Co-owners David Sullivan and David Gold have released a statement ahead of tomorrow’s London derby with Spurs pleading for good behaviour and reminding fans there is a zero tolerance policy with regards to racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic behaviour. “It is vitally important that every West Ham United supporter attending the fixture remembers that they are acting […]

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Slaven Bilic has asked West Ham fans to get behind team and the club on Wednesday night as we play London rivals Spurs but reminded fans we are are all ambassadors of a big, great and polite club! Slav told the press conference this morning: ‘The message is I would like the fans to be […]

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