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Planning permission has been submitted to erect four large illuminated sign reading “West Ham United” with letters 3 metres high at the former Olympic Stadium. Each new sign will stretch over 47 metres in length. The application submitted in February seeks consent for four mounted West Ham United signs  as part of the Olympic Stadium Transformation […]

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Our FA Cup quarter-final match against Manchester United has been officially confirmed for Sunday 13th March at 4pm. The sixth round tie with the Red Devils will be screened live on BT Sports the broadcaster announced this afternoon. Adults will have to pay up to £55. Adult Season ticket holders will need to fork out […]

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April’s fixture changes in the Barclays Premier League have been confirmed today. West Ham United’s home meeting with Arsenal on Saturday 9th April will now kick-off earlier at 12.45pm, instead of the original 3pm start. The fixture will be shown live on BT Sports 1.Meanwhile, the Hammers’ away fixture at Leicester City has been moved […]

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Recent questions have been asked by West Ham fans about whether a planned digital wrap for the former Olympic Stadium will still be delivered after the chairman’s son Jack suggested it was in doubt during a Q&A session last night. At a recent Hammers fans’ forum supporters were also updated on the digital wrap saying: […]

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Speculation that Zlatan Ibrahomivic could join West Ham next summer has been firmly knocked back. The suggestion first emerged in The Sun where it was suggested that he was on our list of targets as the Olympic Stadium marquee signing. And it has been regularly repeated on social media since with many appearing to believe […]

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West Ham are still awaiting the  re-scheduling of their Watford and Manchester United Premier league matches due to our FA Cup run. UEFA’s rules are making life difficult with their insistence that domestic games including FA cup games do not clash on nights that Champions League football is shown on TV. With a congested  fixture […]

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Sam Allardyce has this morning chosen to give his view on the West Ham fans. We publish his quotes in the Telegraph without comment: “I think I was appreciated by the majority of fans. It was a small minority who made themselves very loud and very clear about how they felt about me at the […]

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BBC pundit Mark Lawrenson has done the unthinkable by predicting a second West Ham win in a row this Saturday but can’t help but wade in the Sam Allardyce debate by questioning why Hammers fans would book him tomorrow. Lawro told the BBC website: “I was at Ewood Park last weekend to see West Ham […]

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Mark Noble has broken a new West Ham record for the largest ever attendance of a Hammers testimonial match.  Speaking on WHUFC.com the club captain confirmed the match has sold out on the 28th March to full house of 35,000. Nobes said: “I am extremely proud to announce and have to admit that I am […]

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Ipswich Town striker Sam Ford is set to join West Ham following his recent trial spells with the Hammers. Ford’s two-year scholarship with Ipswich is up at the end of the season. The 17-year-old  is said to have  impressed West Ham, where former Ipswich youth coach Liam Manning is now on the staff. Last month […]

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The official announcement for the dates and kick-off times for the FA Cup quarter-finals has been delayed until tomorrow it has been revealed this evening.  The FA sent an email to the club at 4pm to confirm the delay. West Ham have been told the delay has got nothing to do with Manchester United’s result […]

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“You always want to go back to your old club and do well for the team you are in charge of now. I had a really good four years and took great pride in taking the football club that was lost, down and out and struggling with getting relegated and reinvented it personally with the […]

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If West Ham do manage to sell all 9,000 away tickets to the FA Cup quarter-finals with Manchester United at Old Trafford in March, it will become only the third time in our club’s history to match the record away attendance of 9,000 (excluding neutral grounds such as Villa park, Wembley and the Millennium stadium in Cardiff) […]

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Former Hammers manager Sam Allardyce says he is only looking forward to returning to the Boleyn ground if Sunderland can get a result. Speaking to Sunderland’s official youtube channel Sam said “You always want to go back to your club and do well for the team you are in charge of now. I had a […]

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West Ham are aiming to complete deals for Manu Lanzini and Cheik Kouyate by next month. Having locked Dimi Payet into a new long term contrct the club is now aiming to sort out the other two midfielders by the end of March. David Sullivan – as the club’s major contract broker – wants both […]

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West Ham manager Slaven Bilic  has started his pre match press conference at 10am this morning ahead of our Saturday lunchtime match with Sunderland and Sam Allardyce: “A few players are back, which is positive. We saw Lanzini was back at Blackburn” “Sakho began training this week, and he needs more time, but Andy is […]

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The date and time for our quarter final with Manchester United at Old Trafford will be announced today possibly as early as this morning. The deadline for the priority post application runs out this evening but our source close to the ticket has assured us that early applications could be cancelled with a full refund if they […]

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Head of Medical and Sports Science Stijn Vandenbroucke has give us his latest update on WHUFC.com. He confirms Lanzini is ready to face Sunderland but says Sakho, Reid and Carroll all need a few more days to get their fitness back. Stijn told the club’s website:  “It was also pleasing to see Manuel Lanzini back in action.He is training this […]

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Slaven Bilic has a tough decision ahead of the Sunderland game as he bids to pose major striking problems for Sam Allardyce’s Black Cats. David Gold has this morning confirmed that Enner Valencia will be unavailable for the game and that leaves Slav with a choice between Andy Carroll and Emanuelle Emenike. DG tweeted: Valencia will […]

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West Ham will lay signature stones to their legends at the Olympic Stadium. With West Ham seats being installed and outside, a legends area has now been created which will feature a new sculpture as well as large blocks for club legends voted for by fans. Bobby Moore, Sir Trevor Brooking and Paolo Di Canio […]

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It’s the debate which has run and run and run. Sam Allardyce is back . He returns to the Boleyn this weekend with his relegation threatened Sunderland team looking for three points over the Irons. Tis is going to be a spikey old afternoon with a section of fans determined to let him know exactly […]

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Sam Allardyce’s return to the Boleyn this weekend means absolutely nothing to me other than the need to ensure we collect three points and remain in the chase for a place in Europe. So much has changed for the better since he left that his appearance in the opposition dug-out affects me not at all […]

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West Ham has recruited players Cheik Kouyate, Pedro Obiang and Sam Howes to install the first Claret seats at the former Olympic Stadium this afternoon.  The players donned West Ham hard hats to show off their DIY skills.         Share This:

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Angelo Ogbonna posted a cheeky message with a photo on twitter last night standing next to a red London phone box questioning why he hadn’t received a call from Italian national coach  Antonio Conte for selection in the Italian national team. The message from Ogbonna read: “Who knows if Mr. Conte has my English number??!!#WholivedhopingdiedIcantsayhow […]

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By Peter Ellis Most poignant memory for me was in the most tragic of circumstances. My dad and two elder brothers took me to a game versus Wolves. Why would a game versus Wolverhampton’s finest be stuck in the memory to this extent? Quite simply, it was not a football match. It was instead a […]

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West Ham have confirmed Claret and Hugh’s story earlier this week that the Hammers have been allocated 9,000 away tickets for the Manchester United match in the FA Cup quarter final. As we explained, Manchester United have a special dispensation with the FA limiting their allocation of Old Trafford to 9,000 (just 12% of their […]

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