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• West Ham vice-chairman defends problems at club’s new home • ‘There have been 18 arrests. At Arsenal last season there were 60’ West Ham United’s vice-chairman, Karren Brady, has defended the London Stadium’s suitability as a football venue, claiming the trouble that has taken place there this season is down to “teething problems”. Brady, the stadium operators and the Metropolitan police faced a two-hour grilling from the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee on Thursday…

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The League Cup has long been seen as an opportunity for clubs to blood their most promising youngsters. But did the kids live up to expectations? Sportsmail takes a look…

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It’s our third birthday today – and making it particularly memorable is that it coincides with us passing 50 thousand followers to the site. We started as a very small blog back in 2013 and in the three years we have been on the Hammers scene have now passed an amazing 32 million hits. My […]

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Top CandH blogger RICH SPRENT looks at why it all went so wrong at Old Trafford The lessons were all there on Sunday and yet they didn’t sink in. The line-up looked strong however but  to play in a similar shape to Sunday was puzzling. Feghouli has not played anything other than a brief cameo […]

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Exclusive Andre Ayew was missing last night because he has been under an intense training regime which will continue throughout the week. The club’s record signing was fully expected to be involved at Old Trafford last night ( a good game for him to miss of course as things turned out) but instead he was […]

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Ashley Fletcher – the best Iron on view at Old Trafford in the  4-1 defeat – is desperate to hold onto the striker’s shirt against Arsenal at the weekend. He described his Old Trafford goal as “unbelievable” but even more importantly declared the team were determined to bounce straight back on Saturday. The 21 year […]

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Reading to Manchester is a long long way on a bitterly cold November day. But our partner over at Hammers Chat’s – Gonzo – with camera at the ready – made the journey to record what turned out to be a bitterly disappointing night out and left more questions than answers about the Hammers of […]

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Phil Neville has branded an Adrian’s studs-up challenge on Zatan Ibrahimovic as “disgusting” The keeper flew from goal  early in the first-half and caught the Manchester United striker on his left knee. Ibrahimovic managed to open to open the scoring just before contact was made, with referee Mike Jones failing to spot the incident. And […]

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Slaven Bilic was left bemused and anxious after last night’s defeat baming a “slow start and mistakes for the crushing EFL quarter final defeat against Manchester United. And reporting on injuries to  Michail Antonio and Aaron Cresswell he said: ““Cresswell’s injury doesn’t look that bad. His groin felt very tight and hopefully it’s just fatigue […]

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Today at 10am is the latest episode of the London Stadium blame game as career politicians from the London Assembly look blame anyone except themselves for the security and policing issues that have surround the former Olympic Stadium since August. West Ham’s invitation must have got lost in the post as they are no club […]

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MARTIN SAMUEL AT OLD TRAFFORD: Tony Martial scored. And then Tony Martial scored again. Just like he does in the song. And now Manchester United are three games from winning a trophy.

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• Manchester United manager says Mkhitaryan ready to live up to reputation • Mourinho refuses to say where he watched EFL Cup win over West Ham José Mourinho would not divulge where he watched Manchester United’s 4-1 win over West Ham in the EFL Cup quarter-finals, but said he is delighted that Henrikh Mkhitaryan finally seems to be coming good. Mourinho told Sky Sports it was “a secret” where he watched the match from after accepting…

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Anthony Martial and Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice each to help Manchester United ease into the League Cup semi-finals. Sportsmail ‘s Jack Gaughan picks out five key factors from the win.

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The Old Trafford captain has missed the chance to break the club’s goalscoring record when his team visit Goodison Park to take on his first club, Everton Wayne Rooney may be having a chequered season, both on the pitch and off it, though he is at that stage in an illustrious career where history beckons at every turn. Last week against Feyenoord he not only produced one of his most convincing displays of…

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Match verdict Manchester United 4 West Ham 1 Ashley Fletcher scored the most memorable goal of his young life back at Old Trafford to give the Hammers hope of progress in the EFL Cup. But in the end they were overwhelmed by a buoyant Manchester United and this performance demonstrated very clearly indeed that our […]

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Adrian came flying out of his goal early in the first-half and caught Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s left knee with his studs. Referee Mike Jones failed to show the West Ham keeper a card.

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Ratings from CandH’s Niall McDonald Adrian: Couple of cracking saves at 2-1 and another from Ibrahimovic  at 3-1. Tough gig behind our back line  6 Kouyate: Caught napping by Martial for the 3rd. Took over from Antonio on the right 4 Reid: Resolute but was pulled all over the place by Rooney and Ibrahimovic 5 […]

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Manchester United swept into the EFL Cup semi-finals with the kind of buccaneering display missing from their recent history. This was fast and ruthless and surely had José Mourinho beaming. The Portuguese’s side were unstoppable and at United the hope will be this proves the moment it all clicked for him and his players on an evening when the tone was set from the opening moment. Related: Manchester United avoid Liverpool in EFL Cup semi-final draw Related…

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EFL Cup quarter-final updates from the 8pm GMT game at Old Trafford West Ham warned not to raise bar too high for Carroll’s comeback And feel free to email scott.murray@theguardian.com 8.50pm GMT Half-time reading: Related: Gareth Southgate: no star power, no magic bullet, but a man for the times | Barney Ronay 8.49pm GMT That half flew by, and it ends with a scoreline that doesn’t reflect the balance of …

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Just three days after meeting in the Premier League, Manchester United and West Ham United clash again at Old Trafford vying for a place in the EFL Cup semi-finals. Follow the drama live.

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• Former Coventry striker is wanted by manager Slaven Bilic in January • Senegal international Diafra Sakho ruled out until at least new year West Ham are preparing an offer worth up to £25m for Bournemouth’s Callum Wilson after it was confirmed Diafra Sakho will miss up to six weeks with the thigh injury he sustained against Manchester United. Related: Gareth Southgate confirmed as new England manager on four-year contract Continue

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BT Sports presenter Jake Humphrey has posted a video of the Boleyn Ground being reduced to rubble today on his twitter account. The former BBC formula one presenter posted on his instagram account “Morning spent filming at Upton Park…breakfast at Ken’s, final farewell to a legendary ground…” The Boleyn being razed to the ground…ouch… @rustyrockets […]

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The London Assembly will hold a meeting  tomorrow morning to discus ongoing concerns around the security of the London Stadium. In an email entitled: “What’s going on at West Ham?” sent to the press the communication says: “Concerns have been raised over security in and around the London Stadium – formerly the Olympic Stadium – […]

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Ashley Fletcher  played in two finals at Wembley last season and scored in both while  on loan at Barnsley. He was on the mark in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Final against Oxford and returned a month later when he scored the opening goal in the League One Play-Off Final win over Millwall which saw The […]

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The 26-year-old scored in West Ham’s 1-1 draw with Manchester United on Sunday but limped off 66 minutes into the Premier League fixture. The forward has been ruled out for six weeks.

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Well despite all the Hammers fingers in the world being crossed, the worst news in the world hit us this morning when the official site announced that Diafra Sakho would be out of action for six weeks. Everybody had been hoping against hope that the  injury he sustained at Old Trafford on Saturday would prove […]

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