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West Ham have the eighth highest average attendance in Europe this season after moving to the London Stadium. The Hammers are now above the likes of Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea.The Irons also now feature in third place in English football. Top 20 highest average attendances among the European elite (2016/17) Borussia Dortmund – 81,080 […]

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BBC Pundit Mark Lawrenson predicts West Ham will remain unbeaten for their fifth game in a row but will only manage a draw at Goodison park on Sunday lunchtime. Speaking on his BBC website column Lawro says: “Everton made a strong start to the season while West Ham’s problems were well documented, but things are […]

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Slaven Bilic has had a sickness bug for the last few days, so he has been staying away from the training pitch, tanking up on antibiotics and working in the canteen at West Ham’s training ground.

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• Club to widen segregation line between home and away supporters • Stewards will carry hand-held video cameras inside the stadium West Ham have drawn up an action plan to prevent further crowd trouble following the violent clashes during Wednesday’s EFL Cup tie against Chelsea. The club have vowed to increase the distance between home and away supporters, widening the line of segregation on both sides of the lower tier from where the away fans …

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• Manager says England is a relative oasis of calm on hooliganism • ‘The club, players and the vast majority of fans don’t deserve it’ Slaven Bilic says that he considers England to be a relative “oasis” of calm in the battle against football hooliganism and he has applauded the zero tolerance reactions to the crowd trouble that flared at West Ham United’s London Stadium on Wednesday night. The manager described the violence in the stands during…

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It’s time for some perspective despite the Football Association promising inquiries, probes and all the rest of it into last Wednesday evening. In no way will I try to excuse the behaviour of a couple of hudered idiots who decided to really harm West Ham’s name by some missile throwing which was basically a shower […]

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Another seven days… another depressing report on possible return dates for Diafra Sakho and Andy Carroll. Last week we were told Carroll had “several bridges to cross”, this week we get nothing more than “Andy Carroll and Gokhan Tore continue to work on their rehabilitation at Rush Green.” Then comes the Sakho report after off the […]

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One West Ham fan posted a plea on twitter “Recently my nan passed away with cancer, she was a lifelong West ham fan and had a passion about football. She tried to make it to every West Ham game that she could because she loved every minute whether we were winning or losing, my grandad is […]

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger does not believe English football has a “hooligan problem” and has called for a return to safe standing at stadiums. “You cannot say 200 people is a general problem in the country,” said the Arsenal manager to reports today when asked about the troubles at the London Stadium. “Hopefully West Ham […]

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The Daily Telegraph claims that talks over the naming rights for the London Stadium with Indian technology company and carmaker, the Mahindra Group have collapsed. They say Mahindra had a period of exclusivity which expired in August and although there was optimism in the weeks afterwards that an agreement could still be struck the Telegraph say that […]

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By top CandH blogger Pete Ellis The London stadium is a target. It’s a gleaming shiney new beacon that is absolutely ripe for the plucking.  Not by Isis, or any other mentally challenged group of terrorists, but from equally simple football fans that have an IQ matched only by their show size.With well reported shortcomings […]

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The Irons are set for a Wednesday night clash at Old Trafford on November 30 as they bid to reach the semi-finals of the League Cup. And the club are awaiting confirmation of the ticket allocation for the Old Trafford tie, which will also be screened live by Sky Sports at 8pm. West Ham and […]

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Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger says he is surprised by the crowd disturbances at the EFL Cup tie between West Ham and Chelsea earlier this week. Wenger, speaking on Friday in London Colney, says he is worried that the scenes at the London Stadium may inhibit progress towards a return to safe standing in English football and that he hopes West Ham move quickly to resolve the issues at their new ground Arsène Wenger worried West Ham trouble…

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Slaven Bilic hinted that Michail Antonio could again lead the line at Goodison Park agreeing that he had made a good case for himself. Speaking at his morning presser he said:“He was really good and that’s why we put him there. He did everything we hoped and expected that he would do. “He used the […]

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Get the latest team news and stats ahead of the Premier League clash between Everton and West Ham United at Goodison Park.

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Arsene Wenger fears the case to introduce safe-standing at English stadiums has been damaged by the violence at West Ham on Wednesday.

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Slaven Bilic believes West Ham’s reputation is being dragged through the gutter by a small minority of supporters. His side’s win over Chelsea was marred by violence at the London Stadium.

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• Manager says club do not deserve to be undermined by minority • West Ham have vowed to ban 200 fans who were caught on CCTV Slaven Bilic has acknowledged that it hurts him and West Ham United to see the club’s name dragged through the gutter by the hooligan minority. The manager was more keen to talk up his team’s result against Chelsea from Wednesday night, when a 2-1 home win put them through to the EFL Cup quarter-finals, where…

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Slaven Bilic refused to discuss the troubles at the London Stadium this morning at his press conference  ahead of the Hammers game against Everton on Sunday. Slave told reporters “I have said enough about the Stadium. I want to talk about football and about the game. I am a football manager.” Talking about the game […]

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• Wenger: ‘West Ham game not a good advert to come back to standing’ • Olivier Giroud and Aaron Ramsey fit again for Arsenal Arsène Wenger, outlining his support for the safe standing movement, has expressed his concern that Wednesday night’s crowd trouble at the match between West Ham and Chelsea could set back the debate. “It gives an argument, especially to people who are against it,” said Wenger. “Personally I…

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Ahead of this weekend’s matches in the Premier League, Sportsmail brings you the latest squad news, odds and stats on every top flight fixture as it breaks.

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Chelsea manager Antonio Conte claims his team were unlucky to lose to West Ham on Wednesday night. ‘The performance was good because we knew they would play a strong game, but I think we played with a good intensity and created many chances to score a goal,’ said Conte. ‘I saw a good spirit in my […]

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Police made six arrests after skirmishes broke out towards the end of the stadium’s first London derby. Three of the six arrested have been charged, while up to 200 people are facing bans.

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The Metropolitan Police have released details of those arrested after Wednesday night’s trouble around the West Ham v Chelsea match. The police have reduced the number arrested from seven to six and names three of the name already charged. Although they have not released how many of the six were West Ham supporters it is […]

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West Ham Vice-Chairman Karren Brady has told the Sun newspaper that the club did everything in their  power to restrict and minimise potential problems. She told the Sun: “THE scenes we saw towards the end of Wednesday’s win over Chelsea at London Stadium were a huge disappointment. A disappointment to all who have worked so hard […]

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Let’s have a recap on where we are after a torrid week. Things didn’t start as they should have done but it’s getting better – much better. A move to the London Stadium was meant to be the next step on the ladder for the club when it came to progression in the table, but early […]

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