Posted on 28 October 2016. Tags: News, sports news, transfer news, west ham world
Darren Randolph has made it clear the Irons can match and are ready for anybody. The Hammers keeper was in magnificent form against Chelsea and played a major patt in setting us on the road that takes us to Manchester United for the quarter finals. And speaking to the official site he said: ““We never […]
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Posted on 28 October 2016. Tags: football news, News, sports news
A quite magnificent analysis of what’s happening at the London Stadium appears in today’s Daily Mail guided by the word processor of West Ham fan and top football writer in this country by a million miles – Martin Samuel! Martin never pulls punches and places perspective on puzzles which confuse the minds of those too […]
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Posted on 28 October 2016. Tags: east london, footy news, meta-register, News, sky tv, whispers, wordpress-org
West Ham and London Stadium are this morning (Fri) reported as being close to finalising the identification of 200 individuals who will receive stadium bans following incidents of disorder during the club’s win over Chelsea. The club, operators, the Metropolitan Police and Chelsea are looking to work together in the investigation, with extensive CCTV footage being […]
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Posted on 27 October 2016. Tags: article, european, hammers news, london, science, West Ham United, westham
MARTIN SAMUEL: Stadiums do not riot. Stadiums do not smash seats. Stadiums do not throw bottles and coins. Stadiums do not shout abuse or punch you on the nose.
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Posted on 27 October 2016. Tags: article, crisis, football banter, microsoft, News, security
JEFF POWELL: The most vital lesson to be learned from the outbreaks of violence at the London Stadium is not that West Ham need to tackle their security problem even harder than ever.
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Posted on 27 October 2016. Tags: boleyn-hammers, hammers chat, meta-register, News, west ham united fc
An MP has today declared the Irons should be forced to play behind closed doors if there are repeats of the incidents which marred last night’s great victory over Chelsea. “None of these problems were unforeseeable given the nature of the stadium,” said Mark Field MP. He told the Evening Standard: “Within the next 14 […]
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Posted on 27 October 2016. Tags: london, super sunday, transfer news, violence, West Ham United, west ham united news
West Ham are under growing pressure to resolve crowd trouble at the London Stadium amid calls on Thursday for their home matches to be played behind closed doors.
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Posted on 27 October 2016. Tags: chelsea, football violence, london stadium, police-the-long, response
There are six areas of contention to emerge from events at the London Stadium, ranging from how rival fans could be so close together to how the FA will respond The headline flashpoint during the EFL Cup tie between West Ham United and Chelsea on Wednesday night kicked off in stoppage time, when some of the visiting supporters made for the exit at the back of the lower tier of the Sir Trevor Brooking…
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Posted on 27 October 2016. Tags: boleyn-hammers, farewell-boleyn, football news, News, premier league, super sunday, whispers
A Chelsea fan – clearly keen to have his five minutes of fame before the BBC cameras – waded into Hammers supporters after the over-hyped incidents in the Trevor Brooking last night. With daughter Victoria,8, he spoke of their terrible ordeal by coins – and how many times she had been hit by them. He […]
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Posted on 27 October 2016. Tags: article, game, health, west ham world, westham fc
Metropolitan police made six arrests after skirmishes broke out towards the end of the stadium’s first London derby, when West Ham beat Chelsea 2-1 in the League Cup fourth round.
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Posted on 27 October 2016. Tags: boleyn-hammers, farewell-boleyn, News, skysports, whispers, wordpress-org
West Ham and Operators London Stadium 185 have released a statement to say they are close to identifying 200 individuals who will receive London Stadium bans. ” West Ham United and London Stadium are finalising the identification of 200 individuals who will receive stadium bans having been involved in incidents of disorder during West Ham’s EFL […]
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Posted on 27 October 2016. Tags: boleyn-hammers, farewell-boleyn, hammers chat, meta-register, News, premier league, whispers
Cheik Kouyate’s unbelievable goal to open last night’s scoring gave the Irons their first step towards the quarter finals and he could barely believe it’s quality when he looked at it after the match. He said: ““I saw my goal after the game and it was an unbelievable. I spoke with Dimi and said it […]
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Posted on 27 October 2016. Tags: atmosphere, chelsea, crowd-trouble, efl cup, london, transfer news, upton park
Violent incidents marred West Ham’s EFL Cup tie against Chelsea – one visiting fan points the finger squarely at the stewarding at the London Stadium I absolutely loved Upton Park and the atmosphere was fantastic but I wouldn’t go back to the London Stadium. During the first half it was all quite well behaved really. There were small pockets of Chelsea fans giving some back, you get that at any football ground, but there wasn’t any inciting hatred…
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Posted on 27 October 2016. Tags: 182-travelling, latest football news, sport, westham, westham news, zero-tolerance
• Club get tough after night of shame during League Cup match • Karren Brady hits out at fans on Twitter West Ham United will pursue a zero tolerance policy against the thugs they believe are damaging their image and are ready to ban 200 of them following the ugly scenes that marred their EFL Cup win over Chelsea at the London Stadium. The club mounted a massive security operation for the visit on Wednesday of Chelsea, who brought 5,182 travelling…
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Posted on 27 October 2016. Tags: aston-villa, glendenning, josé mourinho, london stadium, podders-look, West Ham United, west ham united fc
The podders look back on the EFL Cup events on and off the pitch. Plus: Wolves axe Zenga, and Aston Villa prepare for a second-tier Second City derby Subscribe and review: iTunes , Soundcloud , Audioboom , Mixcloud , Acast . Today’s Football Weekly Extra sees AC Jimbo joined by James Horncastle , Barry Glendenning and Jacob Steinberg , who was at the London Stadium to witness the events on and off the pitch following West Ham’s win over Chelsea . Continue
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Posted on 27 October 2016. Tags: east london, hammers chat, upton park, west ham news, whispers, wordpress-org
CandH’s associate editor Sean Whetstone was an eye witness to last night’s events being right in the middle of the crowd disturbances. Here’s his report on what REALLY happened Yesterday evening was always going to be difficult evening to navigate without headlines condemning West Ham fans. It became a self fulfilling prophecy. We arrived at […]
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Posted on 27 October 2016. Tags: birmingham, london stadium, online soccer news, steve bruce, the-55-year-old, West Ham United
• Villa manager wants to avoid repeat of ‘horrible scenes’ at West Ham • Birmingham City host first second-city league derby in five years on Sunday Steve Bruce has called for supporters of Birmingham and Aston Villa to make this weekend’s second-city derby “the spectacle everyone wants to see” and avoid scenes like those that unfolded at the London Stadium on Wednesday night. The Villa manager was speaking before…
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Posted on 27 October 2016. Tags: allocated, difficult-start, europa league, london, Olympic Stadium, slovenians, West Ham United
Violence marred West Ham’s EFL Cup win over Chelsea at the London Stadium on Wednesday, with seven arrests made by the Metropolitan police. The Hammers have endured a difficult start at their new home West Ham’s first competitive match at the stadium comes earlier than expected with the second leg of a Europa League qualifier against NK Domzale. The Irons win 3-0 against the Slovenians, with Cheikhou Kouyate scoring the first goal at the club’s new home. However, there are some …
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Posted on 27 October 2016. Tags: farewell-boleyn, match reports, meta-register, News, sky sports, westham news, wordpress-org
What a performance …what an incredible victory …what a game changer in our season – we were magnificent! I’m gonna be quite honest about this with you. I don’t like being wise after the even or hearing the words “told you so.”I had big doubts as to whether the manager could get it right after […]
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Posted on 27 October 2016. Tags: boleyn-hammers, football news, west ham news, west ham world, whispers
West Ham have landed something of a financial bonanza by getting Manchester United in the quarter finals of the EFL Cup. Clubs take 45 per cent of the gate receipts and in our case with 74k plus possible at Old Trafford we can expect to reap around three quarters of a million plus the likliehood […]
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Posted on 27 October 2016. Tags: feel-at-home, first-started, guardian.co.uk, jacob-steinberg, sky sports, westham
Violent incidents which marred EFL Cup tie against Chelsea could have been prevented with better policing and stewarding – but are West Ham supporters being unfairly singled out? Wednesday night was my third trip to West Ham’s new stadium and it was largely a deeply unpleasant experience that transported me back to the bad old days of the late 1980s when I first started going to football on a regular basis…
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Posted on 27 October 2016. Tags: australia, girl, madrid, premier league, west ham united news, westham news
A football fan has said he and his eight-year-old daughter were pelted with coins as violence broke out when West Ham played Chelsea at the former Olympic Stadium.
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Posted on 27 October 2016. Tags: farewell-boleyn, match reports, News, whispers, wordpress-org
Top ClaretandHugh blogger RICH SPRENT is excited! The performance against Chelsea was as perfect as it gets and here he discusses where we are, what we are about and the system which has so much going for it. Forget £20m 20 goal strikers. Actually forget ANY of that terminology! It’s clear that with the personnel […]
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Posted on 27 October 2016. Tags: article, coyi, hammers news, health, madrid, science, sports news
The Metropolitan Police have opened an investigation after a homophobic leaflet was allegedly distributed outside the London Stadium before West Ham against Chelsea.
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Posted on 27 October 2016. Tags: chelsea, footage-shows, football violence, london, made-seven, sport, westham
Amateur footage shows crowd trouble inside the London Stadium towards the end of West Ham’s 2-1 EFL Cup win over Chelsea on Wednesday night. Plastic bottles, seats and coins were thrown. Police made seven arrests. Both clubs have promised to ban for life any supporters found guilty of wrongdoing Original footage by @Jayzinq West Ham v Chelsea: Slaven Bilic condemns violence at London Stadium Continue reading…
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Posted on 27 October 2016. Tags: article, australia, health, london, madrid, transfer gossip
Like Tuesday’s bout of EFL Cup matches, Wednesday’s fourth-round encounters gave fans a glimpse into the future with many young players blooded.
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