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Michy Batshuayi appears to have pledged his foreseeable future to Olympique Marseille. Batshuayi signed a new contract in January this year in a move that was widely believed to be designed to raise the striker’s asking price up to £30million, with the 22 year old striker now tied to Marseille until 2020. West Ham are […]

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David God has made it clear that Mark Noble, Aaron Cresswell and Michail Antonio have all well and truly stamped out their England claims this season. Whether Roy Hodgson chooses to include any or all of them in his next squad later this month is one thing but Gold has no doubt that they should […]

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West Ham’s players are in line to share a bonus of at least £7million if they can gatecrash the Champions League places. The Mirror’s Darren Lewis – who yesterday appeared both here and on our ClaretandHugh interview section of  MooreThanJust aPodcast – has revealed the huge financial jackpot the players could  share. He writes: “After […]

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Former Hammer, Sean Maguire has made a perfect start for Cork City by scoring twice at the weekend. The striker was the difference between the two teams as he helped Cork get off to a winning start at home on the first day of the Irish league. “Before the game, I would have taken three points and no […]

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C&H partners MooreThanJustAPodcast spoke to West Ham Ladies Chairman Stephen Hunt ahead of their game against Spurs Ladies at the Boleyn Ground this evening. Stephen tells how the game at the Boleyn Ground came about, how they have already tripled their record home attendance for a West Ham Ladies match and their ambitions for the […]

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Today’s fluff is reeling from aftershocks Leicester City fans caused seismic waves with a magnitude of 0.3 when they celebrated their 89th-minute winner against Norwich , according to Leicester University students who were testing for earthquakes nearby at the time. But there may be more than a minor tremor in the city when it is discovered that Jamie Vardy ’s new contract contains a clause that allows him to leave the club for a relatively affordable £30m, a…

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Richard Keys has treated the West Ham fans to another dose of Sam creeping on his personal blog. The shamed former Sky Sports presenter – kicked out with his buddy Andy Gray for sexism – just can’t bear what’s happening at West Ham without time and again dragging his mate into the equation. Earlier in […]

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Sak’s back and in my world that means anything is possible. Yes of course we have Payet and I really do understand but with the club’s Number One striker up front even the main man becomes a far better player. This has been repeated several times but after his goalscoring return against Everton at the […]

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Arsenal’s Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain is a potential target for West Ham should manager Arsene Wenger contemplate selling the winger in the summer. The 22-year-old craves first-team football.

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What’s happened to the West Ham we all know and love? Who cares, hopefully it remains in the past as this new West Ham we’re getting to know takes over over and continues to defy all the odds every week. After 29 games played we currently sit fifth in the Premier League and just a single

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The Mirror’s Darren Lewis tonight makes his first appearance in the ClaretandHugh Interview section of MooreThanJustAPodcast. Darren – a Fleet Street pal of ClaretandHugh founding editor Hugh Southon – supplied CandH with his first exclusive blog earlier today which can be seen here http://www.claretandhugh.info/irons-win-at-everton-changed-everything/ The Mirror’s West Ham correspondent is interviewed by associate editor Sean Whetstone and […]

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Late goals are symptomatic of where Crystal Palace and Newcastle United’s problems lie this season, with the two teams letting in 14 goals in the last 15 minutes of league games – more than any other side.

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Guest Post from Geo from Hammers Chat West Ham Ladies have sold more than treble their record attendance in tickets purchased already for tomorrow night at the Boleyn Ground lights. Tickets can still be bought at https://sales.webticketmanager.com/default.aspx?companyid=1307 £5 adults and £1 child. We need as much support as possible, the Premier League South record is by Brighton […]

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The Olympic Stadium running track is being ripped up to make way for a new running track. The London 2012 track is being replaced with a brand new blue surface, laid in time for the two world championships taking place at the former Olympic Stadium. Londoner Olympic hurdler Perri Shakes-Drayton and Paralympic and reigning world […]

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Adrian’s penalty save against Romelu Lukaku was the pivotal moment of a game which saw the Irons stage a remarkable comeback on Saturday. And whilst it was a very poor spot kick, Adrian had put in the homework which ensured he kept the big fella at bay and helped build the platform for a magificent […]

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West Ham Chairman, David Gold has taken to social media to update West Ham fans on injury news ahead of Sunday’s FA cup quarter final clash against Manchester United at Old Trafford. Gold claims Victor Moses, Enner Valencia, Winston Reid and Joey O’Brien should all be fit and available for selection by Slaven Bilic on […]

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Striker Michy Batshuayi remains their prime objective but the Hammers have also held discussions over signing winger Georges-Kevin N’Koudou and full-back Benjamin Mendy.

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The Mirror’s Darren Lewis always gives the Irons the credit they deserve. We witnessed that last week when he made the Irons v Spurs game all about us rather than follow the others who decided to report on “what’s gone wrong with Spurs.” We are delighted he has given ClaretandHugh this exclusive blog in which he declares: […]

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West Ham United head coach Slaven Bilic believes the success of Leicester City and his own team this season is evidence of a permanent change to the Premier League’s established order.

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Former Premier League referee, Graham Poll says Everton’s penalty against Adrian should have been re-taken because he moved off his line twice before the ball was kicked but he admits this law is often overlooked in the Premier League. He did admit that Kevin Mirallas deserved to be sent off for his two yellow cards. Writing […]

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Slaven Bilic believes life at the top of the Premier League has changed forever! The emergence of the Irons and Leicester City has raised such expressions as “freak season” and the like but Slav’s having none of that. He said: “I really do believe it is a permanent shift at the top. The big teams […]

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West Ham fans have voted the amazing 3-2 comeback victory over Everton the best of the season. Close to 1,000 ClaretandHugh readers have been voting in the poll since the final whistle blew on the astonishing match which finally saw us claw our way to three points against the the man Toffees. And despite famous […]

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If West Ham were to finish in the top four this season it could be worth another £35 million to the club.. Finishing fourth position in the Premier League would earn the Hammers an extra £10 million in merit payments after taking £11m for their twelfth place finish last season. That would jump massively to […]

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It was the most extraordinary comeback we’ve seen in years. The mighty Hammers – dead and buried apparently – rose and grabbed a victory right out of the throat of defeat and showed themselves a team that really may be capable of anything. Here’s what ClaretandHugh Facebook members have been saying at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ O We got […]

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Roberto Martinez had every right to complain about an aspect of the officiating as Everton lost 3-2 to West Ham after leading 2-0 but he picked the wrong incident to criticise.

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So is this a flash in the pan like 30 years ago? Not since 1986 have West Ham United approached the final nine games of a season with such a glorious opportunity.

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