West Ham fans have hailed Dimirti Payet as better than his French compatriot Zinedine Zidane and will hope he can inspire them to victory over rivals Tottenham on Wednesday night.
Posted on 02 March 2016.
West Ham fans have hailed Dimirti Payet as better than his French compatriot Zinedine Zidane and will hope he can inspire them to victory over rivals Tottenham on Wednesday night.
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
On Monday we asked you “Who would get your Hammer of the year vote based on performances to date this season?” A massive 1,710 of you responded to the poll. Unsurprisingly 947 of you representing 55.38% says Dimitri Payet should be crowned Hammer of the year this season! However an encouraging 18.83% (322 people) disagreed […]
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
Spurs head to West Ham United on Wednesday for the first of two crunch derby matches this week One by one, the Tottenham Hotspur players came across to shake Daniel Levy by the hand. The club’s chairman was bemused, to the point where he turned to Mauricio Pochettino and asked him whether it was a new rule he had implemented. The manager smiled. It had started out as a rule but …
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
Newham council have taken the unusual step of boarding up the World Cup Sculpture on the corner of Green street ahead of Wednesday evening’s London derby against Spurs. The bronze statue featuring Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters and Ray Wilson has been protected with wooden boards over concerns it could be vandalised by Spurs fans […]
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
Claret and Hugh are hearing as yet unconfirmed reports that Victor Moses picked up a knock in training today and is now a doubt for tomorrow’s London derby game against Spurs. Michail Antonio is likely to be asked to fulfil a right back role again tomorrow with Sam Byram suspended and Joey O’Brien and James Tomkins […]
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
Spurs are the Premier League title favourites, according to Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri. They are two points behind leaders Leicester with 11 games remaining. “Tottenham are strong in every situation,” said Ranieri today “Everyone is speaking about Leicester but nobody about Tottenham,” he said. “Tottenham, in my opinion, are favourites. When they defend and when […]
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
As part of BBC Sport Relief, West ham fan James Corden’s character ‘Smithy’ pokes fun at Spurs and asks why anyone would pay money to watch Tottenham as he runs for FIFA president. West Ham legend Geoff Hurst also features on the sketch. Smithy says:“I heard a story the other day where a ticket to […]
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
Jermaine Jenas has revealed that it was ‘carnage’ for Tottenham before and during their defeat at West Ham on the final day of the 2005-06 season due to food poisoning.
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
Campaign group Boleyn Development 100 want all the properties built on the site of the Boleyn Ground to be 100% social housing, in response to the lack of affordable homes available in Newham and to turn the former football pitch into a public park. “It’s a massive plot of land, and there’s a housing crisis […]
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
Former Hammer Modibo Maiga scored a great solo goal for Al Nassr im the Asian Champions League today. Maïga has scored just two goals in the Saudi championship since joining from West Ham last summer. During his debut in the Asian Champions League today he scored the only goal of the game to seal victory. […]
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
Premier League clubs are set to meet on Wednesday 23rd March for one of their regular shareholder meetings and away ticket prices will be on the agenda again. At the last Premier League shareholders meeting in February it was reported that 12 or 13 clubs were in favour of a £30 away cap on tickets. If […]
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
Oulala.com have compared one the world’s most expensive signings to the bargain buy of Dimitri Payet to see how the two stack up against each other. Payet cost West Ham £10.7 million to become the signing of the season. In just 19 league appearances this season, the French international has created an impressive 67 chances. The majority […]
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
Sam Ford, who scored against Wolverhampton Wanderers just 12 minutes into his development squad debut, has agreed a deal with West Ham until June 2017 with an option for an extra year.
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
Ahead of this week’s Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats.
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
• Fellow midfielder Mousa Dembélé could return to face Arsenal on Saturday • Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino relishing this week’s two derbies Dele Alli faces a fitness test before Tottenham Hotspur’s visit to West Ham United on Wednesday night while Mousa Dembélé could return for Saturday’s north London derby at home to Arsenal. Related: Teenaged Tottenham Hotspur prospect Marcus Edwards in stand-off with club Continue reading…
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
• Co-chairmen say they will not tolerate vile chanting at game • ‘Racist, antisemitic and homophobic behaviour will be punished’ West Ham have urged their fans to behave during the derby showdown with Tottenham on Wednesday night. The fixture has been marred in the past by incidents of antisemitic chanting as well as violence, with one man stabbed before the meeting at White Hart Lane in November. Related: Michail Antonio’s winner for West
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
West Ham have urged their fans to behave during the derby showdown with Tottenham tomorrow night.
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
Co-owners David Sullivan and David Gold have released a statement ahead of tomorrow’s London derby with Spurs pleading for good behaviour and reminding fans there is a zero tolerance policy with regards to racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic behaviour. “It is vitally important that every West Ham United supporter attending the fixture remembers that they are acting […]
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
Slaven Bilic has asked West Ham fans to get behind team and the club on Wednesday night as we play London rivals Spurs but reminded fans we are are all ambassadors of a big, great and polite club! Slav told the press conference this morning: ‘The message is I would like the fans to be […]
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
According to reports in Scotland, Celtic are weighing up a move for West Ham’s left back, Stephen Hendrie as a replacement for Emilio Izaguirre. The Scottish Daily Record claims the former Hamilton defender is on the Hoops’ radar as the Honduran international looks set to quit Parkhead in the summer for a move to the […]
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
Diafra Sakho could be added to the West Ham squad for the visit of derby rivals Tottenham tomorrow.
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
Winger Antonio emulated The Simpsons star by spinning around on the floor with his legs flailing after scoring against Sunderland on Saturday.
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
Slaven Bilic has urged West Ham fans to show they are ‘polite’ with the club’s chairman warning supporters to behave ahead of Tottenham’s final visit to Upton Park on Wednesday night.
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
Martin Samuelson has told Norwegian media that incompetent trainers with big egos often hold back talented players such as himself. His comments are thought to be a dig about his time at Manchester City’s Academy before joining West Ham. “Many young talents have the same style of play as me, but it is whittled away at the early age […]
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
If Tottenham can beat West Ham under the floodlights at Upton Park they will win the Premier league .
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Posted on 01 March 2016.
Slaven Bilic is holding his pre-match press conference at 10am this morning ahead of Wednesday’s home game against Spurs. Here are all of his summarised quotes courtesy of @WHUFC_Official “Diafra Sakho has been training with us for a week and we will see him today. He might be in the squad.” “We are without Sam Byramn Hard […]
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