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West Ham show why they are cup saviours as Man City turn their attentions to Europe
Posted on 22 February 2016.
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The West Ham Famous five goals podcast
Posted on 22 February 2016.
The MooreThanJustAPodcast boys relive the five goals scored against Blackburn rovers on Sunday afternoon in the latest episode of the West Ham podcast. We discuss whether Noble should play for England and whether Payet should play for France along with our predictions for the Sunderland game at Saturday lunch time. We also debate whether it […]
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Be a mascot at the Boleyn Ground
Posted on 22 February 2016.
West Ham ladies are offering a unique chance to become a mascot at the Boleyn Ground during their evening game against Spurs Ladies on 8th March under the famous lights. At just £25 per child, you will get to meet the Ladies team, take part in an autograph session, take photos pitch side with the […]
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FA Cup quarter final confirmed
Posted on 22 February 2016.
West Ham will be playing Manchester United at Old Trafford in the FA Cup quarter-finals after the Red Devils beat Shrewsbury Town 3-0 in the fifth round proper tie this evening. Our FA Cup sixth round proper match with Manchester United needs to be played between Friday 11th and Monday 14th March. The day and time […]
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Blackburn 1-5 West Ham – The loudest the Payet song has ever been sung
Posted on 22 February 2016.
It was certainly a memorable away day for myself, putting five past a poor Blackburn outfit, with Dimitri Payet stealing the show once more. Greeted by high winds and the smell of Burgers, there was a real sense of optimism amongst the fans outside the ground, not only to win, but to progress to the
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Why West Ham fans must show their class this weekend
Posted on 22 February 2016.
That was a fantastic result, even if it was against a below par Blackburn Rovers, a club previously managed by Big Sam, who in fact would have wished for him to stay considering their position in the bottom half of the second tier. This weekend we see Big Sam’s first return to the club since
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Farewell Boleyn: Memories are made of this!
Posted on 22 February 2016.
ClaretandHugh invited readers to send their memories of the Boleyn as the old lady clears her throat for the final farewell. Follower David Edwards will bring a lump to the throats of many as he recalls his days as a Hammer. Please send your memories to claretandhugh@gmail.com. Dave writes: . Standing in the old […]
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West Ham turn down loan offers for young Hammer
Posted on 22 February 2016.
West Ham has rejected offers for Hammers academy youngster Marcus Browne to go out on loan, according to reports this afternoon. The 18-year-old is yet to make his first-team debut for West Ham but has been has played regularly for under-21’s and under 18’s. In recent weeks he has been training with the first team […]
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Bleak Irons news for Allardyce
Posted on 22 February 2016.
Winston Reid has rejoined the first team squad and is expected to be available for the spikey little affair against Sunderland at the weekend. And word from the training camp is that Sam Allardyce could be confronted with Andy Carroll on whom he splashed an incredible £17 million when he was Irons boss to make […]
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Graham Poll: Red card was wrong
Posted on 22 February 2016.
Former Referee Graham Poll believes West Ham have a very good chance of appealing Cheikhou Kouyate’s red card he received at Ewood park on Sunday. Kouyate was shown a straight red card for a last-man professional foul on Adam Henley on the edge of the box during the Hammers 5-1 over Blackburn. “West Ham must have […]
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Irons keeper signs two year contract extension
Posted on 22 February 2016.
West Ham have announced that third choice keeper Raphael Spiegel has signed a two-year extension to his contract with an option for a further two years. The Switzerland international has put pen to paper on a new deal which will see him stay at the Boleyn Ground until 2018 with an option until 2020. The 23-year-old […]
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James Collins believes West Ham’s attacking force can fire Slaven Bilic’s side all the way to the FA Cup final at Wembley
Posted on 22 February 2016.
Defender James Collins believes West Ham have the attacking options to fire them to FA Cup glory after their 5-1 victory against Championship side Blackburn in the fifth round on Sunday.
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This man has a problem with Payet
Posted on 22 February 2016.
Dimi Payet has convinced everybody in English football that he’s a superstar. However, getting the message through to his national team coach Didir Deschamps appears to be something of a problem. Dimi has now scored nine goals and set up eight others for the Irons this season but Deschamps has yet to be convinced. The […]
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Gold confident on Kouyate appeal
Posted on 22 February 2016.
West Ham chairman David Gold believes the club have a better than 50/50 chance of appealing Kouyate’s red card and subsequent one match ban for a professional foul. Gold insisted that the Blackburn player wasn’t going to get the ball so it wasn’t a goal scoring opportunity. Gold tweeted “I think we have a very […]
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The man who has taken West Ham by storm
Posted on 22 February 2016.
Tony Cottee is delighted that his managerial choice – Slaven Bilic – is taking West Ham by storm. The former Hammers striker is far too humble to start claiming he told us so but his prediction on this site that Slav would bring on the good times. And he told ClaretandHugh exclusively: “Make no mistake […]
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Hammers fans stranded as coaches break down
Posted on 22 February 2016.
A number of West Ham supporters became stranded in the Midlands over night as their official club No.7 coach broke down twice on the way home from the 5-1 FA cup win over Blackburn Rovers. Hammers fan and actor Ellis McFarland left the Boleyn ground at 6.15am Sunday morning to make the trip to Ewood […]
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DS clears up last Boleyn match confusion
Posted on 22 February 2016.
David Sullivan has cleared up any lingering confusion over the identity of the Boleyn Ground’s last ever visiting team. He has told ClaretandHugh: “The league match against Manchester United could now become the last game to ever be held at Upton Park.” United meet Shrewsbury this evening and should they win either the Hammers or […]
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Hammers entitled to 9,000 tickets at Old Trafford
Posted on 22 February 2016.
West Ham are theoretically entitled to an away allocation of 11,345 tickets, being 15% of Old Trafford’s 75,635 seating capacity should they overcome Shrewsbury Town in the FA Cup fifth round this evening. However, Claret and Hugh now understands that Manchester United has a special dispensation this season with the FA which limits the maximum percentage to […]
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Cup mania
Posted on 22 February 2016.
You have to love the cup, above are Shrewsbury Town fans queuing for tixs against Man U. When the draw was made I found myself cheering for Man U simply because old habits die hard. In the good old days we’d consider Shrewsbury a tough draw, but this isn’t the West Ham of old. When I think about it now you’d want them I suppose over Man U in a quarter final even…
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The £4m FA Cup run
Posted on 22 February 2016.
The 5-1 win over Blackburn Rovers yesterday earned West Ham £180,000 in prize money from the FA as winners of the fifth round proper, together with £247,500 to have the game screened live on BT Sport. We also received a 42% cut of the Ewood Park gate money with and attendance of 18,793 earning a further £158,000, […]
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That 5-1 rout – the fans respond
Posted on 22 February 2016.
Thrilled and loving it. Hammers fans have been responding to the amazing win at Blackburn yesterday on the the ClaretandHugh Facebook group @https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/. Here’s what they have to say about one of our greatest Cup victories ever. O Says a lot about us, when you can name plenty of players who did a great job […]
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FA Cup: talking points from the fifth-round matches
Posted on 22 February 2016.
Willy Caballero is too much of a risk for Manchester City to play in Capital One Cup final while Nabil Bentaleb’s Tottenham season may now be all but over With all the focus on Manuel Pellegrini’s team selection, the post-match reaction to the heaviest defeat in Manchester City’s Abu Dhabi era largely overlooked the fact that some of the least impressive performances came from their senior players. Martín Demichelis was once a centre-half of high reputation …
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DG’s big Kouyate optimism
Posted on 22 February 2016.
David Gold believes the club has an outstanding chance of getting Chiek Kouyate’s red card overturned. The co chairman is a cautious man in making big judgement calls of this kind but is clearly pretty well assured in his mind that the possibility of an FA fine is well worth the risk on this occasion. […]
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DG: “We will appeal Kouyate’s red card”
Posted on 21 February 2016.
David Gold has tonight confirmed the club plan to appeal Chiek Kouyate’s red card. The all action Irons midfielder was sent off after the referee adjudged that he was guilty of a trip which denied Blackburn the opportunity of goal scoring opportunity. But to put it mildly it was a decision which was highly dubious […]
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Video Blog: Row Z with all the week’s news
Posted on 21 February 2016.
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How CandH FB member rated the Irons
Posted on 21 February 2016.
We have a guest ratings expert on board tonight – ClaretandHugh FB Group member Sean Oakley – welcome aboard mate …you can take the flak for a change Randolph: Couldn’t do anything about first goal couldn’t do anything about their goal and didn’t have much to do after that 7 Antonio: Stepped in at right back […]
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