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West Ham are working on a plan to move stands closer to the pitch and improve the matchday atmosphere at the London stadium.

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Issa Diop is up for another big physical challenge on Friday night and is using the prolonged break to decide on how to handle a certain Aleksandar Mitrović. Ironically, with the Hammers looking for strikers this summer, the Fulham front man has been mentioned by many as a possible target and seven goals in a struggling side […]

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West Ham and E20 Stadium have this morning revealed they are currently exploring some significant changes which they believe will improve the seating and experience of supporters in the Sir Trevor Brooking and Bobby Moore bringing fans closer to the pitch The concept, which has initially been presented to a meeting of West Ham United’s Official Supporters’ Board, will bring the vast […]

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West Ham are lining up Antonio Valencia as a potential replacement for defender Pablo Zabaleta, should the Argentine decide to retire at the end of the season.

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West Ham Vice Chairman Karren Brady has refused to condemn her friend Sir Philip Green despite fresh allegations. The Baroness said she would not be resigning as chairman of Taveta Investments – which owns Sir Philip’s Arcadia Group – asking a reporter, ‘Why should I?’ The comments were made outside her £3million Knightsbridge home and […]

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If anyone were to doubt the standing of the Hammers strike force in the eyes of the fans they had a big awakening in the ClaretandHugh poll for Hammer of the Year. Whilst there may still be much to come from the unpredictable Marko Arnautovic his standing in that poll came as a shock. For […]

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Over 70% of Claret and Hugh readers expect West Ham to total between 40 and 50 points when the Premier League season ends, a further 24% believe we could push on to between 50-60 points with just over 1% saying 60-69 is still possible. Just over 3% say we will amass between 33 and 40 […]

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There are stories …and then there are sensible reports! And the tale in The Sun this morning seems like nether given the Hammers and Pablo Zabaleta have yet to agree on whether he will be staying at the club next season. As we have reported on several occasion Zaba only needs another eight Hammers appearances […]

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Marko Arnautovic may have fallen bang out of favour with many but he remains the Hammers best hope for a last lap charge over the last 12 games of the season. His fall from grace has been dramatic and unsurprising given the January soap opera and his brother’s part in the Chinese soap opera. Last […]

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Hammers Manuel Lanzini and Fabian Balbuena both look in contention to return from Injury for selection in the 18 man match day squad to face Fulham next Friday. Both trained well in the warm weather training in Malaga earlier this week and are eager to resume their West Ham playing careers. Samir Nasri who did […]

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West Ham are understood to have decided that Andy Carroll will not see the option on his contract exercised this summer and the very best he can expect to receive is a pay as you play contract at the club after his injury ravaged spell with us. The Hammers would allow the contract to run […]

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Striker Lucas Perez seems unlikely to be included in Manuel Pellegrini plans for the remaining twelve games of the Premier League season after a failed January exit. West Ham were close to agreeing a permanent £3.5m deal for Lucas Perez to join Real Betis in January but the Spanish club changed their minds, Bundesliga club […]

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Declan Rice's dad has admitted he is disappointed that his son chose to play for England over Ireland. Rice informed England manager Gareth Southgate last week.

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West Ham boss Manuel Pellegrini looks set to launch a new raid on unsettled Beskitas midfielder Gary Medel in the summer. The defensive midfielder is under contract until June 2020 and has made it clear to Besiktas he has no intention of agreeing a new deal with the club. The Turkish outfit are keen for […]

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West Ham Vice Chairman Karren Brady says there is no use in complaining about agents and scouts if no-one breaks the law. Writing in her Sun football diary the Baroness points out the world is obsessed with football pointing out that West Ham have seven scouts in Europe and a video analysis department Brady writes […]

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If the Hammer of the year vote was held this week then Lukasz Fabianski would be the runaway winner with nearly sixty percent of the vote. With over 2,000 readers voting in the Claret and Hugh poll, 1,214 out of 2,206 supporters put their x in the Polish keepers box. Declan Rice was the worthy […]

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West Ham United take on Huddersfield Town in their SSE FA Women’s Cup fifth round tie at Rush Green on Sunday 17 February. Kick-off is at 2pm. Tickets are priced at just £5 adults and £1 under-16s. What’s more, with no men’s team game this weekend, if you’re an adult Season Ticket Holder, you can get in […]

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Hammer Manuel Lanzini was treated to a hilarious rendition of I’m forever blowing bubbles in Marbella from Fabian Balbuena and Felipe Anderson as the West Ham first team squad squad took time out to celebrate the Argentine’s birthday in Spain. The amusing video was filmed by his fellow team mates at the restaurant and quickly […]

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Lanzini was presented with a cake by team-mates at a squad dinner before Felipe Anderson stepped up for karaoke as he gave his rendition of club anthem 'I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles'.

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A list compiled by the BBC shows West Ham now charge the highest for football mascot packages in the Premier League after Everton decided to abandon their scheme were they were listed as the most expensive in the top flight. That leaves West Ham now top of the mascot price table with prices of up […]

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A seventh man has been arrested after fighting between Leicester and West Ham fans just minutes before Khun Vichai’s helicopter crashed. A number of fans were involved in a brawl in Filbert Way, near to the junction with Burnmoor Street, at about 7.30pm on October 27. At about 7.37pm, the club’s owner, Vichai Srivaddhnaprabha’s helicopter crashed on […]

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A pie-throwing female Wolves season ticket holder has been banned from matches for three years after targeting a West Ham fan seated below. Josephine Johnson pleaded guilty to hurling the missile, which hit a West Ham supporter on the head during Wolves 3-0 win at Molineux. The 44 year old, from Rugeley, was in the […]

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Former Hammer Ravel Morrison has signed with Swedish top-tier club Ostersunds FK for the rest of their season. The 26-year-old was signed on loan from Lazio on a six-month deal. Morrison had been on trial with Ostersunds FK during their winter break training camp in Marbella, Spain. The troubled player has not played for Lazio […]

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So we are more or less two-thirds of the way through the season and currently sitting on 33 points in the Premier League. We have 12 more games to play with of course 36 points up for grabs and a mixture of very hard, hard and not so hard games to come. It’s Fulham followed […]

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A list compiled by the BBC shows West Ham now charge the highest for football mascot packages in the Premier League after Everton decided to abandon their scheme were they were listed as the most expensive in the top flight. That leaves West Ham now top of the mascot price table with prices of up […]

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West Ham could soon be looking towards a couple of Portuguese signings as the next big things to emerge from the under 23s. Xande Silva has made a big impact and although he has suffered a couple of recent injuries is close to fitness again and hopefully ready to make an impression on Manuel Pellegrini […]

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