Posted on 07 February 2019.
Former Hammer Thomas Repka has been sentenced to 15 months jail in his native Czech Republic for fraud. A court heard how he sold a luxury rental car to a woman which he didn’t own When he joined West Ham from Fiorentina in 2001, he became the club’s record signing at the time £5.5million. Řepka was […]
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Posted on 07 February 2019.
The 26 year old was filmed on a mobile phone from a section of home supporters as he was taking a corner and the ootage, taken by a fellow fan, shows expletives directed at Salah including about his Muslim religion. In a statement, West Ham said they have “a zero tolerance policy to any form […]
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Posted on 07 February 2019.
Billy Bonds…the very name conjures up an immediate vision in claret and blue of a man who gave absolutely everything for the club we love. And after the club announced the East Stand was to carry his name the fans responded in rapturous fashion. Here’s the random responses of ClaretandHugh Facebook users to the great […]
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Posted on 07 February 2019.
London Stadium owners LLDC have budgeted for a further £124.5m over the last five years despite restructuring. A draft budget submission published by LLDC shows predicted losses of £27.3m this financial increasing to £29.3m next year 2019/2010 which starts in April. Losses are forecast to slightly decrease in 2020/2021 to £28.8m before dropping £19.2m of losses […]
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Posted on 07 February 2019.
This has been the season of key moments all adding up to demonstrate why so many of us love following this great club of ours. Quite frankly, there’s never ever a dull moment with a mix of good and bad demonstrating what we have always been about although we dare to dream things are changing. […]
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Posted on 06 February 2019.
By CandH bloggerAllen Cummings We’ve got an invite to the Palace this Saturday but the chances are it’s going to be anything but an easy day out in the capital. The south Londoners are on the fringe of the relegation battle, and scrapping for every point in an effort to retain their […]
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Posted on 06 February 2019.
CandH Exclusive Trevor Brooking is thrilled that his big mate Bill Bonds is joining himself and Mooro by having the third stand named after him at the London Stadium. The Billy Bonds stand will be officially unveiled on March 2 when Newcastle are the visitors and speaking exclusively to ClaretandHugh ‘Sir Trev’ was keen to let […]
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Posted on 06 February 2019.
West Ham are determined to find those responsible for abuse directed at Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah – and to ban them from the London Stadium.
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Posted on 06 February 2019.
West Ham and the Metropolitan Police are investigating a video circulating on social media which shows supporters racially abusing Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah while he takes a corner.
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Posted on 06 February 2019.
Marko Arnautovic is back in full training and will be available for selection for Saturday’s game at Crystal Palace. There had been rumours that the striker was still not 100 per cent ready following the foot injury he suffered at Wolves but an insider source confirmed to CandH this afternoon that he is training and […]
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Posted on 06 February 2019.
So the Hammers ‘holy trinity’ is complete with Bonzo joining Trevor Brooking and the great Mooro is places of honour at the London Stadium. It feels right. It is so right that this should have happend. It’s been a long time coming but the wait has been more than worth it. Mooro will be delighted… […]
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Posted on 06 February 2019.
West Ham and the Metropolitan Police are investigating a video circulating on social media which shows supporters racially abusing Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah while he takes a corner.
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Posted on 06 February 2019.
At last…at long long last – Bill Bonds has received the honour he truly deserves. This morning the club has announced – clearly with great pride – that the great man is to be permanently honoured at London Stadium with a stand in his name. The current East Stand will become the Billy Bonds Stand, in […]
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Posted on 06 February 2019.
West Ham are to name a stand at the London Stadium in honour of former captain and manager Billy Bonds.
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Posted on 06 February 2019.
Bonds, who twice lifted the FA Cup, in 1975 and 1980, joins fellow Hammers greats Bobby Moore and Sir Trevor Brooking in being immortalised at the stadium.
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Posted on 06 February 2019.
Jurgen Klopp’s outburst that the Hammers may have been favoured by referee Kevin Friend in the second half of Monday night’s match could land him in trouble by the Football Association. The German was not his usual happy-go-lucky self after Manuel Pellegrini’s men had all but won the game against the leaders. And with the […]
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Posted on 06 February 2019.
The Hammers are understood to be showing an interest in Benfica striker Joao Felix. We were apparently first interested in – and involved in advanced talks – for the player back in August. Now according to reports from Spanish publication AS, West Ham claim he is valued at around £105 million which sounds like a bit of nonsense […]
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Posted on 06 February 2019.
Angelo Ogbonna has shown his worth over and over again during recent games with Fabian Balbuena being injured. The Italian had been regularly linked with a move away from the London Stadium over January and before but he showed on Monday night again his immense value to the team and why the club were never […]
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Posted on 05 February 2019.
Former Manchester United and West Ham midfielder Ravel Morrison is closing in on a move to Ostersunds FK in Sweden, according to their technical director David Webb.
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Posted on 05 February 2019.
The club is unlikely to take over responsibility for stewarding of West Ham matches in the short term at the London Stadium Claret and Hugh have learnt today. Last month stadium owners bought out operator London Stadium 185 from French owners Vinci Stadium effectively bringing the operations and day to day management in-house to E20 owned by […]
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Posted on 05 February 2019.
Episode twenty-one of season eight of the popular West Ham podcast Moore Than Just A Podcast is now available. Claret and Hugh Associate editor Sean Whetstone and fellow presenter John Bucci discuss the embarrassing Wolves defeat with zero shots on target before turning our attention the amazing turnaround against Liverpool at the London Stadium on Monday night, […]
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Posted on 05 February 2019.
Declan Rice won the Claret and Hugh West Ham man of the match yet again against Liverpool last night with an impressive average score of 8.66. With hundreds of C&H readers voting, record signing Felipe Anderson was a close second on 8.52 followed by goal scorer Michail Antonio scoring an average score of 8.35. Fabianski […]
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Posted on 05 February 2019.
Former Manchester United and West Ham midfielder Ravel Morrison is closing in on a move to Ostersunds FK in Sweden, according to their technical director David Webb.
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Posted on 05 February 2019.
The 29-year-old Austrian missed his side's 1-1 draw with Liverpool at London Stadium because of a bruised foot. West Ham believe Arnautovic will be back for their Premier League trip to Palace.
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Posted on 05 February 2019.
Ryan Fredericks appearance at right back last night had him commenting that he felt his season only started against Liverpool. But it also opened up an interesting scenario around Pablo Zabaleta whose new contract extension may well depend on how many appearances the former Fulham man makes over the next 15 games. Zaba has hinted […]
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Posted on 05 February 2019.
It really was a great night! After all that had gone before the injury ravaged Irons hit back in the best possible way – by making life as tough as they may have found it for the League leaders. Hammers Chat founder – and CandH partner Gonzo – was there to catch every spit and […]
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