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This summer will see the European Championships take place in France and in what should be a thrilling tournament, a handful of West Ham United players will be hoping to feature as their nations battle to lift the trophy in Paris come July. Andy Carroll – England Much has been made of Andy Carroll’s England

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West Ham must be ambitious this summer. This is an exciting time for fans and it feels like if we could just find a prolific goalscorer then we will be able to make that next step up. Finding a striker is our main priority this summer and the owners have made it public that we

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This FA Cup journey could be our best chance to yet to get to Wembley as there have a number of potential favourites already eliminated from the competition, like Premier League leaders Leicester City, while the likes of Chelsea and Man City have been drawn together. A victory against Blackburn will see us into the

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In my opinion, I think it would be a bad move for the club to let Andy Carroll go this summer. We all know he has had his injury problems, but if he is managed well, as Sir Slaven seems to want to do, he can be a vital member of our starting XI in

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West Ham trio Dimitri Payet, Slaven Bilic and Adrian, alongside the Moore Family Foundation project, have been nominated for awards at the 2016 London Football Awards, which won’t come as a surprise to many. Following an incredible season for the Hammers so far, the awards evening could see West Ham collect three of the eight

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The most astute of West Ham observers have noticed a problem seen over the past month or so, which is our inability to start the game with a real intent of gaining control of the game and scoring early goals. I agree that we have had a recent problem of slow starts in the first

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When you think of West Ham under Bilic so far, what springs to mind? Dimitri Payet? Attractive football? Winning at Anfield? Winning at the Emirates? That Chelsea win? The phrase ‘be careful what you wish for’? They all add up to what has already been a very exciting season so far under our new boss.

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Football isn’t just a sport, it’s an art. The way in which football has developed over the years means we are arguably more and more appreciative of the sport’s technical brilliance and individual artistry than ever before. And it’s that very artistry that has inspired Art of Football‘s latest collection. In a series of gorgeous prints

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During the past week or so, attention has focused on the memorable FA Cup win over Liverpool, transfer issues relating to Dimi Payet and speculation over how we may finish in the Premier League as the last big challenges in March and April approach. It is of interest to note some of the news emerging

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After the last gasp win over Liverpool on Tuesday, the players should be buzzing and ready to beat Norwich this weekend. After the disappointing loss to Southampton last weekend, we really need to register all three points at Craven Cottage on Saturday afternoon to keep up our race for a top six finish. However, the

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He’s signed! All those rumours of a £38m bid from some random club in China are just a distant memory now the club have confirmed Dimitri Payet has signed an improved contract which keeps him in claret and blue until 2021. He has been the Premier League’s signing of the season by a country mile

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We all know how dangerous Dimitri Payet is from set pieces.  He’s already scored a free kick this season and has also assisted a few goals from dead ball situations over the course of the season. So when the Frenchman stepped up to whip a ball in to the box in the dying seconds of Tuesday

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Four games. Three wins. Zero losses. Seven goals scored. I think it’s fair to say we’ve owned Liverpool this season, probably for the first time in any of our lifetimes. We’ve been a thorn in their side, disrupted their season made dominated their nightmares. And Angelo Ogbonna’s 121st minute winner against the Reds at the

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West Ham’s legendary snapper Stevie Bacon is going through a particularly difficult time but remains optimistic about his and West Ham’s future. Confined to a bed in a room in his ‘wheelchair unfriendly’ house, Stevie knows life will never be the same again after having had his lower left limb amputated in October last year

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What a way to win what potentially could be our last ever FA Cup game at the Boleyn Ground. Angelo Ogbonna’s 121st minute header secured our place in the fifth round of the FA Cup, setting up an away trip to Blackburn Rovers in two weeks time. And it was the icing on the cake

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Panic over!  Reports this morning claimed Dimitri Payet was demanding a whopping £125,000-a-week contract improvement if the club wanted to keep him beyond this season, which had fans all over panicking over our best player’s future at the club. But it didn’t take long for the club to release a statement that insisted the reports

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It’s Liverpool again, and Jurgen Klopp has admitted he’ll be fielding a similar squad to the one that held us to a 0-0 draw last month. If he keeps his word then you have to fancy us to make it three wins from four against the Reds this season, especially at home and under the

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Dennis Arthur Leatherbarrow will turn 82 in May, on the same day West Ham play their last ever game at the Boleyn Ground. Born in East Ham, he has been a Hammer all his life and experienced things as a fan I’ll probably never experience. His love for the club has been passed on to

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Mark Noble’s testimonial is going to some occasion. The final testimonial at the Boleyn Ground for a player who has given their blood, sweat and tears to the club for his entire career – and several of the club’s biggest heroes all coming together one final time on the hallowed turf before we move to

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While we all continue to enjoy the way our season is panning out under Slaven Bilic, we mustn’t forget to continue supporting the club’s ladies team. The profile of West Ham Ladies, and the ladies game in general, his grown hugely over the last couple of years – helped massively by Julian Dicks, who managed

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This is probably the first season in a while where picking West Ham players for your Fantasy Premier League team actually worth it. Clean sheets, goals all across the team, assists from the likes of Dimitri Payet, Manuel Lanzini and Michail Antonio almost a guarantee every week. But recently one West Ham player has emerged

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It seems that there is never a dull moment in Spain when it comes to football. The other day, the Real Madrid faithful were treated to a feat of magic during their stirring 6-0 win over FC Espanyol. Cristiano Ronaldo put on a show leading to a golden hat-trick (his 35th with Real Madrid); a

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Seeing off a struggling Aston Villa shows the side has the resilience to guarantee three points when they need them most. The Aston Villa game was one of a handful of tough games to come as we see out the last season at the Boleyn Ground. Bilic’s Babes have a remaining 14 games in the league

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It may not have been the most exciting affair, but we fought out a hard earned 0-0 draw at Anfield to earn a replay last weekend, which could be the last ever FA cup game at the Boleyn, but we are all hoping that is not the case. We went into the game with a

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In this day and age it’s become normal for teams to pay over the odds for football players. We see all too often, and West Ham have been guilty of such a crime on many an occasions as well. But last summer we pulled off one of the bargains of the decade as we secured

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We have faced them twice, beat them twice, scored five and conceded none – can we complete an unprecedented third win in a row over Liverpool? Since our first meeting way back in 1901, we’ve never managed to win three consecutive games against Liverpool. If we are going to do it, we are going to have

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