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Can YOU spot the mistake in Gary Lineker Ex-Man City boss Manuel Pellegrini leads SEVEN Premier League old boys for Real Betis against Chelsea in Conference League final, including scorpion kick winger, Watford flop and Arsenal speedster West Ham transfer news: The ELEVEN targets on Graham Potter
 

Can YOU spot the mistake in Gary Lineker’s final Match of the Day? Fans all saying the same thing after blunder goes viral

Eagle eyed viewers have highlighted a mistake on Gary Lineker's final Match of the Day as the presenter's BBC career came to an end on Sunday night.

Ex-Man City boss Manuel Pellegrini leads SEVEN Premier League old boys for Real Betis against Chelsea in Conference League final, including scorpion kick winger, Watford flop and Arsenal speedster

Real Betis' squad this season feels like a future quiz question destined to be asked. They take on Chelsea in the final of the Conference League on Wednesday, May 28.

West Ham transfer news: The ELEVEN targets on Graham Potter’s list, the truth about Jarrod Bowen and Lucas Paqueta’s futures and who is up for sale in mass exodus

What will they do? Who is on their way in? And on their way out? Our West Ham expert JAMES SHARPE answers all the key questions ahead of a pivotal summer.

Snodgrass And Villa Thwarted In Automatic Promotion Bid As Makasi Impresses Once More For Plymouth

19 March 2018

It’s that time of the week once again, time to check in with West Ham United’s various different loan stars and find out how they’ve been getting on at their various different clubs over the last seven days as Robert Snodgrass’ Aston Villa were dealt a promotion blow and Moses Makasi’s Plymouth Argyle marched on in League One. Robert Snodgrass (Aston Villa) It would be a busy week for the Scottish winger and Steve Bruce’s side as...

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Hammers to blank permanent midfielder move

19 March 2018

West Ham will not be moving to make Joao Mario’s move permanent in the summer should they remain in the Premier League. The midfielder has been disappointing since arriving on a loan in January and ClaretandHugh understands there is no chance of the club meeting a transfer fee of around £26 million. His performances have […]

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West Ham ready for Daggers test

19 March 2018

West Ham will play a friendly at Dagenham & Redbridge on Wednesday to help the financially troubled National League club. All proceeds from the match will go towards the Daggers. “Our major benefactor has decided he is unable to fund the club going forward,” managing director Stephen Thompson told BBC Radio London last month. “We […]

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Fab Three top Power Rankings

19 March 2018

Liverpool trio Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane soared into the Sky Sports Power Rankings' top 10 this week

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Owners delay ‘friendly’ decision

19 March 2018

David Gold and David Sullivan’s presence in the London Stadium director’s box for the Southampton game is today being confirmed by the London Evening Standard. But a report in London’s evening newspaper adds that they have yet to make up their minds about attending a game at Dagenham and Redbridge on Wednesday. ClaretandHugh revealed yesterday […]

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Cherries Plunge Nail Into Baggies Coffin As Salah Show Blows Hornets Away At Anfield

19 March 2018

After a limited but exciting weekend of Premier League action, the first half of Matchday 31 to me and you, It’s now time to look back at all of the drama from Saturday afternoon as Eddie Howe’s AFC Bournemouth plunged a nail into the West Bromwich Albion coffin and Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool hit Watford for five. The drama of two days ago was kicked-off with three 3 PM starts, the first of them being a vital matchup between Paul...

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Joe Hart tries not to ogle bikini-clad woman on the beach in Miami

19 March 2018

The football player, 30, tried to avert his gaze as a bikini-clad woman took up residence on a sun lounger in front of him during a trip to the beach on Thursday.

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Bookies have faith in the Irons

19 March 2018

West Ham are outsiders of the  relegation fighting clubs to take the drop. The High Street bookies are never very far wrong on such issues – they can’t afford to be – and the odds makers give the Irons a realistic chance of staying up over the likes of Stoke, Southampton and Huddersfield. Indeed, the […]

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WATCH & VOTE: PL goals of the round

19 March 2018

Mohamed Salah, Cenk Tosun and Junior Stanislas feature in the Premier League goals of the round, but which was your favourite?

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Hammers named international players of the year

19 March 2018

Hammers Josh Cullen and Declan Rice have been named Republic of Ireland players of the year last night. Cullen was named the Irish Under 21 player of the year award while Rice picked up the Under 19 Irish player of the year award. Elsewhere, former Hammer Sean Maguire was named as SSE Airtricity League Player of […]

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Arsenal man touted as Irons director of football

19 March 2018

West Ham is looking at the possibility of landing former Arsenal director of football Dick Law to become take over the role vacated by sacked Tony Henry. Co-chairman David Sullivan has promised to step back from transfers and Law is one of the front-runners to get the job. However, no decision will be made until the […]

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Report: FA’s Henry ‘racism’ probe goes on

19 March 2018

THE FA are reported as having met with West Ham’s former head of recruitment Tony Henry over his race row. Henry received his marching orders from the club after making discriminating remarks against Africans claiming they “can have a bad attitude.” According to The Sun he is likely to attend a racism awareness course as part […]

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Hartson questions director of football role

19 March 2018

Former Hammer John Hartson says the talk of a director of football is a distraction at the moment as West Ham attempt to avoid dropping into the relegation zone when they face Southampton in a crucial game on Saturday 31st March. Hartson also points out that many top managers will not work with them. Hartson wrote on […]

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Actions speak louder than words

19 March 2018

Karren Brady’s article in the Sun newspaper on Saturday has received a mixed reception from West Ham supporters. Some see it is the start of an apology to heal the rift between fans and the board while others see it a cynical ploy to fill her newspaper column. A number of football supporters up and […]

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Sullivan and Gold set to stay in position

18 March 2018

David Sullivan, David Gold and Karren Brady look certain to be back on their director box positions for the match against Southampton. The trio are determined to face up the threat of any abuse believing it would be a dereliction of their duties to make themselves invisible for the afternoon. There have been strong claims […]

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Blowing Bubbles looking for answers

18 March 2018

The Blowing Bubbles team asked me some tough questions based on the March edition of their monthly magazine and as expected the replies we’re not exactly uplifting. In what is perhaps the toughest period West Ham have faced in recent years we look at exactly what has got us into this mess. Protests, stadium, ownership, […]

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Oggy thrilled by surprise call-up

18 March 2018

Angelo Ogbonna has been delighted by a surprise call up from the Italian management team following an injury to defender Giorgio Chiellini. The central defender – capped 11 times – has not featured since appearing in a FIFA World Cup qualifying win in Israel in September 2016. Now, however, as he closes in on 100 appearances […]

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Irons joined in chase for £20 million target

18 March 2018

Watford and Newcastle have reportedly joined West Ham in the chase of Fulham’s outsatnding midfielder Tom Cairney. We were strongly linked with the player in the winter transfer window and according to the Mirror, Fulham will be ready to let him go for £20 million if they fail to land promotion from the Championship. The […]

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Ayew owns up on Hammers failures

18 March 2018

Andre Ayew has admitted has admitted he could have given more to West Ham ! The former Hammers misfit has of course returned to his former club Swansea in an £18 million move amid allegations that it should never have happened given the Swans were serious relegation rivals at the time. But Ayew has accepted […]

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Zaba so proud of Hammers fans

18 March 2018

It would be easy to make a case supporting Pablo Zabaleta as the Hammer of the Year. OK, it’s hardly been a vintage season but nobody can fault the effort, determination and desire of the veteran right back. One thing is for certain however, his Hammers of the year are the supporters who have suffered […]

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DIY relegation kit – do the Irons survive?

18 March 2018

Squeaky bum time doesn’t enter into it – this is a time when every single nerve end is screaming at us so I inevitably have to look at the relegation scrap. This time I have given it a twist by awarding the absolute minimum number of points I believe those from 18th  position upwards to […]

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West Ham pay £140m to fund players running cost

18 March 2018

A new summary of West Ham’s financial accounts has been published by PriceOfFootball.com  this week. The wide-ranging and in-depth article points out that West Ham’s wage bill rose by 12% to £95 million in 2017. They say it’s a significant increase and puts the club ahead of some of its rivals, but is still behind Everton […]

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London Mayor agrees to meet Karren Brady

18 March 2018

West Ham Vice-Chairman Karren Brady has finally secured a meeting with the Mayor of London for crisis talks about the London Stadium four months after he said he was taking personal charge of the London Stadium following Newham council’s exit from stadium ownership company E20. The Hammers have been granted a meeting with Sadiq Khan on Monday 26th March, but it […]

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Minutes confirm desire for stewarding cost reductions

18 March 2018

Official minutes from London Stadium owners E20 board in late January confirm that the public organisation was looking for ways to reduce cost on stewarding. The papers released online as part of the London Mayor’s transparency programme on the stadium say the company was legally obliged to provide a higher number of stewards even though […]

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Schwarzer: Hart’s shirt to lose

18 March 2018

Mark Schwarzer says England's World Cup number-one shirt is Joe Hart's to lose if he ends the season in good form for West Ham.

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The beautiful game is beginning to reflect all that is ugly in society | David Goldblatt

18 March 2018

Football is increasingly run by mediocre people infected by politics and commerce, yet fans still cling to it as a distraction from real life On 27 June 2016, four days after the EU referendum , England were beaten 2-1 by Iceland in the knockout stages of the European football championships. It was a remarkable display of collective paralysis and the corrosive consequences of fear. Nearly two years later, the country does not appear dissimilar: less than the sum of its ...

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