16 March 2018
by Allen Cummings It’s probably an understatement but right now we could all do with a new hero. A saviour. Someone who can lift our spirits and lighten the gloom that has descended like an old style London fog on the London Stadium, engulfing all and sundry. We need someone to lift us. Excite us. […]
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16 March 2018
In this week’s episode of the moorethanjustaclub.com Podcast, host Luke Glanville is joined by Football London’s West Ham United Correspondent Sam Inkersole. Luke and Sam discuss a range of different Hammers topics, including on field and off field events during Saturday’s Premier League defeat to Burnley at the London Stadium and the club’s warm-weather training trip to Florida. The post The MTJAC.com Podcast: Supporter Protests And Miami Training appeared first on Moore
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16 March 2018
• Vice-chairman wrote to Sadiq Khan blaming the stadium owner • Monday meeting followed serious crowd trouble in loss to Burnley Sadiq Khan has rebuked Karren Brady for claiming that cuts in the London Stadium’s security budget were responsible for the crowd trouble that marred West Ham United’s defeat by Burnley last Saturday. West Ham’s vice-chairman wrote to the mayor of London after an emergency meeting between stakeholders on Monday and said David Sadler, the head of...
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16 March 2018
Skripal evidence | Happy countries | Exam crackdown | Making 2001 | West Ham John Cookson ( Letters, 16 March ) states: “As for sharing samples with the Russians, that is akin to sharing the evidence of a murder with the murderer.” But sharing evidence with an accused person (or their legal representative) is precisely what an accuser should be doing in a civilised country. Andrew Christie Edinburgh • Interesting to note that of the top 10 “happiest” countries in the ...
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16 March 2018
The anticipating crowds rush into the auditorium; expectant and hopeful of a spectacle that will be logged in the memory banks for tumbling years, that will entice smiles and gratitude of actions less regrettable! On stage, there are voids where instruments await their players to join them under the blinding spotlights, partially obscured by plumes of dry ice floating across the divide. Then…the scene is dimmed and the announcer bellows, “Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome on stage…!” The ...
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16 March 2018
After an exciting midweek of UEFA Champions League round of 16 second-leg action involving several English teams once again, the Premier League returns this weekend for a limited Matchday 30 offering, with no fewer than 12 sides not playing due to their or their opponent’s involvement in the Emirates FA Cup. Saturday’s four league matches begin with three traditional afternoon kick-offs, we turn to the Bet365 Stadium for the first of those as Paul Lambert’s Stoke City entertain Sam Allardyce’s...
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16 March 2018
The London Stadium Safety Advisory Group have revealed the conclusions of their meeting to discuss the events that occurred during last weekend’s Premier League clash between West Ham United and Burnley on Thursday. Home supporters, in protest of the way that their club is being run, invaded the playing field no fewer than fours times in the second half of the key clash that the Clarets took home the three points from thanks to Ashley Barnes and...
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16 March 2018
I shouldn’t support West Ham. I don’t have the generational and geographic pull many of our fans have. My family are from Limerick City in the west of Ireland, my mum and dad moved over to East London in the 1960’s, my army of cousins and uncles all supported Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal or Celtic but my Dad chose West Ham. Why? I have found myself asking that question a few times through the years, would it ...
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16 March 2018
West Ham Pitch Invasion: Dad Speaks out After His Son was Apparently Ruffled up by Mark Noble
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16 March 2018
Saturday is St Patrick’s Day and to mark the occasion here is a selection of some Irishmen who have represented the club throughout the years. Noel Cantwell Cantwell was signed by West Ham from Cork Athletic in 1952 as an enterprising 18-year-old full back. Cantwell spent 8 years with the club, the high being captaining the side to the Division Two Championship in 1957-58, leading the club to their first appearance in the top flight of English football ...
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16 March 2018
It's FA Cup weekend once again with Manchester United favourites for the first time in a while, Chelsea in need of a backlash and Tottenham looking to stay on course for one hell of leaving do.
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16 March 2018
West Ham's next home game with Southampton will have a "significantly larger police presence" following the crowd disturbances last weekend, but there will not be a partial or total closure of the London Stadium.
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16 March 2018
Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has come to the defence of David Sullivan and David Gold. “I do not wish what happened at West Ham on anyone. I do not look at that and think ‘that is great for us at Palace’,” said Parish, speaking to local media this week. “I know David Sullivan and […]
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16 March 2018
A Claret and Hugh poll of 1,583 supporters says West Ham owners David Sullivan David Gold should stay away from the next home game versus Southampton on 31st March. Over 56% said the owners should not be in the directors’ box for the next home game at the London Stadium with over nearly 49% saying […]
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16 March 2018
BBC journalist Simon Stone claims West Ham troubles at the London Stadium were organised using mobile phones and that 85% of the attempts to invade the pitch were repelled. Stone wrote on his Twitter account last night: “It is estimated stewards repelled 85% of the attempts to get on the pitch West Ham on Saturday. Trouble wasn’t […]
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16 March 2018
The London Stadium Stadium Safety Advisory Board which met yesterday has said it would while it accepted the troubles last weekend were caused by a small minority of fans it would seriously consider forcing West Ham to play behind closed door effectively banning all fans. In a Statement released on WHUFC.com last week the SAG […]
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15 March 2018
West Ham's next home fixture will see strict security measures in place and a police presence following an emergency meeting held at the London Stadium on Thursday night.
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15 March 2018
• Warning follows crowd trouble in Burnley game at London Stadium • Club warned that any future trouble will lead to sanction West Ham United have been warned they could face playing behind closed doors if there is a repeat of the crowd trouble that marred their 3-0 home defeat against Burnley. Related: Delusions of stadium grandeur haunt West Ham and club’s owners | Richard Williams Continue reading...
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15 March 2018
The World Cup-winning goalkeeper is preparing to bid farewell to Porto, with the Premier League being mooted as the next stop for an iconic figure
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15 March 2018
The Metropolitan Police will be present in the London Stadium for West Ham's match against Southampton on March 31.
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15 March 2018
There may be a depleted Premier League programme this weekend, but it still looks a crucial one in deciding who will be in the top flight next season.
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15 March 2018
In this week’s edition of our weekly Throwback segment, we hear from John, 40 and a lifelong West Ham United supporter and Season Ticket holder about the magic of an FA Cup run. “Long campaigns in football’s oldest competition are often underestimated these days, with league and other competitions being prioritised, that certainly seems to be the case in the Premier League anyway. I’m too young really to remember my team’s...
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15 March 2018
The West Ham squad were greeted by a familiar face on Wednesday after Joe Cole came to watch them train in Miami. The club are enjoying a warm-weather training camp in the states this week.
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15 March 2018
West Ham players returned to Miami beach this afternoon after training all morning but decided to keep their clothes on this time after intense media attention when they sunned themselves on Tuesday afternoon after training. Andy Carroll, Mark Noble, Declan Rice, Aaron Cresswell and Jordan Hugill were all photographed by paps as they ventured out […]
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15 March 2018
Tony Gale has urged West Ham fans to unite behind the team in a bid to avoid another "nightmare" relegation.
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15 March 2018
For the better part of this season and the last, I have yearned for players to rise to perform at their best and display a maturation of the potential we always hoped was there. Mostly, the fans have been disappointed with individual performances, certainly any peaks have spiked only for brief periods but flat lining again as the players and team failed to take stock and gather any kind of momentum. There were obvious failings in the last campaign, however Bilic ...
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