10 October 2017
Reece Oxford and Nathan Trott played their part in helping England U20s in a 4-0 friendly win over the Czech Republic at St George’s Park. Both young Hammers started for Keith Downing’s team at the National Football Centre in Staffordshire. Trott, 18, was making his second appearance at this level, while Oxford, also 18, earned his […]
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10 October 2017
West Ham will not be forced to play a 4pm game on Christmas Eve although a 1.30pm game will be televised that day with Arsenal v Liverpool the obvious choice. That was the news from a Premier League meeting today with representatives from Premier league trusts/associations affiliated to the Football Supporters Federation. The West Ham United Independent […]
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10 October 2017
David Gold has revealed the Irons have an entirely fit squad for the trip to Burnley with two exceptions. Only James Collins and Domnigos Quina have failed to recover from injury as the squad face a trip to the Premier League surprise packets. So far the Clarets have beaten Chelsea away, and draw at White […]
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10 October 2017
In an exclusive interview, we speak to Watford keeper and former Hammer Sam Howes about his time in East London, his hopes for an exciting future, a Hammer taken far before his time and much more. England Youth International Sam Howes joined the club as a schoolboy several years ago and quickly progressed up the ranks to the U21 and U23 sides whilst still a teenager. Having made his First-Team debut in Australia during the 2014 Pre-Season campaign at the ...
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10 October 2017
Ten years ago to this very day, Michail Gregory Antonio was preparing for an FA Trophy Third Round Replay against Chipstead with his Tooting & Mitcham United side. Today, we map the progress of Antonio from the Isthmian League Division 1 South to the Premier League in just eight years and explain why he is such an integral part of Slaven Bilic’s starting Xl. Having featured for Tooting until the end of October 2008, ...
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10 October 2017
Gordon Strachan claimed Scotland have a genetic height deficiency after failing to qualify for the World Cup - but what would the shortest and tallest Premier League XIs look like?
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10 October 2017
West Ham fans still don’t know whether they will face the prospect of a Christmas Eve match following a meeting at which the issue was discussed with an independent fans organisation. Instead the PL appear to be hedging their bets and there has to be a possibly they will arriveat some sort of fudged compromise […]
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10 October 2017
Pablo Zabaleta has become a paid up member of the Diafra Sakho fan club and is a believer in understanding players’ situations. The Argentine believes the striker can have a big impact on the Irons season saying: “He’s a great player, but it is all about confidence. “He’s not been playing much in the Premier […]
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10 October 2017
Former West Ham manager Lou Macari has revealed he turned down an offer to manage Chelsea weeks before he took over at West Ham. Speaking to Moore Than Just A Podcast in an exclusive interview about his West Ham reign Macari said: “Before West Ham, I had an interview with Ken Bates at Chelsea, he wanted me […]
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10 October 2017
Former Hammer Dani Carvalho says he “cried every day” during his time on loan at West Ham in the nineties under Harry Redknapp. Speaking to Tribuna Expresso, Carvalho said: “For the first two or three weeks I cried every day. “I spent hours on the phone with my parents. I was 18, alone in London, […]
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10 October 2017
Former Hammer Ravel Morrison opened his account for Mexican club Atlas against Club America at the weekend with a fine goal. After an unsuccessful stint in Italy with Lazio, Morrison’s landed himself a surprising loan in Mexico at top-flight outfit Atlas. In his fifth appearance, the 24-year-old has scored a first goal for the Guadalajara-based club. The […]
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10 October 2017
When it comes to “worst Premier League signing in history” or “worst signing in football history”, Hammers legend Marco Boogers is certainly a hard man to overlook or beat, actually, the latter was easy. But, how did the Dutch forward find himself in the best league in the world? How did he earn such an infamous reputation during his time in East London? And where is he now? Marco Boogers ...
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10 October 2017
German magazine Kicker claim West Ham has a release clause to bring home Reece Oxford in January should they want to. Kicker says there is a contract clause in which West Ham could end the one-season loan early to bring the 18-year old back to England. The clause could be activated of Oxford does not reach […]
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10 October 2017
Hammer Marko Arnautovic assisted Austria’s only goal as his country rounded off their World Cup qualifying campaign with a 1-0 victory in Moldova. Austria went into the game knowing they could not qualify for the World Cup above Serbia, the Republic of Ireland or Wales at the top of Group D but they finished with pride […]
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10 October 2017
It really shouldn’t need saying again but there is one way for Slaven Bilic to save his job via a top eight finish. Top teams have big players and in Chicharito the Hammers have – for the first time in a long time – a name that’s right up there with the very best. If […]
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10 October 2017
The West Ham media team may have been sending Slaven Bilic a not so coded message when describing Chicharito’s input to the Mexico World Cup campaign. In reporting the striker’s contribution to the game against Trinidad on the Irons official website the writer made it clear perhaps where his feelings laid on using the player […]
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10 October 2017
There have been 12 red cards in the Premier League this season - but are we seeing more dismissals than in previous years?
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10 October 2017
By Tom Coles It has not been a good start and Slaven Bilic remains in the firing line for the poor performances on the pitch. The pressure has again been mounting but in recent weeks there are marginal signs he is slowly starting to turn things around. The narrow 1-0 victory over Swansea last week […]
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10 October 2017
West Ham will meet a team at Burnley on Saturday who appear to have developed the art of defending down to a near fine art. After seven games the Clarets have conceded a mere five goals – four of them coming on away trips to Chelsea, Spurs and Liverpool where they were unbeaten. And the […]
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10 October 2017
Pedro Obiang has been praising the virtues of a man tipped to become a successor to Slaven Bilic. Midfielder Obiang was signed by Sampdoria when the former Watford boss was in charge of the the Serie A outfit. Obiang, 16 at the time, speaking of his time under the manager and ahead of a game […]
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09 October 2017
No sooner has an international break than the ‘Andy Carroll for England” bandwagon starts to roll. This time it’s Aaron Cresswell leading the charge by declaring that “of course he can” bag a 2018 World Cup spot. The same argument is presented every time – that the big man offers a different way of playing […]
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09 October 2017
Earlier today ClaretandHugh associate editor Sean Whetstone blogged a defence of Jack Sullivan after ageing pundit Greme Souness chose to tell the teenager his use of social network to be unacceptable. It was of course met with the usual mix of pro and anti comments with the usual whinge that ClaretandHugh is in the pay […]
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09 October 2017
Aaron Cresswell – fired up by his full England debut – is ready to use the experience for the Irons’ benefit at Turf Moor on Saturday afternoon. The left back made a solid appearance against Lithuania achieving his boyhood dream and now wants to help the team “kick on again in the north west this […]
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09 October 2017
Slaven Bilic looks safer in his job today than for some time according to the bookies. Ronald Koeman is now a red hot favourite to be the next Premier League manager to depart with the the Everton boss quoted at 1/3 to get the boot. However, that has served to push Bilic out as far […]
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09 October 2017
Aaron Cresswell believes a rich run of form for West Ham could hand striker Andy Carroll a place in England’s World Cup squad next summer. Hammers left-back Cresswell, who made his first Three Lions start in Sunday’s 1-0 win in Lithuania, reckons Carroll has all the qualities to tempt boss Gareth Southgate in to giving him a berth for the Russia tournament, if he he can stay fit. Injury-prone Carroll is poised to lead the line for Slaven Bilic’s charges when...
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