22 February 2017
Another former West Ham pub has closed its doors. The Central in Barking Road closed their doors a few weeks ago after failing to make ends meet following the departure West Ham United last summer. The Central follows many other pubs which closed their doors in East Ham and Plaistow area. Planning permission has been […]
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22 February 2017
Arthur Masuaku is back in line for a place in the squad against Watford at the weekend and wants revenge for the bitter 4-2 home defeat back in September. After dominating for 40 minutes and grabbing a two goal lead we conceded two goals in the last five minutes and ended up losing 4-2. Masuaku was […]
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21 February 2017
LIVERPOOL are tonight being reported as tracking Pedro Obiang with Kop boss Jurgen Klopp planning another revamp of his squad this summer. Klopp wants at least four new players knowing he is still failing to maintain a major challenge for the Premier League title and Obiang is being seen as a possible target. The Sun […]
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21 February 2017
The 18-year-old scored his first goal for his new side on Monday evening, but the praise he received from his manager will have pleased him equally
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21 February 2017
Theo Walcott sealed victory for Arsenal at Sutton when he netted the second in the 2-0 win over the non-league side. How many centurions does each Premier League side have?
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21 February 2017
West Ham are unlikely to let any first team fringe players leave the club over the summer although – as reported – Sofiane Feghouli would be allowed to move on were the club to receive a good offer for the winger. Gokhan Tore will not be returning from Turkey and Jonathon Calleri’s loan period will […]
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21 February 2017
West Ham’s board will be relieved they allowed manager Slaven Bilic to have the final say on not signing former Brentford striker Scott Hogan. Having joined Aston Villa, the 24 year old was last night carried off on a stretcher in the 2-0 defeat by Newcastle. It came at a time when he has failed […]
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21 February 2017
West Ham United have staved off the threat of relegation with a strong run of form over the last six weeks, easing the pressure that has steadily grown on manager Slaven Bilic. The Croat has managed to get his team to fire up the Premier League table, despite the departure of Dimitri Payet. The Hammers […]
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21 February 2017
Terry Westley piled the accolades on young Nathan Holland after the Premier League 2 victory over Fulham last night likening him to a “young Ryan Giggs!” Holland only joined West Ham from Everton last month and Westley said: ““I’d probably say Nathan Holland [was brilliant], particularly in the first half. “What a talent we’ve got […]
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21 February 2017
West Ham United enjoyed a debut Premier League 2 London Stadium debut beating Fulham 2-0 to strengthen their claims for a Division 2 play-off place. The win saw them into fifth place just two points behind Newcastle and Wolves with Fulham on 34 and runaway leaders Swansea on 42. Nathan Holland scored with a curling strike […]
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20 February 2017
The mystery of what happened to the remaining West Ham John Lyall gates has finally been resolved. The three remaining gates which were put up for auction last year through Hilco with a live auction and webcast at the Boleyn Ground in June was purchased by former West Ham chairman Terry Brown. Three of the […]
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20 February 2017
The West Ham squad are arriving home this evening from their five day warm weather training in Dubai. Many of the squad boarded a Emirates flight in business class earlier today for the seven hour flight back to London and others will follow on. ClaretandHugh have been told that the West Ham squad are on […]
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20 February 2017
West Ham have tonight cleared finally cleared up season-long speculation that Chelsea may be ready to move for Michail Antonio in the summer. And ClaretandHugh was told the leading Hammer of the Year candidate is set to be offered a new summer deal which “will reflect the value we have of him as a player.” […]
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20 February 2017
The London Mayor, Sadiq Khan is struggling to find an auditing company to take on the independent review of the London Stadium transformation over-spend and spiraling running costs. He announced his inquiry on 1st November last year but many companies have reportedly ruled themselves out through conflict of interest as they were involved in the former […]
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20 February 2017
To Bet or not to Bet that’s the question on many football fans minds
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20 February 2017
With Sam Byram being reported fit for action this weekend Slaven Bilic has an interesting selection issue at Watford. For should the right back return to the team at Vicarage Road that will release Cheik Kouyate to move into the midfield position he prefers and the one in which he is clearly more effective. And […]
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20 February 2017
Tottenham's wait for a trophy has now exceeded the drought their rivals Arsenal suffered between 2005 and 2014. But how does that compare to the rest of the Premier League clubs?
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20 February 2017
A report commissioned by developers Barratt London has revealed a medium to high risk of unexploded ordnance underneath the Boleyn Ground stadium and surrounding lands once used by West Ham. The ground investigation report by RSA Geotechnics was submitted as part of planning documentation to Newham to again permission to build 842 flats on the […]
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20 February 2017
Team mates Jonathan Callerri and Diafra Sakho were happy to post video of their mate Cheikhou Kouyate dancing in a restaurant in Dubai. The team went out on Saturday night in UAE as part of their team bonding during their five day warm weather training. The squad are due to return back to the UK […]
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20 February 2017
Diafra Sakho has posted a video giving the clearest indication yet that he is recovering well from the back injury has that has made him a regular absentee from Hammers action. The Hammers striker is expected to be back in mid March and Sakho posted the video showing him running in the sea alongside the […]
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20 February 2017
Winston Reid knows the Hammers are getting better and better. The are no longer a team that falls apart when the going gets tough and but one that is improving with every outing. And assessing the progress, Reid said: “In the last game we played against West Brom, even though we were 1-0 behind, we […]
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20 February 2017
Jim Daly of the Daily Mirror has ranked West Ham’s Mark Noble as one of the dirtiest players in the Premier League. Mr Daly included Nobes in a top ten of players rival fans love to hate suggesting our captain was hated by rival fans. Daily wrote: “The nastiest type of midfielder possible masked under […]
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19 February 2017
Jose Fonte may be in Dubai for footballing purposes but the West Ham star had the honour of meeting viral sensation Salt Bae. Fonte took to Instagram, calling him the 'Champ'.
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19 February 2017
The West Ham Supporters Club also know as the Hammers Social Club in Castle Street held an Emergency General Meeting last week called by its members to decide whether to close their doors or not. Claret and Hugh understand the social club is losing around £7,000 per month and has been doing so since West Ham […]
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19 February 2017
Our informal online chat about all things West Ham is back as we field questions and discuss the last week’s goings-on in the world of the Hammers. Linked players, loanees, the return of Sakho and Ayew, Bilic, Mark Noble and a lot more will all be covered in the live show at 8:30pm. So sit […]
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19 February 2017
West Ham have tonight ruled out new speculation the club is on the verge of signing club-less former Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov. Berbatov – who also had spells with Spurs and Fulham – has been without a club since departing Greek outfit PAOK last summer and has regularly been linked with a Premier League […]
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