06 December 2016
The appetite for London Stadium tickets to watch the Hammers appears to wearing thin despite claims of 50,000 supporters on a season ticket waiting list. Burnley failed to sell out their full away allocation for their game with West Ham on Wednesday 14th December with the opposition club returning unsold tickets after they failed to sell […]
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06 December 2016
All West Ham fans will be tonight mourning the passing of brave young Hammer Jack Howard. The 12-year-old passed away after courageous fight against illness which had been boosted by the support of thousands of fellow West Ham fans world-wide. After supporters and well-wishers raised more than £250,000, Jack travelled to California for pioneering treatment in […]
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06 December 2016
Reece Oxford will sign a new five year contract on his 18th birthday next Thursday committing himself as a Hammer until 2021. The contract is believed to be worth over £5m to the youngster plus a signing on bonus. The new package is set to double his current £10,000 per week wages. The centre back […]
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06 December 2016
Hammers fan and ClaretandHugh follower Robert Hargrave was involved in what could have been a scary moment at the London Stadium at the weekend as he and his wife tried to leave after Arsenal’s third goal. Rob – who has a seat in block 248 and enters and leaves through turnstiles J or K explained […]
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06 December 2016
Join myself and Geo for a cuppa and a chinwag as we look at the comments on hammerschat and discuss all the latest topics on Claret & Hugh including Bilic, strikers, transfer window and much more
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06 December 2016
Growing concerns about the standards at the West Ham’s training ground include Slaven’s promise that Rush Green is family friendly for wives, girlfriends, kids and even dogs to visit to make the players feel at ease. Some now believe that regime is too soft and Bilic is sometimes too nice. Players have been allowed to […]
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06 December 2016
West Ham are eyeing a shock loan move for Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini in January, according to London Evening Standard. With growing injury concerns surrounding a number of key players and a hugely disappointing start to the 16/17 Premier League campaign, Slaven Bilic is expected use the January transfer window to reinforce his squad. […]
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06 December 2016
Football computer games, especially EA Sports’ FIFA series, are huge these days. Almost every football loving teenager/adult will own a copy of the latest version and will play it religiously on his or her own preferred console. But football games used to be a lot simpler, especially before the era of Playstation’s, XBox’s and all […]
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06 December 2016
London Stadium will be considered as a venue for the 2019 World Cup - if it is found to be suitable for staging cricket.
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06 December 2016
Slaven Bilic has snubbed Rio Ferdinand’s offer to help out as a defensive coach at the training ground. The former Hammers defender had hoped he could assist the manager but we understand from sources at the club that has been rejected. As we reported earlier the manager himself has now taken over in that area […]
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06 December 2016
West Ham are poised to recall Reece Burke from his Wigan loan spell in January as cover for their problems at right back. Although Sam Byram is on his way back from injury the Hammers have been watching Burke closely at the Championship club Wigan where he has been performing well on the right side […]
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06 December 2016
Sam Byram’s return from injury has been pencilled in for the match against Swansea City on Boxing Day. The right back suffered a hamstring tear in the match against Middlesbrough and according to ClaretandHugh sources is making a good recovery which will see the player back in action within three weeks. Byram was stretchered off […]
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06 December 2016
Former West Ham shot stopper Phil Parkes is convinced Slaven Bilic is the right man to steer the Hammers away from relegation woes and to a brighter future. In his first column for Blowing Bubbles Monthly, in association with ClaretandHugh, Parkes explains his position on the manager. “He loves everything to do with West Ham […]
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06 December 2016
Right at the bottom of every problem Slaven Bilic has at the moment is Dimitri Payet. His dip in form, his body language and the fact that he looks overweight is the main issue because didn’t Slaven say last season that the team was built around him. If that’s the case – and there’s no […]
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06 December 2016
The bookies are weighing right into the middle of the West Ham managerial issue by naming Sam Allardyce as favourite to take over as manager. Fantasy of course Also on their list are the same old names as were being mentioned when the shamed former England manager was allowed to leave….McLaren, De Boer, Redknapp etc. […]
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06 December 2016
Jamie Carragher shared his views on a wide range of topics in a special Monday Night Football Twitter Q&A.
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05 December 2016
West Ham want to take Chelsea goalkeeper Asmir Begovic on loan in next month’s transfer window. The Hammers are on the look out for a new No 1 because Slaven Bilic has lost faith in Adrian.
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05 December 2016
West Ham boss Slaven Bilic is understood to have started his training ground shake-up after his weekend outburst about a lack of intensity from the players. We understand from sources at Rush Green that the manager, who has until now, allowed day to day training routines to be supervised by first team coach Edin Turzic […]
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05 December 2016
• Barrow v Rochdale; Sutton v AFC Wimbledon; Everton v Leicester • Manchester United v Reading; Chelsea v Notts County/Peterborough The FA Cup third-round draw brought a local derby but no glamorous rewards for the non-league teams left in this season’s competition, with Jaap Stam’s return to Manchester United as Reading manager one of the round’s few intriguing subplots. There will be four all-Premier League ties when the FA Cup resumes early next...
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05 December 2016
Holders Manchester United will face former defender Jaap Stam when they host Reading in the FA Cup third round.
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05 December 2016
Third Round FA Cup Draw News HAMMERS V MANCHESTER CITY Well it doesn’t get a lot easier does it. The good news is we are at home in the 3rd round of the FA Cup….well we hope it’s good news given our present form in the London Stadium. The less than good news is we […]
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05 December 2016
West Ham joint-chairman David Sullivan has offered his backing to under-pressure boss Slaven Bilic. Reports on Monday morning claimed Bilic was set for crisis talks with the Hammers hierarchy.
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05 December 2016
• With a bit more luck we could have been top-four club, says Sullivan • Hammers manager had accused some players of apathy in training David Sullivan, the West Ham co‑chairman, has offered his backing to Slaven Bilic following the 5-1 home defeat by Arsenal on Saturday. Sullivan held his usual post-match discussions with the manager, who after the game had accused some of his players of a lack of dedication in training. Related...
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05 December 2016
Bookies pulling lists of odds together on the back of stories that are denied within three hours is one of the most ludicrous aspects of this game we all love so much. It only took one misinformed story in the national media followed up by Sky Sports WHICH WAS DENIED LATER for the odds makers […]
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05 December 2016
West Ham co-owner David Sullivan backs manager Slaven Bilic and calls for the club to "stick together" in the wake of the 5-1 defeat to Arsenal.
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05 December 2016
The former Croatia boss had been reported to be in line for the sack after a poor run of results but he retains the full backing of the board, according to co-owner David Sullivan
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