11 November 2016
Police have opened a criminal investigation into an allegation of bribery after reviewing material from the Daily Telegraph’s investigation into suspected corruption in football but have excluded Sam Allardyce from the investigaton. The former Irons boss left his job as England boss after the newspaper investigation claimed he offered advice on how to “get around” […]
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11 November 2016
Besiktas have confirmed ClaretandHugh’s morning story that Gokhan Tore will only return to the club from his West Ham loan if the Hammers surrender the £2.5 million loan fee. And we understand that the Irons are ready to do so and save the £40,000 a week wages we are paying the flop winger. We reported […]
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11 November 2016
Angelo Ogbonna can’t wait for the next big test – against Spurs at White Hart Lane next weekend. The Italian reckons the vibe over last season’s clash against them at the Boleyn was one of the best he’s felt in the English game. The central defender said: “We all know the next game is a […]
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11 November 2016
David Gold fears that if Aaron Cresswell doesn’t get on for the start against Scotland this evening he won’t get on at all. The co chairman is thrilled our left back has received his international call up declaring: “No player deserves it more – he has worked so hard and been brilliant for this club […]
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11 November 2016
The Italy international striker has struggled in the Premier League, which is like "another world", and his father says that he would be open to reported interest from Serie A
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11 November 2016
David Gold will be giving full backing to a safe seating proposal which will be discussed at thet Premier League meeting next Wednesday. The Hammers co chairman – speking from Portugal to ClaretandHugh a few imutes ago – made it clear the time had come for the experiment to be given the go ahead by […]
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11 November 2016
West Ham have still received no inquiries about Dimi Payet and won’t be selling the player in January even should there be. Despite Payet having become Europe’s most admired playmaker, no Premier League clubs have approached the Hammers and there has been no interest from abroad. Dimi’s future became an issue recently when he apparently […]
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11 November 2016
Gokhan Tore is virtually certain to be sent back to Besiktas in the January transfer window. The Irons have accepted they will lose the £2.5 million loan fee agreed with the Turkish club which was believed to be proving an obstacle between the two clubs. Besikitas had recently gone public in claiming they would not […]
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10 November 2016
Tony Cottee reckons he would have been anticipating leaving West Ham if he hadn’t scored a goal in 17 games. After 17 games this season we still haven’t seen a striker hit the net and one of the club’s greatest ever forwards considers it “an absolute joke.” Writing in his Newham Recorder column TC said: “West […]
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10 November 2016
The vast majority of Irons fans do not believe Aaron Creswell will get a start in tomorrow night’s match against Scotland. Gareth Southgate has called up the Hammers left back but most of those voting in a ClaretandHugh poll believe our left back will be cold-shouldered just as our wideman Michail Antonio was before eventually […]
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10 November 2016
Headlines about the lack of a Police radio system have made the newspapers in recent months. Police reportedly refused to enter the London Stadium over a long running argument of who would pay to upgrade the Airwave system within the stadium. We were first told the system would be upgraded by the Arsenal home game […]
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10 November 2016
Slaven Bilic has used a remarkable 24 players during our 11 Premier League matches so far. With the international break upon us ClaretandHugh’s regular ratings man NIALL McDONALD runs the rule over our key performers and under-achievers: Antonio: Been played at right-back, left-wing, right-midfield and centre forward with varying success but still scored 6 vital […]
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10 November 2016
ClaretandHugh attended a meeting with the Metropolitan Police football unit yesterday in Lambeth as part of a debrief about the policing and security on the night of the West Ham v Chelsea EFL Cup match. The supporter meeting arranged by Football Supporters Federation case worker, Amanda Jacks included representation from operators London Stadium 185 and […]
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10 November 2016
Operators London Stadium 185 and West Ham United will introduce a new independent appeal process for anyone facing a stadium ban. Anyone banned from the London Stadium this season has been the result of collaboration between the Stadium Safety Officer and West Ham’s Chief Operating Officer. Once the evidence is collated a letter is sent […]
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10 November 2016
Plans to install stadium wide WIFI in the London Stadium have been abandoned after the collapse of the naming rights deal with an Indian company. Mahindra Tech were awarded the technology contract to install and manage the new stadium wide WIFI but that deal also collapsed when Mahindra pulled out the naming rights deal with […]
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10 November 2016
West Ham will be asked to contribute to the cost of policing the London Stadium on match days according to a new media report. The Daily Mail’s sports business journalist Charlie Sale reports that the requestw ill follow the need for a vastly increased police presence at the London Stadium Our deal with the London […]
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10 November 2016
Young West Ham fan Brooke Lawrance fulfilled a lifelong dream on Saturday when she led the Hammers out before their game against Stoke at the London stadium.
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10 November 2016
Darren Randolph admits life in Adrian’s shadow is intensely frustrating but says he is not ready to seek a move or go knocking on the manager’s door. Speaking while on international duty the goalkeeper said: “There’ll be a time when it does come – I don’t think anyone wants to just sit and not play. […]
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10 November 2016
Aaron Cresswell has been called up to the England squad to face Scotland on Friday but will Gareth Southgate hand Cressie his England debut on Friday? Will Gareth Southgate hand Aaron Cresswell his England debut on Friday?
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10 November 2016
Edmilson Fernandes has been called up for the first time by his nation and one has to assume his form for the Irons since his move is responsible. The midfielder has been one of the few Hammers to impress since he arrived in the first team and is delighted to get the call from Switzerland. […]
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10 November 2016
Slaven Bilic looks entirely safe in his position despite the team’s uncertain start to the season. The bookies had him at near odds on for the sack a month ago but he is now priced at 11/1 against the bullet with some frms. And ClaretandHugh has been told by club insiders that he will oversee […]
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10 November 2016
Darren Randolph has warned Austria they could be in for a frustrating evening as the Republic of Ireland attempt to maintain a promising start to their World Cup qualifying campaign.
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10 November 2016
Liverpool players dominate the Sky Sports Power Rankings team of the season.
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09 November 2016
CHARLES SALE: The tenancy agreement that West Ham negotiated with their LLDC landlords for the 25-days-a-year use states that all policing and stewarding costs are met by the LLDC.
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09 November 2016
So impressive for West Ham since joining from Ipswich in July 2014, the 26-year-old has had to bide his time at international level due to the strength in depth of options at left-back.
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09 November 2016
Hopes are now high that Diafra Sakho will make his long awaited squad return for the match against Spurs at White Hart Lane next weekend. The news has come direct from Stijn Vandenbroeuck, Head of Medical and Sports Science in his latest update on the club’s walking wounded. He said: “Diafra Sakho has been training with the […]
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