20 September 2016
Slaven Bilic has urged Reece Oxford to stay at West Ham and follow the example of the impressive alumni at the club to become a 'world class' player.
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20 September 2016
Alvaro Arbeloa and Edimilson Fernandes may make their West Ham debuts against Accrington Stanley in the EFL Cup tomorrow night. Former Spain and Real Madrid full-back Arbeloa is understood to be ready to make his Hammers bow while 20-year-old Swiss midfielder Fernandes is also in line after his £5.5 million summer switch from FC Sion. […]
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20 September 2016
The Hammers face Accrington in the EFL Cup on Wednesday night reeling from back-to-back 4-2 defeats to Watford and West Brom in the Premier League.
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20 September 2016
The Premier League season is five matchdays old but which players have been the standout performers?
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20 September 2016
Alvaro Arbeloa and Edimilson Fernandes could make their West Ham debuts against Accrington in the EFL Cup.
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20 September 2016
Slaven Bilic has held his pre-match press conference ahead of tomorrow’s game against Accrington Stanley. “This game is a good opportunity for us and we don’t have to travel. We have a good position. This is an interesting competition for us. We don’t play again until Sunday and we will play a mixed team. We need […]
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20 September 2016
Slaven Bilic says West Ham are facing three "mega games" as they aim to kick-start their season following four straight defeats.
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20 September 2016
Terry Westley was delighted to see the Development side beat Norwich last night but admitted they were not at their best. West Ham United PL2 left it late before Toni Martinez scored a rebound after his penalty was saved. Marcus Browne made sure of the points in stoppage time. Westley said: “I don’t think we were […]
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20 September 2016
After a disappointing run that has seen them lose three games in a row, Jose Mourinho will be looking to find reasons for Manchester United's loss of form. Perhaps they just aren't running enough.
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20 September 2016
Today’s fluff better read between the lines Roman Abramovich is so “furious” about Chelsea ’s home humbling by Liverpool that his new manager, Antonio Conte , is already in trouble, says the Express in a report labelled as “exclusive” – in a scarlet font that is bright but considerably smaller than the red “ exclusive ” at the top of the Daily Star’s near-identical story. Conte’s “failure to turn around the obvious flaws in the squad” were “brutally exposed” in ...
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20 September 2016
Sofiane Feghouli has pledged that “we will take a long look at ourselves” after the humilation of the weekend at West Brom. The winger appeared as a sub during the game and told the official site: “Each and every one of us will take a long look at ourselves and we all know that we […]
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20 September 2016
Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne has topped the Sky Sports Power Rankings this week.
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20 September 2016
We challenged Matt Le Tissier to pick his best XI from the opening five games of the Premier League season.
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20 September 2016
Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford are invited for a behind-the-scenes tour of the London Stadium courtesy of co-owner Billionaire David Sullivan, as well as enormous Essex home. The show called ‘How the other half lives’ is aired at 9pm tonight on Channel 5. David Sullivan’s home called Birch Hall, near Theydon Bois, Essex comes complete with […]
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19 September 2016
Those of a nervous disposition should look away. These latest images of the Boleyn Ground show the final scenes of the Hollywood film Final Score with massive destruction of the Boleyn seating areas. The film stars former Bond star Pierce Brosnan and Guardians of the Galaxy’s Dave Bautista. The movie tells the story of a hero battling against all […]
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19 September 2016
Work has already started to install a state of the art HD screen at the London Stadium. Construction workers have removed temporary fabric players containing West Ham players under the illuminated West Ham United sign in preparation for the installation of the massive TV screen. This picture taken on Monday afternoon shows that the 12 metre […]
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19 September 2016
Daily Mirror sports writer MIKE WALTERS – a top bloke and a good pal of ClaretandHugh’s – was at the Hawthorns at the weekend and here brings his thoughts on the Hammers. NICE foundations, shame about the roof. Most of the falling masonry, roof timber and brickwork has landed on West Ham’s defence after […]
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19 September 2016
One corner of the Boleyn Ground was blown up last night as the pictures below show. A large explosion complete with fireball was staged at West Ham’s former stadium on Sunday night. The controlled blast was part of a forthcoming Hollywood action film called Final Score which is being shot in the Green Street stadium now […]
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19 September 2016
A big weekend of Premier League football saw Manchester City continue their perfect start to the season, while United dropped points at Watford. Ralph Ellis looks back at all the talking points.
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19 September 2016
A ClaretandHugh follower has sent a message to fans telling them how things turned out when we had the sort of disastrous run of results we are currently experiencing. We lost four on the trot and shipped a shed load of goals as things went from bad to worse but everything of course turned out […]
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19 September 2016
Ref Watch is back to debate another selection of controversial decisions from some of the weekend's Premier League matches.
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19 September 2016
Should Anthony Martial have been substituted by Manchester United before his error led to Watford's opening goal on Sunday?
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19 September 2016
The flawed migration policy from the Boleyn Ground to London Stadium is undoubtedly considered the crucial factor in the current unrest. Over 250 season ticket holders have already been relocated in what West Ham are describing as an “ongoing process to keep like minded supporters together.” Some season ticket holders have pointed to the ‘plus […]
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19 September 2016
You think you have read just about everything negative about West Ham this weekend then you read something by Paul Merson writing in the Daily Star. The former disgraced Arsenal player has suggested young West Ham fans will switch to Manchester United if problems continue at the London Stadium. “Fans are fighting amongst themselves and kids […]
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19 September 2016
West Bromwich Albion’s Jonny Evans has explained how Tony Pulis’ team managed to tear the Hammers apart at the weekend. And it’s clear that the Irons have a second season syndrome to deal with if they are to get back to the winning ways that marked their first season under Slaven Bilic. The former Manchester […]
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