Charlie’s Fantasy Football XI
07 August 2016
In part one of our Sky Sports pundits' XI reveal, Charlie Nicholas talks us through his Sky Sports Fantasy Football team.
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Crystal ball gazing is for mugs – just ask me about Leicester City | Paul Wilson
06 August 2016
The predictions game is littered with embarrassing own goals but how about Manchester United to win the Premier League and Watford to go down Niall MacSweeney, a Dublin-based Sunderland supporter and long-standing Observer reader, has been in touch with a suggestion. “It would be great if you could predict from one to 20 the finishing places in the new season’s Premier League,” he writes. “Always good fun to compare with my own ...
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Oggy ready for Juve reunion
06 August 2016
Angelo Ogbonna is thrilled to be welcoming his former club to the London Stadium for tomorrow’s massive prestige friendly as we officially kick off life in our new home. Juventus is about as big as it gets and Oggy couldn’t be happier to see the Italian giants providing the opposition in front of a capacity […]
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Charities seek return of £425m lotto cash borrowed for London Olympics
06 August 2016
Campaigners say ‘giveaway’ West Ham stadium deal adds to failure of authorties to honour 2012 Games’ legacy More than £400m diverted from supporting communities in need across the UK to help fund the London 2012 Olympics has yet to be returned, and the shortfall has raised questions about the Games’ legacy. With the 2016 Rio Olympics now underway, there are calls for the new mayor of London and the prime minister to ensure the cash – taken...
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Swansea eye Atletico Madrid striker Borja Baston as a replacement for West Ham-bound Andre Ayew
06 August 2016
Swansea City are in talks with Atletico Madrid over striker Borja Baston as they look to complete the £20million sale of Andre Ayew to West Ham. Baston also has interest from West Bromwich Albion.
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This Iron is ready-made to replace Tomkins
06 August 2016
Reece Oxford is ready for the big step up to Premier League football this season. And ClaretandHugh has learned that the 17 year old’s progress was a factor behind the decision to allow James Tomkins to make his £10 million move across London to Crystal Palace. Oxford received rave reviews after the match against Domzale […]
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Dimitri Payet returns to West Ham training ahead of Premier League opener against Chelsea
06 August 2016
Dimitri Payet has reported back to West Ham training a week before their Premier League opener, after being awarded extra time off following his Euro 2016 exerts.
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Fab CandH partnership makes you the ratings expert
06 August 2016
A brilliant new partnership on a new app will make every one of you an Irons rating expert for the forthcoming Premier League season. CandH has have been chosen by developers Zebrametrics as their exclusive West Ham partner. The app will allow you to have your say, rating players, the manager and the ref after each […]
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The return of Payet
06 August 2016
Dimitri Payet returned to first team training today as he arrived as Rush Green He's back 👊 We've been waiting for you @dimpayet17! ⚒https://t.co/rwzzVwF2Mp — West Ham United FC (@whufc_official) August 6, 2016 Share This:
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First rendition of bubbles at the London Stadium
06 August 2016
Video by Tom Williams,London Sports Correspondent for the AFP news agency from the press box in the West Stand on Thursday night as the teams came out to 53,914 spectators at the London Stadium. That's a bit more like it – first rendition of 'Bubbles' at London Stadium pic.twitter.com/fDK0hnlXkl — Tom Williams (@tomwfootball) August 4, […]
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Ten young Premier League players who could make 2016-17 their season
06 August 2016
Tottenham’s Josh Onomah, Middlesbrough’s Ben Gibson and Liverpool winger Sheyi Ojo are among the players aged 23 and under who can make a big impact Tottenham Age 19, Midfielder Continue reading...
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Tomkins will have to fight hard for his starting place
06 August 2016
James Tomkins will face a battle to break up the Scott Dann-Damien Delaney partnership at Crystal Palace warns Paddy McCarthy, who called time on his Eagles career and his playing days when he hung up his boots this summer. The 33-year-old Dubliner who spent eight seasons at Palace said “It is a good signing and a […]
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Europa League tickets now on sale
06 August 2016
Tickets for the UEFA Europa League play-off round home leg against Astra Giurgiu are now on sale. After a record-breaking 53,914 Hammers fans flocked to London Stadium to watch Slaven Bilic’s men ease past Slovenian side NK Domzale in the third qualifying round, adults will again be able to purchase tickets in bands four and five for […]
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French left back flies in from Greece
06 August 2016
West Ham will take a look at Olympiakos left-back Arthur Masuaku as they look to bring in cover for the injured Aaron Cresswell, sources close to the club have told ESPN. The Hammers thought they had landed a replacement after agreeing a deal to sign Inter Milan defender Davide Santon on loan, but the move […]
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Irons face signing dilemma
06 August 2016
Diafra Sakho’s failed move to West Brom has left the Irons with a signing dilemma! Manager Slaven Bilic has admitted that the striker failed a medical and we now understand Sak is keen to settle down under a new programe of fitness and rehab to ensure that he makes a complete recovery from his back […]
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Ayew waits on Swans’ Baston deal
06 August 2016
West Ham have reached a £20m agreement with Swansea to sign Andre Ayew, but must wait for the Welsh club to sign Borja Baston, according to Sky sources.
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Ancient to modern gives signings hopes big lift
06 August 2016
West Ham have finally arrived in the big league and it’s the Rush Green Training headquarters that have proved it. Attracting top players to the club is now very much a reality with a facility which can compete with the best in the the Premier League. Nobody will come up front and say so publicly […]
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10,000 Blowing Bubbles giveaway tomorrow
06 August 2016
Mark Noble cannot wait to lead West Ham out for their first Premier League game at the Olympic Stadium against Bournemouth. In an exclusive interview in August’s issue of Blowing Bubbles Monthly, which will be handed out for FREE to 10,000 fans going to the Juventus game on Sunday, the Hammers captain said that our […]
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Noble plays down England chances
05 August 2016
West Ham captain Mark Noble believes his chances of a first England call-up are unchanged despite the appointment of Sam Allardyce.
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Mark Noble backs Sam Allardyce to succeed as England manager
05 August 2016
Mark Noble is backing Sam Allardyce as the right man to be England manager but says his former manager has made no contact about an international call-up.
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Bacca back on
05 August 2016
Rumours are back that Carlos Bacca may have had a late change of heart in joining West Ham with one rumour that fresh talks wth his representatives are set to take place this weekend with the Hammers. According to Calciomercato.it, both West Ham and Milan are pushing for a deal to be closed quickly, presumably […]
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Santon deal fails as Ayew set to sign in 72 hours
05 August 2016
The insider has confirmed another left back deal has fallen flat. We have already seen failed bids for Robbie Brady and Martin Olsson from Norwicj fail, now it appears a season loan deal for Inter Milan defender Davide Santon has gone pear shaped too. Sky Sports earlier claimed that the Hammers have now scrapped the […]
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Swansea set to sell Ayew to West Ham
05 August 2016
West Ham United make a bid for Swansea City striker Andre Ayew with the Welsh club willing to sell if they can bring in another forward first.
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West Ham scrap Santon move
05 August 2016
West Ham have scrapped a loan move for Davide Santon after the Inter Milan defender failed the second part of a medical, according to Sky sources.
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This is not going ‘home’ to me – it’s sterile
05 August 2016
Nigel Kahn has been a critic of the move to Stratford from Day One and has never made any secret of it, fighting his corner constantly in declaring we should have stayed at Upton Park. But last night as he trekked into the new stadium we asked him to give us his feelings on his first […]
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