
Here’s the new shirt
27 May 2016
So here it is – the new shirt. It was allegedly leaked out of Norway this morning where some retailer chose to sell it in advance of its official release. Everybody happy ? Share This:
27 May 2016
So here it is – the new shirt. It was allegedly leaked out of Norway this morning where some retailer chose to sell it in advance of its official release. Everybody happy ? Share This:
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27 May 2016
Large four metre wide Claret and Blue shirts of West Ham Legends of Sir Trevor Brooking, Sir Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters have been installed at the former Olympic Stadium this week to join similar shirts containing the names of Bobby Moore and Dimitri Payet. A large pair of crossed Hammers has also been installed […]
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27 May 2016
Roma have shown an interest in reprted West Ham target – Newcastle forward Georginio Wijnaldum. Hs agent Humphrey Nijman, told RomaNews: ‘Wijnaldum’s situation right now is very simple. Newcastle have been relegated to the second division, so now the player has to think about his future. The Holland international – who cost Newcastle £14.5 million – […]
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27 May 2016
Darren Randolph is more than happy with life at West Ham. In fact – speaking to the official site – he said: “When I look back at the season I don’t think it could have gone any better for me.” And he added: “I played a lot more football than I thought I would play […]
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27 May 2016
West Ham have decided to swim in some murky political waters. It emerged this morning that for reasons of their own they have donated£12,500 to the Tory Party which frankly seems bizarre at best and totally out of order at worst. The explanation they have given via a spoksesman is that as a private compay […]
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26 May 2016
The Lyon striker had been identified as a primary target by the club's hierarchy but they accept he is instead likely to join Laurent Blanc's big-spending side this summer
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26 May 2016
ClaretandHugh has learned that West Ham did an extraordinary piece of business in convncing midfielder Havard Nordtveit to join the club on wages of around £35k a week. The former Borussia Moenchengladbach man joins the club on July 1 with the Hammers reportedly beating off off competition from several top European outfits to land their man. Nordtveit, 25, […]
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26 May 2016
The Football Association has announced FA Cup quarter-final replays will be scrapped from next season.
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26 May 2016
West Ham are said weighing up a move for Inter Milan centre back Jeison Murillo in the summer, according to Italian broadcaster Sport Mediaset. The report claims the 23-year-old is wanted by Leicester City, Stoke City, Everton in addition to the Hammers and was previously a target for Manchester United. It has been claimed that Murillo, whose […]
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26 May 2016
Liverpool are the latest name to be linked with 17 year old Hammer, Reece Oxford. The Daily Mirror say today “The Merseysiders failed with an ambitious attempt to snatch the 17-year-old away from the Hammers last summer before he had even made his senior debut. But they are back in the hunt after being made aware that Oxford […]
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26 May 2016
West Ham are claimed to be among a number of teams weighing up a move for Lyon winger Rachid Ghezzal. The 24-year-old French-born Algerian wideman only has a year remaining on his contract at the French giants with his future very much in doubt. Several Premier League teams including Liverpool, Stoke City, Arsenal, Middlesbrough and Sunderland in […]
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26 May 2016
West Ham manager, Slaven Bilic has signed up to the ITV commentary team for Euro 2016 Championships in France. ITV’s team will be based at a studio in Paris, overlooking the Seine and the Notre Dame. A press release from ITV says their team will criss-cross the country to deliver build-up, live coverage and analysis […]
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26 May 2016
West Ham have reacted with great cynicm to reports they will need to find £17 million to land Beskitas winger Gokhan Tore. The club is today reported as having seen a £12 million offer rejected by the Turkish club who are quoted as wanting £17 million for the player – double what it was claimed […]
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26 May 2016
Claret and Hugh understands that West Ham have an emergency contingency plan to play the first leg of their Europa League third qualifying round in Athletics mode at the former Olympic Stadium if they are forced to do so. The first leg of the Europa League is due to be played on Thursday 28th July […]
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26 May 2016
Mark Noble may have waved last season goodby but insists that as far as he’s concerned it was unforgettable.” Speaking to the official site he said: “There has been a lot to celebrate from last season – not just the way we played and the results we had, but we have set records with the […]
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26 May 2016
A record 56 managers were sacked in the 2015/16 season, according to statistics from the League Managers' Association.
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26 May 2016
The Belgian (centre) has been attracting interest from a whole host of clubs and is set to leave Marseille. The 22-year-old scored 17 league goals last season and is in Belgium's Euro squad.
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26 May 2016
Michy Batsuhayi has revealed that he may be leaning towards a Premier League move this summer. The striker though is refusing to give any hint of where he may finally end up as West Ham, Spurs and various other PL clubs watch the Belgian striker. The player is now with his national squad ahead of […]
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26 May 2016
West Ham’s hopes of landing top players this summer are being handicapped by the massive influx of TV money next year. The club has admitted through Jack Sullivan’s twitter account that they are struggling to find value for money in the market place. With, for example, around £100 million available to the bottom placed club […]
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26 May 2016
West Ham season ticket holders are applying pressure to Hammers kit partner Umbro to release a high definition version of the advert they used in the last ever West Ham programme at the Boleyn Ground. The advert is claimed to contain the name of each and every Irons season ticket holder at the Boleyn Ground […]
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26 May 2016
Marseille striker Michy Batshuayi says he is attracted by a move to the Premier League but he will not change clubs until after Euro 2016.
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26 May 2016
Marseille striker Michy Batshuayi has played down suggestions he could be moving to the Premier League next season.
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25 May 2016
Aa special charity screening of Bo66y – The Movie is to be shown in the great man’s home borough of Barking.The film,produced by lifelong Hammer and broadcaster Matt Lorenzo, has received rave reviews and attracted a host of football’s biggest names to a gala premiere at Wembley Stadium. Now the club’s official site has revealed […]
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25 May 2016
By Alan Guest All those in favour say aye,’ or was it ‘All those in favour say I?’ Team or self? ‘There’s no ‘I’ in team,’ the motivators smugly quote. Well there’s an ‘I’ in side. And there’s ain united. We are unfortunately living in a ‘look at me’ society, where self is all important. […]
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25 May 2016
Planning permission has now been approved for the alternative Olympic Stadium wrap. The new alternative stadium wrap has less West Ham United signs, smaller West Ham crests and a different Claret and Blue Olympic pattern than originally proposed. The new stadium’s sponsor red logo, thought to be Mahindra will also have prominent positions around the wrap […]
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25 May 2016
West Ham have completed the signing of Portuguese forward Domingos Quina.
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