13 March 2016
ClaretandHugh has canvassed the views of many Irons fans via the Facebook forum at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ on how today’s game will turn out. Here’s the first batch – more later. Dean Marsh I really think we will win it 1-3. The boys have been immense of late and Manure are shocking at the moment. Anything can happen in […]
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13 March 2016
Talk Sport radio pundit, Stan Collymore has said he doesn’t believe a single Manchester United player would get a place in West Ham’s starting line-up today.Writing his column in the Daily Mirror Collymore said:“I don’t think there’s a single Manchester United player who would get into West Ham’s starting line-up this afternoon. Adrian has performed just […]
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13 March 2016
I’d just like point out the total disrespect our club gets. Travelling up to Manure it’s pretty dn clear that for the first time we are favourites going into this game but… Even though this is the best WHU team I’ve known in my lifetime and the Worst ManU team (which can’t even motivate themselves to beat the scousers) We still ain’t favourites…
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13 March 2016
Claret and Hugh has spoken to former FA Cup Hammers veteran David Cross about his memories and his hopes for West Ham. Well loved former striker Crossie joined West Ham from Manchester City or £180,000 in December 1977 He scored 9 goals in 21 league games during his initial season at the club, but this […]
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13 March 2016
By Pete Ellis So, we make the journey north… on the back of 3 keys league wins at vital time one the season. We face the old enemy. Man Utd. The confidence among the the irons is as high as LVG’s blood pressure, and the masses in claret and blue smell blood. What will Slaven serve […]
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13 March 2016
Michail Antonio has a very simple philosophy this FA Cup day: “If you win the FA Cup, your name is on that plaque for ever. You can say: “I’ve done that”. ‘You finish fourth and get in the Champions League and that’s great but if you don’t get in next year, you’re forgotten. That’s how […]
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13 March 2016
The Great Entertainer is ready to torment Louis Van Gaal’s suffering troops. Dimi Payet’s name will be the most famous of the 22 that start at at Old Trafford this afternoon – when could we last say that on a trip to Old Trafford? The weight of expectation doesn’t faze him. Indeed the French wizard […]
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13 March 2016
By Hugh Southon I can’t remember a time when such a wave of belief has surrounded West Ham on a trip to Manchester United. Despite the bookies still making United favourites, virtually everybody I speak to believes this is the Irons moment and there has never been a better time to meet the old foe. […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on We all believe as we head for Old Trafford
13 March 2016
Mark Gevaux, the Rib Man, is a one-legged former butcher with a passion for ribs and West Ham If you want to know what “casual dining” in east London was like before the street-food boom, take a stroll from Upton Park tube station to West Ham’s stadium on match day. Not much has changed. The smoky line of stalls and takeaways offer the same rubbery burgers, wan hotdogs and greasy chips it has ...
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13 March 2016
West Ham are finalising a deal for Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder Havard Nordtveit. The Norway international was previously captain of Arsenal's reserve team.
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13 March 2016
ROB DRAPER: It is not just West Ham who are lucky to have Dimitri Payet. The Premier League and the football world in general have a certain Alain Payet to thank that we are enjoying his season.
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12 March 2016
Champagne Central, with its august dome and marble columns, is the first-floor bar in the Grand Central Hotel, Glasgow. It seems the appropriate place to meet Frank McAvennie.
Posted in Dailymail.co.ukComments Off on West Ham hero Frank McAvennie sees parallels between Slaven Bilic’s Hammers side and the club’s 1980s champagne era
12 March 2016
Hammers fans at Sunday’s FA Cup quarter-final against Manchester United will be grateful their gifted playmaker was persuaded to make another attempt at proving he was good enough for the big time Heard the one about the teenager who tried to talk his father out of letting him travel nearly 6,000 miles to have a go at becoming a professional footballer? That teenager is now an adult and very grateful that his dad urged him to see how far his talent ...
Posted in Guardian.co.ukComments Off on Dmitri Payet: why West Ham can thank a father for resurrecting his son’s dream
12 March 2016
West Ham won’t be bothered with the irksome Diego Costa at Stamford Bridge next Saturday after the striker was red carded at Everton this afternoon. The Spaniard was dismissed after a second bookable offence after conducting a running feud with Gareth Barry all afternoon. His departure came after Barry nibbled at the his heels near […]
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12 March 2016
Diego Costa is set to miss West Ham’s away game with Chelsea next Saturday at Stamford bridge after receiving a long over-due red card this evening. The West London striker picked up two yellow cards which saw him sent off in the 84th minute of the FA Cup quarter-final with Everton. Gareth Barry nibbled at […]
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12 March 2016
Reece Oxford won’t be involved in tomorrow’s crucial FA Cup clash against Manchester United at Old Trafford. ClaretandHugh understands that the teenager has been left out of the squad but that Winston Reid, along with Joey O’Brien and Victor Moses have both made the journey north. However, the question mark over Winston’s involvement remains as […]
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12 March 2016
Visitors to the Stratford Reservation Centre today have been told less than 900 season tickets remain on sale for the Olympic Stadium and those are expected to sell out within days leaving tens of thousands on the priority list hopes dashed. This week, the club confirmed it has sold 8,000 Under 16 season tickets for […]
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12 March 2016
West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has said that Manchester United lack a world-class striker ahead of their FA Cup quarter-final match up at Old Trafford on Sunday.
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12 March 2016
A previously adjourned hearing concerning the appeal by the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) against the Information Commissioner’s (ICO) order to publish the full financial terms of the deal between itself and West Ham United FC will reconvene on Thursday March 17th at 10am at Court 4, 15 Bream’s Buildings, London, EC4A 1DZ. A football […]
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12 March 2016
West Ham played Arsenal at Highbury in the 1975 FA Cup Quarter Final in front of a 54,672 crowd on a muddy pitch. Alan Taylor came into the team to replace Bobby Gould and it was Taylor who scored both goals to make the Hammers the two nil winners on the day to disappoint the […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Remembering the 1975 FA Cup Quarter Final
12 March 2016
Slaven Bilic reckons Manchester United and are still suffering from the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson three years ago. And he doesn’t believe the club has the players to scare other teams these days whilst adding they will be like “wounded lions” tomorrow (Sun). He said: “With Ferguson, if you see the names that played up front […]
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12 March 2016
Manchester United are likely to be without EIGHT key players for the clash against the Irons at Old Trafford. Wayne Rooney, Will Keane, Luke Shaw and Ashley Young are all out and Antonio Valencia and Adnan Januzaj played for the under-21’s on Friday night so are unlikely to be ready. Juan Mata is banned after […]
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12 March 2016
CandH Exclusive The word legend is thrown around far too loosely but today a true Hammers hero more worthy of the title than most – the one and only Alan Devonshire – has chosen to speak exclusively with ClaretandHugh as we continue our guild up to Old Trafford tomorrow. He also gives his opinion on the […]
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12 March 2016
Hammers James Tomkins & Sam Byram join Poet and Vuj from Copa90 for some FIFA and Chill to chat about Payet, Aguero, Messi, who is the best and worst dressed at West Ham after Alex Song and crazy goal celebrations by Michail Antonio. Tomkins and Byram beat Manchester United 4-3 in the FIFA 16 quarter-final. […]
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12 March 2016
BBC prundit, Mark Lawrenson has played it safe by predicting a draw on Sunday at Old Trafford and a FA Cup quarter-final replay at the Boleyn Ground but he does put his neck on the line by saying he believes we would win the replay on home turf! Lawro told the BBC website “This is […]
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