24 February 2016
Manu Lanzini couldn’t be happier than to be back doing what he does best. The brilliant Argentinian – after an extended injury spell – returned at the weekend and today told the official site: “I am very happy to be playing again and happy also for the game and for the win. “I want to […]
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24 February 2016
Andy Carroll and Winston Reid could return to the West Ham squad for Saturday's Premier League clash with Sunderland at the Boleyn Ground.
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24 February 2016
Carroll suffered a groin problem in the 2-2 draw at Norwich City on February 13, while Reid picked up a hamstring strain in West Ham's last-minute FA Cup win over Liverpool four days earlier.
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24 February 2016
Reader Ben Kelly is the latest CandH reader to give us his favourite Boleyn memory! Please send yours to claretandhugh@gmail.com It was in 1997 that I experienced my first Boleyn Ground game at the tender age of seven alongside my aunt and uncle, both of which desperate to secure my allegiances to West Ham United. […]
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24 February 2016
The Original LEADER, CAPTAIN , LEGEND. Brian Gay For you Bobby. My boy born 14th april 2008 He’s eight April 14, next Natalie Jane Jones Bobby is the reason I started supporting West Ham. Simple. Paul Bounden Classy, immaculate and dignified. An internationally recognized world class player who never forgot his east end roots. A […]
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24 February 2016
David Gold puts it very simply declaring: “Bobby was the greatest English footballer of all time and way up at the top of the international tree.” Yet – like everybody else you speak to about the man – DG remembers a man who – given his status – was “embarrassingly humble.” He said: “I’m delighted […]
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24 February 2016
The author of the best Bobby Moore autobiography ever – Bobby Moore The man in full – has kindly donated three copies of his fine work as competition prizes for ClaretandHugh readers on this special day. Matt Dickinson’s Mooro masterpiece is now recognised as the most exhaustive and complete work on the great man and […]
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24 February 2016
Chairman’s son Jack Sullivan gives a hint that summer transfer target Michy Batshuayi is a firm favourite in the Sullivan household. Last night the youngster tweeted a picture of himself in a Batshuayi shirt. A Marseille fan recently asked the 22 year old striker whether the rumours about West Ham were true. His answer in French roughly […]
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24 February 2016
Tony Gale recalls his greatest hero and says that Mooro would have been the leading player in the country had he been in the Premier League of 2015-16 and says: “He was always a member of football’s royalty for me who tried tofollow him.” Tony Gale walked in Bobby Moore’s footsteps for much of […]
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24 February 2016
While an FA Cup fifth round tie away at Championship Blackburn Rovers is unlikely to stir the emotions of most football supporters, West Ham are not just any club and the FA Cup is something that the fans have always embraced.
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24 February 2016
David Sullivan will be remembering Bobby Moore today as ClaretandHugh honours our greatest legend for the final time to a Boleyn ground background. It was 23 years ago today that Bobby left us with our glorious memories of his incredible career after a battle against cancer . And as we celebrate his life, the chairman […]
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24 February 2016
Remembering Mooro today is so easy…because there’s barely a day of my life passes when I don’t. I was honoured that the man who was my greatest hero as I watched from the west enclosure back in the 60s later became a colleague and friend when I ghost wrote his weekly columns and match reports […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on A final Boleyn goodbye to the incredible Mooro
24 February 2016
We start our memorial to West Ham legend Bobby Moore who died 23 years ago today with three amazing years in Mooro’s life. Winning the FA Cup with West Ham in 1964 at Wembley, going on to beat 1860 Munchen in the European Cup Winners cup in 1965 then going on to crown it by […]
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23 February 2016
A mother has made an impassioned plea for justice after callous thugs beat her West Ham supporting son so savagely he was left with permanent brain damage eight years ago today. Marcus Bouskill was 34-years-old when he went to the Racks Snooker Club, in Well Hall Road, Eltham, with friends on Saturday, February 23rd 2008. […]
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23 February 2016
After the 5-1 thrashing of Blackburn on Sunday we move into the FA Cup quarter finals to face Man United at Old Trafford. This time last year, at the same stage in the competition, we lost 4-0 to West Brom! How times change… I think it shows how far we have come as a club
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23 February 2016
Despite the spending spree West Ham have enjoyed recently, especially in the last two summer transfer windows, it’s always nice to see youngsters coming through the ranks at the Academy of Football. Over the years, the superb Hammers faithful have witnessed a plethora of England internationals break into the first team, many thanks to the
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23 February 2016
West Ham has confirmed publicly for the first time that Manchester United will be most likely the last game at the Boleyn Ground and not Swansea City although they did add that is not 100% confirmed as yet. Members of the West Ham Supporters Advisory Board (SAB) were told the news this evening at the […]
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23 February 2016
Featuring a couple of crackers from the FA Cup, a swirling free-kick from Malaysia, a looping shot from Scotland and an overhead kick from the Bundesliga Continue reading...
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23 February 2016
Kouyate was dismissed by referee Jon Moss for bringing down Rovers defender Adam Henley in the 75th minute of West Ham's 5-1 FA Cup win at Ewood Park.
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23 February 2016
West Ham United midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate has had his red card against Blackburn on Sunday overturned.
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23 February 2016
West Ham win their appeal against Cheikhou Kouyate's red card in their FA Cup fifth-round win at Blackburn.
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23 February 2016
Irons fan Eamonn O’Brien is our latest contributor to the Farewell Boleyn series. In this emotional piece he tells of how he can’t reall when the place was never part of his life. Please send your memories to claretandhugh@gmail.com. We will be including every one! When I first went into The Boleyn ground circa 1967 it […]
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23 February 2016
• Senegalese had been sent off against during West Ham’s win over Blackburn • 26-year-old now free to play this weekend against Sunderland for London club West Ham United have appealed successfully against Cheikhou Kouyaté’s one-match suspension for the Senegalese’s red card during the club’s 5-1 win at Blackburn Rovers on Sunday. Related: West Ham’s Emmanuel Emenike and Dimitri Payet run riot at Blackburn Continue reading...
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23 February 2016
Chiek Kouyate’s red card at Blackburn has been overturned. A statement on the FA website reads: Cheikhou Kouyate’s one-match suspension for denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity has been withdrawn with immediate effect following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing today [Tuesday 23 February 2016]. West Ham United’s claim of wrongful dismissal in relation to their Emirates […]
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23 February 2016
It’s the weekend when West Ham’s fans will decide what sort of reception they give Sam Allardyce. Some will undoubtedly be ready to give him a hard time as he steps into the club for the first time since the board decided not to renew his contract last summer. Others will want to show their […]
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