19 February 2016
Listen to former Hammer Trevor Brooking and current West Ham skipper Mark Noble on the Sky Fantasy League FC podcast this week. Fast forward to 22 minutes to hear Sir Trevor Brooking and then 42 minutes for Mark Noble if you don’t want to hear Paul Merson droning on for an hour. https://audioboom.com/boos/4199003-fantasy-fc-podcast-18th-february Hammer James […]
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19 February 2016
Slaven Bilic has confirmed Carroll and Valencia are out for Sunday, but Lanazini is back and Reid should be OK to return. He also confirms Darren Randolph will start saying it is a great situation to have two fantastic goalkeepers. Speaking in his pre-match conference ahead of the Fa Cup fifth round against Blackburn Rover […]
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19 February 2016
A drunk West Ham fan who threatened to punch a cleaner at Darlington train station has avoided being banned from future football matches. Jonathan Owen Lamb from Kings Lynn in Norfolk, pleaded guilty to two public order offences when he appeared at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court yesterday. The West Ham fan was travelling home after […]
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19 February 2016
Mark Noble has hailed former Blackburn Rovers midfielder Tugay as his inspiration. Tugay scorer numerous long range goals and a cute pass – something which is becoming more and more a part of the Irons captain’s game. And talking to Sky Sports noble declared: “When I was a young kid I played against Blackburn, and he […]
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19 February 2016
Pedro Obiang is focuses on the FA Cup and determined for a Wembley return…but this time he aims to play at the stadium. Speaking about Sunday’s match on the official site the Spanish international revealed: “I came to England with the Spain Under-18 team but didn’t get the chance to play there. We all travelled to […]
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19 February 2016
Mark Lawrenson has made one of his ultra rare prophecies. The BBC pundit reckons the Irons will score a 2-1 win over Blackburn Rovers and thus advance to the quarter finals of the FA Cup. Maybe the pressure from the Irons fans is is finally getting to the old boy who says we are a ‘decent […]
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19 February 2016
With Andy Carroll out of the weekend FA Cup clash at Blackburn, ClaretandHugh blogger Peter Ellis has taken a look at his injury ravaged West Ham career. Here are his findings. Since permanently signing for the club AC l has played in a total of 44 league games out of a possible 102 (including sub appearances) – a return […]
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19 February 2016
AFC Wimbledon have more local players than any other club in England's top four tiers - but Manchester City's players come from much further afield.
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18 February 2016
• Carroll suffered adductor injury in Premier League draw at Norwich • Injury-plagued striker had only just returned from treatment table Andy Carroll is back on the treatment table and will miss Sunday’s FA Cup fifth-round tie at Blackburn. The 27-year-old had just returned from a month out with a hamstring problem when he suffered an adductor injury after coming on as a substitute during last weekend’s 2-2 draw at...
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18 February 2016
Michail Antonio looks certain to take up emergency right back services at Blackburn in Sunday’s fifth round FA Cup tie. With James Tomkins sidelined for another three weeks, Sam Byram Cup tied and Joey O’Brien again injured, the problems on the right side of the back four continue as they have done for weeks. And […]
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18 February 2016
Max and Merse preview the weekend's FA Cup games in the latest episode of The Fantasy Football Club Podcast.
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18 February 2016
West Ham midfielder Mark Noble picks his #One2Eleven of players he has played against on The Fantasy Football Club.
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18 February 2016
Injury-jinxed West Ham striker Andy Carroll is back on the treatment table and will miss Sunday's FA Cup clash at Blackburn Rovers.
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18 February 2016
Blackburn Rovers manager Paul Lambert has called on his supporters to get behind their team and buy a ticket for the Sunday match with West Ham. The biggest crowd Lambert has experienced in his three months in charge of the Rovers came in his first home game in charge when 15,837 fans watched the 2-2 […]
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18 February 2016
David Gold has told ClaretandHugh he can see Martin Samuelsen becoming the next Dimi Payet whilst club insiders have explained that ideally they want to see the teenager as part of the Irons first team squad next season. Currently on loan at Peterborough United, the League One club would love to keep Martin for another […]
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18 February 2016
David Gold believes the Irons are fixed up for years to come in the creativity area of the team. Dimi Payet maybe the current hero but the co chairman reckons the rise of Martin Samuelsen is set to give the club bags on invention and subtelty for years to come. And with Manu Lanzini also […]
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18 February 2016
West Ham midfielder Mark Noble will be picking his #One2Eleven on The Fantasy Football Club on Friday evening.
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18 February 2016
Michael Antonio likes Ewood Park! The high energy Hammers grabbed a couple there last season when with Nottingham Forect and admits he’s looking forward to his return this Sunday. He said: “Last time I played at Ewood Park I scored two goals so it’ll be nice going back there. One was a header; one was […]
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18 February 2016
Darren Randolph has received a massive vote of confidence from Irons fans ahead of this weekend’s massive fifth round FA Cup clash against Blackburn Rovers. The No 2 goalkeeper has been a hero in the FA Cup run so far and despite Adrian being kept on the sideline the supporters believe Randolph should retain his […]
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18 February 2016
West Ham will be without attacking duo Enner Valencia and Andy Carroll for Sunday's FA Cup tie against Blackburn Rovers. Valencia injured his ankle and Carroll his abductor muscle against Norwich.
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18 February 2016
Former Hammers manager Harry Redknapp is sad that West Ham will no longer be playing at the Boleyn Ground next season but says the new stadium will take them to another level. He says it would be fitting to way to celebrate the last season at Upton Park by winning the FA Cup this year. […]
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18 February 2016
Today’s fluff is happy as a clam As the Mill knows more than most, it often tends to pay to take the easy option. We all have crazy dreams and outlandish thoughts at times – Why don’t you pack in the job, buy that campervan and head off around the world? Maybe you’d finish that Booker Prize-winning novel if only you left behind the rat race and moved to a sheep farm on ...
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17 February 2016
Andy Carroll has suffered a fresh injury blow and will miss West Ham's FA Cup fifth-round tie away to Blackburn Rovers on Sunday.
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17 February 2016
The Brentwood Gazette are back at making up headlines again and both the Metro along with the Daily Express seem happy to fall for their articles and repeat them without questioning their authenticity. The Metro and Daily Express claim “West Ham are lining up a shock move to sign Chelsea captain John Terry this summer, according […]
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