06 November 2018
West Ham boss Manuel Pellegrini received a boost following the news that Huddersfield Town will be without a key performer in the Premier League clash this weekend. The giant midfielder who stands 6ft 6in has been an ever present in The Terriers side this season but after just 11 appearances is ruled out on suspension […]
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06 November 2018
West Ham United’s scholars fell to a fifth U18 Premier League South defeat in a row on an emotional day at Leicester City, losing narrowly 2-1. The boys laid a wreath and paid their respects to Leicester chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and the four other victims of the recent helicopter tragedy. Later at the Foxes’ training ground […]
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06 November 2018
Academy director Terry Westley has spoken of an incredibly rewarding season as threee more of his youngsters have progressed into and towards the first team And with Declan Rice now having become a critical part of the Premier League side he is thrilled to see Grady Diangana progressing brilliantly and Joe Powell and Conor Coventry […]
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06 November 2018
Manchester United's Anthony Martial has retained his place atop the Sky Sports Power Rankings.
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06 November 2018
A majority of Hammer fans believe the club will collect a final total of either 25 or 26 points by he end of the year. ClaretandHugh’s launched it’s latest poll asking the question soon after the Burnley victory on Saturday afternoon. And the result shows that 21.07 per cent of those taking part believe the […]
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06 November 2018
The Hammers are this morning reported to have joined the chase for RB Leipzig midfielder Diego Demme putting them in competition with Watford who are also linked with the player. Manuel Pellegrini remains concerned with his midfield options and the club are certain to move in January to reinforce the area. Twenty six year old Demme […]
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06 November 2018
Victor Wanyama continues to be linked with a move to the Hammers – a link firmly denied by ClaretandHugh recently we had it described “nonsense” to us by a top club insider. Now ITK ExWHUemployee has also made it clear that there is very little chance of making such a transfer happen. Commenting on reports the […]
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06 November 2018
One of the nore bizarre stories of the season emerged yesterday when a well meaning chap out there on social media decided to launch a gofundme bid on behalf of Declan Rice. We have pledged not to go into this thing again but there really are a couple of amusing points that need to be […]
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06 November 2018
Martin O’Neill believes Declan Rice is likely to need until the end of the year as he struggles with a decision on on his international future. The Hammers midfielder has been left out of the Ireland manager’s immediate plans and the veteran boss insists that England most certainly haven’t won the battle for his services. […]
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06 November 2018
Fabian Balbuena has become a revelation over recent weeks as he and his relationship with Issa Diop at the back has become one of the exciting developments of the West Ham team. Whilst much of the emphasis has been on the front men and, after Saturday, Grady Diangana and Felipe Anderson in particular, the Paraguyan […]
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06 November 2018
Issa Diop has made it clear that he is more than happy at West Ham following recent and rather way out speculation, that Paris St Germain were more than a little interested in the brilliant central defender. The publicity seemed more than a little bizarre in the first place given that a battle – won […]
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06 November 2018
Every club, however well run, will always have it’s problem players and my mind recently started wandering back over a couple now departed from West Ham. Ravel Morrison’s situation at Lazio, the latest club he is likely to be leaving soon, if reports in The Sun that Swedish outfit Ostersunds want to sign him turn […]
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06 November 2018
Hartson, the former Arsenal, West Ham and Celtic striker, refuses to put a figure on the amount he lost during two decades of gambling before admitting he had a problem and seeking help.
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06 November 2018
Watch action from all of the weekend games, as Manchester City, Chelsea and Huddersfield all won.
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05 November 2018
An unnamed Hammers fan has set up a GoFundMe page through which he hopes other supporters will provide cash towards Declan Rice’s new contract. The story has appeared online in The Sun tonight and the fund raising page can be found at https://www.gofundme.com/declan-rice-new-contract The board have so far offered Rice a £20k a week wage with […]
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05 November 2018
It truly has been Grady Diangana’s day today as the fall out from his brilliant performance on Saturday against against Burnley. Robert Snoddgrass was the first one out discussing the young winger and praising his ability and attitude since arriving in the team. Then the highly experience Pablo Zabaleta was keen to give his view […]
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05 November 2018
Nathan Holland – heralded privately as the ‘next big thing’ out of the Hammers academy – returned to full training with the under 23s at Chadwell Heath today. Holland has been off for several weeks with an ankle problem and needs a full week’s training before he will be ready to get into competitive action […]
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05 November 2018
By Allen Cummings Grady Diangana or Felipe Anderson. Who was the man of the match on Saturday? Both players, with plenty of justification, staked a claim to be last weekend’s ‘star player’. There’s a case to be made for the performances of both Declan Rice and Robert Snodgrass too but in my […]
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05 November 2018
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today announced that the London Living Wage will increase from £10.20 to £10.55 per hour as he revealed that the London Stadium has become the latest high-profile employer to become accredited by the scheme. Announcing the new rate at the Barbican Centre today, Sadiq called on the city’s […]
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05 November 2018
'One-shot' penalties, new handball rules, limited substitutions in injury-time - what laws should be changed in football?
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05 November 2018
Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher analyses all the big decisions from the weekend, including Sadio Mane's disallowed goal and more.
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05 November 2018
Grady Diangana’s arrival in the West Ham team has been nothing less than astonishing these last few weeks and according to Robert Snodgrass there’s more like him in the Academy. The Scot has bags of experience to pass on as the youngster makes his way in the game and declares that he brings a freshness […]
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05 November 2018
Calls for Bobby Moore to be given a posthumous knighthood by the government are likely to fall on deaf ears. Journalist Matt Lorenzo and broadcaster Piers Morgan made the call over social media yesterday after the screening of the film ‘Bobby’ on BBC 2. However the government rejected a similar petition on 2016 The official […]
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05 November 2018
Grady Diangana looks set to make an England international choice should he be selected for the Three Lions squad with meets With Germany’s under 20s next week. The Hammers winger has the choice of either the DR Congo or the national set up here and we understand that England are set to emerge as winners. […]
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05 November 2018
West Ham United and London Stadium owners E20 will face each other in a court hearing two weeks from today. West Ham Vice Chairman Karren Brady when speaking to the London Assembly Budget monitoring committee last month estimated that both sides had spent around £2m each so far adding that whoever loses would pay the […]
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05 November 2018
Pundit Danny Murphy claims he is becoming bored with watching the Hammers top man perform so well game in and game out. Murphy, who pops up in numerous areas of the media world, was talking to talkSPORT when offering his throwaway line. Marko put on another stellar display in the 4-2 win over Burnley , […]
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Soucek: West Ham have finally got character back
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Forest hold on to edge West Ham and keep CL dreams alive
Rice a fitting match-winner for Arsenal as Everton give Goodison send-off
