We Are West Ham Podcast

West Ham are almost through yet another international break, but thankfully James Jones and Will Pugh are at your service once again to make things a bit more interesting. With no fewer than eight players out on international duty, it's great to finally see West Ham's superstars getting recognition on the international stage, albeit with the added anxiety of them all returning injured and prepared...

It was a weird week for West Ham.  After comfortably brushing aside Rapid Vienna in the club's first-ever home Europa League group stage match, David Moyes' side conceded a a 94th-minute goal to newly-promoted Brentford at London Stadium in the Premier League. But despite the negative thoughts that inevitably follow a defeat - especially in those circumstances - we must not lose sight of the fact...

West Ham won two fantastic back-to-back away games since the last podcast. A first win at Old Trafford in 14 years followed by a dramatic late winner at Leeds thanks to Michail Antonio. The Carabao Cup win at Man Utd was somewhat dampened by immediately drawing Man City in the next round but the 1-0 win thanks to Manuel Lanzini's early goal was a stunning achievement nonetheless. That was followed...

In one of the most dramatic and heartbreaking ends to a football match in living memory, David Moyes' decision to sub on Mark Noble to take a last minute penalty against Man Utd backfired in dramatic fashion on Sunday. The Hammers legend hadn't warmed up and was thrust into the action at London Stadium to try and make it 2-2 after ex-West Ham man Jesse Lingard had oh-so predictably broke Hammers h...

West Ham United play their first ever Europa League group stage game away at Dinamo Zagreb on Thursday. And the Hammers cap off a historic week by welcoming a Cristiano Ronaldo led Manchester United to the London Stadium on Sunday. It all comes after a dull 0-0 draw at Southampton in the Premier League where Michail Antonio’s stupid sending off means he will miss the Red Devils’ visit. But the poi...

Not long now before the return of 'proper football' as the latest round of World Cup qualifiers take centre-stage. West Ham have no fewer than 10 players out on international duty, including our three newest recruits - Kurt Zouma, Nikola Vlasic and Alex Kral. Declan Rice has obviously grabbed most of the headlines after scoring in the 4-0 win away at Hungary and winding up the Hungarian ultras in...

West Ham are still in the Europa League group stage! It's not a dream. And that was proved by Friday's draw when the Hammers were picked to play against Dinamo Zagreb, Genk and Rapid Vienna. It's an exciting time to be a West Ham fan and even Saturday's slightly disappointing 2-2 home draw with Crystal Palace couldn't put a dent in most Hammers' positive vibes. So imagine how they felt when the cl...

WE ARE TOP OF THE LEAGUE! WE ARE TOP OF THE LEAGUE! That's right, after thrashing Newcastle on the opening weekend of the season, the lads followed it up by THRASHING Leicester City in front of a packed London Stadium on Monday. Two games played. Eight goals scored. Top of the Premier League. WE ARE MASSIVE! What's more, Michail Antonio is now the club's all-time leading Premier League goalscorer,...

West Ham legend Tony Cottee joins the lads for the ENTIRE two hour show as he steps in as the third member of We Are West Ham.    The Hammers icon opens up about his departure from Sky Sports after 20 years, answers questions surrounding his involvement with the PAI Capital takeover bid, reveals his concerns over the lack of summer transfers and looks ahead to his old club Leicester's visit to the...

The We Are West Ham podcast is back! Will Pugh and James Jones said goodbye to Tom Edwards over the summer but say hello to an exciting new Premier League campaign. The boys will be back producing weekly shows with special guests and features as they attempt to take the podcast to new heights in 2021-22. Messrs Gold, Sullivan, Moyes, Rice and Noble et al will hopefully be trying to do the same to...

Will Pugh and James Jones stop by for their last informal chat of the summer break.    The lads cover West Ham’s transfer activity. Stop laughing.  Lingard, Milenkovic, Pereira and Zouma come up. Manuel Lanzini and Conor Coventry’s future in the side gets analysed. As does West Ham’s goalkeeper situation after Alphonse Areola’s arrival. The takeover story involving PAI Capital has developed since...

Will Pugh and James Jones stop by for another quick chat in the middle of the summer break.    The lads cover England’s Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy at Wembley that Jonesy was lucky enough to attend. West Ham’s wonderful new kit gets a mention as do Michail Antonio, Said Benrahma and Pablo Fornals’ shirt number switches. The lads run through some of the recent transfer rumours – namely Jesse Li...

Will Pugh and James Jones stop by for a quick chat in the middle of the summer break. The lads cover Jonesy's goal at London Stadium, his ticket to the Euros final and his blue tick on Twitter. England's historic run to the Euro 2020 final gets a mention as does Declan Rice and his future. Podcasts will be every fortnight from here until the beginning of the season when normal weekly service will...

West Ham are in Europe. That’s all we need to say. Will Pugh, Tom Edwards and James Jones join up for the last time this season in person and look back on what has been a phenomenal campaign for the Hammers.  The highlight of this episode is the finale of Name That Game and the boys outlining what they want to see from the club over the summer. Thanks so much for listening this season. We really h...

West Ham are in Europe. That’s all we need to say. Will Pugh, Tom Edwards and James Jones join up for the last time this season in person and look back on what has been a phenomenal campaign for the Hammers.  The highlight of this episode is undoubtedly the lads handing out the We Are West Ham end of season awards. Thanks so much for listening this season. We really hope you’ve enjoyed the pod and...

West Ham failed to beat Brighton on Saturday. Again. It's a pathetic record and the latest installment in the tragic Seagull saga had far bigger ramifications for West Ham's season as it all but killed their Champions League hopes. It turns out that dream officially died just as Will Pugh, Tom Edwards and James Jones wrapped up this podcast as Chelsea beat Leicester at home. Unfortunately after th...

The Champions League dream isn't dead just yet, but it's a lot further away than it was a week ago.  Sunday's defeat to Everton and Leicester's win at Old Trafford means a miracle might need to happen for West Ham to secure a top-four spot, but a top-six finish is still well and truly in our sights, which is obviously something we would never have dreamed of at the beginning of the season. It wasn...

West Ham beat Burnley 2-1 at Turf Moor on Monday to keep their Champions League dream alive. The Hammers went behind to a Chris Wood (shock) penalty but Michail Antonio returned to the team with a bang as he scored twice to complete West Ham's comeback before half-time. David Moyes' side absolutely dominated the Clarets and should really have scored more but on this occasion, who cares! With the I...

West Ham were narrowly beaten 1-0 by Chelsea on Saturday as their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League took a severe knock.    The Hammers lack of January transfer activity appears to be catching up with them.    But most of that was forgotten after the game because ten minutes from time referee Chris Kavanagh made the most inexplicable decision ever when he decided to send Fabian Balbuena...

Has there ever been a crazier 48 hours in football?   On Sunday night we were all hit by the bombshell that 12 greedy European football clubs were intending to break away and form a closed-shop European Super League, threatening the very future of the sport as we know it.   And then by the time we sat down to record this episode on Tuesday evening, it was all beginning to fall apart as Chelsea and...

West Ham beat Leicester in mirror image fashion to last week's victory over Wolves. The Hammers took a 3-0 lead through Jesse Lingard's first-half brace and Jarrod Bowen's strike just after half-time. But in what is rapidly becoming typical fashion, the Irons let the Foxes back in the game and Kelechi Iheanacho's two goals made for a nervy finish. However David Moyes' men held on for a spectacular...

West Ham raced into a 3-0 first-half lead again on Monday night against Wolves at Molinuex. And they almost threw it away for the second week running too. But driven on by captain fantastic Mark Noble and the Mancunian Maradona Jesse Lingard, the Hammers dug deep and only conceded two to walk away with all three points and go fourth in the Premier League with just eight games to go. Will Pugh is b...

It's been a relatively quiet international break from a West Ham point of view, but three of our players have still be making headlines on the international stage over the last week or two. Tomas Soucek kicked it all off with a perfect hat-trick in Czech Republic's 6-2 win over Estonia last week, and then Jesse Lingard and Declan Rice put in Man of the Match performances for England against San Ma...

West Ham threw away a 3-0, yes THREE NIL, lead against Arsenal on Sunday and ended the game clinging on to a 3-3 draw. Jesse Lingard was one of few bright sparks as the Hammers fell to bits having raced into a convincing lead within 35 minutes. But the outstanding Alexandre Lacazette, Calum Chambers and Real Madrid loanee Martin Odegaard led the Gunners in their dramatic comeback at the London Sta...

West Ham lost 1-0 at Manchester United on Sunday night and it’s fair to say the reaction to David Moyes’ set up after the game was varied. A particular tweet from The Guardian’s Jacob Steinberg suggesting criticism of Moyes was ‘pathetic’ and that perhaps Said Benrahma is not as good as some fans like to think he is was met with fury. Tom Edwards was particularly angry while Will Pugh happened to...