| West Ham United 16:07 - Oct 4 with 5114 views | Dyland |
I used to like the Iron. Similar to Town in many ways. An old school, family club, with a lot of nostalgia and blurry eyed talk of bygone days and especially players. A club many neutrals who simply like their football had a soft spot for, sort of.
Last time at the Boleyn would have been when Reuser scored to beat them. Can't remember anything apart from the goal and that the away bar was dry at half time. What the jeff is that all about? But anyway, a proper ground with a good atmosphere.
Fast forward to the London Stadium. Sorry, not much better than MK Dons. Stratford isn't in West Ham ffs, or that near really. I guess it's all relative right? And this season's taking away all concession tickets. Corporate profit prickery of the lowest order.
I liked West Ham, in as far as one can like another football club that isn't your own. I know some of their old time supporters agree with me that now, nah, not for me or you or them. A wry smile if they are relegated once again and no one turns up any more at their non football stadium.
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| West Ham United on 16:10 - Oct 4 with 4138 views | textbackup |
Played them loads since the Reuser goal.
Playoffs and obviously in the league. Probably the Bowyer goal was the last game there? |  |
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| West Ham United on 16:15 - Oct 4 with 4114 views | gainsboroughblue |
| West Ham United on 16:10 - Oct 4 by textbackup |
Played them loads since the Reuser goal.
Playoffs and obviously in the league. Probably the Bowyer goal was the last game there? |
That play-off second leg at Upton Park is the loudest noise I've ever heard at a football match.
People may not believe this, but we made a hell of a racket in the away end ourselves, but completely drowned out, especially in the second half. |  |
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| West Ham United on 16:19 - Oct 4 with 4090 views | Colin_Viljoen |
| West Ham United on 16:10 - Oct 4 by textbackup |
Played them loads since the Reuser goal.
Playoffs and obviously in the league. Probably the Bowyer goal was the last game there? |
Bowyer scoring at our (away) end
Robert (scum) Green in goal
Johnny Wark in with the away fans. |  | | |
| West Ham United on 16:26 - Oct 4 with 4035 views | Dyland |
| West Ham United on 16:10 - Oct 4 by textbackup |
Played them loads since the Reuser goal.
Playoffs and obviously in the league. Probably the Bowyer goal was the last game there? |
I meant last time I was at the Boleyn. | |
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| West Ham United on 16:28 - Oct 4 with 4028 views | TractorCam |
I've always hated them, mainly because they beat us in the play offs in my childhood and also as they have too many arrogant fans in this area. |  |
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| West Ham United on 16:45 - Oct 4 with 3966 views | textbackup |
| West Ham United on 16:15 - Oct 4 by gainsboroughblue |
That play-off second leg at Upton Park is the loudest noise I've ever heard at a football match.
People may not believe this, but we made a hell of a racket in the away end ourselves, but completely drowned out, especially in the second half. |
Yeah that was a special atmosphere that night.
Had westlakes shot gone in… wow | |
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| West Ham United on 16:55 - Oct 4 with 3921 views | Radlett_blue |
| West Ham United on 16:28 - Oct 4 by TractorCam |
I've always hated them, mainly because they beat us in the play offs in my childhood and also as they have too many arrogant fans in this area. |
Yes, a large number of my classmates in Chelmsford supported West Ham so I won't ever have a soft spot for them, although of course they won the World Cup in 1966.
I also can't forgive them for stealing the the FA Cup from us in 1975, although that was more down to Clive "the book" Thomas. |  |
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| West Ham United on 18:18 - Oct 4 with 3710 views | MattinLondon |
Never really had that much of an opinion about them but it dies annoy me when some of theyr fans claim that they won the World Cup. |  | | |
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| West Ham United on 18:32 - Oct 4 with 3668 views | ITFC_Forever |
If we haven’t played them for a while, I think of them like you…. But then we play them and I remember what a bunch of knobs their fans are and I start to dislike them again.
One of the funniest Town games I’ve been to involve West Ham, when we beat them 5-1 at PR when they had Fat Sam in charge at a time we were crap and they were near the top of the league. The fat fraud tried to blame the fact the game was on the last day of the transfer window. JET’s finest hour, certainly in a Town shirt. |  |
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| West Ham United on 18:41 - Oct 4 with 3629 views | _clive_baker_ |
Was once a proper football club, a proud club that sat in the heart of its proud community. Not been overly successful in terms of winning things over the years, but spent most of their time in the top tier and never (I think) been out of the top 2 and growing up I admired a lot about them.
The modern day West Ham is miles from that, the stadium move being the most drastic nail in that coffin really given they mugged the tax payer and struck the deal they did on the Olympic stadium. Soulless corporate b0llocks, and genuinely a real shame which most football fans can take zero satisfaction in witnessing (unless perhaps you're Spurs or Wall). Proper shame IMO. |  | | |
| West Ham United on 18:52 - Oct 4 with 3603 views | textbackup |
| West Ham United on 18:41 - Oct 4 by _clive_baker_ |
Was once a proper football club, a proud club that sat in the heart of its proud community. Not been overly successful in terms of winning things over the years, but spent most of their time in the top tier and never (I think) been out of the top 2 and growing up I admired a lot about them.
The modern day West Ham is miles from that, the stadium move being the most drastic nail in that coffin really given they mugged the tax payer and struck the deal they did on the Olympic stadium. Soulless corporate b0llocks, and genuinely a real shame which most football fans can take zero satisfaction in witnessing (unless perhaps you're Spurs or Wall). Proper shame IMO. |
I worked with a die hard hammers fan a few years back, called him this week to see about a post match beer…
After they won the cup last season him, his brother and dad, all said to one another ‘we’ve actually achieved something, but it won’t get any better than that’ so all ditched season tickets. Mainly down to how going to a soulless bowl made the match day experience utter sht. | |
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| West Ham United on 18:58 - Oct 4 with 3576 views | _clive_baker_ |
| West Ham United on 18:52 - Oct 4 by textbackup |
I worked with a die hard hammers fan a few years back, called him this week to see about a post match beer…
After they won the cup last season him, his brother and dad, all said to one another ‘we’ve actually achieved something, but it won’t get any better than that’ so all ditched season tickets. Mainly down to how going to a soulless bowl made the match day experience utter sht. |
One of my best mates is a big West Ham supporter. Actually spent most of his childhood in Southend but from a family of proper Hammers. He doesn't go to games any more, says its terrible and a complete rip off. Still follows them on the TV but reckons he's got no interest in going to watch them. Shame really, he had a season ticket at Upton Park for years. | | | |
| West Ham United on 19:38 - Oct 4 with 3411 views | farkenhell |
| West Ham United on 16:55 - Oct 4 by Radlett_blue |
Yes, a large number of my classmates in Chelmsford supported West Ham so I won't ever have a soft spot for them, although of course they won the World Cup in 1966.
I also can't forgive them for stealing the the FA Cup from us in 1975, although that was more down to Clive "the book" Thomas. |
Is "the book" now a swear word? |  | | |
| West Ham United on 19:44 - Oct 4 with 3390 views | britbiker |
I have to work tomorrow in a retail unit in hornchurch (ornchurch if your a hammers fan). Get loads of west ham fans in the shop and very few go to the games. Most of their fans just want attractive football and quickly revert to "were crap and will get relegated" at the first whiff of going a goal down.
I drive past a west ham pub called the drill. It's always decked out in hammers flags. They seem to make a big effect on kitting out the frontage on special occasions.
Will be an interesting day in the shop tomorrow. I will have to show my colours somehow. [Post edited 4 Oct 2024 19:50]
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| West Ham United on 19:46 - Oct 4 with 3372 views | Steve_M |
We have a pretty good record away to them recently, only lost that play-off game and the one in March 2002 since '94.
https://www.twtd.co.uk/statistics/head-to-head/match:149478/west-ham-united-v-ip
I remember Marcus Bent equalising in the latter one, the whole away end celebrating madly thinking we could give ourselves a chance of staying up here - only to be 3-1 down within about five minutes.
And, yeah, they lost something quite special when they moved grounds. [Post edited 4 Oct 2024 19:46]
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| West Ham United on 20:34 - Oct 4 with 3232 views | ElephantintheRoom |
Misguided tosh
I’ve disliked them intensely since the travesty of 1975 | |
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| West Ham United on 20:44 - Oct 4 with 3211 views | thebooks |
| West Ham United on 16:15 - Oct 4 by gainsboroughblue |
That play-off second leg at Upton Park is the loudest noise I've ever heard at a football match.
People may not believe this, but we made a hell of a racket in the away end ourselves, but completely drowned out, especially in the second half. |
Yeah, that was a pretty amazing match. Everything about it was intimidating, even the walk from Barking station to the ground. The noise was constant. Pardew on the touchline.
I do remember getting told to quieten down a bit by a couple of nearby Town fans. But then, I was pretty drunk and probably just shouting at the top of my voice.
We were overrun and felt like we were outplayed, but we got close with Westy hitting the post near the end.
I lived in London at the time, so it was an odd journey home. |  | | |
| West Ham United on 21:17 - Oct 4 with 3127 views | Churchman |
Always detested them. Seen lots of games against them over the years home and away and there’s nothing to like. Back in the day, they liked a bit of a rumble too. A sort of dishonest Millwall kind of club with insufferable entitlement.
They treated John Lyall like dirt at the end of his time with them. No wonder he bore them a grudge.
As for the academy of football rubbish, do me a favour. They were and always will be in the shadow of the three big London clubs. Should have been demoted for playing an unregistered player too. Horrible kit, horrible area. Ugly, ungracious, 1975, play offs. Lots to dislike [Post edited 4 Oct 2024 22:11]
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| West Ham United on 21:23 - Oct 4 with 3109 views | mellowblue |
Upton Park was a proper special football ground, really traditional. Always a special atmosphere. I distinctly remember seeing John Lyall driving a jag into the ground grinning at the fans. He was wearing a camel hair coat and resembled Arthur Daly very much. Looked a classy gent and I was delighted when we gave him the manager's job. And what a massive success he made of it. Under Duncan we were going nowhere. | | | |
| West Ham United on 21:34 - Oct 4 with 3044 views | Radlett_blue |
| West Ham United on 21:17 - Oct 4 by Churchman |
Always detested them. Seen lots of games against them over the years home and away and there’s nothing to like. Back in the day, they liked a bit of a rumble too. A sort of dishonest Millwall kind of club with insufferable entitlement.
They treated John Lyall like dirt at the end of his time with them. No wonder he bore them a grudge.
As for the academy of football rubbish, do me a favour. They were and always will be in the shadow of the three big London clubs. Should have been demoted for playing an unregistered player too. Horrible kit, horrible area. Ugly, ungracious, 1975, play offs. Lots to dislike [Post edited 4 Oct 2024 22:11]
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Lyall was massively disappointed at being sacked by West Ham after their relegation in 1989. He had been at the club as a player & coach for 34 years & had his best players like Cottee & McAvennie sold from under him. I think at first he felt hen had a point to prove at Town & did so by taking us up & keeping us up on a low budget. Sadly, he then seemed to lose interest & the handover to Mick McGiven was a disaster. | |
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| West Ham United on 21:52 - Oct 4 with 2967 views | ITFC_Forever |
| West Ham United on 21:34 - Oct 4 by Radlett_blue |
Lyall was massively disappointed at being sacked by West Ham after their relegation in 1989. He had been at the club as a player & coach for 34 years & had his best players like Cottee & McAvennie sold from under him. I think at first he felt hen had a point to prove at Town & did so by taking us up & keeping us up on a low budget. Sadly, he then seemed to lose interest & the handover to Mick McGiven was a disaster. |
I read a biography of Lyall over the summer, written very much from a West Ham point of view.
He was clearly very hurt by West Ham when they sacked him, and felt he proved his point with us when we got promoted.
The writer feels that Lyall was misrepresented by the local journalists (would have been Dave Allard at the time), but the fans appreciated what he done with a modestly talented squad, with Dozzell and Kiwomya the touch of quality that won us games. | |
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| West Ham United on 22:09 - Oct 4 with 2848 views | olimar |
| West Ham United on 16:15 - Oct 4 by gainsboroughblue |
That play-off second leg at Upton Park is the loudest noise I've ever heard at a football match.
People may not believe this, but we made a hell of a racket in the away end ourselves, but completely drowned out, especially in the second half. |
Would second that. We were 1-0 up on aggregate and they were struggling to make chances and you could feel the crowd starting to get anxious, then Christian Dailly scored and it absolutely exploded, loudest I think Ive ever heard to. Probably carried them on to win it from that point.
If we had gone another 10 mins without conceding, think wed have gone through. | | | |
| West Ham United on 22:20 - Oct 4 with 2770 views | olimar |
Never really liked them. Always got a sense that the club and fans thought they were much bigger than they really were and had a false sense of entitlement.
In reality, they never got crowds that were much better than many other clubs (including us), didnt win anything or get all that close and spent several spells out of the top league too.
Yet their fans thought they were a top 6 club in waiting. The redevelopment of Upton Park spoke volumes for how the club saw themselves too, new stands that were done on the cheap, a horrendous castle facade on their new main stand, extensions to the stands behind the goals that didnt match up properly, all looked like a club who had done everything on the cheap whilst trying to look big.
They would argue that they are now getting crowds that prove that they always were that type of club, but think any club given a brand new stadium in London, with loads of transport links and available tickets is going to attract crowds. | | | |
| West Ham United on 22:46 - Oct 4 with 2676 views | Radlett_blue |
| West Ham United on 21:52 - Oct 4 by ITFC_Forever |
I read a biography of Lyall over the summer, written very much from a West Ham point of view.
He was clearly very hurt by West Ham when they sacked him, and felt he proved his point with us when we got promoted.
The writer feels that Lyall was misrepresented by the local journalists (would have been Dave Allard at the time), but the fans appreciated what he done with a modestly talented squad, with Dozzell and Kiwomya the touch of quality that won us games. |
Indeed, the emergence of Dozzell & Kiwomya was what made that promotion team, plus a few shrewd signings by Lyall, notably Whitton & Goddard. | |
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| West Ham United on 23:36 - Oct 4 with 2542 views | Vegtablue |
West Ham were enemy no. 2 in my geography education growing up (Norwich scum to the north, Hammers scum to the south, desert to the west). They ruined my ITFC dreams as a kid in the playoffs and I remember returning to the car after an Upton Park leg to find a nearby Town fan's wheelchair access vehicle with a shopping trolley through the windscreen.
Time's a healer and I've little interest in how they do these days, accept they've operated in different circles for most of these past thirty years lol, but wasn't sad to see them lose their soul to the soulless bowl either! A win tomorrow would be extra nice. | | | |
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