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Forest(30,600)Brighton(31,800)Brentford(17,300)Fulham(29,600)Bournemouth(11,500)Crystal Palace(26,100).
Roughly the capacity of those clubs above us who we are not competing with we moved to compete with Manure/Chelski/Arsenal/Citeh etc and we needed a 60thousand plus ground to do that.
Well by the end of next season we will be back competing with Millscum/Charlton and maybe even Orient....Billionaires and there bullshit have destroyed our club and do they care? of course not it's just a toy for them but for us it is part of our identity and those wankers will never understand that and will wonder why we bitch and moan about having our hearts ripped out when moved to that dump they insist is to make us better and to compete with the elite.
That is not West Ham nope not for me West Ham are a proper working mans club who people hated visiting because of the atmosphere and the intimidating nature of the Boleyn and just when the so called big boys come to play we would put them in there place and remind them to take there shite elsewhere....we are West Ham and don't come to us on your high horse pretending to be better....but that has gone now and teams come and play with freedom because the crowd are not on top of them biggest fear for opposition fans now is how to get there and will there legs last the trek! and so we get beat more often than not...i think our record there is Wins 71 losses 64 drawn 46.....we moved for that? 10 years on and we are a laughing stock all the bullshit that the crowd will be moved closer on matchdays etc a total joke and a mess that cannot be solved until that poison dwarf and everyone with the slightest link to him is gone.
That sums it up Mac
That sums it up Mac,especially about the intimidation of the Boleyn,we didnt take any shit from the big boys,and yes we turned them over many times,on the pitch and off.
100% agree Bikey. Do you know
100% agree Bikey. Do you know reading that made me choke up a bit. Because that's exactly how it was and used to be.
Walking down Green St you had that feeling of belonging. Everyone around you had the same wanting and belief. They were your people, all with one common goal. A sense of one big family. We were West Ham and we were fvcking proud of everything that stood for.
It's all gone, fvcking ripped out of our hearts. Unrecognisable, no tourist popcorn munchin bell ends back then. Now look at us, fvcking shit complete shit!!
Well said Bikey.!
I'd love to disagree but can't
I've been one of the few on the Org that tried to put a case for the BoM but even I'm out of excuses. Sunday was shocking, our fans are brow beaten and look and feel like lost souls.
I'd love to say it will improve with Potter but it wont. I've lost the fight to even suggest kicking out the man with the worst record in our history because I know that for as long as Sullivan is in charge he will continue to make poor appointments and any Potter replacement will be a disaster.
I dont know what is the answer. Maybe we need to fall out of the Prem and hope the sawn off runt will cut and run with a new owner that will take over with an understanding of the West Ham DNA.
a breakaway club like Wimbledon, a new club but with our DNA, playing in East London called The Thames Ironworks? No big stadium, no popcorn munchers with supporters not obsessed with winning but playing good football that would eventually bring rewards?
I can dream :o(
Pretty sure if makes no difference but maybe worth a signature...
https://www.change.org/p/enough-is-enough-west-ham-belongs-to-the-fans-s...
That little runt and his
That little runt and his cohorts have a lot to answer for, but sadly never will. He'll either eventually sell, or hand over to his offspring. We'll never be the club he claimed we could be if that happens. Our soul has been ripped out and we're the only club renting a home. It's a travesty.
Bikey what a passionate post
And hit the nail fairly and squarely on the head. I am not renewing my season ticket and many around me are doing the same and it is something none of us would ever of thought doing but the way our club is being run and run into the ground is shameful and makes me teary eyed when i think about it.
The point is well made
But me my Father and two friends have renewed why? out of habit? no it's something we could not just not do.
Since as a little girl on my Father shoulders walking up to the game it is something exciting and looking forward to and so many great memories plus we are lucky enough to be able to walk over to the stadium so not the trek many have to endure.
Do i like the way the club is being run? of course not and there are many around us who have said that they will not be renewing and that is solely down to how the club is being run.
Do i like the stadium? most certainly not i think it is an eyesore but it's where we play our football now so you have no choice unless you choose not to go and i certainly understand the reasoning behind that.
not just habit BG
A chance for time with Dad and and friends, I really get that.
My Bruv and many friends are not renewing, we will just pick and chose games next season, god knows there will be plenty of seats! I still have a very good friend who is begging me to get a ST, as he puts it..We are real fans, this board will be gone and we will still be there!!!
Im not renewing Dartford,cant
Im not renewing Dartford,cant do it anymore,will still come up for the beer and like you will choose my games,and also i have tried to give the BOM some praise but it isnt the same.
its shocking Essex
The BoM will be a big white elephant, so embarrassing to see all the empty seats on TV next season.
Had a chat with a guy after the match (in the Saddlers Wells bar.. good place for a beer and handy for the station) he had genuinely heard that the latest gimmick will be Buy 3 and get one Free! Hard to believe but nothing surprises me anymore with the clowns running the circus :o(
Gave up
My ST when we left The Boleyn and not regretted it once. Had all the blurb when I went to the promotion for renewals of STs at The OS and didn't fall for all the artists impressions and computer generated sightlines of various seats. The like for like promise of seats didn't apply for me as I would have been where the 66 seats were going to be and that would have been an extra £700 if my memory serves me right. Another reason I held back was when they said the sightlines were the same as Wembley to which I responded (having been to Wembley a few times) that if Wembley were our home ground I deffo wold not be going to matches. never mind a ST.
Yeah, I've been to the stadium a few times, (including the 66 seats) and i don't regret not having a ST, the experience, the atmosphere, the little flutter in the stomach en route, the walk to the ground with the various watering holes and burger stalls. Nah it aint there any more. I even did the Legends Stadium Tour and it became quite clear that the ground does not belong to West Ham despite te plastic coverings on the walls.That the football has been dire ever since is just poetic.
Not sure not renewing helps
Not sure not renewing helps much ,in time the place will be full of our foreign friends flying in for week end packages,I think it's already happening at the two north London clubs .
Been a lot of short vids on here and on you tube about the wonderful B G ,im originally from the sticks and used to love the sensation of arriving at Charring Cross ,the pins and needles started on the tube the 40minuet journey to Upton park ,the smell of fried onions and burgers ,all the chit chats and humorous banter ,then the long trip home , queuing outside the station for what seemed like an hour ,only then would the flutters in the stomach start to subside ,I've enquired loads of times on here to know more about the circumstances of the sale and where the money went but I'm not sure it's worth pursuing,after all as bike says the billionaires who own these club's don't give a f*#k, why should we.
I know one thing ,I enjoyed my trips to that mystical part of East London so much I know the memories will go to my resting place with me ,or up in smoke which might be very Apt.