Not Sure What Thread/Where to put it (from Feb 2026)

Brother_Sledge

Sledgehammer would have been 63 today, can't believe he's been gone nearly eleven years.

steve

Can't believe its been that long ,Will be thinking of you Brother Sledge sending you and family love and hugs

Expat_Hammer

Bruv Sledge, is it really that long ago. I can always remember having a few beers with him at various watering holes.

Hope you're OK my man.

alderz

Brother_Sledge said:

Sledgehammer would have been 63 today, can't believe he's been gone nearly eleven years.

All the best to you and the family today

MrsGrey

Brother_Sledge said:

Sledgehammer would have been 63 today, can't believe he's been gone nearly eleven years.

Sending you a virtual hug

Ironically, it's Glioblastoma Awareness Day today. Not that you or I need our awareness raising :-(

If I believed in a big Boleyn Arms in the Sky, I'd like to think Sledge and Grey might be watching the match later with a beer or two.

buffybegood

Really sad news, Kevin Keegan has passed away.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c2lyl82n2e2o

steve

One of the few Liverpool players I liked as I was growing up in the 70s .Even pretended I was him on the school playground .RIP and thanks

Kuchinghammer

Fame didn't change his personality in the slightest, which is a rare quality indeed. If I had to name someone who personified 'Britishness at it's best', it would be Kevin Keegan.

buffybegood

Kuchinghammer said:

Fame didn't change his personality in the slightest, which is a rare quality indeed. If I had to name someone who personified 'Britishness at it's best', it would be Kevin Keegan.

Indeed, such as when he went over on a bike on a cinder track I think it was on Superstars, and got up, covered in friction burns and grazes, and went again.

claretandbluesky

buffybegood said:

Kuchinghammer said:

Fame didn't change his personality in the slightest, which is a rare quality indeed. If I had to name someone who personified 'Britishness at it's best', it would be Kevin Keegan.

Indeed, such as when he went over on a bike on a cinder track I think it was on Superstars, and got up, covered in friction burns and grazes, and went again.

I saw an interview someone put up yesterday in which he said he is remembered for three things, his hair, his rant as Newcastle manager and falling from his bike in superstars. I also remember him for his move to Hamburg, which seemed exotic back then and gave me an interest in European club football.

buffybegood

claretandbluesky said:

I also remember him for his move to Hamburg, which seemed exotic back then and gave me an interest in European club football.

I also remember him winning (I think) European Footballer of the Year twice while at Hamburg, and then there's the connection he always seemed to have with Sir Trev whenever they played together for England.

buffybegood

Wouldn't have affected us this season anyway, but if we win promotion at least we won't have to worry about this clown being in charge of us again:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c87n8ydlegqo

Ravel49

@alderz , apologies if I missed this but did you post the overall outcome for the MOTM votes for last season?

alderz

Ravel49 said:

@alderz , apologies if I missed this but did you post the overall outcome for the MOTM votes for last season?

I started to write it all up, but we’d just been relegated and I thought nobody would care!

I’ll share it later today

claretandbluesky

A good response from UEFA, (t's the same argument we needed when we decided sell of our utilities.)

Infantino is as corrupt as they come and I would hope UEFA will go further and refuse to be a part of FIFA whilst he is in charge due to a lack of confidence. There is no Fifa product without the European and South American teams.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c5y67zrrdddo

ASLEFshrugged

UEFA will never leave FIFA but Infantino could be finished

Bad news; Qatar’s Nasser al-Khelaifi is being considered as a replacement for Infantino

buffybegood

Infantino has had to scrap his plans:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/czekr6kn58po

carsonroadboy

How true is the maxim; power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,

buffybegood

Uefa really not pulling their punches:

"The shabby, back room, opaque deal he hatched and tried to force through were anything but transparent."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c04kr2nv3v3o

MrsGrey

Anybody tried to look at the club site recently? I was trying to browse and it kept defaulting to the log in page.

Even after I'd logged in...
;doh

buffybegood

I just watched the highlights of the pre-season friendly on the site and it was fine for me.

Ravel49

Fortuneseeker

It appears they are all games also being covered by Sky. It would be nice if BBC, ITV or any other channel could cover matches not also on a subscription platform.

jay_in_cpt

https://www.whufc.com/en/news/west-ham-united-unveil-2026-27-new-balance-third-kit

Interesting choice......

EXETERHAMMER

Oh dear

IronHerb

https://www.whufc.com/en/news/west-ham-united-statement-WAC-2026-08-06

Looks like we have negotiated some ground improvements for allowing agreeing to the bid for the 2029 World Athletics Championships.

Fortuneseeker

Freddie Potts is in the starting line up for Brugge.

EXETERHAMMER

Just watched a ‘ Big Match’ highlights replay of West Ham vs Bolton in the 1979-80 season on ITVx.

What a player Alan Devonshire was.

Could do with him on the left this season

BubblesNeverDies

I think he may have slowed down a tad.

Fortuneseeker

I appreciate there are drought conditions across the UK but it appears to have had an affect on here where have all the contributors gone some days it can be several hours before anyone posts?