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IRONS!
IRONS!
IRONS!
coyi
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What a night!
Goodnight my old friend.
I've shed a lot of tears tonight & my only regret is that I wasn't there with my mates who I went with for many years.
So glad that the Cockney Rejects played at the end,I was lucky enough to meet Micky over here last year & he's a top bloke,so happy that they didn't win the last League & Cup game at the Boleyn,& pleased that an unfashionable club like Swansea did(although I wouldn't have said that on Saturday),& now looking to the future-which starts away to Stoke on Sunday.Come on lads,one win gets us into Europe,which really would be a fitting tribute.COYI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Currently in Austin on business, Austin where are ya?
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Make no mistake, yesterday's performance was magnificent. This was a strong and hungry man Utd side, and although they have been much criticised this season, they are where they are (5th) because of an extremely tight defence - yet we cut through them like a knife through butter.
So we finish the season undefeated in the league to:
Arsenal
Liverpool
Man Utd
Man city
Chelsea
Simply unreal...
As you say, unreal season.
You'd have thought it was XI die hard West Ham fans out there, and not several players who have only been here a season or two.
The atmosphere was unreal and you could argue if you can't put in a shift in a cauldron like that, when can you. But the players all knew how much this meant.
Well done to all. ;clap
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In Memorium -
Let the entertainment begin -
First the pain:
We all knew the Upton Park area in general and Green Street in particular would be so much busier much earlier than usual last night. Social media was full of people saying how despite not having a ticket they were going to Upton Park to be there a soak up the atmosphere one last time. We arrived at 3:30ish and the place was rammed. All the pubs in Green Street where full to capacity and the street full of fans and the media [I will come onto them in a bit]. Over two hours before the original kick off time of 19:45 Castle Street was pretty full by 18:00 is got uncomfortably so. What I do not understand is the Club’s and the Police’s failure to not realise this would happen or to plan for it or when things developed not react accordingly. The ground should have been opened much sooner than 18:45 to relieve the pressure on the surrounding streets. The police should have shut of roads, redirected traffic and dealt much more appropriately with the ever growing crowds.
I would like to ask why the ManUtd coach left their hotel at 17:30 for a 19:45 kick off considering the circumstances of the game – rush hour and it being the last ever game at The Boleyn. Given that they did the same against Spurs only weeks ago this looks like arrogance. So what if we are late you can just move kick off. I don’t buy what VanGaal said about it affecting the players now that I’ve seen video footage from inside their coach. Those that threw the bottles must be found, prosecuted and banned from all football grounds for life. Why on earth did the coach have no police escort given that this is a category A game.
I found the majority of the blanket media coverage of the farewell to the Boleyn nauseating and intrusive. Whist sir_ian was happy to be interviewed by Sky, being stopped umpteen time on our way down Green Street was really annoying, I told one photographer to ‘do one’. I didn’t want keep sharing my experiences or live my last time there through a lens. There was even a photographer in the BML getting in the way of us watching the game!
Whilst I do not condone bottles and coins being thrown at DeGae he must take his share of the responsibility. It was a high pressure game and he should have known that his celebration of the ManUtd goal like that would cause trouble. Most ‘keepers over the years have celebrated with their backs to the stand. Those that thought keeping hold of or not giving back the ball when it went into the BML in the second half are idiots. Especially after ManUtd equalised, did they not know we needed to win the game? Those that threw coins should be found, prosecuted and banned from all football grounds for life.
Joy:
Absolutely everything else about the day, the match and the celebration. Moore turning out the lights was a perfect ending. It was a privilege to be there.
What happened was wrong, totally wrong, but why are the police bringing the bus into a totally choked Green Street and Barking Road an hour and a quarter before kick off?