Kodjias Wrist Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 4 minutes ago, Northern Red said: He's Millwall. Well his local club is bristol city aint it he can see the stadium from the mandela flats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 1 hour ago, BS4 on Tour... said: Nope, I remember someone being corrected on their ground name on TV in 1979 - not a sentimental name, just the proper name... I'm aware it has been used in the past. I'm saying the only reason it is being used now is for sentimental reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecko Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 Fair play got Cockney Rejects in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 12 minutes ago, cider-manc said: How has a game that started with the away teams coach getting smashed up ended with such a cringeworthy corporate ceremony?? And finished with the Cockney Rejects (awful). How very apt !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donkeeebles Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 26 minutes ago, CotswoldRed said: I'm aware it has been used in the past. I'm saying the only reason it is being used now is for sentimental reasons. This 'Boleyn Ground' shit does my head in, I'm 43 and for the first 40 years of my life I'd never once heard it called that. It's Upton Park FFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 53 minutes ago, RedM said: There's taxi's on the pitch.... Surely not, they will ruin it for the next game........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenBall Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 54 minutes ago, Super said: Best fans in the world of course. What bollox. They are literally a premier league version of the sags, overestimate their worth to football. Why is such a mediocre club getting such a momentous send off? Did Arsenal get a send off like that when they left Highbury? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 3 hours ago, GrahamC said: Hardly a surprise though, vile club with vile fans, including just about every Gor blimey, guvnor Cockernee celebrity going.. Disgusting London media wankfest coverage of a nothing club in the last couple of days. Another one to add to that list of myth London clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 Ashton gate wasn't the only ground during the war that got bombed, something I didn't know. https://londonist.com/2016/02/the-day-a-bomb-fell-on-the-pitch-at-upton-park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBW Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 Why has their ground got two ******* names anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 2 hours ago, phantom said: At least the man Utd players only have on tunnel to run towards, unlike those poor Rovers players Missed a trick there haven't we? Should have included more than 1 tunnel into the rebuild so that the next time we play them (???) we could finish the job properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 http://www.london24.com/sport/football/clubs/west-ham/16_facts_you_might_not_know_about_the_boleyn_ground_s_rich_history_1_4525202 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 43 minutes ago, Iron Man said: They are literally a premier league version of the sags, overestimate their worth to football. Why is such a mediocre club getting such a momentous send off? Did Arsenal get a send off like that when they left Highbury? Bullseye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfOfWestStreet Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 1 hour ago, Northern Red said: He's Millwall. Actually Dell Boy is Chelsea as is Rodney. Grandad was a Crystal Palace fan. Del's father and Uncle Albert supported Millwall. Del and Rodney's mother supported Charlton Athletic, Rodney's middle name is Charlton. I know some absolute crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up The City! Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 3 hours ago, Super said: Will always be Upton Park. Will always be the Boleyn Ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up The City! Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 3 hours ago, Super said: Will always be Upton Park. Will always be the Boleyn Ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up The City! Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 The official name has always been the Boleyn Ground however fans liked to call it Upton Park, much like many of us call Ashton Gate the City ground. I believe Highbury was called the Arsenal Stadium originally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunnyfunt Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 6 hours ago, Super said: Probably the only thing I like about West Ham is Mark Noble always been a class act IMO. Always rated Noble and always thought he was worthy of an England place. He seems like he would be suited to international football. Tidy player, rarely gives it away and good penalty record! Barely been given a chance. Hodgson probably didn't even notice his decent showing last night either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 4 hours ago, Just Red said: Will always be the Boleyn Ground. Not for much longer ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 Never has a thread title covered both subjects so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 The fact that James Corden is mentioned on almost every BBC article on West Ham is enough to make anyone hate them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 Two names for the ground and 3 nicknames,they really are a confused bunch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityloyal473 Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 24 minutes ago, BRISTOL86 said: The fact that James Corden is mentioned on almost every BBC article on West Ham is enough to make anyone hate them. Let's not forget Russell Brand too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Rick Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 Not sure if it's already been posted, but: Very childish way of dealing with the whole thing. Embarrasing all round from whichever perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 8 hours ago, RedM said: There's taxi's on the pitch.... ....looking for a bloke called Rennie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Cyril Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 How the Americans reported it - After a real long time, it’s time for Westside Hammers to say good bye to their real old soccer stadium. Older than the Queen of Britain, Uptown Park Bowling Ground opens up its bleachers one last time for the game against the Manchester Unity. After that, centuries of historic soccer history will be smashed up by a bunch of wrecking ball operators and the franchise will go some place new. But what will soccer fans of the West London based franchise remember about this place? I took a closer look. Pablo Di Canio’s real nice no-bouncer Way back in the 2000s, the referee hatin' Italian soccer player scored one of the awesomest goalshot in EPL League history, kicking in a soccer ball real nice against tennis-named franchise Wimbledon. Pablo became a the Hammer’s MVP over the years before getting bored and going to the Charleston Atheltes when he was real old. Jonathan Spector Of all the guys that have laced up their cleats and done soccer at the Uptown Park Bowling Ground down the years, most Westside Hammers fans will agree that one guy was way better than the rest. Making Pablo Di Canio and the rest of the guys look like a bunch of dumbass fat kids that can’t even make it through gym class without getting real sick, former USMNT star Spector was a hero of the guys down at the Tool Shack. The Chicken Shack The bleachers in the east side of the stadium were once known as the Chicken Shack, named after the humongous fried chicken restaurant that fans could go get some food from if they got the munchies during the game. England Soccer Club won the World Cup Back in the summer of '69, a Three Lines side made entirely of Westside Hammers soccer players became World Cup world champions of the world, beating Doucheland 4-2 at the Uptown Park Bowling Ground. As a result, a statue of some of the guys that played soccer that day still stands outside the stadium. Michael Jackson's statue Although the Prince of Pop was more bothered about climbing trees and stuff than he was about soccer, a statue of him once famously stood outside the Uptown Park Bowling Ground. To be honest, nobody knows why. Maybe it had something to do with that song the Westside Hammers fans sing about MJ's pet monkey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 6 hours ago, Merrick's Marvels said: Disgusting London media wankfest coverage of a nothing club in the last couple of days. Another one to add to that list of myth London clubs. Yep, I don't remember this fuss when a much, much bigger club left Roker Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sglosbcfc Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 8 hours ago, Kodjias Wrist said: Well his local club is bristol city aint it he can see the stadium from the mandela flats! Yes he is definitely City, he bought a property overlooking the City ground and he has been filmed in the car park at Ashton Gate even when it is not match day. He also likened Rovers supporters to having the brains of Trigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coach Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 7 hours ago, WolfOfWestStreet said: Actually Dell Boy is Chelsea as is Rodney. Grandad was a Crystal Palace fan. Del's father and Uncle Albert supported Millwall. Del and Rodney's mother supported Charlton Athletic, Rodney's middle name is Charlton. I know some absolute crap. In what episode did Del Boy say he was Chelsea? I thought Del was Millwall? I know Rodney has said in more than one episode he's a Chelsea fan. Also where did Grandad say he was a Palace fan and Uncle Albert say he was a Millwall fan? I know about their father and mother though! This topic is going random. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 I know it ran massively over, but I expected some more fireworks at the end not some cockney reject band that nobody could sing along to then someone switching off the lights. I would be well embarrassed if I were a WHam fan. I am hoping it was because of a curfew they couldn't do fireworks, lights etc and that cringeworthy ending really wasn't the final thing planned. If it was then the person responsible should be tied to the Greats statue in the High Street in a ManU kit for a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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