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Hammer and Pickle
7:41 Fri Feb 27
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Great post mate.
I'm a West Ham supporter by choice.
Thinking about it I made it largely because I was more than a little spellbound by how rich its culture is. You really could learn something talking to West Ham fans, who invariably seemed to speak of the club and its history in great detail and with real passion.
As a kid I didn't go to games - my family didn't even follow football - but I certainly watched the 1980 Final (round a neighbour's as my folks didn't even believe in TV at the time). Later as a student, Lyall had left and I kind of lost interest in football all together, which now I regret massively, but I always did follow the scores in the paper.
Today the club is one of my lifelines to a culture I'd otherwise be well in the process of losing, so I can really relate to the sentiment of your post. Not to worry though, the fans are far too magnificent for it ever to be lost. I'm convinced about that after my last visit to the Bolyen (1-1 QPR) and of course the Lion and the Duke.
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Uncle Junior
7:24 Fri Feb 27
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PS ' Noble ain't that good really but let's not let that ruin a good post
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Uncle Junior
7:23 Fri Feb 27
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Great post ' I can relate to nearly all of that ' I always say apart from the day my son was born the 1980 cup final was the best day of my life... He is 20 now and has never seen me cry but told him to expect a tear in my eye the last time walk out of UP
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gazamma
6:58 Fri Feb 27
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Stand up and take a bow Yarmouth
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chim chim cha boo
6:37 Fri Feb 27
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I think as we get older we become MORE sentimental and there's fuck all wrong with that. I feel much the same as that excellent post Yarmouth and I'm sure at the last game at Upton Park before we take that great leap into the unknown I'll probably cry like a tart.
My mum and dad live in Canning Town but when we leave UP that will be it for a lot of moved-out East End supporters. No links at all to the side of town we grew up in.
Strange times we are living in. Change of area, change of badge, a board I find it hard to trust and a manager I don't like and who seems to think the club are beneath him and he's doing us a massive favour managing.
As I say, great post Yarmouth and quite reassuring that wherever we go we go with our great fans.
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the exile
6:31 Fri Feb 27
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Very nice post, Yarmouth, but I don't agree that Allardyce doesn't fit in because he's not "one of us". I sincerely hope that our next manager is a highly successful and inspiring one, and if he is, it won't bother me at all if he isn't "one of us". The reason Allardyce doesn't fit in is quite simply because he is a two-faced, arrogant, conceited cunt of a man who only seems to know how to manage a football team about half of the time.
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Private Dancer
6:21 Fri Feb 27
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Good post, Yarmouth.
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PDC ON THE VOLLEY
4:51 Fri Feb 27
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Crassus 11:21 Fri Feb 27
Wherever you go there's always an Iron!
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The White Horse
4:48 Fri Feb 27
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Excellent post man. Take a bow.
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Crassus
11:21 Fri Feb 27
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Brilliantly put Yarmouth and so true, reminds me of a convo with my lad when he was a nipper
Living now in north Bucks when he started school he asked about his mates teams, they said WH were rubbish - is that true dad?
Teams come and go son, some poor some better but there is one constant thing, the supporters and our history. We come from there, you are the fifth generation that have followed WH and we are all WH. Plus, I promise you this, where ever you travel in the world, you will always meet WH. And so it has been proven to be - even the bloody dolphin trainer in Mexico.
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PDC ON THE VOLLEY
11:11 Fri Feb 27
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Btw great post we're here for you BROTHER!
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PDC ON THE VOLLEY
11:09 Fri Feb 27
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I grew up on Downsell Road Leyton and my old man used to take me to the King Harold Pub as his mate owned it!
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Terrywait
11:07 Fri Feb 27
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Quite enjoyed that as it goes.
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charleyfarley
10:51 Fri Feb 27
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THanks Cool HAND spent many a night in there, Courage house if i recall correctly
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Bright Eyes
10:29 Fri Feb 27
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Great post Yarmouth, think that sums it up for most of us.
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Pub Bigot
10:17 Fri Feb 27
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Love reading stuff like this. Heart warming and it's nice those still have that bond with the club.
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Northern Sold
10:09 Fri Feb 27
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Great thread Yarmouth ... from the heart fella
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COOL HAND LUKE
10:07 Fri Feb 27
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charley
The pub in question was on the corner of L'stone Hi Rd and Davies Lane? It was literally right across the road from the bowling alley.
It's been a nightclub in recent times but is right now being developed into (offices / apartments).
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charleyfarley
10:00 Fri Feb 27
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THe Plough and Harrow, the bowling alley, bought my first car in Leytonstone might have been your old man Yarmouth. You owe me 50 notes
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COOL HAND LUKE
9:55 Fri Feb 27
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'Success' (such as it is measured at Chelsea / Man City / etc) will probably require that some of our tradition is polished out. Not sure we can have it both ways, altho Arsenal seem to have retained that 'feel' so maybe it's do-able?
I grew up in Leytonstone, Yarmouth. We were just off Leytonstone High Street, opposite the old bowling alley, which is long gone now. We had a big car showroom just around the corner, next door to the pub (think it was the Grapes at the time but again, long gone). The car showroom had a small woodyard / storage depot behind it (I remember that as my little bro set fire to it!).
I went to Thomas Hood (as it was then) which was Sir Bobby's school. As I have said on here before, I met the great man when he presented prizes at a London Schoolboys football competition.
Happy days. Wouldn't want to live there now tho...
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Monk~koknee
8:42 Fri Feb 27
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Great, Yarmouth.
The dilemma is which path do we want the club to take in the future. Can success be combined with retaining tradition.
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