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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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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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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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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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Crassus
7:42 Fri Feb 27
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The point that the pups will not grasp and should neither be expected to, is that when they shut the gates for the last time they do so on many of our tangible memories of family and friends now passed and withwhom we had times there
So too, the great players we adored on that pitch, the utterly unforgetable and unrepeatable memories of games and who we were with
Eintracht, Everton, Wolves, it goes on but not as we knew it
But perhaps most of all, it was our youth on those terraces, about to be reaffirmed as gone.......
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chim chim cha boo
8:04 Fri Feb 27
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Crassus 7:42 Fri Feb 27
That, in a nut shell, is the perfect post about us leaving Upton Park.
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Hammer and Pickle
8:10 Fri Feb 27
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I'm damn sure it will be one of the cultural events of the decade - unforgettable scenes and not a dry eye in the house.
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Uncle Junior
8:30 Fri Feb 27
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Crassus last line - well said and spot on
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Too Much Too Young
8:32 Fri Feb 27
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That's sums it up nicely Yarmouth.
Born in Romford 1967, so aged 7 and 12 for the 2 cup wins there was and can ever be any other option.
And as I always said to my soon to be ex wife....I can always get another woman, I can NEVER replace West Ham United FC.
I'm almost gutted they don't get a mention in the divorce papers.
My boys (19, 15 & 12) have been brought up with the view that they are West Ham or there will be problems, but from thier age and perspective, they ain't had much to celebrate now have they?
I just hope this OS move changes that and that I was right to force them to follow what has been for the most part in the past 30 years....shit
West Ham properly prepares for you for all the shit that life can throw at you....and I've never met a bad hammer..
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Crassus
8:47 Fri Feb 27
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This is a thoroughly decent a respectful thread in keeping with the OP's honest emotion
To whit I will talk about our Dad's funeral. The colour scheme was claret and blue.
Now he loved the club but as I pointed out in my church Eulogy, that whilst we were fans the club meant more than football, none of us born there were so with a silver spoon, we were of a dispensable people. Be that willingly bombed in the Blitz or sufficiently worthless to be exposed to known industrial pollutants of the like that killed him - and expected to be acceptant of our lot.
It was to us then, the centrepiece of the communty we lived in and a means of expressing ourselves as having worth, that is why ''we'' won the world cup.
There were times when our driving German cars and foreign holidays were not on the agenda but the grit and determination to survive and then achieve against whatever odds remains in the genes and at this point it served as a reminder that the sacrifice of previous generations should not be lost - for that reason we see claret and blue and The Boleyn will and should always be 'home' in our hearts - That is to me what being WH is all about
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The White Horse
3:55 Sun Mar 1
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This is one of those Jackanory threads when one has due opportunity to impart details as to how they became a Hammers fan. That's not to inidcate they are not worthwhile (to the contrary.) My Dad was born in Bow and was a lifelong fan as was his Dad before him hailing from Poplar. The White Horse was not born in a stable but in the same building as a couple of other "geezers" that have played for us notably an ex skipper called Bob and a midfielder called Trevor something or other. That buiding is Upney Hospital in Barking.
My Dad (RIP) grew up locally and of course we all move elsewhere - but when people say they have never defected to another team well that's just unthinkable as that thought has never entered my mind. It's a club that is in the blood so to speak and will always be during this lifetime full stop. There was much claret and blue on display at my Dad's funeral as well some years ago and I'm eternally grateful to him for initially taking me to games as a 5 year old - a good way to ensure one does not stray of the path - but again that's not to infer this would ever have happened in my case.
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Your mum
9:33 Sun Mar 1
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Yes the feeling of pride for your team, players, history and fellow fans is special. But don't think for a second that only us feel that way.
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whu
9:43 Sun Mar 1
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Good post Yarmouth
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jfk
10:22 Sun Mar 1
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Some great posts on this thread.
Well done Yarmouth for starting it.
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Rio or Anton or Les
10:33 Sun Mar 1
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Great post Yarmouth.
And all who said something of true sentiment on here.
We are a great club and the better times are here to some extent .
We need to win something in the next 2-3 seasons and that will give the younger Hammers fans a real lift.
I am old enough to remember 1975/1980 etc
The kids needs to experience this too. The Play Off Finals were great days but were out of necessity rather than winning a trophy because we were the best.
Well done again to GREAT Yarmouth!
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Banjo
10:37 Sun Mar 1
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Great post Yarmouth and some excellent responses on this thread.
More than any other club, the West Ham kinship, being West Ham, living it all, you can't bottle it and you can't buy it.
I have met West Ham all over the world and you are right, there is an instant knowing or understanding.
You are also right that BFS doesn't have, never will. Get out of our club now Sam and let's really get down to business.
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One Flew
10:44 Sun Mar 1
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Bunch of soppy cunts ... irons!
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CARTERS
11:14 Sun Mar 1
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Yarmouth,well said.
'I remember my first home game, I was a Johnny Haynes and Fulham fan and my mate took me to the Boleyn not knowing what to expect. versus Leeds Utd. who were a powerhouse in those days.0-0 draw but what a game!!
50 years on I still have the same passion.
Left my golf club here in RSA yesterday afternoon and was told by local radio we had been beaten 3-1 by Palace.
crystal palace I ask you!!!!!!!.
Where is the pride I ask, these players on thousands of pounds a week and this slob of a manager sits chewing gum, mouth wide open and does SFA.
Where was Pardew? on the touchline whole game.
Simple really he wanted it and BFS couldn't give a flying..............
Many times in my 50 years of support I've said FUCK IT, but if this Prick is still here next season well that will be it.
I wonder what messrs Greenwood and Lyall would have made of this useless Slob.
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strong dreams
12:10 Sun Mar 1
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Great post as always Yarmouth.
I specifically like the bit about you being a soppy old cunt :9)
Trust all is well?
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62Hammer
1:25 Sun Mar 1
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Exactly right, great post.
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