Any Old Iron 12:12 Mon Jan 2
No home games in August then.
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I see that they're holding the World athletics championships in 'our' home from the 5th to the 13th of August this year. So by the time they've moved the "state of the art retractable seating" we'll be well into September before we get a home game. Or perhaps we'll borrow the Matchroom stadium for a couple of games.
Another advantage of moving to 'our' world class arena.
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MikeHammer
12:24 Mon Jan 2
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Old news .... admit it's a joke that this happens but old news and who knows if this will continue .....
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Johnson
12:26 Mon Jan 2
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I doubt you'll ever see Boxing Day home games either.
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Any Old Iron
12:30 Mon Jan 2
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Johnson, I hadn't considered that. Would it have something to do with the hordes of sale shoppers at Westfield?
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oioi
12:30 Mon Jan 2
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Once those seats come out Newham will say they can't afford to put them back.
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theaxeman
12:31 Mon Jan 2
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I fucking hate the Cuntbowl, shithouse fucking stadium!
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Sven Roeder
12:33 Mon Jan 2
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The World Athletics Championships won't be there every year obviously but there will be some Athletics Grand Prix event every year .... it IS an Athletics stadium after an all.
Whether that's as late as August who knows but that if not I imagine we will see concerts and t20 cricket with the new franchise Essex Bangladesh.
This year it will be put down as coincidence but next year I expect Westfield will get their way again and it will be Xmas Sales 1 West Ham 0.
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The Stoat
12:35 Mon Jan 2
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Johnson 12:26 Mon Jan 2
That annoys me especially as it's my Birthday and I bloody love going to games on the day
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1964
12:39 Mon Jan 2
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Boxing Day? There will be "hoardes" of shoppers at Westfield today probably just as many as Boxing Day.
Might even be more because some shops like John Lewis don't open Boxing Day but do today.
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HAMMERNH
12:41 Mon Jan 2
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That's what you get for being a tenant. Absolutely no say in how things are run.
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Grays
12:42 Mon Jan 2
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OB won't allow West Ham to play at one on Boxing Day, thought that was well known?
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Johnson
1:09 Mon Jan 2
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Yes, 64 and there's been diversions from the station to the stadium put in place.
Possibly to keep fans and shoppers apart? Who knows as there wasn't any works happening when they did it for Hull apparently.
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Davenport
1:10 Mon Jan 2
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We're playing Man U at home under the lights on a bank holiday today and people are moaning about next August.
Proper West Ham that.
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Full Claret Jacket
1:20 Mon Jan 2
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After the commitment to host this event is done I can see the government wanting to find a way out of subbing this stadium beyond the next couple of years. It's a massive drain on finances and the seating issue prevents wider use of the stadium to get more regular use of it.
I can see them looking to sell it to a private company with some sort of covenant that it must support athletics for x amount of years.
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betrayedby the board
1:28 Mon Jan 2
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Hardly news is it we were awarded the championship on 11 November 2011!
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betrayedby the board
1:28 Mon Jan 2
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Hardly news is it we were awarded the championship on 11 November 2011!
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BulphanIron
1:33 Mon Jan 2
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Davenport 1:10 Mon Jan 2
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We're playing Man U at home under the lights on a bank holiday today and people are moaning about next August.
Why would anyone be excited by a home game at the athletics gaff?
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DJH
1:42 Mon Jan 2
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In the Premier League it might only mean reversing one fixture and possibly a League Cup tie, the real headache would be in the Championship with realistically meaning would play our first 6 or 7 fixtures (including Cup ties) away from home or finding an alternative venue for our home games.
Boxing Day is always going to be a real headache with the Sales crowds in Westfield and limited transport services in and out of Stratford, so realistically we can expect not to see a home fixture on the day for the foreseeable future which for me is a real disappointment far more than the one off situation in August.
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eastend joker
2:24 Mon Jan 2
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be it boxing day ,today or any saturday from 1st feb onwards there are still no fucking trains from southend to stratford ! fucking joke of a service !
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Billy Blagg
2:26 Mon Jan 2
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Davenport 1:10 Mon Jan 2
Yep it's also sold out despite being on in the evening, on TV and in a stadium we 'couldn't possibly fill'.
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Johnson
2:27 Mon Jan 2
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