young woody 9:25 Sat Feb 16
Watching West Ham in the 70s and 80s.
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What was it actually like?
My first game was 1995 so never saw the good old days, standing on a terrace and all that.
So what was so good about it?
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cup of tea
9:33 Sat Feb 16
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It wasn't full of grassing popcorn eating fashion conscious poofs
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BRANDED
9:42 Sat Feb 16
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Woody. Ignor
I think a broader question of what was life like in this time can help.
As a lad back then I see that time as a brilliant time whichb is why I never understand the statement " you dont want to go back to the 70s". I fucking loved it. However, if you have a great youth then you'll always look back with rose tinted glasses.
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AKA ERNIE
9:42 Sat Feb 16
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started going in 73 then hardly missed a game home or away throughout the 80s
fucking loved it always a real buzz and a great laugh
surrounded my mates rather than plastic fucking pricks on their mobiles filming stuff
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Crassus
9:42 Sat Feb 16
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Proper blokes
Proper songs
Proper attitudes to it all
Surges
Atmosphere
A real sense of being part of something and belonging
And we were the best around
If you were there you know, if you weren't you can only wonder what you missed out upon
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wd40
9:47 Sat Feb 16
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You started on the back of the North Bank then moved to the South bank then upgraded to the Westside.
Lessons in life itself.
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charleyfarley
9:50 Sat Feb 16
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Well we completed the 1970 -71season in typical West Ham way
just escaping relegation
19 Ipswich Town 42 34
20 West Ham 42 34
R 21 Burnley 42 27
R 22 Blackpool 42 23
Our team for the last home game of the season against Huddersfield which we lost 1-0
1 Bobby Ferguson
2 John McDowell
3 Frank Lampard
4 Alan Stephenson
5 Tommy Taylor
6 Bobby Moore
7 Harry Redknapp
8 Billy Bonds
9 Geoff Hurst
10 Bryan Robson
11 Jimmy Greaves
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Westham67
9:50 Sat Feb 16
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Crassus 9:42 Sat Feb 16
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Briano
9:52 Sat Feb 16
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Peanuuuutsssss!! Westlers horse meat burgers and the wine bar on the Barking Rd
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Westham67
9:58 Sat Feb 16
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We still had a black white TV when I first went to Upton Park . I went in the West side with my brother who is 10 years older than me as walked up the stairs and came up to the terraces where I first green of the pitch and the scale of the stands it was breathtaking I still remember that moment
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The Stoat
10:01 Sat Feb 16
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Your going home in a fuckin' Ambulance
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charleyfarley
10:03 Sat Feb 16
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Photos on here that captures some of the moments
https://flashbak.com/football-in-the-1970s-when-footballers-wanted-a-pint-a-smoke-and-to-bring-back-hanging-402625/
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Mike Oxsaw
10:04 Sat Feb 16
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"A real sense of being part of something and belonging".
Big part was that. Certainly the 70s - work took me away after that.
Knowing you'd witness a bit of Magic from Brooking or Devonshire, serious buccaneering by Bonds, taking care of HIS team mates or a near flawless performance by Moore - "Pop" knocking them in, Clyde Best being, well, Clyde Best (and being glad he played for, not against, us).
There are so many things that made that a golden time to follow the club. Oh, and a couple of, what was it? Ah, yes - FA Cups.
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Crassus
10:05 Sat Feb 16
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67, me too mate, mesmerising
Then the atmosphere, the songs, the unity, the piss taking of the poor St Johns blokes in the corners, the half time score boards, the carnage in the South Bank whilst the rest sang SB SB do your job
Absolutely loved it, never felt more secure in my life than following WH, you were always going to be backed up, however it unfolded, even at the old and proper Den
Oh and Woody, we were well dressed too back in those days, a right band of dandy rascals strutting about remote northern outposts, some of us were even good looking coves ;)
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Briano
10:10 Sat Feb 16
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Man U supporters wearing Hi waisters a year after they'd gone out of fashion in the South
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Takashi Miike
10:16 Sat Feb 16
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the atmosphere and camaraderie made up for us being shit most seasons, once that was gone so was the point of attending games
that, and having a scumbag like brown as the chairman/major shareholder :.)
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only1billybonds
10:27 Sat Feb 16
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Crassus has summed this up nicely for you Woody son. You have to remember that pre 1990's there was hardly a cctv camera in sight,the policing of games was a lot less sophisticated than what it is now and the whole atmosphere at grounds was far more raw and gritty hence leading to a higher level if tension (pre game espicially).
I remember my first game, home to Forsst (1-1) 1964. Walked up the steep metal staircase in the old North bank and the view of the pitch opemef up as my old man and me reached the top. All the noise and colour were an absolute wonder to me at 4 yesrs old and from that day i was hooked or cursed depending on your view.
I know the game has changed along with stadiums,players attitudes and everything else and in some ways it had to change bearing in mind what happened at Hillsborough. A lot of the mindset of fans has changed too,its far less tribal and raw these dsys. Whether thats a good or bad thing is up to the individual to decide but for me,being West Ham in the 70/80's is something i'll never forget amd will never be able to replace.
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Sarge
10:37 Sat Feb 16
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A packed North bank on a freezing night - warmest place to be
Greeting each player with his own song when he came out to warm up (none of this team/squad together business)
Atmosphere builds on its own rather than manufactured.
Getting a decent place to stand only to end up yards from it after a goal.
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SUM A DING WONG
11:00 Sat Feb 16
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Old MacDonald had a farm
EI EI O!!
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SUM A DING WONG
11:02 Sat Feb 16
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You get a boot wrapped round your head.
You get a boot wrapped round your head!
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JLAP
11:06 Sat Feb 16
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Old bill lining the back of the South Bank, singing the der der der-der, der der der-der.. dedde der-der, dedde der-der song
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