oioi 10:51 Fri Jul 19
Athletics in the stadium
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This weekend.
I’ve been offered a couple of half decent seats for Sunday at £15 a pop. Might go. Will be nice to see the track again before it gets carpeted over.
Anyone else going?
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Wils
4:36 Sun Jul 21
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Mad Dog wrote...
"Athletics is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO boring"
Olympics is boring too. People at work were falling over themselves to get a ticket to watch Ghana play some other forgettable team just because it's the olympics and they want to say they went to it. It's still a shit game. Just as watching to two asians play table tennis or some eastern European woman throwing a javelin about. Dull as shit yet people falling for the marketing to pay over the odds for sports they would never normally see.
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MikeHammer
4:12 Sun Jul 21
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Fine ... you are probably near a load off kids I know from Twitter who are at my kids school ... given free tickets ..... let’s get past the Commonwealth Games and see what makes financial sense
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oioi
4:09 Sun Jul 21
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All true but until we buy it I’m sitting above the finish line enjoying the afternoon. Mrs oi is sipping on a pint of gin & tonic. All is well! The other people are a bit annoying though, need to get out more.
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MikeHammer
3:50 Sun Jul 21
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I was at the stadium watching athletics in both Olympics and Paralympics which had a certain appeal ... evening meet is best but this event is so low key it is over by 4pm . Do t get me wrong if it could truly be a world class multi purpose stadium (at the flick of a switch!) then ok ... but this is just playing to the legacy argument and loss making
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Sarge
2:58 Sun Jul 21
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Talking of celebrity types Martin Allen was there yesterday.
Highlights were Laura Muir, the mens 100 and Goldie sayers getting presented with a bronze from Beijing 2008 after one of the medalists got booted out.
I'd say it was half full yesterday but security didn't scan our tickets at the search points and the doors were wide open after that so frankly you could have rocked up and got in for nothing.
Couldn't get into the club shop though after youd gone over the bridges which was annoying.
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Willtell
1:58 Sun Jul 21
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One sport is politically correct and the other is nasty ol' West Ham
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MikeHammer
1:53 Sun Jul 21
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Don’t real enjoy any athletics but clearly many fans prefer the ‘celebrity ‘ type . Happy for them to have 2 short days a year but is it worth the cost ? We as West Ham fans get grief for the deal we have with LS but nobody questions British Athletics
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oioi
1:28 Sun Jul 21
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How about people enjoying themselves watching sport on a Sunday afternoon?
I prefer it when there are empty seats, it makes a nice relaxed atmosphere and means I can sit where I like. Do you only enjoy watching celebrity athletes?
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MikeHammer
12:33 Sun Jul 21
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Just replied to a Twitter posting by LS and Muller Games saying what a success it was asking if tickets still available ... and what a surprise they reply back with a link with loads on morning on event ... a joke of an event trying to fulfil the ‘legacy’ bit of 2012 but no real stars come now, no USA and shorter event with lots of empty seats ... how is this justified ?
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Far Cough
7:07 Sat Jul 20
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Heading the shot and catching the javelin
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Takashi Miike
6:05 Sat Jul 20
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no, not going but i did attend an athletics session at the 2012 paralympics with the highlights being midget javelin & blind long jump
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Mad Dog
6:01 Sat Jul 20
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Athletics is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO boring
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MikeHammer
5:45 Sat Jul 20
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Empty seats, tickets still available , no USA athletes.... worth spending money to move seats
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Sven Roeder
4:13 Sat Jul 20
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Just saw a bit and very empty in the upper tier and not full downstairs
Maybe 25,000 tops
About the same as a midweek evening League Cup tie v Maccelsfield
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mallard
4:07 Sat Jul 20
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Ag @ Sven
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oioi
4:01 Sat Jul 20
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I got it wrong, they’re £10. Bound to be able to sit where you like. Quite looking forward to it.
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Sven Roeder
3:35 Sat Jul 20
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Being a taxpayer and watching Sadiq Khan spend £8m moving some seats back and forward for some drug cheats to run round in circles for a weekend
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boy40
3:01 Sat Jul 20
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Got some complimentary tickets for the sunday. free afternoon watching sport in our stadium. whats not to like?
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normannomates
4:48 Sat Jul 20
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Those shot putters are different gravy x
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normannomates
4:45 Sat Jul 20
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I've resorted to the Euro U20 meet in Sweden for knocking one out
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normannomates
4:24 Sat Jul 20
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Womans polevault is a godsend for perverts like myself.. And with modern tech.. is a breeze compared to back in the day trying to freeze frame vhs Sigourney weaver
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