GreenStreetPlayer
11:28 Fri Apr 15
Re: Memories of West Ham v Eintracht Frankfurt April 1976
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I was 13 and queued up in the afternoon in the rain with family members for the chicken run.
Perhaps the best night ever at Upton Park, for those that have never seen the game go on youtube. It was so close and the Germans went close at the end to make it 3-2 which would have put us out.
I wonder what ever happened to that huge flag the Germans kept waving from the seats above the chicken run. Towards the end of the game they dangled it too far and the run got hold of it and with the tugging war the pole snapped.
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El Coucho
10:36 Fri Apr 15
Re: Memories of West Ham v Eintracht Frankfurt April 1976
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This match took place a few days before my ninth birthday. I was in the chicken run and I got helps to the front where am I Dad and Granddad were further back. I remember queueing up for ages to get in and the fact that the rain was so bad some people were even saying the game could be cancelled.
In front of me was a steward who is using language like of which a young me had never heard before. He was convinced that we weren’t going to do it. Then Brooking scored. Stewart went wild spread his arms out wide, and spun round. In doing this he almost took my head off slapping me across the face and not even noticing (maybe because he was wearing gloves). I was kind of crying but they were not in tears of joy. Then an old boy next to me said “ere Yer are son” and offered me a drink. This was my first experience of a hip flask and whiskey, and so now I had a burning throat as well as a sore face.
For me this was an absolutely magical night and the passing of time and the fact that I was there with my dad and grandad makes it all the more special.
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Syd Puddefoot
10:30 Fri Apr 15
Re: Memories of West Ham v Eintracht Frankfurt April 1976
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Longer vid for the full flavour experience!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4LC7jNqHfg
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only1billybonds
10:24 Fri Apr 15
Re: Memories of West Ham v Eintracht Frankfurt April 1976
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Iv'e spoke more about this game than any other in all the years iv'e been posting on here so wont go through it all again.
If you were there,you know.
Upton park.
Under the lights.
Pissing down.
Very full house.
The rest writes itself.
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Northern Sold
10:19 Fri Apr 15
Re: Memories of West Ham v Eintracht Frankfurt April 1976
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Yup was there as a 9 year old with Dad unc and cousin in the chicken run.. one of the real games stuck in the memory banks... only the Ipswich play off comes near.
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wd40
10:02 Fri Apr 15
Re: Memories of West Ham v Eintracht Frankfurt April 1976
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One of the Greatest night .
Foundations of the ground physical
moved .
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Admiral Lard
9:49 Fri Apr 15
Re: Memories of West Ham v Eintracht Frankfurt April 1976
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At the Reipas Lahden game with the famous Harri Holli in goal, we won 3-0 missed the Den Haag and Ararat games then stood on a very very wet north bank for the holy grail of football matches.
That game is the reason we sat through so much crap over the years. The Boleyn rocked from when the doors opened at 5.30 to when we left.
On the North Bank could not breath it was so packed, the crowd reported as 39,000. the pushed us kid=s through the turnstiles in twos and gave us 50p back, probably closer to 50,000 in that night
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frank marker
9:37 Fri Apr 15
Re: Memories of West Ham v Eintracht Frankfurt April 1976
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I was there for this one and Ararat Yerevan. Still got the programmes. Can still smell the hot dogs. Went with my brother, got seperated on the North Bank in one of the surges. It was so packed we never met up again till after the game. Different times.
...waits for spam from SAGA and Tenna for men.
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Manuel
7:55 Fri Apr 15
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Trevor is going to be loving this. Good for him after watching so much shit down the years, like we all have.
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charleyfarley
7:42 Fri Apr 15
Re: Memories of West Ham v Eintracht Frankfurt April 1976
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https://fb.watch/cnA575XDds/
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