Did you renew or purchase a ST?

[Pub Bigot]

I’ve just renewed, £670 which was frozen from last season. I thought long and hard about doing it, and the deciding factor was points. I’ve got up to 45 priority points which was a slog, so giving that up now means all that hard work is lost and getting tickets to aways will be almost impossible. 

I managed one home game before flogging my tickets for the season, and I’m hoping for a reason to travel down more frequently. 

[Fauxstralian]

I think it’s probably pretty obvious that renewals will be down due to:
Shit season
No obvious improvement on the horizon
Continued presence of Sullivan
Uninspiring manager
General economic situation with people struggling financially 

Apart from that all is good

[Fifth Column]

... in previous season's when I've tried to relocate seats together I've not been able to do it.  This season I had a lot of choice of 3 together in lower tier.  This appears to indicate there has been lower renewals.

[Fifth Column]

I've renewed all four of family's.  Had tickets in different places and now moved them all in one place at basically same overall cost as moved two down a band and one up a band. Like others. I only renewed really because I want to keep my points and go to away matches.  I'll sell on the home ones via the exchange regularly because I don't enjoy home matches and continue to go to almost all the aways.

[Texas Iron]

I pay for TV coverage of every Hammers match …

Poor as they have been I can’t miss a game…

Old School since 1957 …

[Fauxstralian]

I have renewed but probably the first time it’s been a 50/50 decision
Partly because last season was so utterly abysmal … struggle to think of any home game that was enjoyable or worth anywhere near the cost … and partly because of some eyesight issues I have been dealing with
To be honest I will probably keep it up until I retire & then knock it on the head
You have to be honest , can’t think I looked forward to any game last season. Blind optimism (essential for a West Ham fan) means I am giving the cunts another go 

[AKA ERNIE]

After 52 of going to watch west ham and being a season tkt holder for about 40yrs have not renewed my bml tkt.
Just find the whole thing boring now another enjoyable plus coming up from somerset on gwr is shit

[Fifth Column]

I renewed immediately so thst I'm in best position to move seats. And the only reason I renewed at all was to keep my points so I can continue to go away. If I could have kept points without renewing I would not have done so 

[BerlingtonBertie]

fucking mug

[yngwies Cat]

Me and the boy have done so.

Hoping it's a better season


 

[BRANDED]

I have but also, if it keeps being dull this may also be my last. 

[Mad Dog]

Yes I've renewed.  However if it's as dull and boring and frankly depressing as it's been for past 3 years, this might be the last one.  

it's an absolute chore going over there.  It costs a fortune in travel, snacks beers (which are frankly essential) to sit there thoroughly fed up.

I don't expect to win most of the games, I just want to ... enjoy it occasionally, maybe a bit of excitement

[BerlingtonBertie]

Bondholder cսnt

[Manuel]

The Bowl is horrific and so against everything we used to be about. Miles away still from the pitch, huge gaps between both the upper and lower tiers for 3 sides of the Stadium. It's a total bodge job held together still on temporary scaffolding as opposed to the 'state of the art' retractable lower tier seating, the lying cunts. They've then filled the concourse with overpriced Americanised Popcorn, Hotdogs, candy floss, Dorito stands etc catered more towards Tourists everywhere you go inside and outside the Meccano Set Stadium.

The whole experience has sucked the life out of a once passionate fanbase that only really gets excited when some obscure DJ for fuck sake tries desperately in vein to whip up a manufactured atmosphere. And just because some others do similar like the copycat DJ shit - although they have purpose built Football Stadiums - it doesn't mean we have to follow suit.

We used to pride ourselves on being different to others but now we have just become a neutered fanbase with many now deciding they've had enough of it. Good luck to anyone who somehow genuinely enjoys going there, however I think it's utter wank the damage they have done since "The worst Stadium migration in history".

As for paying for a new rebuild? That's not my concern, although the vast amounts of money saved/generated since moving with next to no debts last I read, I'm sure a new Billionaire Owner could manage to somehow finance it if they were able to cancel the lease. But again, highly doubtful whilst BS are still there with their noses buried deep in the London Stadium trough..    

 

Do you ever stop fucking moaning?? Cunts like you have ruined this site, it use to be a laugh.

[Massive Attack]

The Bowl is horrific and so against everything we used to be about. Miles away still from the pitch, huge gaps between both the upper and lower tiers for 3 sides of the Stadium. It's a total bodge job held together still on temporary scaffolding as opposed to the 'state of the art' retractable lower tier seating, the lying cunts. They've then filled the concourse with overpriced Americanised Popcorn, Hotdogs, candy floss, Dorito stands etc catered more towards Tourists everywhere you go inside and outside the Meccano Set Stadium.

The whole experience has sucked the life out of a once passionate fanbase that only really gets excited when some obscure DJ for fuck sake tries desperately in vein to whip up a manufactured atmosphere. And just because some others do similar like the copycat DJ shit - although they have purpose built Football Stadiums - it doesn't mean we have to follow suit.

We used to pride ourselves on being different to others but now we have just become a neutered fanbase with many now deciding they've had enough of it. Good luck to anyone who somehow genuinely enjoys going there, however I think it's utter wank the damage they have done since "The worst Stadium migration in history".

As for paying for a new rebuild? That's not my concern, although the vast amounts of money saved/generated since moving with next to no debts last I read, I'm sure a new Billionaire Owner could manage to somehow finance it if they were able to cancel the lease. But again, highly doubtful whilst BS are still there with their noses buried deep in the London Stadium trough..    
 

[XKhammer]

And if we get a new rebuild fantastic stadium how are we going to pay for it?
Oh with Premier League dosh and over priced tickets for tourists 
As stated this is a Premier league problem throughout the country 
l miss the Boleyn but accept its gone forever and actually don't mind the Bowl 

[Massive Attack]

Well said, Deano. Unfortunately I don't think an AFC Wimbledon style WHU will ever start up as it would have done so by now, not over a decade later since moving. I think that ship has sailed but a nice thought all the same. 

I feared this would happen too when they first said about moving us to the OS that it would all end in tears but so many bought in to their bullshit and spin that many actually embraced it with good intentions. It was always doomed to go this way though once GSB got their way and there's no putting a lid on the genie lamp now. 

Only thing I can hope for the future is a new Ownership that manages to either get hold of the Stadium before levelling it to rebuild properly or they manage to re-negotiate where they fuck off and leave to rebuild a new Stadium elsewhere nearby. None of that seems at all likely and it looks like we have to accept what they've done and just move on. GSB completely fucked it all up and will never be forgiven for what they did. West Ham fans my arse.  

[WHUDeano]

It's an interesting viewpoint really in terms of it being a Premier League problem, would be strange to think of tourists in the BML or Chav Corner

[wils]

What Sullivan’s done to us is a travesty, as bad as what Pete Winkelman did with MK Dons and Wimbledon, only sneakier and more underhanded.

My dad started going to games in the mid-60s, home and away, which was pretty rare back then by all accounts. I had a season ticket from the age of 7. My first game was a Boxing Day 2-1 win over Oldham, the season we should’ve won the league but ended up second after Neil Warnock’s Notts County beat us with a double from Mark Draper (vivid memories!). Oldham then scored a last-minute penalty against Sheffield Wednesday to win 3-2 and win the league - a real sign of what was to come in the years ahead!All of my dad’s mates went too, year after year.

I was brought along, as were a few of the other young lads. Between my dad and me, one of us has been at every important West Ham match since 1964. But now, neither of us go. The last of my dad’s old mates, now in his late 60s, just said he’s packing it in, he can’t face the home games anymore. As for my all my own mates who used to go home and away for years and years? I think maybe one still has a season ticket.

My 9-year-old is obsessed with football, so for the past few years, I’ve been taking him to away games when I can, thanks to a good man on WHO who’s passed on his ticket when he can’t make it to ones near me.Eventually, I gave in and took my son to his first home game. I’d overheard him telling his mates that his dad won’t ever take him because he hates the ground. We went to the 2-2 draw with Bournemouth this season. It was a good day overall, and I’ll admit the stadium felt a bit better than it did four years ago when I last went. But still, it’s not us. It’s not West Ham anymore.

It was my first time in the lower tier. In the past, I’d always been higher up, and I refused to take my little boy along unless it was close to the pitch. A small group of Chicken Run lads were near us - proper throwback. Everyone shaking hands, chatting about holidays, it was great to see that kind of spirit still exists in pockets. But also around us? Overseas tourists, everywhere. I couldn’t believe it - just didn't expect it in the lower tier. At halftime I went to get a drink for my boy, and he spotted a waffle stand. Seven quid a waffle - with 15-20 Americans queuing. It blew my mind.

Surely now is the time to set up a new non-league club, before the older generation are too old, and before the younger hardcore fans become too disillusioned. I’d be up for it, if someone had the time and energy to get it off the ground. Doesn’t matter what level, just 11 players in claret and blue, playing for West Ham, and proper West Ham fans watching.

Aways are the last stand for the real fans, but even that's changing, younger supporters glued to Bet365, losing that deeper connection, everyone singing the same songs. In 6 or 7 years, we’ll have a wave of late-teen fans who’ve never known real West Ham. My son was born the year we left Upton Park, he’s a part of the first generation brought up with the bowl as our home. Until recently, I’d only taken him to old-school grounds, City Ground, Goodison, Villa Park, and even he noticed the difference. He understood despite his young age.

If something’s going to happen, a chance to bring the hardcore back together - now is the moment. Now or never really. Even just a proper space in East London, where old-school fans can meet, have a pint, cheer on a team, and maybe hope that someone comes in who actually respects our history. Even if it’s not the Premier League, at least we’d still be together. And who knows, maybe one day we’d all go back together.But right now? It feels like we have reached the end of West Ham, at least as we knew it. I’ll still support us. My son will too. But he won’t go like I did. And as the generations pass, the passion will fade. Then like my dreams indeed. 

 

 

Good post. I recognise a lot of this. My son was lucky enough to get a couple of seasons in at Upton park but was quite young. He knows the difference and what is wrong. But the thing is, it is not just a West Ham problem. It's a Premier League problem. Tottenham have got a decent stadium but have a bigger problem than us with tourists and soulessness. All the top tier clubs have this problem from Brentford, Newcastle and I am sure Everton next year. The quick solution to changing the culture is relegation. It's still old skool down there. But not sure that will work with a 60K stadium.

[goose]

you've got some front chutney ferret son..............

[WHUDeano]

Then maybe find a Spurs forum that is of more interest to you instead of clogging up a West Ham board you cսnt. 

[Mad Ferret]

Fucking hell Deano, get a grip.

No one’s reading all that tripe.

[WHUDeano]

What Sullivan’s done to us is a travesty, as bad as what Pete Winkelman did with MK Dons and Wimbledon, only sneakier and more underhanded.

My dad started going to games in the mid-60s, home and away, which was pretty rare back then by all accounts. I had a season ticket from the age of 7. My first game was a Boxing Day 2-1 win over Oldham, the season we should’ve won the league but ended up second after Neil Warnock’s Notts County beat us with a double from Mark Draper (vivid memories!). Oldham then scored a last-minute penalty against Sheffield Wednesday to win 3-2 and win the league - a real sign of what was to come in the years ahead!All of my dad’s mates went too, year after year.

I was brought along, as were a few of the other young lads. Between my dad and me, one of us has been at every important West Ham match since 1964. But now, neither of us go. The last of my dad’s old mates, now in his late 60s, just said he’s packing it in, he can’t face the home games anymore. As for my all my own mates who used to go home and away for years and years? I think maybe one still has a season ticket.

My 9-year-old is obsessed with football, so for the past few years, I’ve been taking him to away games when I can, thanks to a good man on WHO who’s passed on his ticket when he can’t make it to ones near me.Eventually, I gave in and took my son to his first home game. I’d overheard him telling his mates that his dad won’t ever take him because he hates the ground. We went to the 2-2 draw with Bournemouth this season. It was a good day overall, and I’ll admit the stadium felt a bit better than it did four years ago when I last went. But still, it’s not us. It’s not West Ham anymore.

It was my first time in the lower tier. In the past, I’d always been higher up, and I refused to take my little boy along unless it was close to the pitch. A small group of Chicken Run lads were near us - proper throwback. Everyone shaking hands, chatting about holidays, it was great to see that kind of spirit still exists in pockets. But also around us? Overseas tourists, everywhere. I couldn’t believe it - just didn't expect it in the lower tier. At halftime I went to get a drink for my boy, and he spotted a waffle stand. Seven quid a waffle - with 15-20 Americans queuing. It blew my mind.

Surely now is the time to set up a new non-league club, before the older generation are too old, and before the younger hardcore fans become too disillusioned. I’d be up for it, if someone had the time and energy to get it off the ground. Doesn’t matter what level, just 11 players in claret and blue, playing for West Ham, and proper West Ham fans watching.

Aways are the last stand for the real fans, but even that's changing, younger supporters glued to Bet365, losing that deeper connection, everyone singing the same songs. In 6 or 7 years, we’ll have a wave of late-teen fans who’ve never known real West Ham. My son was born the year we left Upton Park, he’s a part of the first generation brought up with the bowl as our home. Until recently, I’d only taken him to old-school grounds, City Ground, Goodison, Villa Park, and even he noticed the difference. He understood despite his young age.

If something’s going to happen, a chance to bring the hardcore back together - now is the moment. Now or never really. Even just a proper space in East London, where old-school fans can meet, have a pint, cheer on a team, and maybe hope that someone comes in who actually respects our history. Even if it’s not the Premier League, at least we’d still be together. And who knows, maybe one day we’d all go back together.But right now? It feels like we have reached the end of West Ham, at least as we knew it. I’ll still support us. My son will too. But he won’t go like I did. And as the generations pass, the passion will fade. Then like my dreams indeed. 

[oioi]

Renewed.

Then like my dreams...

[Django]

 

Well done on renewing your Blue Badge. 

I have a Blue Badge. What’s your point of using this as an insult? 

 

What's the point when others use the insult 'spaz' etc on here? Plenty gets said and a lot worse, so dont take it to heart dear.

Inspirational stuff. 

[Massive Attack]

Renewed!

 

Well done on renewing your Blue Badge. 

I have a Blue Badge. What’s your point of using this as an insult? 

 

 

What's the point when others use the insult 'spaz' etc on here? Plenty gets said and a lot worse, so dont take it to heart dear.