Dougie Montana Football stopped being a working class game years ago. The billionaire businessmen running the game today are not going to make much money from the working classes.💰💰
Football "A game created by the working class! And ruined by the rich. Good luck. Always AFC route take core fans. I doubt unless they make that stadium closer it will ever change. Beware the Premier whores and the FA where are they? Social cleansing? Class War? Liberties.
Del Strain the frustrating thing is, a well designed football stadium would have worked, West’s Ham still have their working class support, it was just all delivered wrong for them.
this happened to us over in Cardiff the move & the rebrand has changed our club forever....modern football doesn't include fans .. loved this video ...proper passion from proper fans ...keep on protesting ..I think u frightened the board today ..... one more big protest from you lot will most definitely get the result you are after... change
This video really shows the full impact these 3 clowns Sullivan, Gold , LadyBrady have done to East End lifes , Ruined West Ham to line there own pockets !!!!
Jonogroats123~ It's all about money and greed. I'm from Ireland and a Liverpool supporter. I feel for the West Ham supporters. Those three brown nosed c#$%s are literally running this into the ground. It was hard to watch some of the protest scenes today at the Burnley game but you can feel that frustration simmering to.a boil. Just watch how the media put a really negative spin on the story tomorrow (Sunday)
Oh really? And running away away to Essex in our tens of thousands since the late 90, like homosexual fairies, relinquishing our homeland, our culture and our identity to appease blacks and Muslims and multicultralism has somehow enriched West Ham United? Lol! Maybe West Ham fans are the problem, have you ever thought about that?
I'd rather a tory and a pair of dildos than today's regular "bird brain" West Ham supporter, or a Majority Muslim/black population throughout our homeland.
@Tommy Dunne the Tories have only recently became pro-immigration in the last 20 years or so ago. It was the socialist scum of the Labour party that was responsible for mass third world immigration that has changed our country for the worst. Labour have been working diligently at the great replacement since the early 70s. Dirty socialist scum they are, and the Tories are almost as bad now.
I am an American that occasionally did business in London. I absolutely adored my time there and I was befriended by someone who was born and raised in East London. Anytime there was a match, and I was in town, he took me to Boleyn. Now, I don't pretend to be a real West Ham fan, but I love the club, and I support them. I remember the warmth I received from Hammer supporters, and despite the fact I was a Yank, they took me in. They didn't have to, but they did. That culture is something that I hold dear as someone who knew about football, but wanted to learn so much more. I think that was sensed by the community, and they were happy to teach me. I haven't been to olympic park, even though I watch the games from the States. I only have a small sample of how much the places I went to meant to the community. I will always support the Irons, but this saddens me for what this move did to this community. As for what I consider real West Ham fans, thanks for making me feel welcome. COYI.
I watched Sullivan’s attitude towards us Birmingham fans when we got word he was slating us. Him and abrady tried to get a licence for a super casino in Brum which would have helped fund a new stadium, but once the licence went to the NEC, that was the beginning of the end of their relationship with us. Sold us to a Chinese guy he didn’t like and knew was a criminal in HongKong. Glad to see the back of him and Brady. We have had so much damage done to us because of who he sold us to, shame on him. Good luck to the hammers fans, good bunch, you deserve better.
as a manchester united fan theres a hatred between us since 67 but that video was spot on . the money men have stole our game and they couldnt give a fuck about the communitys they ruin
Same thing as what's happened to Arsenal,it's all about money,the owners don't give a toss about the real working class supporters it's a shame as I enjoyed the away games at Upton Park,was a bit scary in the 80s attending night games but the atmosphere was the best in London.
Sad reality is, top level football is all about money these days. Yes, we’d all love to go back to the good old days but life isn’t like that. We’ve moved and now we just have to make the most of it. I want the seats next to the pitch to give a better atmosphere and players fit to wear the shirt. It will take time but I hope and believe it will happen. #COYI
My grandad was the owner of Ken’s cafe in green street. We told everyone we should still be open on match day in 2016. In 2020 Covid started and than they closed. In 2021 they sold the cafe. Also, yesterday would been Ken’s birthday but we lost him last June. RIP grandad.
uk whufc Football should be watched while standing on your feet roaring on your team and creating an atmosphere. The fans should be the twelfth player on the field creating the atmosphere that takes the team to victory. No wonder the fans feel they have been “sold a pup”, the club is run by pornographers who’ve made a handsome living out false dreams!!!
Couldn’t agree more me and my dad went there 2 days ago to look around and I’ve never felt more frustrated and depressed, and I’m 17. So I can’t even begin to imagine how depressed my dad must feel. Everything along green street was West Ham and the feeling I got walking down the road I couldn’t even describe. Just pure butterflies that I had
Lewis Dowsett how about and many more. Anothe big one which stands out is that they had us believe they cleared the debt, when in fact they just made it so the club owes them and not the bank.
uk whufc I hate their fucking guts they have destroyed us upton park brought me to tears when I went back and it wasn't there I will be there on the 10th I just wish we done all this before moving.
Middlesbrough fan myself but I have family who are west ham. Breaks my heart that them 3 rich twats have destroyed your club good luck lads on march 10th
It s what I’ve always said,they are rebranding you right in front of your eyes,and it’s not right, your castle represents exactly who you are, that’s your roots you cannot just wipe that out. As much as we got our rivalries for me and most Chelsea lads the best away day experience was West Ham Away, it had everything you wanted as far as the football experience is concerned. West Ham Away has turned into the greatest experience to the worst, it doesn’t feel anything like it was or how it should be anymore. Top lads Andy is proper West Ham, always was, wishing you boys all respect Chelsea SW6
I agree to an extent but we didn't always have the castle on the badge (although I suppose it could also represent Castle swifts who came before Thames Ironworks, even though most people including the board don't seem to have heard of them), even whilst at the Boleyn Ground (or Upton Park as most people used to call it. The Hammers are the most important thing about the club crest in my opinion.
Chelsea SW6 Exactly the same rebranding happened at Arsenal. On the Arsenal badge they got rid of the Islington coat of arms, an important part of Arsenal's identity, and put a cartoon-looking cannon in its place. It was done for marketing reasons. Football is a business nowadays. It's not a sport any more and West Ham fans need to deal with that fact.
What does the castle represent? Always wondered. From a Liverpool fan, our badge has chang3d a lot over the years, I'm glad its currently back to what it should be. A simple liverbird. Though I could see some in in early 20s could argue the badge should have the (Shankly) gates and the ever-burning flames, that was introduced in 92. I was sad they kept that badge on once the centenary year finished.
As a blackburn fan i know what it is to have the soul ripped out of your club as venkys have done such to blackburn As soon as they took over it didnt seem like ewood anymore I feel sorry for west ham gold sullivan and brady are same as oyston at blackpool and venkys at blackburn its a bloody disgrace whats happened to west ham theyve cut the heart out of the club But they will never beat the fans God bless you regards adrian
Hello. I'm not a "Hammers fan" as such, i'm actually a Glasgow Rangers and Liverpool fan from the mid 70's, having said that ,... West Ham Utd have always and always will have a special place in my heart.They are my favourite London Club, i love the Club Anthem ...🎤🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵"Forever Blowing Bubbles"....💙👏👏👏. The most famous of all "Hammers" fans ... the one and only "Alf Garnett".💙👍👌 from the first Club Captain i can recall .. the legendary Bobby Moore and Billy Bonds onto Sir Trevor Brooking and guys like Phil Parkes etc .. I think it is absolutely disgusting and really and truly sad what the Board have done to the Club's fans, duping you all like they have, and that is the truth of it all. I really hope and pray the Hammers don't get relegated this year. Onwards and Upwards Guys and Gals. All the very best to the Action Group and i mean that from the bottom of my Heart. "Up the Hammers". .😉👍👍💙👏👏
My family lived on Green Street since way back and worked on the Thames as dockers - got no intentions ever going to the re branded West Ham United popcorn stadium
Even other fans are gutted when we see you lot in that stadium we want West Ham to be West Ham and we know your uncomfortable in that place your home ground is important such a loss
Jon Rend, Hello Jon bang on mate im a Gunner til i die and anti-wenger, board & Shareholders. They killed us the day we moved to that bollox libary, no antmosphere new breed of fan. Money grabbing rats. Until they go i ll keep staying away, it kills me on a daily basis it really does. RIPPED MY JAM TART RIGHT OUT OF MY SOUL. RIP AFC.
I'm an arsenal fan I know what your going through cos we are also being fed lies after fucking lies so I wish you all best with what you are doing you are proper football people good luck to you all. Gooner john
Im a Charlton fan but I always had a soft spot for the Hammers.You guys should have stopped the move with mass demos while you were still at Upton Park.Makes me very sad to see this.West Ham will never be the same.
Andy Burton ....there are other European clubs going from athletic stadiums to purpose built football stadiums, we’ve gone backwards and a large chunk of our fans supported, I knew it would be shit.
They've ripped the guts out of football...Not just at West Ham. I've supported Chelsea since the 70's but my old man used to take me to Upton Park as a kid, one of the reasons my life turned to football, loved it. good luck with what you're doing. As long as there's huge money in the game, 'real' fans are gonna come second.
The real West Ham was always Upton Park green street our home and the surrouding areas Canning Town Plaistow East Ham etc,we were always the backstreet club in the east end with a proper community that’s all gone now,nothing over the London stadium Stratford.long live the Boleyn RIP 1904-2016.😢⚒
I’m Spurs through and through but I totally agree with your views. You’ve been totally let down, lied to and disrespected. Football is about memories, childhood connections and roots, your board is a disgrace.. Despite our fierce rivalry i absolutely support you 100%
50 years a Hammer. My Primary School team, same colours Claret & Blue. First words I could read looking at my Dad's Littlewoods Pools coupon was West Ham. Been a season ticket holder, a private box dweller, through the relegations and shocking Cup defeats to Mansfield, Blackpool, Wrexham, Nott County, Heresford etc the 6-0 drubbing from Oldham in the League Cup Semi, standing at Old Trafford as they put 7 past us in the FA Cup 1999. Took it all because I related to the history of the Club at its roots and there was always a very good day around the corner. The 2nd Play-Off tie vs Ipswich when Etherington & Daily scored I was behind that goal. The noise was deafening that night virtually the entire game. Always felt that it wasn't about winning the league every season and then getting irritated because our goal difference wasn't as good as last season's league winning campaign - I know what it's like to 'expect' success, its unrealistic. Worked on a record that was #1 for 6 weeks in the UK National Charts (Black Box) the summer of '89 and was disappointed when it didn't last a 7th week, then had to check myself to remember 6 weeks was incredible. This is my take on the new stadium. A few years back I was in Rome and went to The Colosseum, built AD 70. The 80'000 capacity building has been through fires, two earthquakes, WWII, the legendary Rome rain, which can go on for 3 days non-stop, and nearly 400 years of Gladiator death sport. The soil of the venue is seeped with the blood, sweat, tears, DNA and anguish of those days. The morning I took the tour I was at the back of the group being educated by the tour guide. As we got to the top, when you can see the full circumference of the venue, I stood still, letting the rest of the group wander on and just took in the magnificence of it all, then it hit me - the energy of all that madness is still in the air coming up from the ground. You can feel it, sense it. It is still there that energy.... What's the point with reference WHUFC ? That deep in that the Boleyn Ground soil was the DNA, blood, sweat and tears of the players who had fought for the club in over a 2'398 home games from those 112 years. That West Ham United energy is not in the soil of the Olympic Stadium. For comparison Anfield, has 128 years of Liverpool footballers DNA, blood, sweat and tears deep in its soil. Sometimes football miracles happen on that pitch when the fans, the team and history all come together to over-power the opposition like the 4-0 victory over Barcelona last season. That's not just a leather ball full of air being kicked by 22 men wearing leather football boots. Its the the other factor too. The eternal spirit of the club from all of those 128 years. Ditto 128 years at Celtic Park for Celtic. 102 years for Man Utd at Old Trafford. The last game, of 2'398, at the Boleyn Ground is a point in case. Man Utd, playing with every intent to spoil the party, were simply run over by the will-power of the fans, the West Ham players and that "no you fucking won't" energy from the ground. You all saw that on TV and if you were there that night you felt it. West Ham United have been uprooted from its history, deep soil and DNA. Sullivan, Gold and Brady would never understand the need to factor that into the equation of moving to the OS, an idea they took from the previous Icelandic ownership. A borrowed idea ill-conceived and executed. For it to work the OS pitch needed to have been the Boleyn Ground pitch from its deep roots and the fans right on top of the pitch to retain something of that old 112 year energy with some of its true DNA. But that old pitch is no more, gone forever with all of its West Ham football enriched history. Without it the club is a rudderless ship, unrecognizable to its origins and maybe finished in the not too distant future. I say that with a heavy heart as a Hammer of over 50 years with his red, three lions #10 England shirt signed by Geoff Hurst still carefully wrapped. Energy. We are all energy, we live on a ball of energy traveling about 1.6 million miles a day at 66,627 mph., everything we do needs energy, to breath, eat, drink, to work, to procreate, even to sleep. 112 years of full passion energy from an estimated 38'368,000* souls cheering and playing those 2'398 home games was a deep investment in spirit that is now lost. In truth, so are many of the fans.. * 2'398 home games X an average 15'000 fans = 38 million people. The last game, full, at the Boleyn Ground - West Ham United vs Man Utd th-cam.com/video/2vekxsl7W9o/w-d-xo.html&fbclid=
I'm a Spurs fan, so I don't even like your club, but I can't help feel a bit sorry about what has been done to your club. Your club has been destroyed by the greed of your board. The video is fine, but I'm afraid now that Upton Park has gone it is all too little too late.
tuboid001 Aren’t you glad your chairman didn’t get his way with “Stratford Hotspur”! I think Spurs fans made a big shout against it at the time and I’m not sure that West Ham did the same!
no, they courted the fan group 'cliques' with champagne and expensive food and the fanzine writers wrote glowing reports which weren't aligned to what the traditional fanbase wanted. And now, all you hear are posh voices 'Rah rahing'
I will never accept the Emirates as Arsenal's spiritual home and have only been once (never again) I will watch Arsenal away at 'proper' football grounds what's left of them, but even though I can never stop supporting them since 1968 I have tried to get enthusiastic about my local non league side Dulwich Hamlet a team I went to watch as an 8 year old, it just doesn't sit right. I really feel for West Ham fans leaving the Boleyn ground. It was my first visit to an away game around 1970 and the atmosphere was electric, the crowd was so close to the pitch that they had those 'funny' goal posts like hockey nets(West Ham fans will know what I mean lol) I was up the South bank and it all kicked off as a 12 year old I was terrified, but these two stunning West Ham girls (about 16) took me under their wing and made sure I didn't get hurt. It's ironic and a bloody shame that WH moved from a stadium known for it's intimacy to a huge characterless bowl almost designed to kill atmosphere. I used to hate Stamford Bridge because of it's perimeter track and counted my blessings I'd been taken to Highbury because our family was from Woolwich and had Grandads and Great uncles who had worked in 'The Royal Arsenal' Thing is I have no solution which is depressing the EPL is supposedly the most watched in the world yet our grounds are like morgues re atmosphere when compared with Germany, Italy, Spain etc Our prices are extortionate and one day the 'prawn sandwich, 'sit down you're spoiling Ruperts view brigade' are going to get bored and leave on mass and that will be the end because the big clubs no longer function as a home for fans, but purely as money making businesses for the fat cats.
This video that you boy's have put together is very heart warming and makes you feel quiet touched with emotion.. I've lived in Hampshire all my life but all my family were born and raised in the east end.. Hackney, plaistow, and Shoreditch.. Would travel up to upton park with my dad as a kid and the whole buzz of the day out with everything thrown in will stay with me forever.. Just like thousands of us that feel the same just want to have that similar feeling again, and i for one Don't have any good vibes coming from this new place, i have tried to give o.s the benefit of the doubt with 3 visit's to watch game's but it must change for me to get some sort of feeling for the place.. Lots need to improve....
americansareterrorists If you read my post you will notice that my family grow up there and are from that area. Its in my blood not that i really give a toss what you think..
Don't have the data to watch the video but is the statement : WHUFC got an absolute bargain in the terms offered in moving to the Olympic Stadium. Is that true? Or is the fan's dissatisfaction more about things like atmosphere etc. ..
As a Man City fan I really feel for you guys, we all felt exactly the same - heartbroken - when we left Maine Road. The Etihad will never be Maine Road but what we have built there is some amazing football memories (winning the title, derby victories, beating Barcelona etc). I think this is the problem for West Ham, because times are crap on the pitch now your only fond memories are in the past - we were just the same. But again, your board are to blame, lack of investment in the team despite what they promised. Believe me though, if you can get rid of these muppets and get someone in who actually knows how to run a football club and who can bring you success on the pitch you will create your own memories at your new stadium. Hard to accept, but you can never go back :-( Good luck guys
At Leeds they tried this on when we were flying high in the Champions League 20 years ago. They rigged a 'poll' among the season ticket holders and claimed a majority of us wanted to move to a new plastic Meccano style monstrosity well out of the City next to the Sewerage works of all locations! I couldn't find a single season ticket holder who voted to move. The only reason it didn't happen is we went bust just after the 'poll ' so we dodged a bullet and thank God we stayed at our true home Elland Road .
I have watched this video several times (Which is weird for a yid) and I feel your pain.You have been cleansed from YOUR patch to make way for the Wine and nibbles brigade.Still one day time machines will be real and then we can all be happy.
great video boys absolutely spot on its a disgrace what sulli gold and brady have done to this great football club with u all the way roll on 10th of march....
I would love to have a bit of glory, but I don’t want glory in a athletics stadium a badge that doesn’t represent West Ham, and more money for the board. Etc... Was Upton Park a proper West Ham stadium and fit for football? YES. Did we love going there every week? YES. Did we have traditions and traders on the street that we wanted to pass on to the next generation? YES. Was it my 2nd home? YES.Why would you leave? PROFIT. just look at Man City, do you respect them? No. Do other fans of other football clubs call them plastic? YES. Do they attract tourists? YES. Is this the real West Ham? NO. We are that working class club who would win and lose and have a good time at Upton Park. Could we have extended Upton Park? YES easily with a bit of investment and common sense, 45,000 or ever 42,000 would have been perfect for West Ham. That’s my rant over, I’m so angry that the board have taken everything I loved about West Ham away, I don’t give a flying fuck about next level, I want glory for West Ham United, not for profit, merchandise etc.., winning stuff at an athletics stadium (won’t happen) would be less enjoyable than winning a play off final or London Derby at Upton Park!
I have been going to Upton Park since 1974 , had some great times over there , 1976 ECWC Semi Final v Frankfurt , , Boys of '86 , 2 cup runs to Wembley '75 & '80 , Relegation battles , promotions . Walking from Upton Park station to the ground gave me goose Bumps . But the Olympic stadium is just that , an Athletics Stadium . I know there's no going back to Upton Park . But Gold , Sullivan and The Bitch (i can't abide saying her name) have literally killed the community around the old ground . And Gold promised them they were going to the Olympic Stadium . As someone else on here said West Ham died after the last game at Upton Park. I have been to a few games at the OS , i will never set foot in there again until it becomes a proper football ground , and we can play Home games on Boxing Day
I am not a West Ham fan but i think what those 3 have done to West Ham is borderline criminal. How The Boleyn Ground was allowed to be demolished still shocks and confuses me!
Why did you not do this video before you moved to the new ground.? In my eyes West ham fans did not have enough protests about the move! It's called being wise after the event. 👍
Ill be at the March to show my support that how things go on during transfers need to change aswell as us fans actually being listened to. But in all honesty what can we do? We wont be going back to the Boleyn and in terms of the badge, yes it has London on it. Is it really a big deal if tourists buy it simply because of the London on it? I'm happy as long as the money raised goes towards improving the club. We never used to have a castle on the badge so to me I don't really mind the simple style we now have. The new stadium can be a great place to go but it requires investment from the board to make it work and for us fans to stand up and make noise to get the team playing. I don't completely hate the new stadium as my view distance is the same as when I saw West Ham at Wembley but it does need a lot of improvements. Security is just way too slow, they can never decide if you should be patted down or scanned and simply there are not enough to get us all through fast enough but it is better to last season where you couldn't even get to the turnstiles because of the pat downs. Hopefully this march will open the owners eyes and make them start listening to us fans. I'm glad that Sullivan has said he will step back when it comes to transfers but ill believe it when I see it.
Reminds of what they did to Man United in the mid to late 90s Man united fans fought back and failed but kind of lost really, I hope West Ham fans do better
I live in the states now, but going to Upton Park, the chicken run was incredible. The pitch was right close to the stands. I remember one game the ball going into the stands, I remember throwing the ball back to Pat Holland, I remember he rested against the wall on the chicken run, and said something to some supporters laughing and took the throw in. It was so personal... incredible...
Me emociono ver al ''apache'' Tevez...hace unos meses dijo que si eligiria un equipo para retirarse seria el West Ham....Deberian llamarlo y hacerle una propuesta,aunque sea un contrato de unj año...El esta muy bien fisicamente
As a football fan,the ground at the Upton Park was so special.You as fans have so many memories of that great place and I'm so sorry you have lost this special place where generations and family made memories both good and bad.This is something those money grabbing tossers don't respect those traditions. Keep to save your club and the memories alive.
I've supported the club for 4 years I use to hate football and especially West Ham because they way the media show the club to be but after a little research I realized the media was lying, and after seeing the fans in action I knew I wanted to be a West Ham fan because home or away we make the players feel proud to support the club Brady, Gold and Sullivan DON'T support the club at all understand you have to make money and a business perspective is needed but they've made it 99% business and 1% fans it's heartbreaking to see a legendary stadium demolished into rubble Moyes needs to spend money on defence and a goalie selling 2 strikers and bring in 1 who doesn't even have 1 goal every 2 games isn't good enough spend 30-50 million on a striker I've done research we don't pay for anything the council pays all the fees we've got money going to the club but not going out
The telling thing about our whole movement is that the board have not taken legal action against us because they cannot refute anything that's been raised against them. I'm Mile End, I loved my pilgrimage to Upton Park each week. I'm in 215 now and me and the three I'm with get all the rotten looks because we're working class lads who get excited, swear and try to make some racket. It's a tragedy what's happening with football in this country as we're not the only clubs suffering boards taking the piss of the supporters and ripping the heritage and culture out. Thanks to everyone involved in fighting to get our club back. West Ham UNITED
Thanks for the video, am not really big on football but I think West Ham have amazing supporters..This video made me understand a lot about what went on at your football club..long live the fans. 👍
Shame to see a great match day experience lost. Keep on fighting for the fans at the new ground. My first ever shirt was West Ham when I was four years old. All the best from a Rangers fan.
I stopped watching arsenal in 2002, as arsenal decided to leave highbury Have not seen arsenal since, and never will again Highbury will always be what arsenal was for me, standing on the north bank as a kid For me, arsenal is dead, highbury is gone So i understand what these west ham fans feel like. Highbury went and so did my love for arsenal. So i know what you guys feel like, but off course for you it was west ham, and upton park. Your new ground will never replace the old stadium. Glad i will never watch arsenal again, no matter what they do. Arsenal for me, will always be highbury, remember my first game there paying £4 as a kid to stand on north bank So i know what you west ham fans feel like
Have supported West Ham for 46 years, since I was 8. Nothing or nobody has left such permanent scars on our club than the current management. You can look anywhere at how things were and their hand of destruction is evident. This video actually brought me to tears with the graphic, no-nonsense way it showed how ordinary working class members of the community have been brushed aside, just like us fans. Good luck with the march on the 10th, unfortunately I’m in Brisbane, Australia and have been suffering from chronic pain and nerve paralysis issues since 2005, otherwise I would fly over and join up with you all. Let’s get these leeches out of our club and get someone in who respects our values, our history and our way of doing things. WHTID ⚒
Good luck with it all .. My club was bought off by Qataris few years back and gave up my season card after 40 years ... since 2012 don't even go no more to my ground. And now, on top of that they want to rename it!! What is that all about????? Fuck modern Football.... And good luck with your action. All my love Paris SG Old Firm 1980/87
Good to see Woody in the video, I am impressed by all the lads hard work, I never wanted to leave Upton Park, and am heartbroken what it has been done to the area, I can't make the march due to I'll health, but wish you all best, with this great plan. Anyway COYI, West Ham's Elite Under 5's, Forest Gate and Plaistow's Bench Boys, also not forgetting the Towners and Villagers and last but not least Stratford. All unite for West Ham
How’s that working out for you now? Won a European trophy and have far better players who want to to come to whu now. Would’ve been championship had we stayed at UP. Onwards and upwards I say. A house is a house. A home is what you make it. How would things have turned out if we stayed at outdated and tiny UP? You old romantics you. 😂
Follow your local non league club Terraces Stand were you like Decent ticket prices The football experience like it use to be Form AFC West Ham United and run the club like the fans want it to be run. Get rid of sky TV and the billionaires who have hijacked football SAFC 4 EVER WHU have enough supporters to start their own fan owned club and charge up the leagues
Was in a pub in newport s wales and bumped into a food vendor who got stalls at new ground. How the fuck did he get in on it when the old green street vendors were promised a pitch
So you go through all this for months, plan a date for a march knowing people where even flying in from all over for March 10th (it's mentioned in your video). Have a mtg where the dildo brothers don't even show up only to get more lies from the board in a public letter. Then don't consult anyone else or do a poll and just think you 2 can decide on your own to cancel everything. What happened to all the money raised? Why the disregard to other groups and members of your own group by cancelling without consulting anyone? So you complain about the board and lies and do the exact same thing? What a embarrassment you twats are, I'm sure you will regret yesterday for the rest of your lives. Hope the backroom payoff was worth it.
Absolutely gutting the Upton Park was fantastic old ground mood atmosphere as Chelsea fan for what they give up in nostalgia the new ground,s soul less ain’t even football stadium feel for the old foe’s proper people at the end of the day as football man sorry to see !!
West ham were sold up the river by people who don't care about your history and your feelings for your club these new grounds do not have any history or feelings for the fans or the business that have been ruined by the board of the club all lies who don't give a fuck and I'm a man United fan who used to love going to Upton park I feel for all the fans of your club just keep the faith and I know you will always follow your club wear ever they play
Another kick in the bollox for the working class...football was the one thing we had left that brought us back to our roots.
Dougie Montana
Football stopped being a working class game years ago. The billionaire businessmen running the game today are not going to make much money from the working classes.💰💰
Football "A game created by the working class! And ruined by the rich. Good luck. Always AFC route take core fans. I doubt unless they make that stadium closer it will ever change. Beware the Premier whores and the FA where are they? Social cleansing? Class War? Liberties.
Del Strain the frustrating thing is, a well designed football stadium would have worked, West’s Ham still have their working class support, it was just all delivered wrong for them.
this happened to us over in Cardiff the move & the rebrand has changed our club forever....modern football doesn't include fans .. loved this video ...proper passion from proper fans ...keep on protesting ..I think u frightened the board today ..... one more big protest from you lot will most definitely get the result you are after... change
This video really shows the full impact these 3 clowns Sullivan, Gold , LadyBrady have done to East End lifes , Ruined West Ham to line there own pockets !!!!
Jonogroats123~ It's all about money and greed. I'm from Ireland and a Liverpool supporter. I feel for the West Ham supporters. Those three brown nosed c#$%s are literally running this into the ground. It was hard to watch some of the protest scenes today at the Burnley game but you can feel that frustration simmering to.a boil. Just watch how the media put a really negative spin on the story tomorrow (Sunday)
Robin Hood~ They never should have left Upton Park. Easy to say that now in hindsight. I hope other clubs can learn from this experience.
Oh really? And running away away to Essex in our tens of thousands since the late 90, like homosexual fairies, relinquishing our homeland, our culture and our identity to appease blacks and Muslims and multicultralism has somehow enriched West Ham United? Lol! Maybe West Ham fans are the problem, have you ever thought about that?
I'd rather a tory and a pair of dildos than today's regular "bird brain" West Ham supporter, or a Majority Muslim/black population throughout our homeland.
@Tommy Dunne the Tories have only recently became pro-immigration in the last 20 years or so ago. It was the socialist scum of the Labour party that was responsible for mass third world immigration that has changed our country for the worst. Labour have been working diligently at the great replacement since the early 70s. Dirty socialist scum they are, and the Tories are almost as bad now.
I am an American that occasionally did business in London. I absolutely adored my time there and I was befriended by someone who was born and raised in East London. Anytime there was a match, and I was in town, he took me to Boleyn. Now, I don't pretend to be a real West Ham fan, but I love the club, and I support them. I remember the warmth I received from Hammer supporters, and despite the fact I was a Yank, they took me in. They didn't have to, but they did. That culture is something that I hold dear as someone who knew about football, but wanted to learn so much more. I think that was sensed by the community, and they were happy to teach me.
I haven't been to olympic park, even though I watch the games from the States. I only have a small sample of how much the places I went to meant to the community. I will always support the Irons, but this saddens me for what this move did to this community.
As for what I consider real West Ham fans, thanks for making me feel welcome. COYI.
We are a Special Breed.
Mate, I'm from Manchester, West Ham are a horrible bunch of gits, trust me. MUFC OK
@@alunwall1458Ha ha, true, 🤡 's
I’m Spurs but I really feel for these fans
They had a great ground and following. Now they’ve lost that identity for the sake of what??
Remember this could have been us
Great video. Really hard to see Upton Park like that. Can't bring myself to go back there now. Sold a bunch of lies. Board out
I watched Sullivan’s attitude towards us Birmingham fans when we got word he was slating us. Him and abrady tried to get a licence for a super casino in Brum which would have helped fund a new stadium, but once the licence went to the NEC, that was the beginning of the end of their relationship with us. Sold us to a Chinese guy he didn’t like and knew was a criminal in HongKong. Glad to see the back of him and Brady. We have had so much damage done to us because of who he sold us to, shame on him. Good luck to the hammers fans, good bunch, you deserve better.
I support you guys 100%, as a gooner I can't stand these soulless modern grounds.
Destroyed a football club , next level liars ..
The pie and mash shop closed a few months after this video was filmed.
Yeah I know, very sad. Don't think the Boleyn pub will last for much longer either . Dark days ⛈⛈🤒
@@PaquetasCar2147 sadly that's gone now. 😢
as a manchester united fan theres a hatred between us since 67 but that video was spot on . the money men have stole our game and they couldnt give a fuck about the communitys they ruin
Same thing as what's happened to Arsenal,it's all about money,the owners don't give a toss about the real working class supporters
it's a shame as I enjoyed the away games at Upton Park,was a bit scary in the 80s attending night games but the atmosphere was the
best in London.
londonoldschool
Fucking great comment that mate, thanks. Take that as a big compliment 👍⚒️
Yes I gave watching Arsenal when they put the seats in. Football is to be cheered passionately on your feet.
Sad reality is, top level football is all about money these days. Yes, we’d all love to go back to the good old days but life isn’t like that. We’ve moved and now we just have to make the most of it. I want the seats next to the pitch to give a better atmosphere and players fit to wear the shirt. It will take time but I hope and believe it will happen. #COYI
really? Are you sure it had nothing to do with all the stabbings and muggings and black on white mob violence that makes people scared to go out?
They killed Highbury..i feel youWestHam fans
A year on and this still breaks my heart to watch!!! A community ruined ⚒⚒
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My grandad was the owner of Ken’s cafe in green street. We told everyone we should still be open on match day in 2016. In 2020 Covid started and than they closed. In 2021 they sold the cafe. Also, yesterday would been Ken’s birthday but we lost him last June. RIP grandad.
😢 wow your the famous local family, sorry to hear of your loss
I even miss the crap hot dogs that used to give you the shits '''good ole days
Ray Thompson The old Stamford Bridge was the best for food poisoning!
What happened to westham was a total traversee and heartbreaking.and they are not the only club to suffer this rebranding shit .mark lufc
I'm only 22 and it gets me down. I feel so bad for the older generations of fans. Absolutely gutted for them.
uk whufc It was way better before they put the seats in! When they did that I gave up watching football.
uk whufc Football should be watched while standing on your feet roaring on your team and creating an atmosphere. The fans should be the twelfth player on the field creating the atmosphere that takes the team to victory. No wonder the fans feel they have been “sold a pup”, the club is run by pornographers who’ve made a handsome living out false dreams!!!
Knocking down an English community to build some flats for some fucking foreigners.
There is nothing for English people in London anymore, sold out.
Thomas Holland football has gone to shit now and so has the uk. I should've been born in a previous generation.
Couldn’t agree more me and my dad went there 2 days ago to look around and I’ve never felt more frustrated and depressed, and I’m 17. So I can’t even begin to imagine how depressed my dad must feel. Everything along green street was West Ham and the feeling I got walking down the road I couldn’t even describe. Just pure butterflies that I had
Worst lie of all was "seats will be close to the pitch"
Fix that and it won't look half as shit
And "we won't change the badge"
And "all the seats will be claret and blue"
uk whufc and business's will come with us...
And more money for transfers.. Shall we go on??
Lewis Dowsett how about and many more.
Anothe big one which stands out is that they had us believe they cleared the debt, when in fact they just made it so the club owes them and not the bank.
uk whufc I hate their fucking guts they have destroyed us upton park brought me to tears when I went back and it wasn't there I will be there on the 10th I just wish we done all this before moving.
They just bought a well packaged lie....
Middlesbrough fan myself but I have family who are west ham. Breaks my heart that them 3 rich twats have destroyed your club good luck lads on march 10th
It s what I’ve always said,they are rebranding you right in front of your eyes,and it’s not right, your castle represents exactly who you are, that’s your roots you cannot just wipe that out.
As much as we got our rivalries for me and most Chelsea lads the best away day experience was West Ham Away, it had everything you wanted as far as the football experience is concerned.
West Ham Away has turned into the greatest experience to the worst, it doesn’t feel anything like it was or how it should be anymore.
Top lads Andy is proper West Ham, always was, wishing you boys all respect
Chelsea SW6
I agree to an extent but we didn't always have the castle on the badge (although I suppose it could also represent Castle swifts who came before Thames Ironworks, even though most people including the board don't seem to have heard of them), even whilst at the Boleyn Ground (or Upton Park as most people used to call it. The Hammers are the most important thing about the club crest in my opinion.
Yeah andrew is proper west aaaam
Had a meeting with brady and sorted everything out
Chelsea SW6
Exactly the same rebranding happened at Arsenal. On the Arsenal badge they got rid of the Islington coat of arms, an important part of Arsenal's identity, and put a cartoon-looking cannon in its place. It was done for marketing reasons. Football is a business nowadays. It's not a sport any more and West Ham fans need to deal with that fact.
What does the castle represent? Always wondered.
From a Liverpool fan, our badge has chang3d a lot over the years, I'm glad its currently back to what it should be. A simple liverbird. Though I could see some in in early 20s could argue the badge should have the (Shankly) gates and the ever-burning flames, that was introduced in 92. I was sad they kept that badge on once the centenary year finished.
They knocked down WestHam to build homes for foreigners.
fucking money is ruining the game
TONY
Has ruined the game , already has. Sad.
As a blackburn fan i know what it is to have the soul ripped out of your club as venkys have done such to blackburn
As soon as they took over it didnt seem like ewood anymore
I feel sorry for west ham gold sullivan and brady are same as oyston at blackpool and venkys at blackburn its a bloody disgrace whats happened to west ham theyve cut the heart out of the club
But they will never beat the fans
God bless you regards adrian
Hello. I'm not a "Hammers fan" as such, i'm actually a Glasgow Rangers and Liverpool fan from the mid 70's, having said that ,... West Ham Utd have always and always will have a special place in my heart.They are my favourite London Club, i love the Club Anthem ...🎤🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵"Forever Blowing Bubbles"....💙👏👏👏. The most famous of all "Hammers" fans ... the one and only "Alf Garnett".💙👍👌 from the first Club Captain i can recall .. the legendary Bobby Moore and Billy Bonds onto Sir Trevor Brooking and guys like Phil Parkes etc .. I think it is absolutely disgusting and really and truly sad what the Board have done to the Club's fans, duping you all like they have, and that is the truth of it all. I really hope and pray the Hammers don't get relegated this year. Onwards and Upwards Guys and Gals. All the very best to the Action Group and i mean that from the bottom of my Heart. "Up the Hammers". .😉👍👍💙👏👏
My family lived on Green Street since way back and worked on the Thames as dockers - got no intentions ever going to the re branded West Ham United popcorn stadium
real fan respcet form a Chelsea fan
Thought it was paul whitehouse for minute lol.
Paul Whitehouse is a spurs fan
Even other fans are gutted when we see you lot in that stadium we want West Ham to be West Ham and we know your uncomfortable in that place your home ground is important such a loss
Nice VID, least you lads are trying to do something about it not like my team Arsenal who have had their soul sold since we left Highbury.
Jon Rend, Hello Jon bang on mate im a Gunner til i die and anti-wenger, board & Shareholders. They killed us the day we moved to that bollox libary, no antmosphere new breed of fan. Money grabbing rats. Until they go i ll keep staying away, it kills me on a daily basis it really does. RIPPED MY JAM TART RIGHT OUT OF MY SOUL. RIP AFC.
I'm an arsenal fan I know what your going through cos we are also being fed lies after fucking lies so I wish you all best with what you are doing you are proper football people good luck to you all. Gooner john
Same as what Jonogroats123 said below , shocking. COYI Forever WESTHAM Keep the faith 'x'
Im a Charlton fan but I always had a soft spot for the Hammers.You guys should have stopped the move with mass demos while you were still at Upton Park.Makes me very sad to see this.West Ham will never be the same.
David B j
this is breaking my heart watching this especially Nathans pie n eel shop & community - this is what Sullivan etc just dont get.
we are westham ⚒😞
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Why do people think juventus built a proper ground .. because the big bowls scare fans away.
Andy Burton ....there are other European clubs going from athletic stadiums to purpose built football stadiums, we’ve gone backwards and a large chunk of our fans supported, I knew it would be shit.
Very sad..crippled a community scaring thing is they dont care..respect..m c.f.c..
Great video lads. The video really brings it all home. See you all there on 10th March.
"...unless you decide to pull the plug and threaten fellow supporters who still want to march..."
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Fair play, full on, the right way....right on...IRONS
They've ripped the guts out of football...Not just at West Ham. I've supported Chelsea since the 70's but my old man used to take me to Upton Park as a kid, one of the reasons my life turned to football, loved it. good luck with what you're doing. As long as there's huge money in the game, 'real' fans are gonna come second.
From all Australian Hammers brilliant work boys
YEP YOUVE BEEN DONE. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR. BHAFC.
The real West Ham was always Upton Park green street our home and the surrouding areas Canning Town Plaistow East Ham etc,we were always the backstreet club in the east end with a proper community that’s all gone now,nothing over the London stadium Stratford.long live the Boleyn RIP 1904-2016.😢⚒
I went past the your old Upton Park ground a week or so ago.... unreal.. so strange to see it as it is...
I’m Spurs through and through but I totally agree with your views.
You’ve been totally let down, lied to and disrespected.
Football is about memories, childhood connections and roots, your board is a disgrace..
Despite our fierce rivalry i absolutely support you 100%
50 years a Hammer. My Primary School team, same colours Claret & Blue. First words I could read looking at my Dad's Littlewoods Pools coupon was West Ham. Been a season ticket holder, a private box dweller, through the relegations and shocking Cup defeats to Mansfield, Blackpool, Wrexham, Nott County, Heresford etc the 6-0 drubbing from Oldham in the League Cup Semi, standing at Old Trafford as they put 7 past us in the FA Cup 1999. Took it all because I related to the history of the Club at its roots and there was always a very good day around the corner. The 2nd Play-Off tie vs Ipswich when Etherington & Daily scored I was behind that goal. The noise was deafening that night virtually the entire game. Always felt that it wasn't about winning the league every season and then getting irritated because our goal difference wasn't as good as last season's league winning campaign - I know what it's like to 'expect' success, its unrealistic. Worked on a record that was #1 for 6 weeks in the UK National Charts (Black Box) the summer of '89 and was disappointed when it didn't last a 7th week, then had to check myself to remember 6 weeks was incredible.
This is my take on the new stadium. A few years back I was in Rome and went to The Colosseum, built AD 70. The 80'000 capacity building has been through fires, two earthquakes, WWII, the legendary Rome rain, which can go on for 3 days non-stop, and nearly 400 years of Gladiator death sport. The soil of the venue is seeped with the blood, sweat, tears, DNA and anguish of those days. The morning I took the tour I was at the back of the group being educated by the tour guide. As we got to the top, when you can see the full circumference of the venue, I stood still, letting the rest of the group wander on and just took in the magnificence of it all, then it hit me - the energy of all that madness is still in the air coming up from the ground. You can feel it, sense it. It is still there that energy....
What's the point with reference WHUFC ?
That deep in that the Boleyn Ground soil was the DNA, blood, sweat and tears of the players who had fought for the club in over a 2'398 home games from those 112 years.
That West Ham United energy is not in the soil of the Olympic Stadium.
For comparison Anfield, has 128 years of Liverpool footballers DNA, blood, sweat and tears deep in its soil. Sometimes football miracles happen on that pitch when the fans, the team and history all come together to over-power the opposition like the 4-0 victory over Barcelona last season. That's not just a leather ball full of air being kicked by 22 men wearing leather football boots. Its the the other factor too. The eternal spirit of the club from all of those 128 years. Ditto 128 years at Celtic Park for Celtic. 102 years for Man Utd at Old Trafford.
The last game, of 2'398, at the Boleyn Ground is a point in case. Man Utd, playing with every intent to spoil the party, were simply run over by the will-power of the fans, the West Ham players and that "no you fucking won't" energy from the ground. You all saw that on TV and if you were there that night you felt it.
West Ham United have been uprooted from its history, deep soil and DNA. Sullivan, Gold and Brady would never understand the need to factor that into the equation of moving to the OS, an idea they took from the previous Icelandic ownership. A borrowed idea ill-conceived and executed. For it to work the OS pitch needed to have been the Boleyn Ground pitch from its deep roots and the fans right on top of the pitch to retain something of that old 112 year energy with some of its true DNA. But that old pitch is no more, gone forever with all of its West Ham football enriched history. Without it the club is a rudderless ship, unrecognizable to its origins and maybe finished in the not too distant future. I say that with a heavy heart as a Hammer of over 50 years with his red, three lions #10 England shirt signed by Geoff Hurst still carefully wrapped.
Energy. We are all energy, we live on a ball of energy traveling about 1.6 million miles a day at 66,627 mph., everything we do needs energy, to breath, eat, drink, to work, to procreate, even to sleep.
112 years of full passion energy from an estimated 38'368,000* souls cheering and playing those 2'398 home games was a deep investment in spirit that is now lost. In truth, so are many of the fans..
* 2'398 home games X an average 15'000 fans = 38 million people.
The last game, full, at the Boleyn Ground - West Ham United vs Man Utd
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I'm a Spurs fan, so I don't even like your club, but I can't help feel a bit sorry about what has been done to your club. Your club has been destroyed by the greed of your board. The video is fine, but I'm afraid now that Upton Park has gone it is all too little too late.
tuboid001 Aren’t you glad your chairman didn’t get his way with “Stratford Hotspur”!
I think Spurs fans made a big shout against it at the time and I’m not sure that West Ham did the same!
no, they courted the fan group 'cliques' with champagne and expensive food and the fanzine writers wrote glowing reports which weren't aligned to what the traditional fanbase wanted. And now, all you hear are posh voices 'Rah rahing'
Agree I'm spurs but feel for them, spurs and West ham are quite similar in the old stadiums and fan base so can relate to them
I will never accept the Emirates as Arsenal's spiritual home and have only been once (never again) I will watch Arsenal away at 'proper' football grounds what's left of them, but even though I can never stop supporting them since 1968 I have tried to get enthusiastic about my local non league side Dulwich Hamlet a team I went to watch as an 8 year old, it just doesn't sit right. I really feel for West Ham fans leaving the Boleyn ground. It was my first visit to an away game around 1970 and the atmosphere was electric, the crowd was so close to the pitch that they had those 'funny' goal posts like hockey nets(West Ham fans will know what I mean lol) I was up the South bank and it all kicked off as a 12 year old I was terrified, but these two stunning West Ham girls (about 16) took me under their wing and made sure I didn't get hurt. It's ironic and a bloody shame that WH moved from a stadium known for it's intimacy to a huge characterless bowl almost designed to kill atmosphere. I used to hate Stamford Bridge because of it's perimeter track and counted my blessings I'd been taken to Highbury because our family was from Woolwich and had Grandads and Great uncles who had worked in 'The Royal Arsenal' Thing is I have no solution which is depressing the EPL is supposedly the most watched in the world yet our grounds are like morgues re atmosphere when compared with Germany, Italy, Spain etc Our prices are extortionate and one day the 'prawn sandwich, 'sit down you're spoiling Ruperts view brigade' are going to get bored and leave on mass and that will be the end because the big clubs no longer function as a home for fans, but purely as money making businesses for the fat cats.
This video that you boy's have put together is very heart warming and makes you feel quiet touched with emotion.. I've lived in Hampshire all my life but all my family were born and raised in the east end.. Hackney, plaistow, and Shoreditch.. Would travel up to upton park with my dad as a kid and the whole buzz of the day out with everything thrown in will stay with me forever.. Just like thousands of us that feel the same just want to have that similar feeling again, and i for one Don't have any good vibes coming from this new place, i have tried to give o.s the benefit of the doubt with 3 visit's to watch game's but it must change for me to get some sort of feeling for the place.. Lots need to improve....
He could have supported them due to one of his family doing so,and if he truly supports them and them alone who gives a shit.
Silverdeathgamer290 fair play 4 your post.. whu till i die and that is that.. nice1..
americansareterrorists If you read my post you will notice that my family grow up there and are from that area. Its in my blood not that i really give a toss what you think..
Don't have the data to watch the video but is the statement :
WHUFC got an absolute bargain in the terms offered in moving to the Olympic Stadium.
Is that true?
Or is the fan's dissatisfaction more about things like atmosphere etc. ..
Too little too late...
Breaks my heart. To see this.
As a Man City fan I really feel for you guys, we all felt exactly the same - heartbroken - when we left Maine Road. The Etihad will never be Maine Road but what we have built there is some amazing football memories (winning the title, derby victories, beating Barcelona etc). I think this is the problem for West Ham, because times are crap on the pitch now your only fond memories are in the past - we were just the same. But again, your board are to blame, lack of investment in the team despite what they promised. Believe me though, if you can get rid of these muppets and get someone in who actually knows how to run a football club and who can bring you success on the pitch you will create your own memories at your new stadium. Hard to accept, but you can never go back :-( Good luck guys
At Leeds they tried this on when we were flying high in the Champions League 20 years ago. They rigged a 'poll' among the season ticket holders and claimed a majority of us wanted to move to a new plastic Meccano style monstrosity well out of the City next to the Sewerage works of all locations! I couldn't find a single season ticket holder who voted to move. The only reason it didn't happen is we went bust just after the 'poll ' so we dodged a bullet and thank God we stayed at our true home Elland Road .
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As a Wigan, this is HEARTBREAKING!
Good look with everything!
I have watched this video several times (Which is weird for a yid) and I feel your pain.You have been cleansed from YOUR patch to make way for the Wine and nibbles brigade.Still one day time machines will be real and then we can all be happy.
Glad we stayed where we are at spurs, remember it could have been us at the linford christie stadium
Not a West Ham fan loved watching your games on tv not anymore as the new ground is sole less great video bet of luck getting the spices out
Fucking heart breaking
Followed MCFC since 1969, can`t believe I`m never going to Upton Park anymore. Carry on the fight and good luck.
great video boys absolutely spot on its a disgrace what sulli gold and brady have done to this great football club with u all the way roll on 10th of march....
I would love to have a bit of glory, but I don’t want glory in a athletics stadium a badge that doesn’t represent West Ham, and more money for the board. Etc...
Was Upton Park a proper West Ham stadium and fit for football? YES. Did we love going there every week? YES. Did we have traditions and traders on the street that we wanted to pass on to the next generation? YES. Was it my 2nd home? YES.Why would you leave? PROFIT.
just look at Man City, do you respect them? No. Do other fans of other football clubs call them plastic? YES. Do they attract tourists? YES. Is this the real West Ham? NO. We are that working class club who would win and lose and have a good time at Upton Park.
Could we have extended Upton Park? YES easily with a bit of investment and common sense, 45,000 or ever 42,000 would have been perfect for West Ham.
That’s my rant over, I’m so angry that the board have taken everything I loved about West Ham away, I don’t give a flying fuck about next level, I want glory for West Ham United, not for profit, merchandise etc.., winning stuff at an athletics stadium (won’t happen) would be less enjoyable than winning a play off final or London Derby at Upton Park!
I have been going to Upton Park since 1974 , had some great times over there , 1976 ECWC Semi Final v Frankfurt , , Boys of '86 , 2 cup runs to Wembley '75 & '80 , Relegation battles , promotions . Walking from Upton Park station to the ground gave me goose Bumps .
But the Olympic stadium is just that , an Athletics Stadium . I know there's no going back to Upton Park .
But Gold , Sullivan and The Bitch (i can't abide saying her name) have literally killed the community around the old ground . And Gold promised them they were going to the Olympic Stadium .
As someone else on here said West Ham died after the last game at Upton Park. I have been to a few games at the OS , i will never set foot in there again until it becomes a proper football ground , and we can play Home games on Boxing Day
What a beautiful pub is the Boleyn, it's almost Victorian in style, it looks like a fantastic place to have a pint, from a Villa fan.
Shocking whats happend to west ham at least mike ashley cant take our stadium hes tried to take everything else
darth penguin Your in N E England, I guess there land can still be gotten for pennies. London then don't think so.
can a 13 year old join the group?
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Can a 90 year old join my aunty fanny loves the irons
Would have loved to have seen the social club included in some footage that was a special wee place!!!
Shocking. Proper feel for West Ham fans
they have killed the east end but now its time to fight back great video
Keep fighting people! South Belfast Irons
Wat Sandy Row im up the Shankill WHU RFC have big support down ur bit on 12th COUI WATP FTP
I am not a West Ham fan but i think what those 3 have done to West Ham is borderline criminal. How The Boleyn Ground was allowed to be demolished still shocks and confuses me!
Last bit about Isla choked me up. Top lads
Why did you not do this video before you moved to the new ground.? In my eyes West ham fans did not have enough protests about the move! It's called being wise after the event. 👍
Ill be at the March to show my support that how things go on during transfers need to change aswell as us fans actually being listened to. But in all honesty what can we do? We wont be going back to the Boleyn and in terms of the badge, yes it has London on it. Is it really a big deal if tourists buy it simply because of the London on it? I'm happy as long as the money raised goes towards improving the club. We never used to have a castle on the badge so to me I don't really mind the simple style we now have.
The new stadium can be a great place to go but it requires investment from the board to make it work and for us fans to stand up and make noise to get the team playing. I don't completely hate the new stadium as my view distance is the same as when I saw West Ham at Wembley but it does need a lot of improvements. Security is just way too slow, they can never decide if you should be patted down or scanned and simply there are not enough to get us all through fast enough but it is better to last season where you couldn't even get to the turnstiles because of the pat downs.
Hopefully this march will open the owners eyes and make them start listening to us fans. I'm glad that Sullivan has said he will step back when it comes to transfers but ill believe it when I see it.
Reminds of what they did to Man United in the mid to late 90s
Man united fans fought back and failed but kind of lost really, I hope West Ham fans do better
I live in the states now, but going to Upton Park, the chicken run was incredible. The pitch was right close to the stands. I remember one game the ball going into the stands, I remember throwing the ball back to Pat Holland, I remember he rested against the wall on the chicken run, and said something to some supporters laughing and took the throw in. It was so personal... incredible...
Me emociono ver al ''apache'' Tevez...hace unos meses dijo que si eligiria un equipo para retirarse seria el West Ham....Deberian llamarlo y hacerle una propuesta,aunque sea un contrato de unj año...El esta muy bien fisicamente
As a football fan,the ground at the Upton Park was so special.You as fans have so many memories of that great place and I'm so sorry you have lost this special place where generations and family made memories both good and bad.This is something those money grabbing tossers don't respect those traditions.
Keep to save your club and the memories alive.
Watched this a few fair times. Good to see proper West Ham (Andy) and my heritage. Long Live My Church. The Boleyn Upton Park. West Ham Til I die ⚒️
Great video Andy & Mickey ⚒
Liverpool fan. Good luck West ham
I've supported the club for 4 years I use to hate football and especially West Ham because they way the media show the club to be but after a little research I realized the media was lying, and after seeing the fans in action I knew I wanted to be a West Ham fan because home or away we make the players feel proud to support the club Brady, Gold and Sullivan DON'T support the club at all understand you have to make money and a business perspective is needed but they've made it 99% business and 1% fans it's heartbreaking to see a legendary stadium demolished into rubble
Moyes needs to spend money on defence and a goalie selling 2 strikers and bring in 1 who doesn't even have 1 goal every 2 games isn't good enough spend 30-50 million on a striker I've done research we don't pay for anything the council pays all the fees we've got money going to the club but not going out
The telling thing about our whole movement is that the board have not taken legal action against us because they cannot refute anything that's been raised against them.
I'm Mile End, I loved my pilgrimage to Upton Park each week. I'm in 215 now and me and the three I'm with get all the rotten looks because we're working class lads who get excited, swear and try to make some racket.
It's a tragedy what's happening with football in this country as we're not the only clubs suffering boards taking the piss of the supporters and ripping the heritage and culture out.
Thanks to everyone involved in fighting to get our club back.
West Ham UNITED
Almost felt sorry them until the "when West Ham won the world cup" bit, said with complete seriousness.
Thanks for the video, am not really big on football but I think West Ham have amazing supporters..This video made me understand a lot about what went on at your football club..long live the fans. 👍
Fight for Your club and history.Love &support from a fan from Croatia.Don't give up!!!
Shame to see a great match day experience lost. Keep on fighting for the fans at the new ground. My first ever shirt was West Ham when I was four years old. All the best from a Rangers fan.
I stopped watching arsenal in 2002, as arsenal decided to leave highbury
Have not seen arsenal since, and never will again
Highbury will always be what arsenal was for me, standing on the north bank as a kid
For me, arsenal is dead, highbury is gone
So i understand what these west ham fans feel like. Highbury went and so did my love for arsenal.
So i know what you guys feel like, but off course for you it was west ham, and upton park.
Your new ground will never replace the old stadium.
Glad i will never watch arsenal again, no matter what they do.
Arsenal for me, will always be highbury, remember my first game there paying £4 as a kid to stand on north bank
So i know what you west ham fans feel like
Have supported West Ham for 46 years, since I was 8. Nothing or nobody has left such permanent scars on our club than the current management. You can look anywhere at how things were and their hand of destruction is evident. This video actually brought me to tears with the graphic, no-nonsense way it showed how ordinary working class members of the community have been brushed aside, just like us fans. Good luck with the march on the 10th, unfortunately I’m in Brisbane, Australia and have been suffering from chronic pain and nerve paralysis issues since 2005, otherwise I would fly over and join up with you all. Let’s get these leeches out of our club and get someone in who respects our values, our history and our way of doing things. WHTID ⚒
Good luck with it all .. My club was bought off by Qataris few years back and gave up my season card after 40 years ... since 2012 don't even go no more to my ground. And now, on top of that they want to rename it!! What is that all about????? Fuck modern Football.... And good luck with your action. All my love Paris SG Old Firm 1980/87
Good to see Woody in the video, I am impressed by all the lads hard work, I never wanted to leave Upton Park, and am heartbroken what it has been done to the area, I can't make the march due to I'll health, but wish you all best, with this great plan.
Anyway COYI, West Ham's Elite Under 5's, Forest Gate and Plaistow's Bench Boys, also not forgetting the Towners and Villagers and last but not least Stratford. All unite for West Ham
How’s that working out for you now?
Won a European trophy and have far better players who want to to come to whu now.
Would’ve been championship had we stayed at UP. Onwards and upwards I say.
A house is a house.
A home is what you make it. How would things have turned out if we stayed at outdated and tiny UP?
You old romantics you. 😂
Follow your local non league club
Terraces
Stand were you like
Decent ticket prices
The football experience like it use to be
Form AFC West Ham United and run the club like the fans want it to be run.
Get rid of sky TV and the billionaires who have hijacked football
SAFC 4 EVER
WHU have enough supporters to start their own fan owned club and charge up the leagues
Was in a pub in newport s wales and bumped into a food vendor who got stalls at new ground. How the fuck did he get in on it when the old green street vendors were promised a pitch
So you go through all this for months, plan a date for a march knowing people where even flying in from all over for March 10th (it's mentioned in your video). Have a mtg where the dildo brothers don't even show up only to get more lies from the board in a public letter. Then don't consult anyone else or do a poll and just think you 2 can decide on your own to cancel everything. What happened to all the money raised? Why the disregard to other groups and members of your own group by cancelling without consulting anyone? So you complain about the board and lies and do the exact same thing? What a embarrassment you twats are, I'm sure you will regret yesterday for the rest of your lives. Hope the backroom payoff was worth it.
Good luck in your fight lads,no love lost as i'm a Man Utd fan,modern day football owners really are parasites! MUFC OK
Great video. Pompey are with you
Gentrification at its worst, disgusting, from Ibrox. COYI
Arsenal fan but really feel for you guys , same thing happened with arsenal.
Not really cuz it's still in arsenal and moved to another football stadium
Absolutely gutting the Upton Park was fantastic old ground mood atmosphere as Chelsea fan for what they give up in nostalgia the new ground,s soul less ain’t even football stadium feel for the old foe’s proper people at the end of the day as football man sorry to see !!
West ham were sold up the river by people who don't care about your history and your feelings for your club these new grounds do not have any history or feelings for the fans or the business that have been ruined by the board of the club all lies who don't give a fuck and I'm a man United fan who used to love going to Upton park I feel for all the fans of your club just keep the faith and I know you will always follow your club wear ever they play
You've been sold down the river. I feel for you guys hope you get a new owner.