The Ball is Round

Unsung Heroes 2: Mr Moon has left the stadium

Aug. 22 | After last weeks shocking revelations in our Unsung Heroes of football series involving the screen operator, this week we turn to the man who is responsible for literally setting the tone before, during and after the game. The stadium announcer is the...

Sea Urchins

Aug. 11 | “And so the end is near“…with just a few days left until the start of the Premier League and Non-league seasons there was still time to fit in one more friendly. And could we have found a better one that just across the water in the...

Charity begins at home

Aug. 9 | To me Snickers will always be Marathons. Opal Fruits will never be replaced by Starburst and you can change a letter but Jif will always be that and not Cif. I do not hate change – in fact I embrace it on a daily basis – after all having...

An open letter

Jul. 14 | Dear Mr Gold and Mr Sullivan, I refer to your letter to me on the 19th May when you laid out your ten point plan for the future of the club I have supported since I was 5 years old, and one where for the past 11 seasons I have had a season ticket. At...

Millionaire row

May. 27 | According to Uncle Google, a millionaire is defined as someone who has a “net worth of a million or more units of currency”. In the good old days it was relatively easy to become a millionaire – simply take a flight to Turkey and you...

How much more can we take?

May. 19 | I almost cringe when I see the multiple emails arrive in the TBIR inbox (there is such a thing as database cleansing guys) from The Circus as I know that within a day or so my beloved West Ham will be lampooned in the press.  So here is the latest ruse...

The penalty shoot out lottery

Apr. 16 | I have followed England in the last six major tournaments we have played in stretching back to the European Championships held here on home soil in 1996.  During that time we have failed to qualify once – in 2008 under McClown, but in the other...

You should be ashamed of yourself

Apr. 11 | Spineless, gutless, embarrassing, unprofessional. Four words I could use to describe the appalling performance by West Ham against Liverpool at Anfield last night. As a life long supporter of the club and a current season ticket holder I watched us capitulate...

Just whose side are you on?

Mar. 18 | We have just experienced the worst winter in thirty odd years which has resulted in our football calendar being decimated.  No club was immune from the weather, or the namby pamby local authority rules that saw perfectly playable pitches being called...