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Posts tagged with "West Ham United"
My first game – Andrea Ryder
Feb. 16 | Leyton Orient v West Ham United Pre-season friendly Brisbane Road August 2000 West Ham United had always been a big thing for my family, but going to games was not a frequent occurrence for financial reasons. My dad had taken us to see the Boleyn Ground...
My first game – Nigel Fuller
Feb. 9 | West Ham United 2 Leeds United 3 Football League Division 1 16th January 1971 Attendance: 34,396 In the mid to late nineteen-sixties when United were at the beginning of what was to be a lengthy reign as one of the top teams in the country, they found...
It could have been so much worse
Jan. 28 | More often than not you remember games you have been to for the right reasons. A day out in a cup final, a thrashing of your local rival or just a game where everything just seems to click. However, sometimes there are events that you will always remember...
Unsung Heroes Part 5: Get with the programmes(s)
Jan. 21 | One of the essential components of a match day when I was growing up was the programme. Before the days of the Internet (Oi! Grandad – shut up!) it was the only way you could get information on what was going on at the club. In the 1970′s...
Break with Tradition
Dec. 16 | Hands up who knows what footballing event happened on Saturday 3rd March 1995 in a place famous the world over for golf? It was change that has literally resulted in billions of pounds worth of revenue flowing into the game in some form or another. ...
Rock Bottom
Nov. 13 | At 1.30pm on Saturday afternoon I was handed my “Get out of jail free” card. This was supposed to be a treat for Lolly, but my little battle hardened football daughter finally admitted defeat on her heavy cold and declared herself unfit to...
Giggles galore with a Bishop, a Rook and Avram Grant
Nov. 11 | Now here was a turn up for the books. Me, in London, on a Tuesday? Well too bloomin’ right. And lo and behold not just one game this week, but TWO! First up was a trip up the M11 to watch the mighty Rooks trying to extend their 3 match unbeaten...
Where is Buckie anyway?
Nov. 3 | In August 1979 the Fuller family set off for a holiday in Scotland. As a nine year old I was heading north of the border for the first time, my mind full of images kilted men tossing haggis all over the place – well that is what my brother had...
It is better to travel with hope than not to travel at all
Oct. 30 | We take travel today with a pinch of salt. Budget airlines have opened up a world we would have never seen and thanks to this t’internet thing we can now get independent reviews, photos and even videos of hotels, bars and restaurants around the...
