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Posts tagged with "West Ham"
Stand your ground and fight
May. 15 | I am not even going to start expressing my disappointment at the way my team has been managed tonight when relegation is so raw. That will come over time. But instead a look back at my memories from that first season 7 years ago in the second tier of...
Getting a leg(acy) up
Jan. 20 | Here is a little secret for West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur awaiting the decision on who will get the Olympic Stadium next week. Whisper it quietly, but football fans rarely want to watch football in an Olympic Stadium. Why do I say that? Well...
Once a Gunner, always a Hammer?
Jan. 6 | If Trevor Brooking wouldn’t have fallen over in the penalty area at 3.13pm on Saturday 10th May 1980 life would have been so different for me. The moment a child chooses their football team to follow is a monumental decision, the first right of...
Bring on the Champions (and cup winners!)
Sep. 10 | Three games into the Premier League season and we are still without a point. Thanks goodness it’s only Chelsea, Stoke and Tottenham next, or I’d be worried. There’s been a debate on the message boards on a novel way to get behind the team. It’s...
How I became the West Ham announcer
Sep. 10 | I moved to East London from Cambridge when I was six. I think my parents may have done the driving, but I think I did most of the packing and dealing with estate agents. Growing up in Clayhall it was a no-brainer that I should be a Hammer. There was a...
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...
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 Magic of the FA Cup West Ham style
Jan. 3 | West Ham United 3 Barnsley 0 – Upton Park – Saturday 3rd January 2009 The first Saturday in January is nearly always synonymous with the FA Cup 3rd round, for some the most important day in the footballing calendar. Prior to 3pm (although...
