Upton Park memories

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I cannot believe this will be our last ever visit to this ground. Been twice - once under Sven and once when Colin hendry scored in the last minute. Great old ground.

Anyone got any other happy memories!

Hope we go out with a bang there. We should buy the hammers a goodbye gift or flag.
 
Only been there the once, in the C1C SF in 2014. Me and my dad drove down for hours, had a few in the pub then had to queue 15 minutes down the street to get in busting for a whizz. We got into the pisser, walked onto the concourse again and missed Negredo's goal as we had missed KO!!

Also the match that spelled the end of The Beast's goal reign.

EDIT: Good day in the end, with an airing of "Do you believe in Pantilimon?"
 
The 0-0 draw in the FA Cup when the excitement of our New Mexican arrival soon turned to realisation that perhaps he wasn't going to be great after all!

Was also at the 0-0 in 2012 and the 1-1 damp squib of a game after Spurs had pipped us to top 4.
 
The game we got relegated. The scenes after the match were unreal. West ham fans shaking our hands and giving us an ovation outside as we walked to the tube
 
My first visit November 67 3-2 win,we also won the League that season 67/68.I remember Franny Lee scoring a scorcher 30 yards out,I was 15 at the time and the team travelled back to Manchester on the same train with us.Will be at Upton Pk on Saturday 49 year's after my first visit,happy days.
 
I've posted this story before but being interviewed by MOTD2 there at Sven's first game. They were supposed to do a 'before and after' interview with me but didn't get to Upton Park in time for the 'before' one. So we did both after the game, with me having to pretend I was just going in and predicting that I'd be happy with a point. Then they moved us so there was a different view behind me and I was gushing about the 2-0 win. I was tempted to "predict" a 2-0 win but I don't think they'd have been too pleased if I had.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
I've posted this story before but being interviewed by MOTD2 there at Sven's first game. They were supposed to do a 'before and after' interview with me but didn't get to Upton Park in time for the 'before' one. So we did both after the game, with me having to pretend I was just going in and predicting that I'd be happy with a point. Then they moved us so there was a different view behind me and I was gushing about the 2-0 win. I was tempted to "predict" a 2-0 win but I don't think they'd have been too pleased if I had.
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Was that when we thought bianchi was the new superstar?
 
Been a few times, and have always enjoyed the trip. The Sven game is my highlight, mainly because I thought we were going places, it was the best football we'd seen since Keegan's division 1 (Championship) season, but in the top division. It was a bit premature, and it could have all gone very wrong, but it was the forerunner of where we are now.

The day was great, from singing "what the f*K is going on" positively, to having a great time round Canary Wharf with a few mates after the game.
 
bluemick1 said:
The game we got relegated. The scenes after the match were unreal. West ham fans shaking our hands and giving us an ovation outside as we walked to the tube
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Been there loads, always enjoyed it, but agree that this was a special, surreal almost day. I thought the West Ham fans were coming over for a fight, and they started singing loyal supporters at us, and we only hate man united etc. Definitely our best ever relegation!
 
First visit - start of the 77/78 season, Joe Royle got a late winner and the coach had half its windows put through.

Other happy memories, Tony Cunningham sliding home the winner in a League Cup replay around 84-ish. More recently a superb Yaya strike under Mancini and those goals by Sergio and Silva in Pellegrini's title-winning season.

And who could forget alan ball bringing on Guiseppe Mazzarelli as an impact sub...
 
xgorton said:
My first visit November 67 3-2 win,we also won the League that season 67/68.I remember Franny Lee scoring a scorcher 30 yards out,I was 15 at the time and the team travelled back to Manchester on the same train with us.Will be at Upton Pk on Saturday 49 year's after my first visit,happy days.
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Went to that game myself. As you say, a cracker from Franny. Iirc, their keeper was called Ferguson, and was the most expensive keeper in the league. He just looked behind him as the ball hit the net and never moved.

On the way back, it was as foggy as hell, and we got home about 7 in the morning!
 
Went a few years back, the one where Bianchi and Bojinov scored. Really seemed like the start of something special.

Stayed at the hotel a few times which is basically one of the corporate boxes converted into a ròom . Nice view to wake up to.
 
BringBackSwales said:
Been there loads, always enjoyed it, but agree that this was a special, surreal almost day. I thought the West Ham fans were coming over for a fight, and they started singing loyal supporters at us, and we only hate man united etc. Definitely our best ever relegation!
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From that point of view, but we were already pretty much dead and buried before kick off iirc, which meant it lacked the memorable drama of some of our other relegations.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
From that point of view, but we were already pretty much dead and buried before kick off iirc, which meant it lacked the memorable drama of some of our other relegations.
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Yes I think you are right Gdm, it was definitely not in our own hands (well at least I think so, I was always drunk in those days)
 
BringBackSwales said:
Been there loads, always enjoyed it, but agree that this was a special, surreal almost day. I thought the West Ham fans were coming over for a fight, and they started singing loyal supporters at us, and we only hate man united etc. Definitely our best ever relegation!
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They really do hate The rags and spurs. Some of the songs they were churning out in the Boleyn pub before the 0-0 a few years ago would have had the Daily Mail headline writers working overtime.

Even at the end of season 1-1 game the other year they were a laugh. A group of em singing and taunting etc and one had a bit of a tan.

City fans came back with "One Dale Winton, there's only one Dale Winton"... His mates were pissing themselves at him. Even he was laughing in the end.
 
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