City and West Ham relationship..........

[BringBackSwales]

was there that day, and it was a special day in a typical City kind of a way, and yes West Ham fans were classy and largely still are (bet the fuckers still sing "where were you when you were shit" though)

 

[Tim of the Oak]

I've always got on well with the Hammers. Most of the love their football and their beer. That said, They will have some loons like most clubs.

Had a good drink with a group of Hammers after we relegated them a few years ago. We were told to leave the Bulls Head after committing that heinous act of singing a football song!

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

I was there in 87, when there seemed to be a special bond. i was also present this season when they sang, “Where were you when we were shit?” That’s football I suppose.

Their fiercely, local fanbase, and contribution to 1966 has always made them slightly different.

We tend to get on with West Ham, but I think most northern clubs prefer them to the other London teams.

 

[mancityvstoke]

same scarf.....plus get my vote

 

[lancs blue]

I remember getting into a scrap with them at Upton Park after winning . All the windows smashed on the coach leaving the ground.There was a little lad ,no more than 8 years old covered in blood and glass.


So its Nil point from this jury.

I think I was on the same coach - was this after Joe Royle's late winner in '77? One lad didn't make it back to the coach in time and the cops wouldn't let us wait for him.

 

[malg]

Half and half scarfs all round then?

 

[Tim of the Oak]

I was there in 87, when there seemed to be a special bond. i was also present this season when they sang, “Where were you when we were shit?” That’s football I suppose.

Their fiercely, local fanbase, and contribution to 1966 has always made them slightly different.

We tend to get on with West Ham, but I think most northern clubs prefer them to the other London teams.

It was a fiercely local fan base but many Hammers have now moved to Essex etc.

The vicinity of the Boleyn is largely a Muslim area and I think few of the locals go to the game. Just an observation based on going in recent years and chatting to Hammers.

 

[mancityvstoke]

Although being chased by a few hundred West Ham skins in the 70's near Piccadilly Station after a night game was a right larf..........scallywags

 

[ToorakBlue]

Lot's of respect for the Hammers fans.
Very close to us on a lot levels pre takeover.

 

[Zubrman]

A few years ago I was on a train from Euston with a load of them as they were playing Stoke and we were at home to Blackburn. We got talking, they offered me a few beers from their copious supply. Great banter, they got off, leaving me a few tins for the remaining journey too!

Top blokes.