Category Archives: Football

City Ground is Falling Down, Falling Down

The roof fell in on Forest in the first half of our match at the City Ground yesterday, and in the second half it almost literally fell in on us (the fans I mean). Part of the metal frame holding … Continue reading

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How S**t Must You Be?

We’re winning away! Oh, what fun it is to see West Ham win away – something we didn’t see too much of over the last couple of years. But we’ve started this season with two victories in our first two … Continue reading

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I Know I Shouldn’t Be, But…

…I’m as excited as a little kid about the start of the new football season this weekend. You’d think that as I’m coming up to my 30th consecutive season as a season ticket holder at Upton Park, I wouldn’t get so worked … Continue reading

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New Manager, New Players, Same Old S*** ?

Credit to the Dildo Daves, they acted quickly in addressing the managerial situation at West Ham, following our relegation from the Premier League. We’ve been relegated before, (now 5 times in my lifetime), but I think the season just gone … Continue reading

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Done and Dusted

Well, that’s another season over and done with – and good riddance to it. One of the worst seasons I’ve had to endure in the 35 years since I started going regularly. Not a lot to say about it, so … Continue reading

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Bugger!

Only West Ham! A few minutes into the second half of today’s match at Wigan, it looked as though a miracle escape from relegation was on. We were 2-0 up and Birmingham were down by the same score – scores … Continue reading

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S***

Well that pretty much seals our fate for this season Just one point from our last two, eminently winnable, games means we are almost certainly doomed to life in the Chumpionship next season. Barring a miracle return of 6 points … Continue reading

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S*** or Bust

It’s squeaky bum time now, as our Premier League survival comes down to the last three games, while we are rooted to the foot of the table following yet another defeat at Man City. We will probably need to win … Continue reading

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Bonus Points

Going into the last three league games – Liverpool (H), Stoke (H), Spuds (A) – if anyone had told me we’d take seven points from those games, I’d probably have laughed at them. Yet that’s precisely what we did. Following the wins over … Continue reading

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So Near, Yet So Far

Twice this season we’ve been a decent 45 minutes away from a Wembley appearance, yet managed to mess it up. After throwing away a 3-1 lead in the League Cup semi at Brum a few weeks ago, we had a … Continue reading

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