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Reply | Cocaine
at 15:00 12 Jan 2026
I stayed in my seat all afternoon so I didn’t see this, but I was pretty shocked that a young father in our row left his son, who couldn’t have been older than ten, while he went downstairs on the stroke of halftime, and didn’t return until ten minutes into the second half. Then at 90 minutes, the son wanted to go for a wee and his Dad told him to go down on his own. |
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Reply | West hams ground....
at 14:52 12 Jan 2026
I can imagine teams now adding a synchronised swimming routine to their goal celebrations. The fourth official has indicated a minimum of seventeen minutes additional time. |
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Reply | West hams ground....
at 13:44 12 Jan 2026
Does anyone know how many were watching us in our one season there? I believe the track was longer than a modern 400m track so the views must have been more distant than yesterday’s. |
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Reply | West hams ground....
at 13:36 12 Jan 2026
I hardly ever drink before games these days and I’m always looking for a chance to get some steps in. Rather than take a walk through a shopping centre, I’d rather a stroll through some Victorian streets and an industrial backwater. We got off the District Line at Bow Road and set off northeast. There were so few people around that I was worried it would end in a closed bridge or cut de sac but we got over the motorway and the water and found a gate that would let us in about half an hour just before 2. Just as well as we were in our seats with 5 minutes to spare.
I didn’t feel cold in the ground as I was dressed for a walk. I liked the rail seating, which I’d never had a chance to use before, well seated to leaning forward bellowing support all afternoon.
It was more straightforward on the way back as we had more people to follow. We were at the motorway in 10 minutes and on Bow Road in 25. Along the way we passed a gated housing estate called Bow Quarter, which looked like the asylum Renfield was detained in Dracula, but actually used to be the Bryant & May match factory of Phossy-Jaw fame. There’s not much life on Bow Road, and we were surprised we were able to walk straight up to the bar an order at the first pub we came to, the Bow Bells, officially a home-only pub, it looked like we were the first there from the ground. It filled up more in the next 15 minutes, but there still seemed to be more people camped out watching the game on TV than had been at the stadium, and it was pretty quiet when we left after an hour. The natives weren’t particularly friendly, but they weren’t hostile either. I’d go back that way next season. |
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Reply | R's Away Support Today
at 09:05 12 Jan 2026
My son saw a picture of Lucas with his daughter in the seats on X. |
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Reply | West hams ground....
at 09:04 12 Jan 2026
Thom Gibbs has an article in today’s Telegraph following some disgruntled West Ham fans from Upton Park to yesterday’s game. Among the complaints, no safe standing. Must be in the away end only! |
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Reply | Fourth Round Here We Come Match Thread
at 22:48 11 Jan 2026
Soucek coming on soon after our goal made a big difference, he drove them forward very quickly.
There’ll be a time for picking out the bones and finding fault later. We haven’t got the strongest squad - though Madsen, Dunne, Cook, Kolli, Hayden and Walsh all had terrific games - but tonight I’m thrilled to have seen all of my team display the same passion and fury that any of us imagine we’d show ourselves if we ever had a chance to wear the shirt. |
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Reply | West hams ground....
at 21:21 11 Jan 2026
Minority view obviously, but I thought my view high up behind the goal was fantastic, though the distance would be a problem lower down. The security was a pointless irritation and the location is awful, but we came in on the District Line to Bow Lane - 25 minutes walk (apart from a detour round the canals) and pretty easy each way. We know now for next season. |
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Reply | Who Knew Walsh Was So Good?
at 21:09 11 Jan 2026
Dropped his first corner after a great save, lucky to get it back. Really good after that. |
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Reply | Fourth Round Here We Come Match Thread
at 18:51 11 Jan 2026
Writing this in a boozah called the Bow Bells, me old China plates, bouncer told Master Sheen to hide his Compaq navy shirt! Fantastic day out today, for all the talk of developing talent today showed the value of old heads like Cook and Hayden who understand precisely how much better their opponents are and what it’s safe to get away with. Great noise, fantastic goal. As someone who went to Coventry in 1996, Wimbledon in 1997 and the cup final that didn’t happen, I’m thrilled to see them go toe to toe today. |
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Reply | thoughts on west ham in t'cup
at 11:28 11 Jan 2026
Discovery+ I think. Don’t know too much about it, presumably a TNT overspill channel. |
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Reply | thoughts on west ham in t'cup
at 09:05 11 Jan 2026
It might be a spoof, but my son forwarded what looked like a statement from West Ham that there were 2,405 tickets left for sale at 3pm yesterday, imploring home fans to buy them to keep them away from Western invaders, quoting social media estimates that 6,000 have bought in home areas. Seems a bit suspect, unless a high percentage of crowds there are always first time visitors.
Just looked on Ticketmaster, the back six rows in a few of the side blocks left, maybe 1,000 now. [Post edited 11 Jan 9:20]
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Reply | Terry Yorath RIP
at 10:52 10 Jan 2026
Does that include sock number tags, Brian?
I have to admit, I was so jealous when a kid at school had a pair for games. |
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Reply | Arsenal v Liverpool
at 21:57 8 Jan 2026
What a weasel Martinelli is. Did Eze get more than one touch? [Post edited 8 Jan 21:58]
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Thread | Arsenal v Liverpool
at 21:25 8 Jan 2026
4-6-0 vs 5-5-0. At best, one for the purists. Haven’t Arsenal got a goalscorer hidden on their bench? |
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Reply | Rangers v Wrexham 1979
at 21:22 8 Jan 2026
Not sure what was Bob was trying to do for their second goal, he looked like he was on roller skates. |
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Reply | rip
at 19:11 7 Jan 2026
He had a crazy goalscoring record and a great partner in Alan Gilzean. Chivers had the look of a snooty young officer and Gilzean his mad Scottish batman, putting his nut on anything. |
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