Boleyn Over!

This evening, May 10th 2016*, West Ham play their final game at The Boleyn Ground, more commonly known to many as Upton Park, before moving to their new home at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford four miles up the road. As the football aficionados among you well know, The Hammers have been playing at Upton Park for 112 years so irrespective of any progress, money or success that the move and the future will bring, it is the end of an era for the majority of their dyed in the wool supporters and a sure sign that things will never be the same again. I watched a video this morning on The Guardian website about how the move will affect the lives of the people, the fans that live in the area who have followed the team all their lives. It's a pretty moving piece and I recommend you have a look because to me it represents the chasm of difference that exists between being a local fan with the club in your veins and being a supporter from afar. And it probably underlines too the oft forgotten fact that winning can often be an unworthy replacement for the strength and resilience that being part of a strong community bestows. Come on you Irons, all!

More soon ...



*May 10th 1980!