Just wondered how many on here has done the Stadium tour at the Boleyn. My wife and kids were all out and about over the weekend so early Sunday morning I decided to head for Green Street for the last time just to have a look about. First I had a quick look at the OS which was a bit soulless, well no one about of course but anyway I'm sure it'll be fine... I then headed to familiar territory cam-corder in hand. Most of the cafe's and all the pubs were closed which was a pain until it dawned on me, it was in fact 9.30 Sunday morning.
My favourite Queens fish shop and even Ken's Cafe were both closed! Green Street in the cold light of day wasn't great. The houses and shops were all run down and in need of a coat of paint, or two.. Anyway the gates to the ground were open along with the West Ham shop where I got three shirts and a few more odds and sods and was asked if I'd done the Stadium tour, I paid only a tenner for a ticket but had to wait for 2pm, it was now nearly 11.30am. I sat by the World Cup statue for a bit and watched the traffic building up and the girl putting the signs out and opening up the Boleyn pub. Strangely enough I saw a building mate from Andover heading into the pub so I stayed for a couple of Pepsi's, killing time.
The tour was really excellent and a group of about twenty or so were taken 'round by none other than Wembley winner Alan Taylor and absolutely top man Phil Parkes. Tony Cottee was in reception just sitting about with a coffee. The tour was about an hour long but I'm sure most of you have been on it. When the old stands were demolished and upgraded, they retrieved a capsule buried underneath with loads of Bobby Moore stuff in it. That capsule will be buried under the centre circle with the houses built around it, something like 40 homes a garage and a shop. I just reckon Karren Brady looked at what I looked at down Green Street and thought lets 'move on' and after being at both Stadiums in one morning, I completely back her 100%, we have to move away.
I just hope the shop and cafe owners can carry on without the thousands of fans around and most importantly, the 'ATS, SCARVES AN, BADGES will move with us all too.

So, how do we all feel about our club being associated with giving money to the Conservative Party? At best it's poor PR and timing giving the great deal we have on the OS and just opens the door to all the jealous fans of other clubs to bitch again about an old story. Maybe it's also just a bit deeper than that when you think of the club roots as a works team, blue collar, deprived area, etc etc normally associated with the Labour Party? Or should football clubs just remain neutral? Having just committed to two season tickets and being a socialist all my life, I am not impressed that any of my money has been sent to the foot soldiers of the ruling class! Discuss...

Forget the transfers forget the euros this threads all about the summer and off season..so anybody going somewhere off the beaten track for your summer holidays? or you staying at home and have weekends away if its affordable? good mate of mine has asked me and the better half if we fancy going off to Vietnam in july! she's not hot on the idea as never been anywhere other than the usual spain Greece etc me I am always up for something different anyone been know anything about the place?.....and wheres the most unusal place you have ever been and never thought for a second that its somewhere you would go.

Which says it all.

Bid for 2 Bournmouth players...rejected!!!

Then owner say "we wont up the bid"!!!

Same old,same old.

Its why we will never be "top class"!!!!!

can't wait to see this movie...here is a interview with Lorenzo..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqjUM9FkaaE

Anyone going...Just booked mine...............one happy hammer

So we are in the Europa league next season, as Man Utd won the f.a cup. We deserve to be there despite the way we eventually qualified. We also need it to attract better players, maybe lacazette is waiting to see if we qualified! Anyway did anyone see the game? 2 hours of football 3 minutes of highlights! Hard to watch as we needed Man U to win but I don't want them to win anything. Jesus the thing that struck we as the most shocking was how bad smalling is! An England regular and he was dire, embarrassing that he is probably regarded as an England mainstay. Looked totally out of his depth when under pressure.

and Mourinho is the new Manure manager (Ibra will go to Manchester ...). But Clattenburg was still awful. Some things never change. I feel sorry for Palace and although I like the fact that we'll be in the European competition, I still hate seeing Rooney holding the cup.

I really hope sheff wed win as they are a really big club and it would be great to see them back in the prem...the only negative about them coming up would be the sky exclusive build up to the home fixture with Liverpool.....god can hear it now and all the palava that would go with it......still come on WED win and let bruce spiral into a pie eating depression but I doubt he needs that excuse lol

If like me you hear a lot of rumours but feel you can't believe most of them or indeed just want to tell us put them on here. It's the start of silly season and I feel frustrated you just hear made up stories we can't believe. So now I'm hoping to record them here and see who is the most accurate, and who just talks sh1t and even who just uses a scatter gun approach just to land the odd lucky guess. So here goes, record the rumour, where you heard it first and the date. And even time Then I will sort the list and see who we can trust most often. So if you hear it on the TV. Radio, newspaper, Internet or indeed just an in the know source, let's us know starting today. I'm only interested in the first people to break the rumours from this day as they then All jump on the band wagon.