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by Wonderwall » Tue Jul 19, 2016 8:49 pm
Just looked at their pics online. Not sure it will be a good football venue. Hope to be proved wrong. I also don't like the ship claret and white design with a tiny West Ham written into the seats as some type of after thought.
Hope we get a good allocation so I can see what the hype is about.
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by CTID Hants » Tue Jul 19, 2016 9:13 pm
Wonderwall wrote:Just looked at their pics online. Not sure it will be a good football venue. Hope to be proved wrong. I also don't like the ship claret and white design with a tiny West Ham written into the seats as some type of after thought.
Hope we get a good allocation so I can see what the hype is about.
One if the directors at work is ST so I will let you know his thoughts once he's been.
Also, aren't the spuds migrating to Wembley? Deffo for their UCL games anyway. Again girl in office is ST, so I will ask her what she thinks
But I'd say hammers will struggle in the gulf size wise from Upton Park, more so than when we moved.
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by Wonderwall » Tue Jul 19, 2016 10:16 pm
CTID Hants wrote:Wonderwall wrote:Just looked at their pics online. Not sure it will be a good football venue. Hope to be proved wrong. I also don't like the ship claret and white design with a tiny West Ham written into the seats as some type of after thought.
Hope we get a good allocation so I can see what the hype is about.
One if the directors at work is ST so I will let you know his thoughts once he's been.
Also, aren't the spuds migrating to Wembley? Deffo for their UCL games anyway. Again girl in office is ST, so I will ask her what she thinks
But I'd say hammers will struggle in the gulf size wise from Upton Park, more so than when we moved.
They have sold 50k season tickets I think. That's some going. However I remember when we first moved it was panic to get a ticket. Let's see where they are in 10 years
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by Mase » Wed Jul 20, 2016 6:25 am
Wonderwall wrote:CTID Hants wrote:Wonderwall wrote:Just looked at their pics online. Not sure it will be a good football venue. Hope to be proved wrong. I also don't like the ship claret and white design with a tiny West Ham written into the seats as some type of after thought.
Hope we get a good allocation so I can see what the hype is about.
One if the directors at work is ST so I will let you know his thoughts once he's been.
Also, aren't the spuds migrating to Wembley? Deffo for their UCL games anyway. Again girl in office is ST, so I will ask her what she thinks
But I'd say hammers will struggle in the gulf size wise from Upton Park, more so than when we moved.
They have sold 50k season tickets I think. That's some going. However I remember when we first moved it was panic to get a ticket. Let's see where they are in 10 years
They've sold that many because they had some ridiculous deal on. I spoke to a guy that supports Arsenal but was considering getting a season ticket for West Ham as they had an offer of something like if you bought for two seasons in a row it was around £200 per season.
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by john@staustell » Wed Jul 20, 2016 6:29 am
When you look at the general swell in football support in the last 20 years, the London clubs have been cramped in the same old grounds until Arsenal left Highbury.. Arsenal could probably sell out 80,000, Spuds will easily fill 60,000 and i wouldn't be too surprised if West Ham fill the OS quite easily.
Simple factor of London population and support growth. We only really filled Maine Road regularly right at the end - whatever people say. Now people moan if only 53,000 turn up.
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by Slim » Wed Jul 20, 2016 8:48 am
I would have thought they'd drop the pitch more and bring the stands in, looks very flat and well away from the pitch.
Have to see when they fill it, but I get the feeling they'll lose the atmosphere they had at the Boleyn.
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by Wonderwall » Wed Jul 20, 2016 8:49 am
Slim wrote:I would have thought they'd drop the pitch more and bring the stands in, looks very flat and well away from the pitch.
Have to see when they fill it, but I get the feeling they'll lose the atmosphere they had at the Boleyn.
I have been to Upton Park twice. Atmosphere wasn't great on both occasions. It's a myth
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by Slim » Wed Jul 20, 2016 8:54 am
Wonderwall wrote:Slim wrote:I would have thought they'd drop the pitch more and bring the stands in, looks very flat and well away from the pitch.
Have to see when they fill it, but I get the feeling they'll lose the atmosphere they had at the Boleyn.
I have been to Upton Park twice. Atmosphere wasn't great on both occasions. It's a myth
Obviously I haven't, but they always sound great over the telly. Strategically placed microphones?
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by Scatman » Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:31 am
Slim wrote:Wonderwall wrote:Slim wrote:I would have thought they'd drop the pitch more and bring the stands in, looks very flat and well away from the pitch.
Have to see when they fill it, but I get the feeling they'll lose the atmosphere they had at the Boleyn.
I have been to Upton Park twice. Atmosphere wasn't great on both occasions. It's a myth
Obviously I haven't, but they always sound great over the telly. Strategically placed microphones?
Maybe they had fans chanting over the tannoy like we did that time
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by lets all have a disco » Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:57 am
The sets do go further forward as shown here.
But still that aint a footy ground.
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by nottsblue » Wed Jul 20, 2016 10:02 am
Looks horrible. Massive gap between tiers which I don't like
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by Nigels Tackle » Wed Jul 20, 2016 10:06 am
nottsblue wrote:Looks horrible. Massive gap between tiers which I don't like
you get what you pay for....
oh, wait a minute.
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by john@staustell » Wed Jul 20, 2016 10:29 am
Nigels Tackle wrote:nottsblue wrote:Looks horrible. Massive gap between tiers which I don't like
you get what you pay for....
oh, wait a minute.
Dodgy ground mate, dodgy ground!
Personally I don't begrudge them (or us obviously) a cheap ground. Seems to me the alternative is a ruddy great empty ground with 1000 athletics fans in twice a summer. At least the 'economy of the area' will now get benefit in some considerable way. So will the PL to some extent.
To suggest that Hammers should pay a lot of money for it takes us back to Hammers paying for a stadium to stage the Olympics. And why the fuck should they do that?
Isn't one big advantage that Upton Park was the worst ground to get to (possibly except Palace) whereas Stratford allegedly has all the transport links?
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by Dameerto » Wed Jul 20, 2016 1:28 pm
lets all have a disco wrote:The sets do go further forward as shown here.
But still that aint a footy ground.
Part of the conversion deal was that it still had to be dual use - so there's still a running track under the lower seats ready for athletics competitions.
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by john@staustell » Wed Jul 20, 2016 1:39 pm
Dameerto wrote:lets all have a disco wrote:The sets do go further forward as shown here.
But still that aint a footy ground.
Part of the conversion deal was that it still had to be dual use - so there's still a running track under the lower seats ready for athletics competitions.
Ridiculous IMHO. But I do understand the wiles of obtaining funding for anything. Remember the outcry when the heretical word football was mentioned. Now all those self-righteous buffoons have all fucked off - they certainly wont be sitting watching athletics.
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by Dameerto » Wed Jul 20, 2016 1:42 pm
john@staustell wrote:Dameerto wrote:lets all have a disco wrote:The sets do go further forward as shown here.
But still that aint a footy ground.
Part of the conversion deal was that it still had to be dual use - so there's still a running track under the lower seats ready for athletics competitions.
Ridiculous IMHO. But I do understand the wiles of obtaining funding for anything. Remember the outcry when the heretical word football was mentioned. Now all those self-righteous buffoons have all fucked off - they certainly wont be sitting watching athletics.
From their point of view they got a cheap stadium with relatively low running costs, but probably at the expense of atmosphere.
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by john@staustell » Wed Jul 20, 2016 1:48 pm
They will go down the road of Emirates, Etihad and the Old Toilet. People who bought a seat not turning up for lesser games.
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by lets all have a disco » Thu Jul 28, 2016 8:23 am
This picture is of the 'inside'
Where the fuck is the rest of it.
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by Justified logic » Fri Jul 29, 2016 9:05 am
john@staustell wrote:Isn't one big advantage that Upton Park was the worst ground to get to (possibly except Palace) whereas Stratford allegedly has all the transport links?
I disagree! Actually Selhurst Park is the easiest ground to get to as it is on my train line into London. Great atmosphere in the away crowd as well as you can stand virtually wherever you want. Saw Iheanacho's first PL goal there last season. We went wild! If anyone has a couple of tickets for the game in November I'll gladly buy them - you do do ticket sales at face value here like on Bluemoon, yes?
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by john@staustell » Fri Jul 29, 2016 10:00 am
Justified logic wrote:john@staustell wrote:Isn't one big advantage that Upton Park was the worst ground to get to (possibly except Palace) whereas Stratford allegedly has all the transport links?
I disagree! Actually Selhurst Park is the easiest ground to get to as it is on my train line into London. Great atmosphere in the away crowd as well as you can stand virtually wherever you want. Saw Iheanacho's first PL goal there last season. We went wild! If anyone has a couple of tickets for the game in November I'll gladly buy them - you do do ticket sales at face value here like on Bluemoon, yes?
I don't do trains and I don't live near London!
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