I heard we could be relocated to the old cement works but there is nothing concrete yet ?

I was born in East London but as youngster my parents moved to Bromley Kent. It was a bit of a hike to Upton Park but nothing used to beat the feeling of getting off at Upton Park and walking down to the Stadium on match day. It didn’t feel quite the same going to the London Stadium but still enjoyable as I felt I was going back to my roots. In retirement I have relocated to Shropshire so don’t get down much. However I would hate it if the Stadium moved too far away from the area and would feel for those fans who are still local to it. Once a Hammer always a Hammer⚒

Transport links alone is the reason we won't be moving anywhere. We can not leave East London.

We need to OWN the LS and fix it and then turn it into a proper football stadium

Surely if we move out to Essex we will clash with the Man Utd supporter base?

Move to Essex, are you mad? Milton Keynes Mk2. We're an East London club.

We should have had a purpose-built stadium, on the the site of the old Parcel Force depot. It's in West Ham, right next to the station, which is served by mainline trains, as well as the DLR, District and Jubilee lines.

We are East London and moving outside would be the ultimate betrayal

Should never have left Upton part for a long term lease

I'm from Kent, and there are many of us here too that are season ticket holders, I believe they'll be loads that give up going if we have to deal with the Dartford Crossing. If I was buying, I'd reconfigure the inside of the stadium, getting the seats closer to the pitch and incorporate more, and cheaper, boxes, and even hotel rooms like we had at Upton Park!

I actually think there's so much potential if the stadium and match day experience was redeveloped at Stratford. As much as it isn't a football stadium, i've grown to be content with the LS. The transport links are good and there are enough places around the ground to get pre-match drinks. The ease of getting to Stratford has become one of the appeals for me. I know it's far from perfect, but if it came more difficult or time consuming to get too, I'd find myself going less.

8 of us sit together and have since the Boleyn, we all were born in East London and now live away from East London because of the decline of London over the last 10-20 years, we now live in Herts, Kent, Essex and Sussex and the journey in is usually over 2 hours to get in. The vast majority of the fanbase now live in Essex, Herts, Kent etc not London

Its gotta be Dagenham, I want the stadium in a proper sh*thole 😂. Get back that hostile environment for the away teams.

If we move to Essex with poor transport links it will kill the club. Many of our fans travel in from not just all over London but from all over the country . The fan base has increased a lot and much of that is down to the easy access to Stratford . West Ham out of East London is not West Ham anymore.

I am a life-long West Ham fan, but I've never myself lived in East London. I'm from Hertfordshire. Even back to the Upton Park days, those who live around the local area to the ground are not West Ham fans, or football fans. I think we all know why that is! Much easier to buy a sari on Green Street , than a West Ham shirt. That was not the case so much when I first starting going there in the 70s. The current stadium is NOT the answer, unless you knock it down and build a football stadium.

We don't need to move. The location we're in now is brilliant but we definitely need a new stadium because the current one isn't fit for purpose. It's not a football stadium period.

There is no way on this earth that the owners will agree to move from Stratford and nor should the. No where in Essex will you get 65,000

I was a season ticket holder home and away before the move to Stratford, I was born 3 roads down from the boleyn, i said i would never watch us at stratford and i never have, I still love the club but if we moved out of London that would be it for me.

I know what we all think of Spurs….but blimey what a stadium they now have. Purpose built for football. One like that on the current site would be amazing.

I know it’s a different situation altogether but I married into a family of Wimbledon season ticket holders. Wherever possible clubs should never have to leave the place they were founded.

West Hams identity and history is one factor that drew me to the club and Id be heated if someone came in and wanted to move us, should've stayed at Upton Park

As a Welsh West ham fan the farther east we go the harder it will be to go and see my beloved team. But whatever is best for West ham must happen.

as ex dagenham boy would be ok if we moved there we used to walk to the training ground when we bunked school walking down whalebone lane happy days

I was born and raised in Upton Park but moved to Brentwood 25 years ago. Moving to Essex should suit me, but it doesn’t. We’d be another MK Dons I was against moving to Stratford, Funny when visiting fans sing we’re not West Ham anymore - yet we’re closer to our roots now than ever.

I heard a rumour on our original ground…The memorial ground at West Ham…..near West Ham tube station.

Our cast iron contract at LS is the main reason no one is coming in to buy the LS. Who in there right mind would pay to relocate West Ham. Very much doubt we are going anywhere fast.

Personally I feel we lost our roots when we moved to the OS. I feel no different travelling to freeport than I would Stratford. I’m just glad I enjoyed the many years travelling to Upton Park.

If they did relocate to Essex or build a new stadium on the land on the Olympic park… it would be nice if they designed it to incorporate some of the old iconic infrastructure into the new stadium design. Such as the John Lyall gates castle turrets and the red entrance gates.. to try to hold on to some of the history of the club. And possibly bring back the old badge? (Idk.. I’m from the US so I don’t feel like I have a say in the matter, but I do know the importance of tradition)

Moving from East London, the final nail in the coffin for this 69 year old fan, but I'm old so I don't think it will matter to anyone.

I don't think so - as far as WHU is concerned the London brand is too big and so won't move out that way.

I grew up in the East End, WH are my team. I accepted the move to Stratford, it’s still in East London. I live 135 miles away these days, but I still make my pilgrimage to London. Moving to Essex means it’s gone; no longer a business pretending to be a club, the connection will be lost. It’ll be just an Essex franchise, no longer connected to East London. No reason to go any more, and “my claret and blue” since 1958 will become a memory. I won’t change to another league club, Hammer till I die, but local non league will get my money and time. I hope it doesn’t happen, but that’s what I think.

A rather obvious place I think would be Around the Gallions Reach area , with the DLR Extensions making it accessible from "West Ham" there could be scope to really help generate a new area around there. Problem is the literal ground conditions of the marshy area. I lived , and worked , within a mile of Upton Park station for 10 years and do miss football stadiums being close to local housing.

I can see it being Romford as everything is there already such as all the other west ham facilities and bus and transport links, plus there is a lot of farmland space off the a12.

Stratford has excellent transport links and could hardly be closer to West Ham. The new/adapted stadium must surely remain on the same site for the name West Ham United to have any meaning. The main problem is an oblong pitch in a circular stadium. The owners - as they surely realise - need to buy and fix.

Having lived most of my life in the East London corridor , I would like to think I know that area pretty well. Redevelopment of the whole area has been underway for many years. There are very few sites left that would suit, any that do exist are along the Thames itself with the most obvious being the Rainham marshes area. However the transport links are extremely poor and would need huge investment. Unless Fords are about to close their Dagenham plant you would need to look further east. The one site that maybe interesting is the Essex Arena which is located just behind the M25 services at junction 30. Road access is reasonable (although extremely busy) via the M25 and there is a C2C main line station next to the Lakeside shopping complex. Both would take massive investment to handle the level of fans on match days. I guess the club would know where their fan base is these days, I would suggest a high % is in Essex as mentioned. Congestion charges & Ulez has pushed many people into Essex, many industries have already relocated that way as well taking east London jobs with them. Interesting to see how this all pans out. I would prefer to stay in London but lets see what the people with the money do...

Ship lane Thurrock. Behind the best western. Imagine the traffic for early European kick off. You’ve have to set off about 09:00.

I've heard they was going to build it on the Old Romford Brewery site but were worried it might leave a 'Bitter Taste' in the mouth!! More than happy to have the training ground in The Village of Basildon (especially if it's close to my local) but The football stadium must stay in East of London. But wherever they chose, it would be good if it's ours, made especially for footballing events and has Standing Terracing behind both goals (and a Chicken Run). COYI!

Going to essex ,can you imagine the traffic, pn the roads, what with lakeside, the Dartford crossing, grid lock.

Yep a really tightly packed, close-to-the-pitch 50K stadium with awesome internal facilities now that's a thought.

Build it in clacton on sea so then I can afford to go lol 👍⚒️ mick

Still one of the few West Ham fans that still live near where our Boleyn Ground used to be, it was already heartbreaking for me moving to the OS which is only about a 15min bus journey but i still kept my ST, moving to Essex would not sit right with me at all, i know alot of our fans have moved further out now but we need to stick to our roots in East London, the geography of the area might have changed but West Ham is an East London club we shouldnt mess with that.

I was a bit upset when Tottenham were not the approved tenant. Especially the sweet hart deal Hammers have/had. Stratford impresses me, any move you loose that super access.

I vowed never to visit the os, when we left The Boleyn, and I never have, moving broke my heart, as a northern Hammer I had a season ticket most of my life, and travelled on a weekly basis, home and away…. My kids are all West Ham, and give me grief for not taking the grandkids like I took them… but I don’t think I can do it!!!⚒️✊🏻 But if we get a new stadium, I can see myself coming back….

Interesting debate. The do-nothing option is increasingly unlikely given the rising maintenance costs of the stadium to the point of its viability without substantial rebuild. No doubt there are real estate investment opportunities in the wider site but the state of the global economy is fragile so no certainty there. A case of watch this space and don't expect interest of fan base to feature heavily in the decision makers...

Having grown up in Essex, I obviously think it's God's Own County but not sure moving there is the answer.

think maybe an offer/agreement may be done on us becoming owners of the London Stadium with the land as leasehold ...a convenant not allowing club owners to sell off to developers etc and having to keep it on as a sporting venue ..hence the leagacy ?

Didn't Spuds wander off to Wembley Stadium when their new stadium was built. BTW, love ya shows, tune in on my drive to work here in Tasmania!!

i like the location of stratford and it seems that there is enough space to rebuild a stadium next to the current one. I would prefer this. As long as there is around 60-70k seats which are as close to the pitch as possible and the seats must be very steep (like the seats in evertons new stadium) as this gives the best atmosphere. But the only way for this to happen is if a buyer from the middle east buys shares in the club

I suspect the compensation requirement to terminate the lease along with relocation would be a fiscal nightmare for all parties... more likely that a deal will be done to purchase the LS and then refit to purpose.

if the club moves out of east London then we are just becoming a franchise and we could no longer hate MK Dons for doing it

Didn’t think my question would end up with maybe potential move round the corner from me in purfleet. But the transport infrastructure around here is poor at best for anything in the realm of numbers a move would need.

Sorry gonzo disagree we need a 60.000+ stadium we already get these crowds going back to 50.000 is taking the club back wards Upton Park wasn't big enough and couldn't devlope it big enough to meet our needs

Can't agree on a smaller stadium idea , we fill the London Stadium , and anything smaller would shut a lot of West Ham fans out

That A13 corridor is now the huge West Ham heartland whether we like it or not, it's not East London any more sadly. The world has changed, London has changed now, etc etc. Wasn't there recent talk of us getting a new training facility out near Basildon too ? Edit : Sorry just saw Geo say that about Basildon in the vid as it went on longer.

Ground share with Leyton Orient!

Just redevelop the stadium and do away with the track or build a new stadium in its place. Can’t be moving.

Jaywick could be a great location.

Surely any sale of London Stadium wouldn't void the current contracts

Wouldnt it be nice to build a replica of Upton park but upgraded as we wanted😊

I really thought we would buy the Olympic stadium/surrounding areas. And make more of it - if you go to Barcelona - they already have it, with soo much more around the ground to gain revenue.

What about where they was going to build that paramount park on the Swanscombe peninsula as I do believe the park isn’t happening any longer so is primed for redevelopment and it is right by Ebbsfleet station so getting there wouldn’t be a issue but I for one hope they don’t relocate anywhere myself

There’s less than no chance of a relocation to Essex/Tilbury etc. Gonzo is right to point government energy on developing the estuary, but the value of West Ham is predicated on that location, & it’s actually much much cheaper to a) redevelop the LS as is or b) build a new purpose built football stadium on the running track next door & continue playing on the LS site until it’s done. They would allow the LS ground area to be redeveloped for luxury residential, or as a flexible covered arena for live music / US football tours etc etc

I don't think a move is too likely for financial reasons alone, there's a lot of tourism to the London stadium and those fans buy more merch than season ticket holders, add to that the branding worldwide of being a London club and a side dish of very angry fans, a lot who wouldn't turn up anymore and throwing away nearly another 100 years agreed at cheap rent at the London stadium and it just makes more sense to stay

Isn't Leyton Orient just down the road from us? If we were to move, and it's a big if, it would make more sense moving in with Orient and building a bigger ground for both of us.

The thing is we don't need a smaller stadium we need a bigger one

Move them to Belfast, or to Milton Keynes, or to Clacton-on-sea.

Local derby versus Southend 😡

Hi chaps, you didn’t talk about staying at the London Stadium and refurbing and altering where we are? Once we are free of the IOC and athletics requirement, we could could lower the pitch, get rid of the track and bank in further seating over the top, thus bringing fans close to the pitch. For me, that would be the cheapest solution. Your thoughts?.

I'm not from London or even the UK for that matter. Is there a reason why we couldn't develop the existing site? Is it just a matter of money? or are there some larger politics at play?

Think you saud Essex and over the QE2 bridge. If so, that would be Kent, not Essex. If you go South of the Thames that really is unacceptable. Something like Rainham marshes might be ok unless its all changed now. But the C2C rail links there have always been terrible. I've been in Thailand for the last 17 years so it doesn't affect me and my knowledge is not up to date.

Originally from East Ham, but no longer live in London. Upton Park was a transport bottle neck. On match days we had to put up a barrier on the off street parking to prevent cars from parking there so that my dad could park there for when he got back from work. Upton Park Station was not ideal either. If we can relocate to somewhere with decent transport links and good parking facilities in Essex closer to the East end it might be a trade off for a purpose built stadium. Upton Park will always be our spiritual home as far as I'm concerned but its transport links were a nightmare. The London Stadium does have good transport links but not ideal as a stadium. To have a stadium that can become our spiritual home with good transport links should be the ultimate goal.

A lot of Kent-based West Ham fans too

Dagenham old ford's site would be better on or on the old Dagenham market site

As a hammer from the midlands it doesn't bother me at all relocating to Essex. We are an East London club by tradition but I didn't fall in love with West Ham for its location but for its colors, tradition and support. My main concern is what's happening with the London Stadium. Ive not plucked the courage to go yet due to other commitments but from the TV it looks bang average to me. I think the location is ok from fans I've spoken too so I would rather just redesign the stadium to make the seats closer to the pitch. Get the seats closer and remove the gaps in the stands and its nearly problem solved.

I still think an investor would buy the stadium, the athletics gets moved to Birmingham and then you can deal with making the stadium fit for purpose for football, concerts (and one offs like rugby etc). Still think you would want to keep the ground at that 65k mark but steeper banks, no gaps between upper and lower tiers, a more compact option. As others have said, the transport anywhere along the river would be a shocker and Stratford is a hub for the Lizzie Line, Greater Anglia, DLR, tubes, South Eastern and Overground as well as buses and coaches. There is too much going for Stratford IF you get the stadium right...

How about limo peninsula canning town for a new stadium. Don't know if the lands free?

Canvey Island? The fact that we get over 60k should mean we shouldn't move to a 45k stadium. We should never make it harder to get in. The location we have now is ok, but the stadium is inadequate. In particular, the upper tier needs replacing. No one should be that far from the pitch or from amenities. The lower tier should be a bit nearer, but is generally ok. I do miss leaning on the wall of the Chicken Run though, and would happily have that back.

Will the new ground point to Mecca (not the bingo hall down the road the other one)

If we could move nearer the pitch that would be fantastic may not happen all at once maybe do Bobby More nd Trevor Brooking and see our we go from there.

What about Hackney marshes

What sort of timeline are you thinking Gonzo?

I went to the Boleyn a number of times over the years, nothing will ever beat that place. I have a soft spot for West Ham, have been twice to the Olympic ground. Shouldn’t be used for football, miles away from the pitch, little to no atmosphere, if anything you should buy the land the ground is on and re build it for football, the location is perfect. (Wimbledon fan)

Wanstead flats come to mind 🤔

I’m not a West Ham fan and I am fuming about the loss of their home ground. The Boleyn I mean not the London stadium.

Trouble is fellas, alot of the fan base is essex based , moving away from the canning town ,Plaistow dagenham areas has all changed now. Its a shame, upon park should of been redeveloped and knocked down . It didn't happen ,we moved to a bigger stadium more support, but not fit for football. So although I'm in Essex now myself, moving to Essex would be great for me, realistically, upgrade London stadium, make it compact ,66,000 capacity, move athletics to crystal Palace. Need financial input, sheik your money etc .yhsts the way forward in my opinion

I don't believe we will move. Your comment the other day regarding the current Stadium. I think if "we" buy it. It is easily adaptable to a better Stadium. Look at Bayer Leverkusen Stadium. The Roof technically is floating above the stands. Move the lower tiers right close to the pitch (They do move), then over a period of time change, change the upper tiers season by season to fit in. Move the BML, change upstairs. Then Brooking Lower, and upper. Then change the others. Remember the Dome. That was temporary. Look at it today. 24 years in. All changed under the main roof. I think it can be made better and I think cheaper than you think.

Surely this is only an issue in the event that the LS is sold and not purchased by WHU. Is anyone really buying the LS with potential structural issues which will need addressing in the next 5 years or so + buying out all the erroneous contracts with Delaware North and the like? If a non WHU investor does come in and buy the stadium, we could well be looking / needing a new home

Can't believe what I'm hearing I knew when we left Upton Park that was the end of us this would kill us especially if we go to Dartford 😢

Yeah give Millwall the run of the East-end lol move to Essex . Most WestHam supporters live in Essex these days. Would be a Good idea. Never been to the London stadium but looks abit Rank . Went to Upton Park a few times ✖️ was one of my favourite grounds . After Vicarage ❤Road of course😊.

To have bargaining power with London Stadium, we should have a feasible alternative- a similar strategy to buying players. The thought of a smaller stadium would just be an excuse to inflate ticket prices- would you really like paying £150 a game- because that is where it would go.

When the Bond scheme rose it's ugly head back in early 90s, Basildon was mooted as a new place for the hammers. Many hammer's fans still lived in east London at that time, 34 years later most have moved away so I can see this happening as our core fans reside in Essex. However, I'd take Dagenham /Rush Green ground for a new stadium.

Lots of fighting for parking spaces in Essex when C2c have their regular rail replacement works most weekends. No thanks mate. Irons ⚒️

I think you should move to Jaywick it’s nice there.

Upton park was a nightmare to get home from .if we move from Stratford then that me and mine are done..

Wasn’t their original formation in Middlesex as anything past Whitechapel came under that county back in the day.

Agree with Geo. It’s what gets me when fans say ‘It’ll be much better when we own the stadium’. The club are happy not to own the stadium. They can use it as an excuse to not spend money on it, they simply don’t want to.

East, East, East London! Is this why Sullivan is so down in the prospect of a new football regulator - because there’s something in it about respecting a club’s ties to the local community?

Personally can't see us leaving our bowl, I'm definitely not a fan of the ground although for selfish reasons moving to Essex would be great in a proper football stadium, although as an ex East Londoner think it needs to remain within the boundary of the M25 to keep a least a little of our identity, Cheers Gonzo and Geo

At this point Stratford does feel like home now. Upton Park and that journey to the stadium feels like mums house 30 years ago. But mums house got repossessed. I think barking riverside is actually something an investor could be sold on though. Which ain’t Essex but definitely won’t be feeling like London anytime soon.

Thames Freeport just isn't a viable option. My prediction would be that the Club buy a site in Essex for a new training centre (i.e Barleylands) and they build a stadium on the Rush Green Site. There is land behind which can be bought (Crowlands Golf course, Romford & Gidea Park Rugby Club and industrial sites). This Land Aqcuisition tactic would enable the site to go from Rush Green Road all the way to the Greater Anglian Trainline. The acreage would enable two Emirates Stadiums on there with space spare. BUT i think the club have to buy the London Stadium and Redevelop it there. we just cannot move the club outside of Newham.