My grandad was the owner of Ken’s cafe in green street. We told everyone we should still be open on match day in 2016. In 2020 Covid started and than they closed. In 2021 they sold the cafe. Also, yesterday would been Ken’s birthday but we lost him last June. RIP grandad.

Another kick in the bollox for the working class...football was the one thing we had left that brought us back to our roots.

I am an American that occasionally did business in London. I absolutely adored my time there and I was befriended by someone who was born and raised in East London. Anytime there was a match, and I was in town, he took me to Boleyn. Now, I don't pretend to be a real West Ham fan, but I love the club, and I support them. I remember the warmth I received from Hammer supporters, and despite the fact I was a Yank, they took me in. They didn't have to, but they did. That culture is something that I hold dear as someone who knew about football, but wanted to learn so much more. I think that was sensed by the community, and they were happy to teach me. I haven't been to olympic park, even though I watch the games from the States. I only have a small sample of how much the places I went to meant to the community. I will always support the Irons, but this saddens me for what this move did to this community. As for what I consider real West Ham fans, thanks for making me feel welcome. COYI.

Watched this a few fair times. Good to see proper West Ham (Andy) and my heritage. Long Live My Church. The Boleyn Upton Park. West Ham Til I die ⚒️

this happened to us over in Cardiff the move & the rebrand has changed our club forever....modern football doesn't include fans .. loved this video ...proper passion from proper fans ...keep on protesting ..I think u frightened the board today ..... one more big protest from you lot will most definitely get the result you are after... change

I support you guys 100%, as a gooner I can't stand these soulless modern grounds.

I watched Sullivan’s attitude towards us Birmingham fans when we got word he was slating us. Him and abrady tried to get a licence for a super casino in Brum which would have helped fund a new stadium, but once the licence went to the NEC, that was the beginning of the end of their relationship with us. Sold us to a Chinese guy he didn’t like and knew was a criminal in HongKong. Glad to see the back of him and Brady. We have had so much damage done to us because of who he sold us to, shame on him. Good luck to the hammers fans, good bunch, you deserve better.

I'm only 22 and it gets me down. I feel so bad for the older generations of fans. Absolutely gutted for them.

Great video. Really hard to see Upton Park like that. Can't bring myself to go back there now. Sold a bunch of lies. Board out

I’m Spurs but I really feel for these fans They had a great ground and following. Now they’ve lost that identity for the sake of what??

This video really shows the full impact these 3 clowns Sullivan, Gold , LadyBrady have done to East End lifes , Ruined West Ham to line there own pockets !!!!

They've ripped the guts out of football...Not just at West Ham. I've supported Chelsea since the 70's but my old man used to take me to Upton Park as a kid, one of the reasons my life turned to football, loved it. good luck with what you're doing. As long as there's huge money in the game, 'real' fans are gonna come second.

Fair play, full on, the right way....right on...IRONS

It s what I’ve always said,they are rebranding you right in front of your eyes,and it’s not right, your castle represents exactly who you are, that’s your roots you cannot just wipe that out. As much as we got our rivalries for me and most Chelsea lads the best away day experience was West Ham Away, it had everything you wanted as far as the football experience is concerned. West Ham Away has turned into the greatest experience to the worst, it doesn’t feel anything like it was or how it should be anymore. Top lads Andy is proper West Ham, always was, wishing you boys all respect Chelsea SW6

From all Australian Hammers brilliant work boys

Thanks for the video, am not really big on football but I think West Ham have amazing supporters..This video made me understand a lot about what went on at your football club..long live the fans. 👍

Fight for Your club and history.Love &support from a fan from Croatia.Don't give up!!!

Great video lads. The video really brings it all home. See you all there on 10th March.

I live in the states now, but going to Upton Park, the chicken run was incredible. The pitch was right close to the stands. I remember one game the ball going into the stands, I remember throwing the ball back to Pat Holland, I remember he rested against the wall on the chicken run, and said something to some supporters laughing and took the throw in. It was so personal... incredible...

Breaks my heart. To see this.

My family lived on Green Street since way back and worked on the Thames as dockers - got no intentions ever going to the re branded West Ham United popcorn stadium

Brilliant video, wishing the group all the best from ireland👍

Last bit about Isla choked me up. Top lads

Superb lads. Very well put together.

As a football fan,the ground at the Upton Park was so special.You as fans have so many memories of that great place and I'm so sorry you have lost this special place where generations and family made memories both good and bad.This is something those money grabbing tossers don't respect those traditions. Keep to save your club and the memories alive.

As a blackburn fan i know what it is to have the soul ripped out of your club as venkys have done such to blackburn As soon as they took over it didnt seem like ewood anymore I feel sorry for west ham gold sullivan and brady are same as oyston at blackpool and venkys at blackburn its a bloody disgrace whats happened to west ham theyve cut the heart out of the club But they will never beat the fans God bless you regards adrian

This video that you boy's have put together is very heart warming and makes you feel quiet touched with emotion.. I've lived in Hampshire all my life but all my family were born and raised in the east end.. Hackney, plaistow, and Shoreditch.. Would travel up to upton park with my dad as a kid and the whole buzz of the day out with everything thrown in will stay with me forever.. Just like thousands of us that feel the same just want to have that similar feeling again, and i for one Don't have any good vibes coming from this new place, i have tried to give o.s the benefit of the doubt with 3 visit's to watch game's but it must change for me to get some sort of feeling for the place.. Lots need to improve....

Bravo.

Top marks to you Fellas,heart felt Video.COYI.

Good to see Woody in the video, I am impressed by all the lads hard work, I never wanted to leave Upton Park, and am heartbroken what it has been done to the area, I can't make the march due to I'll health, but wish you all best, with this great plan. Anyway COYI, West Ham's Elite Under 5's, Forest Gate and Plaistow's Bench Boys, also not forgetting the Towners and Villagers and last but not least Stratford. All unite for West Ham

Shocking. Proper feel for West Ham fans

great video boys absolutely spot on its a disgrace what sulli gold and brady have done to this great football club with u all the way roll on 10th of march....

I have watched this video several times (Which is weird for a yid) and I feel your pain.You have been cleansed from YOUR patch to make way for the Wine and nibbles brigade.Still one day time machines will be real and then we can all be happy.

real fan respcet form a Chelsea fan

Same thing as what's happened to Arsenal,it's all about money,the owners don't give a toss about the real working class supporters it's a shame as I enjoyed the away games at Upton Park,was a bit scary in the 80s attending night games but the atmosphere was the best in London.

Great video Coyi a piece of history gone i was a pupil at st Edwards in caslte street see all the old players from the play ground back in the day so sad its all gone

Respect & Solidarity from Sheffield Wednesday

From this video up until now our warrior Isla brought the whole of West Ham family and rival teams together ❤ that's how West Ham do things we are as one and ww all made sure Isla got what she needed. Over 2 weeks ago we lost our beautiful Isla but now when you think of our team you think of Isla. She did that ❤. We may not have Upton Park, but we have each other, our West Ham family, our memories most of all we still have our old girl The Vic, my 2nd home 🤣 and we need to make sure we keep her full with fans each game she is a part of our history xx

I’m Spurs through and through but I totally agree with your views. You’ve been totally let down, lied to and disrespected. Football is about memories, childhood connections and roots, your board is a disgrace.. Despite our fierce rivalry i absolutely support you 100%

Hello. I'm not a "Hammers fan" as such, i'm actually a Glasgow Rangers and Liverpool fan from the mid 70's, having said that ,... West Ham Utd have always and always will have a special place in my heart.They are my favourite London Club, i love the Club Anthem ...🎤🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵"Forever Blowing Bubbles"....💙👏👏👏. The most famous of all "Hammers" fans ... the one and only "Alf Garnett".💙👍👌 from the first Club Captain i can recall .. the legendary Bobby Moore and Billy Bonds onto Sir Trevor Brooking and guys like Phil Parkes etc .. I think it is absolutely disgusting and really and truly sad what the Board have done to the Club's fans, duping you all like they have, and that is the truth of it all. I really hope and pray the Hammers don't get relegated this year. Onwards and Upwards Guys and Gals. All the very best to the Action Group and i mean that from the bottom of my Heart. "Up the Hammers". .😉👍👍💙👏👏

The telling thing about our whole movement is that the board have not taken legal action against us because they cannot refute anything that's been raised against them. I'm Mile End, I loved my pilgrimage to Upton Park each week. I'm in 215 now and me and the three I'm with get all the rotten looks because we're working class lads who get excited, swear and try to make some racket. It's a tragedy what's happening with football in this country as we're not the only clubs suffering boards taking the piss of the supporters and ripping the heritage and culture out. Thanks to everyone involved in fighting to get our club back. West Ham UNITED

Great video Andy & Mickey ⚒

The real West Ham was always Upton Park green street our home and the surrouding areas Canning Town Plaistow East Ham etc,we were always the backstreet club in the east end with a proper community that’s all gone now,nothing over the London stadium Stratford.long live the Boleyn RIP 1904-2016.😢⚒

What a beautiful pub is the Boleyn, it's almost Victorian in style, it looks like a fantastic place to have a pint, from a Villa fan.

Reminds of what they did to Man United in the mid to late 90s Man united fans fought back and failed but kind of lost really, I hope West Ham fans do better

this is breaking my heart watching this especially Nathans pie n eel shop & community - this is what Sullivan etc just dont get. we are westham ⚒😞

Followed MCFC since 1969, can`t believe I`m never going to Upton Park anymore. Carry on the fight and good luck.

Heart braking

Shame to see a great match day experience lost. Keep on fighting for the fans at the new ground. My first ever shirt was West Ham when I was four years old. All the best from a Rangers fan.

So sad that i missed the last match on Upton park, It will always be in my heart. Was my home my secure place when i lived in London back in -04. I will see the new arena when i can afford it someday but for now we need to remember the past.

Same as what Jonogroats123 said below , shocking. COYI Forever WESTHAM Keep the faith 'x'

I went past the your old Upton Park ground a week or so ago.... unreal.. so strange to see it as it is...

As a Wigan, this is HEARTBREAKING! Good look with everything!

Im a Charlton fan but I always had a soft spot for the Hammers.You guys should have stopped the move with mass demos while you were still at Upton Park.Makes me very sad to see this.West Ham will never be the same.

It's like demolishing the home you grew up in with your dad still inside all the memories of the Boleyn pub the market and the bond of the chaps,double gutted

Am 40 yrs old and have followed westham all my life , bought the shirts been to games and have been stunned by how we have been treated and lied to by the board enough is enough

Keep fighting people! South Belfast Irons

A year on and this still breaks my heart to watch!!! A community ruined ⚒⚒

Barnsley fan, keep fighting history is what makes a club and the fans, l would hate to have to move ground all the memories all the ups and downs give them some hammer

Have supported West Ham for 46 years, since I was 8. Nothing or nobody has left such permanent scars on our club than the current management. You can look anywhere at how things were and their hand of destruction is evident. This video actually brought me to tears with the graphic, no-nonsense way it showed how ordinary working class members of the community have been brushed aside, just like us fans. Good luck with the march on the 10th, unfortunately I’m in Brisbane, Australia and have been suffering from chronic pain and nerve paralysis issues since 2005, otherwise I would fly over and join up with you all. Let’s get these leeches out of our club and get someone in who respects our values, our history and our way of doing things. WHTID ⚒

What happened to westham was a total traversee and heartbreaking.and they are not the only club to suffer this rebranding shit .mark lufc

Great video. Pompey are with you

brillant video.

They killed Highbury..i feel youWestHam fans

First went Boleyn 71/72 season with the old man r.i.p - 112yrs history fucked up by greed,will always love me hammers that said the owners have destroyed the club from within,march the 10th will see the true westham fans stand together ⚒

Not a West Ham fan loved watching your games on tv not anymore as the new ground is sole less great video bet of luck getting the spices out

I commend you real football fans who care about their community from a man utd fan i loved going to Upton Park

The pie and mash shop closed a few months after this video was filmed.

I'm an arsenal fan I know what your going through cos we are also being fed lies after fucking lies so I wish you all best with what you are doing you are proper football people good luck to you all. Gooner john

Heart and soul of the club ripped out

It's a real shame!! The board lied thru their teeth!! Sold a pipe dream! It's so fucked up now! Upton Park is just another memory now! Fair play to you fellas for standing up for REAL supporters! God bless you all! Cmon you Irons!!

Middlesbrough fan myself but I have family who are west ham. Breaks my heart that them 3 rich twats have destroyed your club good luck lads on march 10th

Good vid.. Andy mickey old school proper west ham lads.. Been a regular at the boleyn.. Since 78.. Followed us home and away.. But like many of us lads from back then have seen the erosion of what football and what matchday experience was for us.. A working class game for working class lads...and a hardcore support that is family.. Not been over the bowl and won't until the lying board fullfill the things they sold to us.. Or they sell up.. Away days only.. Thanks for your hard work lads. Along with Neil and other reps from West ham sites . The fund raising for isla has been fantastic.. Not just from us hammers but even non west ham (respect to millwall) keep fighting isla.. We all hope you get the treatment you need... Roll on March.. Hope it wakes them 3 up Whtid... Just glad we experienced football before it started to be sanitised.. Sadly the next generation won't be getting that privilege unless things change.. But it won't until the money pit has emptied.. The club's will be looking at half empty stadiums because the hardcore will still be there but the tourists glory hunters or Plastics will soon be gone coyi

West Ham United will never be the same again. R.I.P

Would have loved to have seen the social club included in some footage that was a special wee place!!!

as a manchester united fan theres a hatred between us since 67 but that video was spot on . the money men have stole our game and they couldnt give a fuck about the communitys they ruin

I’ve become a West Ham Utd. fan a few years ago (to the misfortune of my girlfriend who wanted me to become a Palace fan) and it was exactly the Boleyn ground and the buzz of the whole neighbourhood that won me over. That day I was involved in the Dylan Tombides fundraiser and the response and banter in the pub and outside with people was just fantastic. When I stepped onto the stadium, it felt like I came home and I knew I found my club in England. This club had everything a fan could possibly want. The new stadium is “alright” but the charm and the buzz of the old place is gone forever. I’m glad you boys are standing up for it and you have my full support. COYI❤️⚒

Every time I pass the Boleyn ground I get emotional.

they have killed the east end but now its time to fight back great video

I will never accept the Emirates as Arsenal's spiritual home and have only been once (never again) I will watch Arsenal away at 'proper' football grounds what's left of them, but even though I can never stop supporting them since 1968 I have tried to get enthusiastic about my local non league side Dulwich Hamlet a team I went to watch as an 8 year old, it just doesn't sit right. I really feel for West Ham fans leaving the Boleyn ground. It was my first visit to an away game around 1970 and the atmosphere was electric, the crowd was so close to the pitch that they had those 'funny' goal posts like hockey nets(West Ham fans will know what I mean lol) I was up the South bank and it all kicked off as a 12 year old I was terrified, but these two stunning West Ham girls (about 16) took me under their wing and made sure I didn't get hurt. It's ironic and a bloody shame that WH moved from a stadium known for it's intimacy to a huge characterless bowl almost designed to kill atmosphere. I used to hate Stamford Bridge because of it's perimeter track and counted my blessings I'd been taken to Highbury because our family was from Woolwich and had Grandads and Great uncles who had worked in 'The Royal Arsenal' Thing is I have no solution which is depressing the EPL is supposedly the most watched in the world yet our grounds are like morgues re atmosphere when compared with Germany, Italy, Spain etc Our prices are extortionate and one day the 'prawn sandwich, 'sit down you're spoiling Ruperts view brigade' are going to get bored and leave on mass and that will be the end because the big clubs no longer function as a home for fans, but purely as money making businesses for the fat cats.

Thought it was paul whitehouse for minute lol.

I understand that I may not have a valid reason to comment as I'm not a West Ham United fan. But as someone who visited the Bowlin ground many times I was absolutely shocked and saddened when the move was agreed and even more saddened when I visited the London stadium a month ago when my team (Crystal Palace) came to play West Ham. As a boy I used to love going to the east end to watch us play you, everything from the ground, the team and especially the fans was an experience. Even the banter between fans was always light hearted and a laugh. The place felt exciting and, to me. How a football stadium should feel. As this is the same feeling I get at Selhurst Park. Roll on our last game this season and to say I was shocked was an understatement. Nothing about the ground in Stratford felt like West Ham. There was absolutely no heat or passion coming from the home fans and it literally felt like I was at a funeral. Not a West Ham game. The wall of sound you'd get from you guys at Upton was something else, but now it's something so far removed its unbelievable. And, it's not the fans I blame. It's your board and how all of you were sold a bill of goods and are now paying for the unbelievably stupid decision to leave Upton Park. As I say, I'm not a Hammers fan, I'm a football fan, a working class football fan and seeing what's happening at West Ham actually breaks my heart. As I fear that one day, something like this will happen to Palace. Hope you boys stay up, looking forward to nest season. Yours. A concerned Palace fan.

50 years a Hammer. My Primary School team, same colours Claret & Blue. First words I could read looking at my Dad's Littlewoods Pools coupon was West Ham. Been a season ticket holder, a private box dweller, through the relegations and shocking Cup defeats to Mansfield, Blackpool, Wrexham, Nott County, Heresford etc the 6-0 drubbing from Oldham in the League Cup Semi, standing at Old Trafford as they put 7 past us in the FA Cup 1999. Took it all because I related to the history of the Club at its roots and there was always a very good day around the corner. The 2nd Play-Off tie vs Ipswich when Etherington & Daily scored I was behind that goal. The noise was deafening that night virtually the entire game. Always felt that it wasn't about winning the league every season and then getting irritated because our goal difference wasn't as good as last season's league winning campaign - I know what it's like to 'expect' success, its unrealistic. Worked on a record that was #1 for 6 weeks in the UK National Charts (Black Box) the summer of '89 and was disappointed when it didn't last a 7th week, then had to check myself to remember 6 weeks was incredible. This is my take on the new stadium. A few years back I was in Rome and went to The Colosseum, built AD 70. The 80'000 capacity building has been through fires, two earthquakes, WWII, the legendary Rome rain, which can go on for 3 days non-stop, and nearly 400 years of Gladiator death sport. The soil of the venue is seeped with the blood, sweat, tears, DNA and anguish of those days. The morning I took the tour I was at the back of the group being educated by the tour guide. As we got to the top, when you can see the full circumference of the venue, I stood still, letting the rest of the group wander on and just took in the magnificence of it all, then it hit me - the energy of all that madness is still in the air coming up from the ground. You can feel it, sense it. It is still there that energy.... What's the point with reference WHUFC ? That deep in that the Boleyn Ground soil was the DNA, blood, sweat and tears of the players who had fought for the club in over a 2'398 home games from those 112 years. That West Ham United energy is not in the soil of the Olympic Stadium. For comparison Anfield, has 128 years of Liverpool footballers DNA, blood, sweat and tears deep in its soil. Sometimes football miracles happen on that pitch when the fans, the team and history all come together to over-power the opposition like the 4-0 victory over Barcelona last season. That's not just a leather ball full of air being kicked by 22 men wearing leather football boots. Its the the other factor too. The eternal spirit of the club from all of those 128 years. Ditto 128 years at Celtic Park for Celtic. 102 years for Man Utd at Old Trafford. The last game, of 2'398, at the Boleyn Ground is a point in case. Man Utd, playing with every intent to spoil the party, were simply run over by the will-power of the fans, the West Ham players and that "no you fucking won't" energy from the ground. You all saw that on TV and if you were there that night you felt it. West Ham United have been uprooted from its history, deep soil and DNA. Sullivan, Gold and Brady would never understand the need to factor that into the equation of moving to the OS, an idea they took from the previous Icelandic ownership. A borrowed idea ill-conceived and executed. For it to work the OS pitch needed to have been the Boleyn Ground pitch from its deep roots and the fans right on top of the pitch to retain something of that old 112 year energy with some of its true DNA. But that old pitch is no more, gone forever with all of its West Ham football enriched history. Without it the club is a rudderless ship, unrecognizable to its origins and maybe finished in the not too distant future. I say that with a heavy heart as a Hammer of over 50 years with his red, three lions #10 England shirt signed by Geoff Hurst still carefully wrapped. Energy. We are all energy, we live on a ball of energy traveling about 1.6 million miles a day at 66,627 mph., everything we do needs energy, to breath, eat, drink, to work, to procreate, even to sleep. 112 years of full passion energy from an estimated 38'368,000* souls cheering and playing those 2'398 home games was a deep investment in spirit that is now lost. In truth, so are many of the fans.. * 2'398 home games X an average 15'000 fans = 38 million people. The last game, full, at the Boleyn Ground - West Ham United vs Man Utd kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aNyVntuk0Z27aaM.html&fbclid=

Me emociono ver al ''apache'' Tevez...hace unos meses dijo que si eligiria un equipo para retirarse seria el West Ham....Deberian llamarlo y hacerle una propuesta,aunque sea un contrato de unj año...El esta muy bien fisicamente

Heartbreaking

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West ham will come back stronger with out a doubt takes time to adjust to new ground Dave from sunderland respect

I even miss the crap hot dogs that used to give you the shits '''good ole days

Im west ham all my life even now 2 years into that fruit bowl, don't feel a vibe going to match days but upton park I was buzzing weeks before a game having pie & mash to having a few in queens pub. Now its just a stadium thats on rent, running track lots of different plans, we true die hard fans were sold a dream brady ,sull, gold have a lot of questions but no answers now enough is enough we have questions for them & want positive answers. This march will hopefully us the fans wont take no more lies we are WEST HAM UNITED from upton park Boleyn.

Good luck!!! mcfc

As a Man City fan I really feel for you guys, we all felt exactly the same - heartbroken - when we left Maine Road. The Etihad will never be Maine Road but what we have built there is some amazing football memories (winning the title, derby victories, beating Barcelona etc). I think this is the problem for West Ham, because times are crap on the pitch now your only fond memories are in the past - we were just the same. But again, your board are to blame, lack of investment in the team despite what they promised. Believe me though, if you can get rid of these muppets and get someone in who actually knows how to run a football club and who can bring you success on the pitch you will create your own memories at your new stadium. Hard to accept, but you can never go back :-( Good luck guys

COYI from 🇵🇹

Its ripped the soul out

Right behind you IRONS

Great video Micky its WeeButts here we used to talk regularly when i was on Facebook we worked in the same places that you worked in when you were a younger lad i met your son Kane in Gatwick last year ...... money has ruined football and has now wrecked our legendary Boleyn ground and Upton park

Thank god there is a strong fan base. Love the video.

Almost felt sorry them until the "when West Ham won the world cup" bit, said with complete seriousness.

Even other fans are gutted when we see you lot in that stadium we want West Ham to be West Ham and we know your uncomfortable in that place your home ground is important such a loss

Swallows the legend

At Leeds they tried this on when we were flying high in the Champions League 20 years ago. They rigged a 'poll' among the season ticket holders and claimed a majority of us wanted to move to a new plastic Meccano style monstrosity well out of the City next to the Sewerage works of all locations! I couldn't find a single season ticket holder who voted to move. The only reason it didn't happen is we went bust just after the 'poll ' so we dodged a bullet and thank God we stayed at our true home Elland Road .