I was reading some comments on social media and then discovered the story of the fans boycott and of the support from ex-players such as David Cross, who joins Tony Cottee and Frank McAvennie in condemning the club’s policy of above inflation ticket price rises and changes to concessionary rates, which is an attack on both long standing fans of the club and many ordinary families who will be priced out of attending football matches.
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Premier League football is back on the menu!
It’s personal, the experience of being at the match, soaking up the atmosphere and getting pulled along with the waves of passion and voices of the fans filling the ground. Capturing those more personal moments is a joy and I love this photo of what seems to be a father and daughter together.
What a Season That Was! (Part 3)
The battle for safety was extremely congested, and although the result lifted us to 14th in the League, there were only 4 points between ourselves and the Saints propping up the Premier table on 23 points. We had a game in hand on the teams below us, but this victory was all the more important to stay out of the bottom three as the season draw to a close.
What a Season That Was! (Part 2)
Two hard earned draws followed that left us desperately close to the drop zone and it was for Emerson to score against his former club, assisted by Bowen that earned us a point at home to Chelsea. Another manager under pressure, Graham Potter fielded a new look £200m front line, but could not manage a win continuing a bad run of results for Chelsea.
What a Season That Was! (Part 1)
Benrahma’s excellent freekick gave us the lead in a tense match that followed our 1-0 away victory against the visitors and left us sitting top of our group on 12 points with just two matches to play. As the smoke dispersed cleared fans filed out of the stadium dreaming of the knockout stages to come.
West Ham United 1 Manchester United 0 7th May 2023
This result against Manchester United saw us go on an end of season run of form winning 5 of 7 matches, including two legged semi final of the Europa Conference League and of course our historic victory against Fiorentina in Prague for the trophy.
Hammers Celebrate Historical Europa Conference League Trophy With Victory Parade
For those who were able, made their way to Upton Park for a victory parade we thought would never happen in most of our life times to continue the party. The perfect start to the finale of celebrations as the open top bus filed passed with the players who have fought with passion and shear physical hard work throughout the season to bring home a major trophy for adoring fans.
West Ham United 2 AZ Alkmaar 1 Europa Conference League Semi Final First Leg
We must also recognise Antonio’s late form this season and the constant threat that Bowen offers up front and add to this the ever present Rice, who even on an average day offers the team so much with his tackling, confidence in defensive duties as well as his passing and forward runs, you wonder why we have struggled all season!
West Ham United 3 Leeds United 1 21st May 2023
We have a Europa Conference League Cup Final to look forward to, a better finish in the Premier League than we thought only a few weeks ago, but we have also seen the last home game featuring our Hammer of the Year captain Declan Rice. Other players are likely to exit as well with plenty of rumours now flying about on social media of who is staying, leaving or coming.
West Ham United 4 KAA Gent 1 20th April 2023 Europe Conference League – Quarter Final – 2nd leg (Aggregate 5-2)
European nights have been a source of joy for fans at the London Stadium as this is now the second season we have progressed into an European Semi Final that leaves the Hammers a favourites to win in the final at the Fortuna Arena in Prague on 7th June against either Fiorentina or FC Basel.
From the Stands 