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COYFI West Ham United 2017/18

Thaw said:
We got the David Squires cartoon in The Guardian.. with added Dulwich Hamlet reference. Generally the protest has had a surprisingly sympathetic reception. I expected us to get slaughtered but its mostly Mail Online BTL types doing that so far.

David Squires on … West Ham's chaotic cauldron of infighting
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I hope the fans find a way to challenge the shitty bosses and get shot of them pronto.

Moving ground often seems to be a catalyst for the shit to really start up and I certainly know what it's like to have your club taken away from you.
 
editor said:
OK, Right. So it's not connected to West Ham in any way at all and bears no relevance at all to the opinions of any West Ham fans or staff past or present. In fact that shirt probably isn't even real. Gotcha.

*Yes, I know that the majority of West Ham fans aren't racist cunts, but this one was and a general thread about West Ham seemed the right place to post up what many people have found amusing elsewhere.
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Correct, West Ham Utd and its fans aren't responsible for the political views of other people wearing West Ham shirts.

Is that Tony Henry in the video? I thought he'd be older.
 
Thaw said:
Correct, West Ham Utd and its fans aren't responsible for the political views of other people wearing West Ham shirts.
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Sorry, did I claim anyone was responsible? But I lived by the ground and used to go to matches so I have a fair insight into what the views of many of their supporters used to be like.
 
It used to be 35 k now 55 k largely white and still believe it or not working class males , yes we have our share of racists no doubt BUT if you compared us to other Premiership clubs I reckon we would be one of the better examples , impossible to quantify of course but comes from my personal experience of 45 years of going to watch West Ham . My club has many many faults but racism is not one that I will accept
 
Worth adding that West Ham were the first top division club to have black players in their team in the 1960s and 70s - the Charles brothers, Clyde Best, Adi Coker etc..
 
sealion said:
They were one of the first.Leeds i think were the first. Albert Johanneson - Wikipedia
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I did craftily put 'top division club' in there. Leeds were in the second division in 62/63 and lower in the previous season when Johanneson presumably made his debut. John Charles made his debut for West Ham in May 1963 when they were in the first division and preparing to win the FA Cup, Cup Winners Cup and World Cup.

Can't find anything to quash Editor's high geezer ratio assertion.
 
I just remembered I'm supposed to be going to a season ticket holder Q&A event on the 20th...David Moyes, Mark Noble and Carlton Cole doing a raffle. I'll be extra careful not to offend Nobes now.
 
Some posts on here have blates derailed the thread.

Whether you agree with the tactics of the protests or not, there's no need bringing West Ham's perceived 'high geezer ratio' into the convo. The same snobbery was applied to Millwall when they had their recent ground dispute, and Cardiff before them. It's just snobbery and wanky as fuck.
 
Threshers_Flail said:
Some posts on here have blates derailed the thread.

Whether you agree with the tactics of the protests or not, there's no need bringing West Ham's perceived 'high geezer ratio' into the convo. The same snobbery was applied to Millwall when they had their recent ground dispute, and Cardiff before them. It's just snobbery and wanky as fuck.
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You what? It was just a fact that came up when I looked up West Ham. Can't see why you want to get all defensive about it. And how the fuck is it 'snobby'? :confused:
 
Thaw said:
I just remembered I'm supposed to be going to a season ticket holder Q&A event on the 20th...David Moyes, Mark Noble and Carlton Cole doing a raffle. I'll be extra careful not to offend Nobes now.
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I bet Moyesie is looking forward to that.

"OK first question, you there, yes you, blue top"

"why are you so shit?"

"not you, the bloke behind you"
 
For the record - and seeing as people seem to be taking my comments like they're some of attack on the club: I quite like West Ham and used to see them a fair but when I lived almost opposite the ground. Half the band I'm in are West Ham fans so I'm always looking out for their results when we're on the road.
 
editor said:
You what? It was just a fact that came up when I looked up West Ham. Can't see why you want to get all defensive about it. And how the fuck is it 'snobby'? :confused:
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I dunno just calling the pitch invaders 'plonkers' and then posting a video of some racist idiot in a West Ham shirt, the timing of that wasn't great. It came across like you were being an 'all football fans are hooligans/scum' kinda Middle Englander.

I know full well that couldn't be further from the truth so I'm happy to leave it.
 
Casual Observer said:
Worth adding that West Ham were the first top division club to have black players in their team in the 1960s and 70s - the Charles brothers, Clyde Best, Adi Coker etc..
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I think you'll find West Ham had a black player as early as 1899, their first ever season!
 
As an aside Thames Ironworks had a stadium capacity of in excess of 100k, arguably the largest club ground ever in England!
 
editor said:
For the record - and seeing as people seem to be taking my comments like they're some of attack on the club: I quite like West Ham and used to see them a fair but when I lived almost opposite the ground. Half the band I'm in are West Ham fans so I'm always looking out for their results when we're on the road.
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Our football clubs are like our families , we can slag them off ourselves as much as we want but if anyone else does it we will defend them blindly ( I know you know this )
 
hammerntongues said:
Our football clubs are like our families , we can slag them off ourselves as much as we want but if anyone else does it we will defend them blindly ( I know you know this )
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But you also to have to be able to see what's wrong with your 'family' and be bold and honest enough to speak against it rather than strike out at others.
 
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