Archive for March, 2008

A Post from the Cmonyuirons.com forum
The Forum Admin finds a letter that her dad had written about his West Ham, and a match he went to in 1924

My dad’s full name is Albert Stanley Relf, known as Bert by his mates (although my mum always called him Alb), born in Stratford in 1915. He now lives in Dagenham (ex Ford worker) and I usually go to visit him once a year in November.

My dad has been a West Ham supporter all his life - he is now 93 years old. I found this composition he wrote about a visit to West Ham

“Written 9th April, 1924

How I spent good Friday

On the morning of Good Friday I began the day by getting in the hot Cross buns for our breakfast. All the morning I played a game of cricket with my brother and six other boys. When it was two o’clock my brother and I went to the West Ham football ground, seeing a good game between West Ham and Burnley resulting in a win for the Hammers.

West Ham started off, as if to be sure of a ten-none victory. A great combination between Earl and Ruffell enabled the last mentioned player to find the net with a great left drive. Immediately after the centre the Hammers gave Burnley a real lesson in football. They passed the ball accurately from man to man, but a mistake on Watson’s part, enabled the right back of Burnley to clear with a fierce drive. It was then Burnley’s turn to attack, and Hufton was kept busy for ten minutes. Before half-time Watson and Ruffell put on two further goals.

In the next half both goalies were kept busy, Hufton especially. Yews continually beat both backs only to find no-one in the centre. Play was very even and more than three times did Beel the centre forward of Burnley, cut through the backs to be foiled by Hufton. Two minutes from the end Gibbins scored through a neat pass by Ruffell. That brought the score to four for West Ham. Soon after, the whistle went for full time.”

By Pat Gerber (Daughter of Albert Relf)

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Whatever happened to the Gang of 4? those maggots that wanted West Ham to be deducted 10pts at the end of last season, and even threatened legal action, to which Sheff Utd were the only ones to carry it, out even to this day, the other 3 backed off like scared little weasels.

Fulham - 6 games to go. 3 Away, and 1 against Liverpool, not a lot of chance of surviving.

Wigan - 6 games to go and 4 of those games against good clubs. Man Utd, Chelsea, Spurs, and Villa. so its a good chance of relegation for them.

Sheff Utd - lol, no chance of ever making Read more Where are you now Gang of 4?

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As spectators of West Ham, a decision by the Premier league to postpone matches at short notice is appalling, Tickets will be refunded of course, but what about the other inconveniences caused by decisions made by incompetent members of the EPL?

The Premier League committed an injustice against Chelsea and Everton (players and supporters) by postponing the game from March 29, 2008 to April 17, 2008. This arbitrary decision has greatly inconvenienced the players and spectators alike!

While the Premier league and certain members of the media can defend their decision with disgraceful excuses, they have told Chelsea and Everton that their opinions count for nothing. Chelsea and Everton were looking forward to the fixture on the March 29, 2008 only to have their dreams ruined by an arbitrary decision on the part of the premier league. The worst part is that Chelsea will now play two games within 72 hours of each other as Chelsea will play Wigan on Read more Injustice against Chelsea and Everton and the whole Premier League

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Even though i support my beloved team West ham Utd, you have to have a team that you base your future on, it may take 5 years or it may take 5 decades, but Man Utd are what makes football great in this country (England).

Todays Game at Old Trafford

Wayne Rooney scored twice in the second half and Read the Rest Here

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Roy Keane’s Black Cats pounced in the dieing seconds to give what i feel was a well deserved victory for Sunderland.

Taking most of the possesion in the 2nd half after 45 minutes of great football by both teams, Sunderland went on and dominated West Ham into submission, to give Sunderland the dream of surviving relegation, as West Ham did last season.

Freddie Ljungberg was stretchered off in the 86th minute with a pulled hamstring, West ham were down to 10 men and and never really recovered.

Overall, it was a good match, the right team won, Id rather the Magpies went down then Sunderland, West Ham stay in its destined 10 place,  lets hope the Spuds lose their match.

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Its a question on every Glaswegians mind, If they, Celtic and Rangers left the SPL for the EPL, would they ever get in Europe again?

Do they want to leave Scotland because they’re going so very far in Europe - thereby proving they’re too good for the SPL and everything below it? Or do they continually harbour dreams of a big golden invite to the English Premier League because they’re doing so very badly in Europe and thereby need to sharpen their teeth on the more rigorous competition to be found in a bigger, more challenging domestic set-up? Are Read more Rangers and Celtic in the English Premier League

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Liverpool: Death Threats!

Co-owner blames Hicks for fans’ fury and says he could buy out Texan’s stake.Liverpool’s co-owner George Gillett has revealed the extraordinary levels of conflict within the club’s hierarchy by admitting that death threats against his - Read the rest HERE

Arsenal: Losing It!

The EPL season is coming to an end and after the repurcussions of Grand Slam Sunday,it is Manchester United who have come out as the real victors.Their comprehensive win over a shockingly lacklustre Liverpool side,coupled with Chelsea’s come from behind 2-1 victory against Arsenal has put United five points clear at the top-and,with only seven games to go in the league-it has to be said that it is United’s title to lose this - Read the rest HERE

West Ham: On the Up!

To any Hammers Fan, Higher than 15th place where we finished last season is a bonus, and its on the cards that West Ham will at least 4-6 places above that.

Alan Curbishley’s side are renowned for dipping in form after Christmas, and West Ham have done just that. As we speak, West Ham are 10th in the table, but have unveiled the next stars to come off the Tony Carr conveyor belt in striker Freddie Sears and defender James Tomkins, who had differing debuts. Sears scored the

Read more Liverpool, Death Threats! - Arsenal, Losing It! - West Ham, On the Up!

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The Hammers Elite Academy Boys have been shipped out on 1 month loans to help less fortunate teams.

Zavon Hines and Kyel Reid have been loaned out to Coventry and Crystal Palace just before the 5pm loan deadline,

The 19 year old West Ham striker who generally keeps the bench warm in the reserves, but has played in Academy games, impressed at a recent game against Fulham reserves, coming off the bench to score a late winner.

Coventry are just 1 point above the relegation battlers, have looked to Zavon Hines to save them from relegation.

Chris Coleman said

“The chairman knows what he wants and he knows his football. We will not be trying to sign 34-year-old has-beens, I will not sign anyone who is not good enough to strengthen our team, and everybody knows that the Hammers Academy is alight with hot talent, this is why we need the services of Zavon.”

Kyel Reid has gone to Crystal Palace where he will hopefully help to get the team to promotion.

West Ham now have 5 youngsters out on loan.

by Hammerette

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England u19 3-1 Russia u19

James Tomkins scored 2 goals for the England u19’s in a friendly against Russia tonight in Milton Keynes.

His 1st goal in the 19th minute was headed in from a excellent pass by James Henry from Reading. In the 59th minute Tomkins got his 2nd from close range, after Sone Alukos’s shot was blocked. Evengy Pesegov pulled 1 back for the Russians in the 61st Minute, and then within minutes Newcastles Andy Carrol made it 3-1.

Tomkins was replaced in the 66th minute by West Hams’ Junior Stanislas who also had a fine game.

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Who should go and who should stay and be part of West Ham’s Team for next season?

And what do we need to strengthen the squad?

Goalkeeper:

• 1 Robert Green - Stay
• 21 Richard Wright - Stay
• 23 Jimmy Walker - Stay

Defender:

• 14 John Pantsil - Go
• 18 Jonathan Spector - Go
• 19 James Collins - Stay
• 2 Lucas Neill - Stay
• 3 George McCartney - G0
• 30 James Tomkins - Stay
• 4 Danny Gabbidon - Go
• 5 Anton Ferdinand - Stay
• 6 Matthew Upson - Stay

Midfielder:

• 11 Matthew Etherington - Stay
• 15 Nolberto Solano - Stay
• 16 Mark Noble - Stay
• 17 Hayden Mullins - Go
• 20 Julien Faubert - Stay
• 26 Nigel Quashie - Go
• 28 Kyel Reid - Go
• 29 Lee Bowyer - Go
• 32 Kieron Dyer - Stay
• 8 Scott Parker - Stay

Attacking Midfielder:

• 34 Luis Boa Morte - Go
• 7 Fredrik Ljungberg - Stay

Striker:

• 10 Craig Bellamy - Stay
• 12 Carlton Cole - Go
• 25 Bobby Zamora - Go
• 33 Henri Camara - Go
• 9 Dean Ashton - Stay
• 40 Freddie Sears - Stay

To Strengthen the Squad i would say we need

1 Defender

2 Midfielders

2 more Attacking midfielders

1 Striker

With the players we sell we could muster up around £33-38million to buy 6 quality players.

Ok my ideas may not please everyone, so tell me who you would sell or keep and bring in!

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UPDATE 17/07/2008

It was interesting looking at this post from March and not surprising how many players we thought should go are actualy gone or on the verge.

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