Your Story! (Competition) Win an original 1964 West Ham v Liverpool Program
I dont know about you, but i am always fascinated on how West ham fans/supporters became a part of the West Ham family, in most cases its because your parent and grandparents are/were fans, and in some cases its because you went to watch a game and realised the passion that West ham fans have with their team.
So write either a brief comment or your whole history for other fans to read, and i will send the winner a 1964 West Ham program ( in mint condition) when West Ham played Liverpool on January 18th 1964 when the West Ham team included Bobby Moore as Captain.
If you prefer to email your story, send it to Competition
The best Story will be published on the 19th April
Competion ends 9am 18th April
Winner will be contacted by Email.
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April 16th, 2008 at 1:48 PM
Jims Story
I was about 12 years old when my Dad took me to my first game at Wembley in 1980, It was the year West ham won the FA Cup beating Arsenal 1-0. i was absolutley thrilled watching my dad jumping up and down shouting and screaming at the top of his voice “Theres only 1 brooking” from then on i have hardly ever missed a West Ham home game and try to get to as many away games as possible.
Sadly my Dad passed away 2 years ago, but has the West Ham crest on his Head Stone, with the Words “I was West Ham till i Died” now like what my Dad did for me, i do for my son, We are West Ham till we Die”.
COYI
April 16th, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Great story Jim
April 17th, 2008 at 7:08 AM
That was a long time ago. I grew up in a family where dad was and still is a West Ham supporter. Names like Hufton and Watson were often mentioned and later Ernie Gregory seemed to be the repects person. My real interest came when I was about 12 years old. I had a schoolfriend also interested in football, so we would make our way to a match at the Boleyn ground on Saturday afternoons when there was a home match. Of course the matches were the main thing about West Ham, you were their supporter and it was a happy Saturday when they won. It was also the football world that was interesting. This was the time when Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst, and Martin Peters started playing in the first team. West Ham won the FA cup in 1964 and my dad realized soon that his daughter knew just as much about football as he did. I remember the Sunday morning when he took me with him to see the team come down Stratford main road in their coach with Bobby Moore holding the cup and then seeing them on the balcony with the Lord Mayor (I think it was the Lord Mayor – this was long ago). With the years I moved away from England but thanks to the invention of the computer I can still keep up with developments, although it doesn’t replace seeing a live match. I am a bit of a nostalgic West Ham supporter. I have just re-read “At Home with the Hammers” by Ted Fenton and that brought a lot of memories back. I am proud to say that my youngest son is carrying on the tradition, although he has never see a West Ham match live, living also abroad, but knows the team and the players and naturally follows their progress.
April 17th, 2008 at 7:54 AM
I’ve been a west Ham fan for 26 years. Originally a Kiwi, my dad was a 10 pound pom in 50s after doing his national service in Malaysia. He was from Middleton in Manchester and a Man U fan. Although NZ is a rugby nation, me and my brothers were brought up on The Big Match with Brian Moore on a Sunday and dad would always wake us up at 3am for the FA cup final. So I grew up loving footy and in the eyes of the rugby playing masses was clearly “a poof”
At boarding school a mate of mine Jaffa had an album by the Cockney Rejects that had written on the back of it “ Trevor Brooking is God” we decided there and then we were Hammers fans and have been ever since. Partly it was an act of rebellion against my dad, partly the music of the times, but also for the free flowing football west Ham played and the joy of the great days when they came, which, as an underdog were always sweeter.
I moved to the UK to be a musician in 1985 and have been to see many west Ham games as I lived in East Ham. When my wife got pregnant with our first child I broke up the band and got a real job in financial services. I was born in 1964 and an original program would mean everything to me and would take pride of place in my office.
COYI!