ted fenton 2:36 Mon Feb 13
Danny Fenn The Boleyn Poet
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THAT VIEW
I can almost taste the burgers
Frying on the griddle
And can almost smell the manure
And strong smelling horse piddle
I sense the bustle from the market
And the buzz coming from the Queens
The firm outside Charlene's wine bar
Dressed in pringle jumpers in their teens
The smell of sizzling bacon and eggs
From Ken's and hot dog stalls
Jibbing down Selsdon Road
When the shout of nature calls
Paying for my match day programme
Chat to Gary from over land and sea
Spot the castle turrets
Always felt like home to me
Pop into the off licence
And grab a couple of cans
Wait to give a verbal greeting
To the worried looking away fans
Pass St Edwards primary school
The players car park and the church
Spot the autograph hunters
Eagerly stood on their perch
Pass the corner of Castle Street
Where once the South Bank roared
Where Paulo a magical little Italian
Once majestically scored
Pop into the supporters club
Spot faces old and new
All there for a common cause
The love of the claret and blue
Wander past the Boleyn pub
Green Street meets Barking Road
A place where songs were sung
And beer and banter flowed
Cross to the champions statue
And bow to Sir Alf Ramsey,s boys
Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters
And Bobby who played with such poise
Join the queue at Nathan's
For a pre match two and two
Or into cassataris
For a sarnie and a brew
Turn into Priory Road
Join the queue for the chicken run
Come on you irons
The day has just begun
I'd give anything to go back in time
To catch a glimpse of that view
But now my home is Stratford
Sadly moved on to pastures new
© Danny Fenn the boleyn poet©
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Mace66
6:19 Wed Feb 15
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Fo the Communist 1:43 Tue Feb 14
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paulon 12:24 Tue Feb 14
We may not be going back but there's still hope of getting a stadium that's fit for football
REALLY !?
I think we have 2 hopes on that one …
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,
6:43 Tue Feb 14
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It’s all too recent for me. For example he completely overlooks going to and from the ground by trolley bus.And he fails to eulogise the longest urinal trough in England ( found beneath the old wooden chicken run ).
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Moncurs Putting Iron
5:06 Tue Feb 14
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I missed the up to yer ankles in PISS line
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bill green
3:35 Tue Feb 14
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that's a f***in big Valentines Card
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Lily Hammer
2:07 Tue Feb 14
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Fo the Communist 1:43 Tue Feb 14
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Fo the Communist
1:43 Tue Feb 14
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paulon 12:24 Tue Feb 14
We may not be going back but there's still hope of getting a stadium that's fit for football. I think plenty of us would find it easier not to 'wallow' if that were the case.
That will still leave the fact that GSB lied to facilitate the move and that wont, and should not, be either forgiven or forgotten. For many, something at the very heart of supporting West Ham died either through the move itself of the way it was foisted upon us.
Lest we forget as far as I'm concerned.
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Lato
12:41 Tue Feb 14
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I was born in Forest Gate Maternity Hospital and brought up in East Ham........yes it was a shithole but it was out shithole and I miss it!
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mallard
12:25 Tue Feb 14
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Browno22 3:09 Mon Feb 13
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The last line should have been;
DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME AT ALL?
Ag! Ag! Ag!
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paulon
12:24 Tue Feb 14
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I miss UP, matchdays aren't the same but all this miserable wallowing in nostalgia is just fucking annoying now
We're not going back, how many times does someone need to say they miss the place?
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Mace66
12:16 Tue Feb 14
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He’s slacking
No mention of Bonzo in this version
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Lily Hammer
11:33 Tue Feb 14
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nerd
I felt the same way about the ground after the terraces had gone, but once we moved to the OS, I realised it wasn't so bad at the latter day Upton Park.
But the poem talks more about the surroundings. As much as people moaned about it, I never stopped getting a buzz walking out of Upton Park tube station and looking at the scene around me. Surrounded by residential areas, (the backstreets - oi oi oi)! along with loads of pubs and small businesses, be they small shops or the pop up stalls. I know I sound like a dinosaur, but THAT is what a football stadium should be surrounded by.
That shit hole was better, for me, than the sterile hole that surrounds our current rental.
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Council Scum
11:26 Tue Feb 14
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What a complete load of shit, like every other poem he's ever done.
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nerd
11:18 Tue Feb 14
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It never felt the same once the North and south bank went. I missed the real boleyn for years after never really felt the stadium was right after that , something had gone.
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Manuel
10:07 Tue Feb 14
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I never got why it mattered that it was a shithole, of course it was a shithole, but you never lived there, just went for a few hours once a fortnight, hardly a biggie to 'suffer' it. it was home, shithole or not, and at least it felt you like you were at football. Similar to many grounds in the country.
I've still not been to the new shithole and in no hurry to.
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goose
9:59 Tue Feb 14
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I miss the place but the poem is a right load of old shit.
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Kaiser Zoso
9:58 Tue Feb 14
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The castle turrets?
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terry-h
9:11 Tue Feb 14
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The Boys of 86.
John Lyall.
Sir Trev.
Dev.
Bonzo.
(The current manager can do one.)
Signed: terry-h
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RM10
8:31 Mon Feb 13
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I miss East Ham working mans club, the edge with away fans and the burger vans! I was born in East Ham forest gate and have moved like most others and now chans restaurant has closed so prob won’t be going there anytime soon.
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Coffee
3:57 Mon Feb 13
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Whatever you think of Green Street (nobody's disputing it's a right old dump of an area), it was where you turned up to expectant, and where you left from happy or sad or neither. Love it or loathe it, it's part of you.
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Lily Hammer
3:43 Mon Feb 13
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I’m with Danny. I miss that dump, with all my heart.
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Rossal
3:40 Mon Feb 13
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Green St was/is an absolute dump
The only issue with the move is the stadium. If we were close to the pitch and the upper tiers not 5 miles from the pitch then would have been great
I miss our stadium being a authentic football ground, not anything around Upton Park and green st.
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