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Eggbert Nobacon 8:29 Tue May 3
Club announced plans for after last game - all to be cancelled if anyone goes on pitch
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West Ham United are delighted to announce they will host a special celebratory event to mark their final game at the Boleyn Ground after next Tuesday's match against Manchester United.
The fixture will be the Hammers' final game at their home of 112 years and the Club have been working hard to make sure it will be an evening that will live long in the memory of fans the world over. The game and subsequent closing ceremony are set to be broadcast to a huge global audience as the interest in the Hammers' high-profile move to the former Olympic Stadium continues to capture the imagination of the sporting world.
Although the exact details of the celebrations are being kept secret until the night, the Club can confirm that, where contact details are available, every player to have made a first-team appearance for the Club has been invited to attend the game as a guest. Hammers of the Year will also be guests of honour as they and the 35,000 crowd bid farewell to the Boleyn Ground one last time.
As well as featuring legendary former players alongside the current squad and fans, the celebrations will also include spectacular lighting, music and big screen video to match the scale and emotion of the evening.
To ensure the event, which has a sizeable budget behind it, runs to plan, the Club are today reminding fans of the importance of staying in their seats come the final whistle.
Due to event planning and licencing laws for evening fixtures, the show can only take place if the pitch is clear straight after the final whistle, so if any supporters enter the field of play after the match, it will mean cancelling all or part of the celebrations.
Commenting on the final game plans, Joint-Chairmen David Sullivan and David Gold said: "This time next week, we will all be going through our usual pre-match routines as we prepare to visit the Boleyn Ground to support our team, West Ham United, there one last time.
"It will certainly be an incredibly emotional day from start to finish but I think if we were to have wished for a fitting fixture to bid goodbye to 112 years of history at the Boleyn, Manchester United under the lights would have been near the top of our list.
"We want it to be an evening that is ultimately about you, our loyal supporters, as it is you who have made the Boleyn Ground famous the world over.
"But to make it special we need your support. Any incursions on to the pitch will certainly mean cancelling the current squad’s richly-deserved lap of appreciation and denying some of our greatest ever players the chance to take the field for the final time.
"That would be a tragedy; for them and the Boleyn Ground.
"If we can present the post-match ceremonies as planned, we are sure you will walk away from Upton Park on Tuesday prouder than ever of the Club you support.
"We hope those of you attending have a truly special evening - together we will create memories that will live with us forever."
Come on you Irons!
West Ham United
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13 Brentford Rd
6:52 Thu May 12
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Ag ag.....Get a life you lot.
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ooooh Morley Morley
5:47 Thu May 12
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I have visions of Rd making a run for it like the kid in the airport at the end of Love Actually
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BetterthanKaka
4:54 Thu May 12
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*nods at Mr P*
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Mr Polite
4:49 Thu May 12
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*um-tiddly-um-pum-um-pum-pum
stick it up 13's slack bum
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Mr Polite
4:48 Thu May 12
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BetterthanKaka 4:32 Thu May 12
That post didn't get the appreciation it deserved
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Northern Sold
4:47 Thu May 12
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‘old it, flash, bang, wallop, what a picture
what a picture, what a photograph
poor old Road, blimey, what a joke
Jester hat blown off in a cloud of smoke
clap ‘ands, stamp yer feet
bangin’ on the big b*ss drum
what a picture, what a picture
um-tiddly-um-pum-um-pum-pum
stick it in Road's fam’ly alb*m
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Far Cough
4:39 Thu May 12
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PD, yes but my ILFORD comment was in keeping with the punnage
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Mr. Burns
4:38 Thu May 12
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*thought
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Mr. Burns
4:38 Thu May 12
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Great to see Titi CAMERA there on Tuesday I though.
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Private Dancer
4:38 Thu May 12
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Didn't Rd say he recently moved to Charlton?
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Johnson
4:37 Thu May 12
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Rylan is going to SNAP if no one believes him.
He's a bit bi-polar(OID) at the best of times.
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Buster
4:34 Thu May 12
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Johnson 4:32 Thu May 12
To relive the CAMERAderi
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Trevor B
4:33 Thu May 12
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*Going
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BetterthanKaka
4:32 Thu May 12
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Moving forward with you SamSUNG
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Johnson
4:32 Thu May 12
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Why would you stand there for 30 minutes filming that?
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13 Brentford Rd
4:29 Thu May 12
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It is a small Nikon Digital easy to take selfies, better pics than my phone and 30min video which I shot some of the closing ceremony with.
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Far Cough
4:26 Thu May 12
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Brenty, do you live in ILFORD?
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Mr Polite
4:25 Thu May 12
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I was thinking that no way have you got strong enough wrists to hold a camera out at arms length and take a selfie.
Then on reflection I realised your wrists are probably the strongest part of your body.
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JustAFatKevinDavies
4:24 Thu May 12
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proper 007 stuff this
James Bondstein
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Buster
4:23 Thu May 12
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There's something very FISHEYE about this whole story.
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southlondonhammer
4:23 Thu May 12
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joey5000 4:23 Thu May 12
HAHAHA!
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