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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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One McAvennieeeeee
8:32 Tue May 3
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After them totally fucking it up for certain people, I hope people run on the pitch now and fuck it up for them.
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Mr Polite
8:34 Tue May 3
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Simple - we go on the pitch after!
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Sven Roeder
8:35 Tue May 3
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I think they should just say let the players get off the pitch & then everyone can run on the pitch.
Can do without Chesney Hawkes singing a self penned song on the history of the Chicken Run while the cast of Eastenders re-enact the 1965 ECWC Final via the medium of interpretative dance.
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Godwinson
8:37 Tue May 3
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Will Gary Strodder be there?
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DANNY66
8:39 Tue May 3
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I won't be hanging around after final whistle.
Couple of photos around the place before the game and some outside after but thatll be it for me.
Trouble is it probably won't really hit home I'm not going back til much later on.
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kylay
8:46 Tue May 3
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I'm not sure these two statements are reconcilable.
"We want it to be an evening that is ultimately about you, our loyal supporters"
"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 it's all about the supporters, shouldn't they be given a chance to take the pitch just once?
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AKA ERNIE
8:50 Tue May 3
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Always thought fans running on the pitch were pretty fucking dumb
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Eindhoven Hammer
8:54 Tue May 3
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Agree with One Mac and kylay.
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Johnson
9:01 Tue May 3
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So they think people are going to stay off the pitch so Messrs SPEEDIE, STOCKDALE, QUINN, BRIDGE and LAMPARD can saunter about?
Good luck with that BERKS.
Still, if fans are kept off the pitch more chance to nick your seat and do them out of £70 isn't it?
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BulphanIron
9:01 Tue May 3
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Hopefully the pitch is swamped...
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riosleftsock
9:04 Tue May 3
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S.4 of the Football (Offences) Act 1991.
Its a criminal offence to enter the playing area (why was David Speedie never prosecuted?).
The club have a responsibility for providing security and requesting (and paying for) additional policing where their risk assessment deems necessary.
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dicksie3
9:04 Tue May 3
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I'm fucking off down the boozer as soon as the final whistle goes.
Will say a quick goodbye to the ground, just as some mark of respect, but that will be that.
It's just a ground. 3 of the stands were built from 93/94 onwards and so they're all pretty new still.
You move on. Even Billy Bonds couldn't give two shits about moving ground - but then again he's a proper bloke; not a camp, whining pagan queen.
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Mr. Burns
9:08 Tue May 3
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They should have let us all on the pitch, got the beers in, got some music on and had a massiva rave after the final whistle with the players.
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Kite
9:11 Tue May 3
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dicksie3 9:04 Tue May 3
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I'm fucking off down the boozer as soon as the final whistle goes.
Will say a quick goodbye to the ground, just as some mark of respect, but that will be that.
It's just a ground. 3 of the stands were built from 93/94 onwards and so they're all pretty new still.
You move on. Even Billy Bonds couldn't give two shits about moving ground - but then again he's a proper bloke; not a camp, whining pagan queen.
Well said that man
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Johnson
9:12 Tue May 3
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Thought you were a DRUID these days dicksie son?
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Iron2010
9:13 Tue May 3
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I recon a fair few of us are going to be too pissed to make much of this out.
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Mr Anon
9:13 Tue May 3
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If a last minute goal goes in to give West Ham victory, nothing's going to keep the fans off the pich. Too right too, let us have our moment!
Something tells me they're more worried about losing all the souvenirs they could flog.
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13 Brentford Rd
9:21 Tue May 3
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I've heard at the end of the celebrations that a hologram of Bobby Moore is going to lead the players back down the tunnel for the last time and then the lights will go off and goodnight. The hologram sounds impressive.
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Bom Stickle
9:22 Tue May 3
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Can't we just rearrange our pitch invasion for this Saturday and keep everyone happy?
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Fivetide
9:22 Tue May 3
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Maiden, Cockney Rebel, Prodigy, Foo Fighters and errr Kate Perry supergroup?
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