Sven Roeder
10:49 Thu Jan 12
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My Mums family were mainly Arsenal but an uncle took her to Fulham and she watched them with my Scottish dad in the Johnny Haynes/Jimmy Hill era.
When we moved to Australia my brother and I used to watch The Big Match with her so saw all the London teams around 1973/74ish.
I fell in love with West Ham and him with QPR as they were exciting compared to the dreary negative shit served up by Spurs, Arsenal and Chelsea.
Funny how in those days adopting the BIG TEAMS WHO WIN ALL THE TIME wasn't such a thing.
Maybe we were just strange kids.
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Eddie B
10:47 Thu Jan 12
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I agree that it shouldn't matter if you don't have an East End connection to be a WHU fan, BUT
... think of how annoying it is when people who are East End born and bred 'support' Man U, Chelsea or Liverpool.
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Spandex Sidney
10:45 Thu Jan 12
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I was born in St Stephens Road. My great grandad moved 'out to the sticks' (as it was then) to Waghorn Road when he got married in 1919 from Bethnal Green so 'he could watch the football' according to my grandad and my dad was a youth and reserve team player for West Ham (got some great Redknapp stories!)
So using the 'locality' rule I'm probably about as West Ham as they come and I'll tell you that being West Ham is NOT about the roulette wheel of fate as to where you were born. I used to have a bloke sat next to me in the West Stand who lived in Newcastle and came to every home game, proper Geordie, proper West Ham too.
Don't let the ROMFORD mugs tell you different.
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Westham67
10:26 Thu Jan 12
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Me and Bazza were in Bar in Bangkok when the owner of the bar said the Chelsea supporters club were coming and we were in the way of where they would stand , I can't recall if we said bollocks or not but I do recall singing stick the blue flag up your arse to a couple of dozen plastic supporters
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defjam
10:24 Thu Jan 12
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I'm forever thanking you please.
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SecondOpinion
10:23 Thu Jan 12
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If you were born / brought up in the East End, surely you had no choice but to support West Ham.
If you were born / brought up elsewhere like me, I had the choice.
Therefore I conclude that the latter is the greatest type of supporter
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Far Cough
10:23 Thu Jan 12
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Nobody likes us, we don't care
Thank you, please
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defjam
10:20 Thu Jan 12
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BML - Big Millwall from Lambeth!
;-)
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Russ of the BML
10:20 Thu Jan 12
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And my old man is a Chelsea fan.
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Russ of the BML
10:19 Thu Jan 12
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I was born in fucking Lambeth Hospital and lived in Bermondsey as a toddler. Does it matter?
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defjam
10:19 Thu Jan 12
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WH67 - Alright son!
To be honest most foreign supporters or people that live where football isn't the national sport will not understand simple things like staying with one team, some follow players from club to club like my Aussie mates did.
Having a conversation with anyone of the ilk is pointless, a bit like talking to a god botherer.
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young woody
10:18 Thu Jan 12
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Just trying to wind up my old mate Penners.
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Pub Bigot
10:16 Thu Jan 12
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Woody, expand on that mate? Because by your own logic, even though I was born and raised only a few miles from the club and my family are mostly Arsenal, I'm not West Ham?
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Westham67
10:14 Thu Jan 12
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Alright deffers
When I was playing 7 a side I always wore west ham shorts. When we went down some arsehole said I should be ashamed to wear West Ham shorts, I asked him who he supported he replied Man U , so I asked the Singaporean what part of Manchester he came from
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defjam
10:11 Thu Jan 12
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I'm not West Ham then.
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young woody
10:07 Thu Jan 12
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If you don't have a connection your not West Ham in my book.
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Tomshardware
10:07 Thu Jan 12
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Grandad and dad both West Ham so had no choice, wouldn't want to follow any other club anyway.
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defjam
10:03 Thu Jan 12
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No not at all, you can be West Ham from anywhere in the world.
Anyone else though you have to be from that city, ie: Man Utd have to be from Manchester otherwise they're not real supporters.
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harold
9:44 Thu Jan 12
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PB,
We've always been an east London club. Just because we were once a county borough is not important. If in say ,Hornchurch or Romford that would be different. E13 is what is important.
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Gavros
9:38 Thu Jan 12
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There is some truth to that bigot. That's why for many of the Jews of Whitechapel, it was easier to get to Tottenham via liverpool sreet overhead than it was to get to Upton Park. Arguably Milllwall was the east end team - until they moved south of the river. Mind you while playing in essex the creation and early administration of the club was in the east end as the Ironworks offices were on the west side of the Lea.
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Pub Bigot
9:26 Thu Jan 12
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East End man and boy, but West Ham was never an East End club and only became an east London club when the boundaries moved. Historically an Essex team I suppose, but accepted as London as that's all anyone knew.
But everyone has their reasons. The footballing support in my family up until me are all Arsenal despite hailing from E3. I broke the mold following West Ham United and my newphews have followed on since.
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