West Ham

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From the 5 live daily email.

BIT OF BOVVA


The Fiver's always had a soft spot for the way West Ham play, and we
admire what Alan Pardew has done at Upton Park too. But almost
everything else about the club leaves us colder than a brass monkey
in the Siberian Streaking Championships. There's chairman Terence
Brown; the blingtastic players, many of whom strut around giving it
the big 'I am' despite having won nothing except a Division One
play-off; the seedy, slightly menacing atmosphere outside the ground;
and - worst of all - the club's fans.

When those supporters aren't banging on about the Hammers winning the
1966 World Cup single-handedly, they're usually shrieking away in
ridiculous faux-Cockney accents, even though most of them live in
detached Mock Tudor houses in Essex. (In fact the Fiver half-suspects
that Hammers fans are to blame for **** Van Dyke's disastrous accent
in Mary Poppins.) The club has always had an 'element' too - which
resurfaced again last night when 20 fans were arrested and another
six injured after "a huge battle" with Palermo fans and police last
night.

Palermo police spokesman Virgilio Alberelli said 500 people were
involved in the riot, 17 of whom, including five police officers,
were taken to hospital. According to one eyewitness: "West Ham fans
behaved like animals, roaming the streets, bottles in hand searching
for anyone to fight." After an hour, police finally managed to calm
the situation and Hammers fans were put on three buses and driven
away from the centre. Alberelli today appealed for both sets of
supporters "to keep calm" ahead of tonight's Euro Vase clash. After
what happened last night, that looks like a pipedream.

I'll disagree with a bit of what has been written, but the whole lot is worth commenting on, particularly for the Hammers amongst us.

 

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