11 May 2016
While the Manchester United team coach incident grabs all the headlines today, little has been said about the dangerous crush along Green Street before kick-off with many supporters fearing for their safety on the last day outside the Boleyn Ground. By Tuesday lunchtime, several hundred fans had already made their way to Green Street, by […]
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11 May 2016
West Ham's farewell to Upton Park turned sour ahead of kick-off when Manchester United's team coach came under attack by fans. But why were the players allowed to be placed in harm's way.
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11 May 2016
Louis van Gaal was left glum-faced as Manchester United's Champions League qualification hopes hung in the balance on Tuesday night following a 3-2 defeat by West Ham.
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11 May 2016
ClaretandHugh cannot and will not make excuses for the people who decided to throw objects and bottles at the United coach. IT WAS HORRENDOUS and they have shamed our great club! However, there remain some key questions that need asking and answering about last night’s debacle which led to a delayed 8.30 pm kick off. […]
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11 May 2016
The dozens of bottles hurled in anger at Manchester United's coach have since been beamed more than Winston Reid's winner as West Ham they bid farewell to Upton Park.
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11 May 2016
RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Eleven months ago, having just stepped off a flight from Croatia, the rocker with the pierced ear was explaining why he was no different to any other manager.
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11 May 2016
A broadcaster apologises for linking images of trouble at West Ham v Man Utd to the Hillsborough tragedy.
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11 May 2016
West Ham co-chairman David Sullivan apologises to Manchester United after their team bus was damaged on its way to Upton Park.
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11 May 2016
West Ham United's joint-chairman David Sullivan has apologised to Manchester United after their team bus was attacked by fans as it made its way into Upton Park.
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11 May 2016
What a great and fitting game of football to finish 112 years at the Boleyn Ground but the closing ceremony was a major disappointment to myself and many of the 35,000 crowd there on the damp night. The highlights of the closing ceremony were the light and pyrotechnic show to the tune of twist and shout […]
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11 May 2016
A series of events led to a small minority of so called Hammers fans throwing objects which broke the blackout covering in front of windows on the Manchester United team coach. There can be no excuse for the small minority of Hammers fans that threw the bottles and cans at the bus at the corner of […]
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11 May 2016
West Ham players, staff, fans and celebrities were locked into the Boleyn Ground last night around midnight as the police enforced a complete lock-down of the stadium ahead of the departure of the Manchester United team coach. Supporters, players and staff were told they were unable to leave the ground until a replacement coach from Reptons […]
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11 May 2016
West Ham joint-chairman David Sullivan has apologised to Manchester United for the attack on their team bus and pledged to hand life bans to those that marred the last-ever match at Upton Park.
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11 May 2016
Residents of a block of flats overlooking the Boleyn Ground watch West Ham play Manchester United - the club’s final game at the stadium before it is replaced by luxury flats. West Ham will start 2016-17 at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford. Continue reading...
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11 May 2016
• West Ham co-chairman calls fans behaviour ‘completely unacceptable’ • ‘I want to apologise to Manchester United for the damage to the team bus’ David Sullivan has back-tracked on his remarks that appeared to blame Manchester United for the trouble that erupted outside Upton Park on Tuesday night , calling the behaviour of the home fans “completely unacceptable” and apologising to the visitors for the damage that was done to their team bus on its way to the ...
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11 May 2016
West Ham's co-chairman David Sullivan has apologised to Manchester United after their team bus was attacked on Tuesday night.
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11 May 2016
Manchester United Sky TV presenter Eamonn Holmes has been heavily criticised after comparing West Ham fans’ attack on the Manchester United team bus to Hillsborough. Speaking about the behaviour of some West Ham fans, Holmes said: “Now this is going back to the 70s and to the 80s to everything you were seeing that was […]
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11 May 2016
David Gold watched horrified as events unfolded in Green Street ahead of the Manchester Unitd coach being attacked last night And he told ClaretandHugh exclusively: We were watching from the balcony and we apologise to the Manchester United players, manager and all officials of the club. It is unacceptable.” Whilst the club isn’t responsible for […]
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11 May 2016
The 45-minute late kickoff due to the Manchester United late arrival forced major changes to the closing ceremony at the Boleyn Ground last night, the biggest of which was to stage the finale first instead last. UK law prohibits the setting off of fireworks past 11pm except on bonfire night, New Year’s Eve, Diwali and […]
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11 May 2016
The curtain fell on the famous Boleyn Ground last night as West Ham United played out a thrilling encounter with Manchester United, winning 3-2 in what was an emotionally-charged evening.
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11 May 2016
ClaretandHugh’s Niall McDonald casts his eyes back at a stunning night! This was an incredible performance given the importance of the game, the emotions and fanfare surrounding it, the quality of the opposition, the delays on the night – and all coming off the back of the debacle against Swansea a few days before. […]
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11 May 2016
West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic says the team’s 3-2 victory over Manchester United in the Premier League was ‘like a fairytale’ as the Hammers bid farewell to the Boleyn Ground in Upton Park on Tuesday West Ham promise to ban fans for life after Upton Park violence Continue reading...
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11 May 2016
So in the end the only tears being shed were tears of delight – well perhaps not all but 90 per cent of them. We’re football people you see and at some stage the game takes over. It did last night and as we staged the comebacks of comebacks – and there have been a […]
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11 May 2016
By Tom Atherton Sound’s kind of strange, right? Our home of 112 years, where has all that time gone? The whole of my twenty years as a Hammer I’ve had major ups and major downs, but the last moment of that 112 year history was spent in pure ecstasy. I’ve been lying to myself for […]
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11 May 2016
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal gives his reaction to his team’s 3-2 defeat by West Ham United on Tuesday at Upton Park. Defender Winston Reid’s goal in the 80th minute secured the Hammers’ victory in the Premier League match. It was West Ham’s final game at the Boleyn Ground, the club’s home for 112 years West Ham promise to ban fans for life after Upton Park violence Continue reading...
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