beggers said...
How 'bout one of your famous maps Dave? Better yet one of Norvens as his includes food :)
 

 Dave said...
I need a map myself - I've never been there - LOL!
 

 Deano said...
brets bands playing that night...i was keen for that...and indooroopilly's so far

its a tough one, but i might stay on the Northside/CBD
 

 Dave said...
I have no complaints if you guys go to Eagle St - they'll show it for you for sure. Tony & I will be going along to Indooroops with Micky and people are welcome to join us. We can just reconvine for the next one at eagle st.
 

 Josh said...
It's at Indro shopping centre... You basically just walk up the road from Indro station and you're there.
 

 TheRedRisky said...
Damn you josh i was gonna say that!

Lol i dont no which one im gonna go too. I MIght go to indro. Not sure yet
 

 stu said...
unrelated,but:

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2171947,00.html
 

 Dave said...
No way Jose!

Mourinho has just been sacked - LMAO!
 

 beggers said...
TJ-Cheers for the Bellamy info.

Dave-LMFAO, Jog on Jose!

Altogether now "Stamford Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down, Stamford Bridge is falling down, poor old Chelsea..... "
 

 Anonymous said...
Xpert Eleven

Join in the fun with your fellow West Ham supporters in an easy to play and non time consuming footie game where you are the manager.

It is free to play or you can choose to become a V.I.P and get extra stats.

It only takes a short while to get your team going (read the rules and faq, it´s worth it) and once set you only need to spend 5 minutes setting your team up for the next match. Of course, you can spend more time on it and the more you do the more enjoyable it will get but even then the time needed to play is very limited.

So if you want a bit of fun, banter (anything goes) and something different, join your fellow Hammers at www.xperteleven.com and request to join league number 27747.

It´s fun and it just West Ham.
 

 Anonymous said...
i've been to dat pig b4.... it's a choice lil joint...

but yea more than likely deano and us would prolly head to eagle st... cant fuckin wait .... bring the skinhead lads wif us eh deano!!

catch up in oct wif the rest of u bois

up the irons

mr west ham bret
 

 Westham5096 said...
Dave,

This is Paul from Adelaide, was hoping you might be able to put on the site the next meeting for the Adelaide Hammers.We have secured a new venue that will be showing Hammers games whenever they are on.We will be getting together for the Arsenal game on the 29th Sept at the Strathmore Hotel, North Terrace (opposite casino),will be there from 9.30pm, so as this is our first get together in our new venue would really like to see all the Adelaide Hammers attend to show the Strathmore that this is a beneficial decision.Thanks from Paul,Adelaide Hammers
 

 Terry said...
Hey guys. Anyone going to the eagle street pig tonight for the game v Newcastle.
 

 TheRedRisky said...
I think i will be going into the city now.
 

 Anonymous said...
Canning town hammer here

Hello chaps hopes all well

Watched the newcastle game in benidorm with 200 newcastle fans was 30 of us there....the geordies were good has gold and the banter was the nuts

back in london now and looking forward to saturdays game in the green gate plaistow at 12 and i will go for a 1 nil west ham win with deano getting the winner

be lucky fella
 

 TheRedRisky said...
Anyone got a radio link for the WH Plymouth game??
 

 TheRedRisky said...
92nd Minute Dean ASHTON!

finally found someone streaming the radio in a program call paltalk (it was advertised on the KUMB forums)

We're gonna win the cup! We're gonna win the Cup!
 

 norven munky said...
i searched high & low for an audio commentary...only one I could see available was the OS paid service (5 quid a month)
 

 stu said...
3 in 3 for Deano. He's getting back in the groove now.
 

 Deano said...
oi whos going where for the game?

me, bret and a few likely lads are heading to eagle street

dave, micky, and tony are going to indro
 

 TheRedRisky said...
ME Josh and possibly claire heading to eagle street
 

 Dave said...
Deano

After having a chat with the pig I'd rather people (you & Bret) came with us to indooroopily and gave eagle St a miss this week. If you want me to explain then feel free to give me a call.
 

 beggers said...
Allo! looks like Deano and mr west ham bret have been naughty boys!
 

 Deano said...
upon talking to the dave, it turns out we'll be going to indro.

let things cool down again....i hope indro's ready for some drunk rowdy cunts!!!!
 

 Anonymous said...
be twice as rowdy wouldnt ya deano after watchin a propa skinhead band...

c u tmrw lad...

anyone else wana come watch plan of attack( my band) we playin tomoro nite at the jubilee hotel at 9.15.... headin to indro after dat

mr west ham bret
up the irons
 

 Anonymous said...
props out to da mr west ham bret. u wif da skin eds iz pritty dam wicked. carnt wait to catch up wif ya boiiiizzzzzzzzz! wicked! wish i kood catch ya band but i gotta sumfing planned! gotta go ta skool and catchup wif da english teecher innit! anyways up da irons !

not posting my name....too scared!
 

 Zane said...
Frodo his brother and myself will be at indro, most likely 10pm, what time does brets band start and finish, he told me last week but be fucked if I can remember after the nights since then.

good choice for a cool down, see you plonkers tonight.
 

 Anonymous said...
hey zane, yea mate we are on at 9.15ish... set goes for 40mins, so should be done latest by 10.30... then we headin to pig immediately...

see u bois there... ready to give gooners some grief...

up the irons

mr west ham bret
 

 Michael Mitchell said...
next round of the Carling cup is being drawn today as well I think.

Anyone know what time the draw is?
 

 beggers said...
MM, think the draws tonight?
 

 Anonymous said...
fuckin gutted lads.... we played so well and still lost...

villa next lets do em

mr west ham bret
 

 Zane said...
Great game west ham should of won, the night had everything from jugs of guinness to me kissing the west ham flag :) hope the rest of the night went well.

Zane
 

 Deano said...
massive night

i cant even remember getting home....my mate tommy passed out ojn the foot pathi couldnt drag the fat cunt in so i had to leave him there
 

 Anonymous said...
Villas gonna do your boys in next weekend 2-0.
 

 Deano said...
Is that you Benny?
 

 TheRedRisky said...
That was my guest
 

 beggers said...
Don't know about that my anonymous friend. We ain't playing too badly as are you. I reckon it's got draw written all over it.
 

 beggers said...
Bloody hell Paul, hope the response at Strathmore is better than on this blog! C'mon Adelaide, "who are ya"!
 

 Dave said...
Actually it's all a bit quiet full stop. I must admit I'm partly to blame for not even acknowledging that we played a game at the weekend let alone putting up a report. I think I was a bit dispondent after the result.
 

 Westham5096 said...
Im still hopefull Beggers for a good turnout as its our first get together.Have received a couple of emails from people that cant make it,but to be honest am a little worried of a poor showing.We have a larger amount of younger Hammers fans over here so am just hoping that they will rock up on the night.Have given out this site to most over here and told them to keep an eye out, as all the Adelaide Hammers info is on here plus ahve sent them all emails.Will let you all know how it goes on Saturday night. CMON U HAMMERS.
 

 beggers said...
No doubt you're West Ham Paul, forever hopeful! Anyway, well done for getting something organised, hope it's a blinding night. Yeah let us know how it goes.

Dave, it has been quiet. Anyone of us could've posted something about last weeks game but after the result I just couldn't be arsed TBH.

Plymouth tonight, C'MON YOU IRONS!!!!
 

 TheRedRisky said...
Well Deano Got his 100th league goal didnt he?

And i hope we beat plymouth, i wanna get far in this comp this year.
 

 Mr_Coker said...
I'll be there at the Strathmore! Supporting the mighty Hammers! Congrates to Deano scoring his 100th goal and now his 101 goal!

Lets stick it up the gunners this week! Show the rest of the Prem that we mean business this season!
 

 Connor said...
Do you still have to be over 18 to come in and watch?
 

 Dave said...
How was Adelaide?
 

 Westham5096 said...
Well Dave to say i was disappointed would really be an understatement.Including me there was 3 of us,yes you read it right.I am being optimistic here but am going to believe that this was due to the AFL Grand Final and it being a long weekend.The management staff at the Strathmore was excellent about it and seemed to understand.The area that they have set aside for us is excellent,we ahve a large Plasma tv (loud volume)and three paces to the bar it doesnt get much better than that.We are going to try to see if we can get in there for the Villa game (they are committed to the Rugby World Cup).If we get no response to our next get together (whenever it will be)we will have to review the situation here in Adelaide.A disappointe Paul here in Adelaide.
 

 Dave said...
That's a shame Paul.

How many Email addresses do you have? Maybe send something out to try and rally them up and say how disappointed you are with the lack of numbers.
 

 Westham5096 said...
We have about 20 email addresses and we know that a few others keep an eye on this site for the upcoming venues. We did email all 20 and only 3 said said they couldnt make it so assumed the others were coming. How wrong was we!
 

 beggers said...
Fuck me Paul, gutted with the turn out. You'll have to get the lads to confirm who's coming or not next time. Don't need shit surprises like that. Alternatively you could move up to sunny Queensland ;)
 

 Dave said...
Paul

I've got 70 emails and of those only 20 or 30 turn up so I have 40 or 50 not reply and don't come most weeks so 17 is no real suprise really.

All I can suggest is you appeal for numbers and say you've been dissapointed with recent turnouts.
 

 Dave said...
Just to add - it takes time to build up also mate - a couple of years ago Me & Tony would sometimes be the only ones rock up now we're 20 to 30 each week.
 

 Westham5096 said...
Yer thanks for the support guys. Will keep trying for now anyway.
Go U Ironssssss
 

 whubris said...
I've tried to get their newsletters but can't get the viewer to work.
 

 beggers said...
Nice one Dave.
 

 Dave said...
Ok well if anybody else can't get in to view it here's my article about my first game....

My first West Ham game was in the 1989/90 season. I’d been supporting them for a few years by then but had not had the chance to go. I came from a single parent family and my mum hated football – my old man was a bit of a hooligan in his day which had made my mum anti football. My Dad was a Chelsea fan so to spite him I followed the Hammers. A friend of my mum’s was a West Ham fan and it had been him who had pushed West Ham into my veins from the age of 7 around ‘85/’86 and it stuck. It took some guts to support a proper team when everybody at school followed Liverpool, Everton or Man United - especially as we’d been relegated in 1988/’89.



My first game on paper was a rather unglamorous tie against Bournemouth in the old Division 2. Little did I know at the time but Bournemouth were to have some uncanny West Ham ties in that game that would become clear a few years later. They were managed by our old mate Harry Redknapp who’d later become a long serving West Ham manager and captained by his young son Jamie who’d later go on to captain Liverpool. My first visit through the Upton Park turnstiles cost a mere 2 quid for kids and 5 quid for adults – prices that would be all but unheard of in just the next few seasons when thanks to the Taylor Report sanctioned after the horrific scenes at Hillsborough, terracing was replaced by all seater stadia. I guess I was witnessing the death of an era; the final years of football being a working class sport.



So to the game itself. The Hammers of course won the game as expected with a final result of 4-1. The game marked the return of our previously prolific goal scorer Frank McAvennie who made a substitute appearance towards the end after having his leg broken by Chris Kamara in the opening game of the season. But the player whose performance had the most effect on me was a young left back named Julian Dicks. From this moment Julian would become not only my hero but he was starting to become an idol on the terraces at Upton Park. His impact on the game was illustrated by surging runs and crunching tackles which earned him respect at West Ham throughout his career. He capped off his performance with a trademark penalty blasted into the middle of the goal. Julian didn’t miss too many penalties through his career but he had missed his 2 prior to this game by trying to place them. I don’t think he ever placed one again in his career as he blasted home against Bournemouth for 3rd time lucky. In my opinion Julian was one of the best players to have never played for his country, a career looked on by various England Managers fearful of his disciplinary record and tough guy image without ever having the guts to give him a crack. He was even told by Glenn Hoddle that if he grew out his shorn locks he would have an image more desirable to the FA.



Many more games followed for me and football became an addiction for many years with West Ham at times feeling like a life sentence as every path to glory seemingly tarnished in shit. I’ll always feel the passion and always hold the hope of seeing the glory days return with silverware in the cabinet once more. When I turned 18 I acquired my first Season ticket and held it for 6 years before I immigrated to Australia in 2002. I now passionately follow from afar with the Brisbane Hammers troops; occasionally making a trip home around the fixture list in order to attend the maximum amount of games.
 

 Westham5096 said...
This could be a good chance for us to collect some silverware,we all know its the Mickey Mouse Cup,but someone has to win it, and it might as well be us.After all silverware is silverware.CMON U HAMMERS.
 

 TheRedRisky said...
Full time to the mancs. As i said in the KUMB forums someone mentioned a program and room that someone was streaming the audio from WHUTV.

I got in about 50 minutes into the game but it seemed to be very back and forth and lucas fucked up a few times from the sound of it.

Feel a bit sorry for CFC cos the 2nd biggest cheer of the night was when he was subbed off. Ill keep an ear out for other cup games being streamed like tonight.

Hoping For Shef utd in the next round :D Id go out to watch that
 

 Simon said...
Hi guys, all games have live commertary on WHUTV, obviously since Foxtel bought in veiwers choice its not as necessary for the premiership games of course though it costs 4.99 pounds a month.
 

 Dave said...
Simon Said...

I had to laugh when I saw that. Anybody used to play that game when you were a kid - simon says? You'd have to do whatever someone says but if they don't say "simon says" before it an you do it then you're out.

I know - I need to get out more. LOL!
 

 Dave said...
Simon - can you say we're gonna beat Arsenal at the weekend? :-)
 

 beggers said...
This is the sort of game we would generally lose, so to grind out a result was great news.

I'm with westham5096, dare to dream lads! Heaps of football between now and then though, but it would be nice.

Booing CFC, FFS!!!

Good call on the Blades Chris, would be tasty.
 

 Dave said...
Definately don't want the blades - last thing we need is a grudge match and more injuries.
 

 norven munky said...
I heard you were shit at Simon Says Dave..1st one out every time.
 

 Dave said...
Unlike you I don't just do anything someone says whether his names Simon or not.

What was it that guy said to you at the pub last week? "Come over here if you want some" I recall. :-)
 

 TheRedRisky said...
grudge match or not they made the summer tedious! and its not like we can play millwall :P
 

 beggers said...
Nothing wrong with a grudge match infact I love'em! And we'd have injuries no matter what, it's the West Ham way. I'd relish the chance to give'em a spank'n. They deserve it for being a pain in my balls all off season. Fuck'n Norven Monkeys!
 

 Westham5096 said...
I too must say that i would like nothing more than to meet Sheffield at home and kick their sorry little arses out of Upton Park with a 4 nil scoreline.Now that would be sweet.CMON U HAMMERS
 

 norven munky said...
oi
 

 Dave said...
They got relegated we didn't - we should just take our satisfaction from that. I would've thought it would be them more wanting the meet up so they could stick the knife in us - I know I certainly don't fancy a trip to Brammel Lane.
 

 beggers said...
You turning into Ghandi Dave or what :)? Not me mate, I won't be forgetting too soon all the shite they put us through. Slagging us off any chance they got! Those Norven monkeys have made the list! And I should think there'd be plenty of us who would like to play them again. As for Brammel Lanes that place is no threat, FFS, playing at home to a packed house against an out of form team and needing only a draw to survive....well you know the story. "Let's be'avin it", I say. Anyway, be a game not to be missed at the Pig that's for sure.
 

 norven munky said...
Peace Ambassador Dave...

Simon says go to sheffield wearing a sandwich board that says "I hate you fucking northern monkeys"

Beggers, note the correct spelling for Northen England Monkeys as opposed to Norven Australia Munkys.

ps was that a Lock Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels quote or a coincidence?
 

 beggers said...
Apologies NM.
 

 TheRedRisky said...
actually i think that was Die Hard with avengence. He goes somehwere in new york with a sign that says "I Hate Niggers".

Daves the modern day henry kissinger
 

 Dave said...
beggers - last time we went to brammal lane we lost 3-0!
 

 beggers said...
Doh!
 

 norven munky said...
couple of mixed quotes going on. I was asking Beggers if his 'Fuck'n Norven Monkeys!' was inspired by Lock Stock. The big geezer says it on the way out of the strip club.

But I also included the Die Hard reference when imploring Dave to take the sandwich board to Sheffield.

All I know is 'I hope they're not pikies. I hate fucking pikies.' <- pick the movie this quote is from. Easy Peasy.
 

 beggers said...
NM, yeah mate was inspired by lock, stock. Fuck'n great movie. The big bloke real life name was Lenny McLean and in reality he was a bare knuckle champ. He used to be called 'the G'uvnor'. Seen a few of his fights on youtube, brutal! Anyway, bit of trivia for ya.

Was the quote from Snatch?
 

 TheRedRisky said...
it was indeed snatch
 

 whubris said...
well ok maybe not.
 

 Anonymous said...
Its no skeletor!
 

 beggers said...
Quite like the bottom picture.Nothing special about the bloke in the top photo.
 

 whubris said...
I have tickets!
 

 Dave said...
tickets to what?
 

 whubris said...
IRON MAIDEN in SYDNEY Feb 9th mate silver tickets in a really good spot.

UP THE IRONS!
 

 beggers said...
Not really sure what to make of this? Just hope that Eggy sticks around the club, I like the bloke.

Anybody know how Bellamys injuries going?
 

 TheRedRisky said...
I am exactly the same beggars
 

 Tj said...
i read somewhere that bellamy will not play against newcastle and they are hoping he'll be ready for arsenal
 

 Dave said...
TJ - Hopefully Camera will get a start - he scored 2 for the stiffs last night.

As for this eggy business I'm not sure what to make of it. Eggy always said Gunnarsson was not interested in the football and he was leaving that side of it to Eggy. I hope we don't end up with Egg on our faces (pun intended). Anything has to be better then Brown and his shite regime though.
 

 Dave said...
Sorry gudmundsson or whatever the cunts name is - not gunnarsson anyway. ;-)
 

 norven munky said...
gunnarsson is the guy taking over arsenal..boom boom.
 

 TheRedRisky said...
no gunnarsons a reading midfielder :P
 

 Anonymous said...
Xpert Eleven

Join in the fun with your fellow West Ham supporters in an easy to play and non time consuming footie game where you are the manager.

It is free to play or you can choose to become a V.I.P and get extra stats.

It only takes a short while to get your team going (read the rules and faq, it´s worth it) and once set you only need to spend 5 minutes setting your team up for the next match. Of course, you can spend more time on it and the more you do the more enjoyable it will get but even then the time needed to play is very limited.

So if you want a bit of fun, banter (anything goes) and something different, join your fellow Hammers at www.xperteleven.com and request to join league number 27747.

It´s fun and it just West Ham.
 

 whubris said...
Green WH 4.5

Neill WH 5.0
Terry CH 7.5
Vidic MU 7.0
Young MI 5.0

Fabregas AR 9.5
Noble WH 4.5
Cahill EV 7.5
Lennon TH 7.5

Agbonlahor AV 7.5
Torres LI 10.0


Reserves
Sorensen AV 4.5
Scholes MU 8.0
Ferdinand MU 6.5
Connolly SU 5.5
 

 norven munky said...
Who will take the West Ham penalties this year? Apparently Bellamy missed one in pre season. I've heard Noble suggested..

Anyone wanna have a crack at listing who will take pens for each of the PL clubs this year?

Could come n handy for fantasy leagues..
 

 whubris said...
I reckon post it here, and every now and then start a new thread when there are too many comments.

Just looking at my team there, I no longer have Neill, Young, Cahill, Lennon, or Agbonlahor in my team!
 

 norven munky said...
ok, ta. The site is down at the moment by the looks of it.