Work commitments coupled with a long, long delay on the trains earlier this week conspired to put a major spanner in the works for getting my thoughts from last Monday night penned. The train was so late my laptop battery died before I even got a chance to start!
No matter, we shall soldier on. Bear with me, the ManUre report will be up later today. A good dose of cold has put paid to going into work today so I'm using the time well!
So here we go - West Ham away..... We started the build-up to Monday night's game with my mate Dave at our usual pub near Liverpool Street. The Christmas decorations were up and after a couple of pints we set off for Upton Park.
The trains were running late so it looked pretty likely we were going to miss the start. There were loads of Spurs fans on the same underground journey as us and every so often you got a Spurs chant thrown in. The comedy of the West Ham supporters was seen fully as we pulled in to Plaistow station.
With Spurs chants being heard from most carriages, two West Ham fans got off the train, moved as far away from it as was possible to do on the platform, waited for the doors to start closing, then gave it the ****er signs and started shouting - "Come on then! Come on!"
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