I’m from East London. The Irons remain close to my heart, along with street markets, cockney humour, Romford Dogs, and a Lahore Kebab House Ruby Murray.
Posted by Paul Seaman under Elm Park / West Ham United on 15 February 2010. 4 comments.
Unlike the BNP, self-respecting political parties don’t hold their Emergency General Meetings in East London’s notorious Elm Park pub. I know. It is where I roughhoused, before I made a bid for respectability and left. My memories of the place are bitter-sweet. More »
Posted by Paul Seaman under Crisis management / West Ham United on 2 February 2010. 2 comments.
Despite having more off-side affairs than Tiger Woods, despite deceiving us all as Dad of the Year, while he dumped the kids to play away, I’m backing John Terry’s claim to remain captain of England. More »
Posted by Paul Seaman under West Ham United on 19 January 2010. 9 comments.
My football club has been sold to pornographer David Sullivan and to Ann Summers‘ naughty lingerie-chain owner David Gold. Am I worried? Am I heck. More »
Posted by Paul Seaman under West Ham United on 20 November 2008. No comments.
I watched the England game last night at the local Stammtisch. Every time Germany touched the ball the Swiss drinkers booed. They banged the table in delight when West Ham’s Pat Upson scored. They were sure the Swiss referee would favour us. (Why was that good?, I remembered to ask myself.) They said it was just like in 1966 when West Ham and a Swiss referee humbled Germany at Wembley. It was England’s glory last night in Berlin. They loved it. So last night on Zurich’s Gold Coast I toasted England’s revival under Italian leadership – with my Swiss neighbours. More »
Posted by Paul Seaman under West Ham United on 31 October 2008. One comment.
Gianfranco Zola – manager of West Ham United – is confident that our team’s four-match losing streak is set to end soon. He says it could start on Saturday at the Riverside when we face Middlesbrough, before home matches against Everton and Portsmouth. More »
