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trickster
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CapitalOne_Cup away to West Ham
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Dave Beesley
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A nice little reward from our hard working, childhood West Ham supporting Chairman.
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Hope its Tuesday, much easier to be off work for that.
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trickster
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I might make the effort just for the experience.
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Uppy
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Nice enough draw. Not going to be a huge crowd, but a premiership game is always nice.
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DingDing
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West ham's last 2 opening matches in league cup were:

Aldershot at home - attendance 19,879
Crewe at home - attendance 18,053

So would expect something similar with us...
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Si Robin
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Absolutely brilliant draw.

Definitely won't be able to make it though. Hopefully it'll be on a stream somewhere.
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Flux
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Had a feeling it would be West Ham had that nice little ring and reward to Paul Baker for all his hard work over the years to see his team play his other team.

Hoping I can make it as I'm away visiting in Great Yarmouth that week now just got to work out if its easier to drive there and back or travel on the train and stay in london for the night.
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Cag is happy :-p). Cu all there!
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Robin
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Great chance to experience Upton Park before they move grounds too.
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Uppy
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The Boleyn Ground, Robin. ;)
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Shade
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I don't think I can make it :(
Cross my fingers for TV but there's as much chance of that happening as there is me managing to make it to The Boleyn Ground/Upton Park/West Ham United on Tuesday 27th August!
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Uppy
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I can't make it if it is the Tuesday, but can if it is the Wednesday.
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Robin
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I hope it's a Tuesday as I have that day off work already
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twitcher
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Robin wrote:I hope it's a Tuesday as I have that day off work already
You might need the Wednesday. When we win the celebrations could go on a long time!!! ;)
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Powelly
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Great draw, not sure i can make it either.
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C.V
We can make it booked two half days of from work
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51/84
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we need a statement from our chairman
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Jerry St Clair
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Slightly disappointing that it'll have to be done by car or coach. There are some good pubs en route from Paddington that would have been worth sampling.

The away end at Upton Park is absolutely dire though, so manage your expectations.

Other than that, good draw!
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theidlerich
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I well remember seeing Bobby Moore, Martin Peters and Geoff Hurst et al all those years ago - Birdie Byrne too! Will be a trip down memory lane....
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taxidave
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Jerry St Clair wrote:Slightly disappointing that it'll have to be done by car or coach. There are some good pubs en route from Paddington that would have been worth sampling.

The away end at Upton Park is absolutely dire though, so manage your expectations.

Other than that, good draw!
I will travel up by train and stay overnight so should be grateful if you would pass on your knowledge.
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Malabus
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We will slaughter them..regards from Mostar, Herzegovina :D
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everyman
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Malabus wrote:We will slaughter them..regards from Mostar, Herzegovina :D
Would be nice to burst their" Bubbles", Regards from cloud 9 .
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa
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Some little Haringey urchin at White Hart Lane (I was next to the away fans, well the other side of the net) who was adamant to abuse CTFC and their fans, but lacked enough brain power to do so, shouted "you're playing like West Ham!" as an insult. To which we went "Thanks, we'll take that! - West Ham, it's just like watching West Ham, just like Watching West Ham".

So we should give them a good game. Can Troy stop Andy Carroll?
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51/84
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no but steve can
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Joey
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The 26th August is a bank holiday...right?
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My mum could stop Carroll with a stick of rhubarb...
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Shade
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Joey wrote:The 26th August is a bank holiday...right?
Right
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Joey
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Shade wrote:
Joey wrote:The 26th August is a bank holiday...right?
Right
If there's a game on the Saturday, it might be a bit too close but surely it'd make sense to have the game on the Monday rather than the Tuesday?
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everyman
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Shade wrote:My mum could stop Carroll with a stick of rhubarb...
Now then Geoffrey keep thy cap on tha` nows !
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Jerry St Clair
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taxidave wrote:
Jerry St Clair wrote:Slightly disappointing that it'll have to be done by car or coach. There are some good pubs en route from Paddington that would have been worth sampling.

The away end at Upton Park is absolutely dire though, so manage your expectations.

Other than that, good draw!
I will travel up by train and stay overnight so should be grateful if you would pass on your knowledge.
The Dispensary at Tower Hill - http://www.thedispensarylondon.co.uk/index.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The Peacock at Aldgate - http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/clubs_bars/review-187.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The Good Samaritan at Whitechapel - http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/ ... hitechapel" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

All very different pubs, depending on what you like. The Dispensary is Grade II listed and former Camra pub of the year, The Peacock is lively and has an interesting history (identified to be headquarters of the Gestapo in the event of a German invasion!) and The Good Samaritan is part of The Royal London Hospital and is a proper, old-fashioned boozer.
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Chelt Luke in Glos
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I went to Upton park last season with my uncle who supports them for the Arsenal game. Iam an Arsenal fan and being in with the hammers fans was an experience to say the least! A close atmospheric ground and even walked up green street. Great day, looking forward to hopefully returning...maybe even coming away with my team winning again ;) Would recommend anyone to go there to see the east end football experience.
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa
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Orient.
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taxidave
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:Orient.
Sorry rcs I do not understand what you are trying to say, "Orient" on its own means nothing to me.
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