United v United (Farewell Upton Park or how I learned it's called the Boleyn Ground)

TitianGerm

With both teams trying to secure places in Europe for next season tensions will be high in London tonight.

A win will surely put Man United in the driving seat after a very strange season. However the Manchester club is currently third in the form table and have already beaten this West Ham team en route to the FA Cup final.

Tonight will be West Hams final game in Upton Park and will want to say farewell with a win.

Expect the atmosphere to be electric and a highly contested game.

West Ham just shade it for me with Martial being absent for United.

sky88

Tough game for both teams can see a draw.

Also when did boleyn ground ever become a thing have never heard it at all till a few weeks ago now everyone is calling it that. Always been Upton park from any commentator ive heard.

TitianGerm

sky88 wrote: »

Always been Upton park from any commentator ive heard.

Same as that for me.

West Ham will be dangerous next year in the league with the extra money from the new stadium and their ridiculous low rent on it.

I can see them keeping most of their players this summer and spending big.

Flint Fredstone

OMG!!! A Liverpool fan starting a United match thread, what an outrage. Let's whinge about it for 5 pages, then boycott it and start numerous others.
Oh no wait, I'm not 12 and it makes absolutely no difference who starts it.

TitianGerm

Flint Fredstone wrote: »

OMG!!! A Liverpool fan starting a United match thread, what an outrage. Let's whinge about it for 5 pages, then boycott it and start numerous others.
Oh no wait, I'm not 12 and it makes absolutely no difference who starts it.

We got a win when you did ours so I'm returning the favour.

Personally I'd like to see United and Liverpool make it to the CL next year. (Although it's a though ask for both teams)

stesaurus

United to win a tight game with Valencia making the difference!

Flint Fredstone

emmetkenny wrote: »

We got a win when you did ours so I'm returning the favour.

Personally I'd like to see United and Liverpool make it to the CL next year. (Although it's a though ask for both teams)

There is no favour to return, Liverpool won the game not the thread I started, oh and i suspect you are lying about the second part

Hammer Archer

Play like we did on Saturday and we'll be beaten out the gate. Hopefully we'll see a reaction. Would be devastating to lose our last two home games.
Antonio simply can't be right back anymore and Moses can't be near the team anymore. Three of Saturday's goals came from their side.

The_Kew_Tour

Draw.

Love to beat them though

Especially for their pathetic carry on in 1995 and the 1998 match here.

I hold that grudge still

TitianGerm

Flint Fredstone wrote: »

There is no favour to return, Liverpool won the game not the thread I started, oh and i suspect you are lying about the second part

Nope not lying at all. Would like to see City drop out, especially after the walk out before the Pellegrini farewell the weekend. Fans like that don't deserve to be in the CL (PS not saying all the City fans are like that) let alone the fact they can't fill their stadium on a CL night.

Hammer Archer

sky88 wrote: »

Tough game for both teams can see a draw.

Also when did boleyn ground ever become a thing have never heard it at all till a few weeks ago now everyone is calling it that. Always been Upton park from any commentator ive heard.

The official name has long been The Boleyn Ground. It's located in Upton Park.

TitianGerm

Hammer Archer wrote: »

The official name has long been The Boleyn Ground. It's located in Upton Park.

I just read yesterday that WH have already sold 50000 season tickets for next year for the new ground.

That is a serious boost right there.

Exciting times for the Hammers !!

Washington Irving

Looking forward to this one. West Ham looking good on paper with a few key elbows out for Man Utd, but thinking either a score draw or Utd by one.

I'm quite surprised at how many fans were unaware of the actual name of the stadium, usually called it/heard it called 'the Boleyn' in person. Maybe my mates are just weird.

klose

The constant news coverage of West Ham leaving their ground has become really tiresome the past week, can't wait till it's done with.

The_Kew_Tour

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Draw.

Love to beat them though

Especially for their pathetic carry on in 1995 and the 1998 match here.

I hold that grudge still

Ah Kew!!
Come on ta **** Utd!

Expecting a big turn out of "West Ham" fans tonight with Stealth suits on. Should be fun.

TitianGerm

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Ah Kew!!
Come on ta **** Utd!

Expecting a big turn out of "West Ham" fans tonight. Should be fun.

He fell off the 'Positivity Tractor' and banged his head

Unearthly

Flint Fredstone wrote: »

OMG!!! A Liverpool fan starting a United match thread, what an outrage. Let's whinge about it for 5 pages, then boycott it and start numerous others.
Oh no wait, I'm not 12 and it makes absolutely no difference who starts it.

Yes people like this deserve to be referred to as kids in posts

West Ham will put City back in the driving seat

The_Kew_Tour

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Ah Kew!!
Come on ta **** Utd!

Expecting a big turn out of "West Ham" fans tonight with Stealth suits on. Should be fun.

I see one is using the "Elbow" already

Hammer Archer

More than 6 hours to kickoff and it's already turned into a Man U v Liverpool thread. Wonderful!
Seriously lads, can ye not give it a rest?

Giggernaut

Sky are doing their damnedest to have every West Ham fan and WH player hyped for tonight.

Its going to be very tough.Wish we had Fellaini available and Rojo is dropped.

Looking forward to it all the same!

Martial looks like he is unavailable not 100% but unlikely

“I cannot say that (he will come back) as we have to wait,” he added.

“We have to wait if his muscle is still tight as I don’t take any risks as he is a very important player. We don’t want a rupture. That is very important for us.”

Korat

Hammer Archer wrote: »

More than 6 hours to kickoff and it's already turned into a Man U v Liverpool thread. Wonderful!
Seriously lads, can ye not give it a rest?

Yeah come on lads it's West Ham's big day show them the respect of directing the bile in their direction.

Booo West Ham are ****e!

mansize

Hammer Archer wrote: »

More than 6 hours to kickoff and it's already turned into a Man U v Liverpool thread. Wonderful!
Seriously lads, can ye not give it a rest?

it's boards...

Johner

Should be a good game, United will miss Fellaini for this type of game. He was the difference in the cup tie a few weeks back.

West Ham will be well up for this but were poor at the weekend, I'd back the draw.

GavRedKing

Triple captianed Martial for the double game week.........bas*ard.

Jayop

Fecking working so it'll be watching this on a sneaky stream on my phone. Hopefully we'll (the real United ) get the win that will really put us in the driving seat for cl.

Not overly confident about this but that's no harm considering my record of being confident for games.

Martial a big loss but Rashford had a wee rest so may hit another burst of form. Rooney needs to do it tonight though, he's the only one with genuine fight in the team without elbows.

mansize

When did they start calling it the Boleyn Groud? Only heard it in the last few years

Korat

mansize wrote: »

When did they start calling it the Boleyn Groud? Only heard it in the last few years

I think they sold the naming rights to some Chinese sportswear counterfeiters Boleyn Sports.

glued

mansize wrote: »

When did they start calling it the Boleyn Groud? Only heard it in the last few years

It's always been the Boleyn Ground. Upton Park is just the area.

vicwatson

sky88 wrote: »

Tough game for both teams can see a draw.

Also when did boleyn ground ever become a thing have never heard it at all till a few weeks ago now everyone is calling it that. Always been Upton park from any commentator ive heard.

The official name of the ground is The Boleyn Ground at Upton Park, just because commentators can't be arsed getting it right doesn't mean anything.

Any true Hammer knows it as The Boleyn Ground

Rayne Wooney

I've never heard the words Boleyn Ground in my life

vicwatson

emmetkenny wrote: »

I just read yesterday that WH have already sold 50000 season tickets for next year for the new ground.

That is a serious boost right there.

Exciting times for the Hammers !!

52,000 !!!:D

klose wrote: »

The constant news coverage of West Ham leaving their ground has become really tiresome the past week, can't wait till it's done with.

Some football fan you are, it's 112 years of footballing history for christs sake, every team in England has probably played there over that time.

Imagine if it was Liverpool or Man Utd, we have it shovelled down our throat for months never mind the past week

vicwatson

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

I've never heard the words Boleyn Ground in my life

Really? That's shocking

Jayop

I don't mind the coverage of it. If I was a team in the same tier as West Ham I'd be fairly pissed off about the deal they got for the Olympic Stadium though. That's going to push them into serious contenders.

vicwatson

Jayop wrote: »

I don't mind the coverage of it. If I was a team in the same tier as West Ham I'd be fairly pissed off about the deal they got for the Olympic Stadium though. That's going to push them into serious contenders.

Why so about the deal? no one else seriously wanted it. The british taxpayer is getting a good deal from it.

Cantona's Collars

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

I've never heard the words Boleyn Ground in my life

You know nothing John Snow!

Utopia Parkway

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

I've never heard the words Boleyn Ground in my life

Neither had I. Although I've heard it about 500 times in the past month.

Johner

It seems the closer it's come to the last game there that the media have been calling it the Boleyn Ground more and more. It has always been reported as Upton Park on Sky Sports etc over the years.

Unearthly

I'm another one who never heard of that name either til last month

Glad I'm not the only one

vicwatson

Johner wrote: »

It seems the closer it's come to the last game there that the media have been calling it the Boleyn Ground more and more. It has always been reported as Upton Park on Sky Sports etc over the years.

It sure has, by the media, not by United fans.

Remember there is no benefit to West Ham United to all of a sudden insist on calling it The Boleyn Ground, that's always been the official name, blame the meejah.

Stadium

Address: West Ham United, Boleyn Ground, Green Street, Upton Park, London E13 9AZ
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8548 2748

Minderbinder

It has mostly been called Upton Park but I've heard commentators, especially on MOTD call it the Boleyn Ground since I can remember. It's mind boggling that there are English league fans who didn't know that.

Anyway I think we might see Martial on the bench tonight even though by the sounds of the injury it would be stupid and irresponsible to risk playing him. Muscle injuries don't go away in 3 days in my experience, even the slightest strains. I think I'd like to see Rashford leading the line with Lingaard, Mata and Valencia supporting him.

Cypher_sounds

Michael Carrick to knock in the winner in the last few minutes against his old club.

Liam O

Minderbinder wrote: »

It has mostly been called Upton Park but I've heard commentators, especially on MOTD call it the Boleyn Ground since I can remember. It's mind boggling that there are English league fans who didn't know that.

Anyway I think we might see Martial on the bench tonight even though by the sounds of the injury it would be stupid and irresponsible to risk playing him. Muscle injuries don't go away in 3 days in my experience, even the slightest strains. I think I'd like to see Rashford leading the line with Lingaard, Mata and Valencia supporting him.

I don't think the West Ham defenders shins could handle both Lingard and Valencia in the same team. The more I look at those 4 players the more confused I am actually. Do you want United to win?

GreNoLi

I've never heard of Upton Park before.

4-1 to the Hammers.

vicwatson

Liam O wrote: »

I don't think the West Ham defenders shins could handle both Lingard and Valencia in the same team. The more I look at those 4 players the more confused I am actually. Do you want United to win?

United home win, get in there !

mikeym

Wasnt there rumours on Facebook that West Ham were changing the colour of the pitch to claret?

http://lebuzz.eurosport.co.uk/viral/west-ham-reveal-claret-and-blue-pitch-for-game-against-leicester-1710/

Obviously a hoax.

Minderbinder

Liam O wrote: »

I don't think the West Ham defenders shins could handle both Lingard and Valencia in the same team. The more I look at those 4 players the more confused I am actually. Do you want United to win?

Maybe you could suggest an alternative. I think on the basis of the last few months Lingaard, Rashford and Mata will play. All I'm really doing is moving Mata and Valencia into their more natural positions. You could argue without Fellaini and Rooney in attack that Valencia is ineffective. But we're playing West Ham, not Aston Villa. Valencia is a solid performer and combined with Fosu-Mensah on the right will be an attcking threat and importantly counter the threat of Payet more effectively than a Valencia/Mata combination.

But I'm open to your arguments...

Aidric

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Neither had I. Although I've heard it about 500 times in the past month.

Likewise. Just seen this tweet which sums it up.

https://twitter.com/sportingintel/status/730076817143562240

Liam O

Minderbinder wrote: »

Maybe you could suggest an alternative. I think on the basis of the last few months Lingaard, Rashford and Mata will play. All I'm really doing is moving Mata and Valencia into their more natural positions. You could argue without Fellaini and Rooney in attack that Valencia is ineffective. But we're playing West Ham, not Aston Villa. Valencia is a solid performer and combined with Fosu-Mensah on the right will be an attcking threat and importantly counter the threat of Payet more effectively than a Valencia/Mata combination.

But I'm open to your arguments...

What's wrong with Rooney? I'd rather Rashford on either wing over Valencia or Lingard too. My 4 that aren't going to be selcted would be Rooney up front with Mata behind and Memphis and Rashford as the wide forwards. I'd say it'll be Lingard in for Mata or Rashford though.

Minderbinder

Liam O wrote: »

What's wrong with Rooney? I'd rather Rashford on either wing over Valencia or Lingard too. My 4 that aren't going to be selcted would be Rooney up front with Mata behind and Memphis and Rashford as the wide forwards. I'd say it'll be Lingard in for Mata or Rashford though.

Yeah Rooney up top is fair enough. I was thinking he'll play in midfield but in that case I'd leave Rashford on the bench to make an impact later. Can't see an argument for starting Depay. I think he'll come good for United but not this season, and not tonight. Lingard and Rashford are good at linking up in and around the box which I see as our best chance of creating chances. I think putting Valencia or FM up against Payet without support is asking for trouble.

Manutd_4life

https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/730091297810333700


Martial starts!!!!!!