HAMMERS FINAL AS BOLEYN GETS THE CHOP

If you have not noticed the Premier League game tonight is between West Ham Utd and Manchester United. Both teams have a win in their interests; Manchester for Champions League status and West Ham for a Europa League place. More importantly this is the final competitive match at the home of the Hammers. Read this previous blog for a history:
http://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/boleyn-ground-off-with-its-head.html

The club security is concerned that the emotion of the home crowd may get the better of them tonight after the game. They hope that common sense will prevail and individuals will not unscrew their seats or dig up the turf. There is another finale at the weekend.

The sell off of more than 200 items from West Ham's ground in £ss will raise money for the Club's Academy.
Buy a Seat 50
Corner Flag 20
Wooden rattle from 1923 Cup Final 20 (if authentic must be worth more than that?)
White enamel bath from home dressing room 20
Bubble machine used as players walk out 20
"Reserved for Chairman" car park sign 50
"Keep of the Grass" 20
Home dugout sign 100
Match day goalposts and net 500
Part of John Lyall gates 2500 and there's more!!
http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/the-weirdest-lots-from-west-ham-boleyn-ground-auction-the-team-bath-tub-sam-allardyce-old-printer-a3243901.html

If these aren't up your street then how about memories of the three best matches played at the old ground?
v Dynamo Tbilisi: European Cup Winners' Cup 1981 1/4 final first leg lost 1-4 to eventual winners.

v Eintracht Frankfurt:  ECWC semi-final 1976 won by West Ham 4-3 after being 2-1 down away in first leg. West Ham reached the final at the Heysel Stadium Brussels, but lost to Anderlecht of Belgium.
The other ties were all played away first:-
v Reipas Lahti (Finland) 2-2 and 3-0
Ararat Yerevan (Armenia) 1-1 and 3-1
Den Haag (Holland) 2-4 and 3-1 (away goals)

v Manchester United: 1992 West Ham relegated but ended Manchester's title bid with 1-0 win.

or arguing about Billy Bond's top team:
Phil Parkes Ray Stewart  Bobby Moore  Alvin Martin Frank Lampard  Trevor Brooking  Billy Bonds Martin Peters Alan Devonshire  Geoff Hurst Pop Robson. What's yours?

The Club has Played 2163 games at the Bolyen:
Won 1129  Lost 502 Drawn 532 For 4046  Against 2510
Largest crowd: 44,417 v Tottenham (FA Cup) 8 January 1927

I have been there once to watch Cambridge University play Oxford University in the annual Blues' match.