Last days of the Boleyn Ground

What makes a club? What makes a community? It’s a subject that many West Ham fans are still wrestling with, several years after the demolition of Upton Park aka the Boleyn Ground.

Some of the photos will be a tough visual for West Ham fans but it’s important to remember Upton Park wasn’t a ramshackle ground, it was a very good football stadium and didn’t go quietly.

All pics ©Tom Reed

Fortune’s always hiding

I’ve looked everywhere

If those walls could talk. ©Tom Reed

Ken’s Cafe. Pre match institution. ©Tom Reed

Standing over everything. ©Tom Reed

In the middle of it. ©Tom Reed

People stood here to watch their team, faithfully. ©Tom Reed

Not going quietly. ©Tom Reed

Another West Ham eatery, now gone. ©Tom Reed

Pie, mash and liquor. ©Tom Reed

East Ham Working Men’s Social Club. ©Tom Reed

The famous football pub. ©Tom Reed