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    Goodbye To Boleyn: West Ham’s Final Season at Upton Park and the Big Kick-off at Stratford
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    Goodbye To Boleyn: West Ham’s Final Season at Upton Park and the Big Kick-off at Stratford

    By Pete May

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    "Essex scribe and literary Hammer Pete May writes with humour and eloquence about the most turbulent year of change at the Boleyn since Ken’s Café got a tub of Flora." Phill Jupitus

    West Ham's final season at the Boleyn Ground was always going to be memorable. It featured a new manager in Slaven Bilic, the arrival of a French magician called Dimitri Payet and away wins at Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City - not to mention an unexpected tilt at the top four and an epic last game at the Boleyn against Man United.

    But a new beginning is around the corner and, as he and his fellow Hammers prepare to swap the gritty East End streets of E13 for the shiny shopping centres of Stratford, lifelong supporter Pete May reflects on the special place the Boleyn Ground has occupied in the hearts of generations of Irons fans.

    Whether it's the infamous chants of the Bobby Moore Stand, the pre-match fry-ups at Ken's Café or the joys of sticky carpets, rubbish ale and blokes singing on pool tables in the pubs around Upton Park, Pete's memories are sure to resonate with legions of the claret-and-blue army as they say farewell to the Boleyn and enter a new era at the London Stadium.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBiteback Publishing
    Release dateNov 10, 2016
    ISBN9781785901980
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    Goodbye To Boleyn: West Ham’s Final Season at Upton Park and the Big Kick-off at Stratford
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    Pete May

    Pete May’s previous books on West Ham include Goodbye to Boleyn, Hammers in the Heart and West Ham: Irons in the Soul. His other books include The Joy of Essex, Summit for the Week¬end, Man About Tarn, What Are Words Worth?, Whovian Dad, There’s a Hippo in my Cistern and Sunday Muddy Sunday. As a journalist, he has written for The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent, New Statesman, Loaded, Time Out, Mid¬week and many other publications. He is married with two daughters, a border terrier and a large collection of West Ham programmes in the attic. Once an Essex man, he now lives in north London.

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