Home of the Hammers: West Ham United's 112 Years at the Boleyn Ground, Upton Park

From the publisher:

GotWest Ham United's move to the new Olympic Stadium ended a 114-year stay at the Boleyn Ground. The spiritual home of some of football's greatest heroes: Bobby Moore, Billy Bonds, Trevor Brooking and Frank Lampard were just a few who made their name there, and revelled in its close-knit east London atmosphere. With the club anthem 'Bubbles' ringing around the stands, the Boleyn Ground had a raw flavour of its own.

There were unforgettable afternoons fashioned by the club's two greatest managers, Ron Greenwood and John Lyall; fabulous nights under the lights, as the tightly-packed confines of the ground made it the most intense of stadiums; wonderful evenings competing against the best in Europe, such as beating Eintracht Frankfurt on a mud-heap of a pitch. Now it is gone, but the magic, the fervour, the triumphs, the disappointments and the special brand of humour which flourished there is captured here in all its glory. With full access to The Times archives and stunning photographic collection, lifelong Hammers fan John Dillon has penned the definitive history of the Home of the Hammers.

The authors: 

West Ham United fan John Dillon has been a leading football writer and commentator for more than 25 years - having begun work on Fleet Street at the age of 14. He was chief sports writer at the Daily Express for 13 years, prior to that football and boxing correspondent at the Daily Mirror. He has also worked for The People and Evening Standard. He is currently a columnist and feature writer for the Evening Standard and Standard Sport online.

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