🤔 AN UPGRADE ON UPTON PARK? London Stadium Tour - West Ham United FC

[@FootyAdventures]

West Ham fans.... are you now settled and happy at the London Stadium or do you wish you were back at Upton Park?

[@Alibium]

Idk I’m not a West Ham fan

[@HighlandsAviation]

London Staidium

[@Nokia-oy2nb]

The ghosts of footballs past ! Sick vids mate 👍

[@eeeeewewew]

I still miss Upton park but I'm far more willing to accept the London Stadium as home since we turned the home form around.

[@mariahleon5578]

Unfortunately I never got to see the Boleyn Ground which upsets me greatly as someone from East London. I found London Stadium to be very vast, people are so far away where it feels there’s no cohesion between the supporters. Also I sat quite close to the pitch and it still seemed to be quite far from the action. Although, I think it’s amazing that our club got to settle in such an iconic stadium. Just my opinion

[@simonbarrall4773]

I am a West Ham fan AND I was a Project Manager for one of the sub contractors during the construction phase of the Olympic (now London) Stadium so it was great to see your video! Thanks very much!

[@TheFamousMileEnd]

For the younger generation of West Ham supporters, accepting and enjoying the move to the London Stadium was probably easier to accept than those of us who spent some of our best days at Upton Park. It's taken me a while, but loss turned to acceptance, and I've enjoyed some great moments along with a lot of heartache at the LS. A couple of things - We're never going to replace what Upton Park was, and the London Stadium is still an athletics stadium first and foremost. Depending on where you are in the ground, particularly in the upper-tiers behind the goal, you're miles away from the pitch. Upton Park was more than a ground. The streets, the stalls, cafes, pubs, etc., there's none of that around the LS. All the angst with the move was caused by Gold, Sullivan and Brady, but thankfully it appears we're in the last few years of their stewardship. Two final things from me. I am feeling raw after last nights defeat to Spurs. I was at the game, and while I hate to admit it, their ground is probably the best in England. I travel to away games regularly, and it's a magnificent ground unfortunately filled with overentitled delusional Spurs fans. And lastly, Rangers fans are always welcome at West Ham ⚒🇬🇧

[@TheFamousMileEnd]

@PrimeVids , I think so, too. My old season ticket was in Chav Corner, and the players warming up or taking corners would receive some light-hearted banter, and it was good when they'd start laughing. There are games where the LS has been rocking, even intimidating, e.g., Chelsea at home in the league cup, which was also the first London Derby at the ground.

[@hewhoknowsknows]

Says the supporter of a team that thinks they won the fucking world cup and they truly believe it. Wet Spam ha ha ha.

[@TheFamousMileEnd]

@@hewhoknowsknows Do we? There's a difference between us, mate, no arrogance and tongue in cheek banter about winning a world cup, vs genuine arrogance and delusions of your own significance. Lovely ground, but two-bob entitled delusional north London mugs.

[@stephend6718]

I gotta say as an American I am jealous of how many games/football related activities you go to. I live vicariously through you and your videos. Amazing content.

[@roadsafegb8740]

Thank you for typing football and not soccer 😉

[@carltoncole7494]

It'd be great to see you do a little football tour of Cyprus. It's a pretty small island so travelling is very manageable if you rent a car and they've got a really cool little football culture with some fierce political rivalries (Onomia vs APOEL) as well as some interesting stadiums dotted around in the middle of nowhere. If you get some locals to help you out and show you the culture around food/football/politics I reckon it'd be a great series of videos. Puncheon is also still playing out there for Pafos!

[@waynezahra9213]

Hey Mr, TottenhamFC Fan here, thank you for an amazing tour. I really enjoyed that and that’s the first time I’ve ever heard of Vic Watson and his 326 goals. That’s a remarkable accomplishment. Also the stadium is far bigger than what I anticipated. Thank you for your directness and time in making this video.

[@irish_fm]

Why is this channel so underrated, only 60,000 people? This man spends hundreds to get trains, planes and buses to stadiums, you deserve more. Keep it up 🙏

[@BrianSmith-lj6ug]

I think all West Ham,Tottenham Arsenal fans who grew up in the 70s and 80s like me will always have stronger feelings for their old grounds.The new Wembley just doesn't have the same feel on Cup Final day either but times change I guess.Memories will be built for future generations in the new Stadiums.

[@jamiethomas9825]

Came across your channel, I’m so glad I did! WH season ticket holder at the LS. Obviously miss UP, but if you wanna grow as a club it’s really the only way. Keep up the great content matey! ⚒

[@theyluv_ob]

Most underrated And most consistent around, the fact you’ve uploaded 22 days straight is just mental

[@FootyAdventures]

All over the country as well haha! Thanks for noticing the amount I've done this month. Lots more coming in 2022! Cheers mate and have a great XMAS!

[@TaylorMadeArmyTV]

@@FootyAdventures amazing

[@alexthomson8892]

Yes every West Ham fan would’ve probably wanted to stay at Upton Park and just had that extended but that couldn’t happen for council reasons. However with us now in the Olympic stadium it gives an opportunity for many children to come and watch West Ham and grow a passion and love for the team. I had been to Upton Park a few times but was never old enough to appreciate the atmosphere so was not really into football. However when we moved it opened up another 30,000 odd spaces for season ticket holders which has been a revelation for me honestly. I’m now in love with West Ham and in love with football ⚒️⚒️

[@martinmay8919]

I recently went to watch my team Grimsby in the National League playoff final. Town fans in general think it's the worse large stadium we have ever been to. It's absolutely crap, and they charged us a fortune to go there! There's a large gap, about 20 - 30 feet, between the front seats and the seats higher up at the back. This gap is covered over with tarpaulin sheets, which looks a complete mess. The poor fans in the upper tier are miles away from the pitch because of this. To compound the mess, they removed all the lower section of seats behind both goals, so the poor fans behind the goal were miles away from the pitch, and made for an awful atmosphere. Hope never to have to go there again, it's awful.

[@wimblewomble21]

West ham has always had a large Scottish following. I know three celtic fans that travel to the Olympic stadium whenever they can. Proud to have them alongside me as irons and brothers

[@chriso8485]

How sad for them to travel all that way to a boring nothingness

[@developer101]

I used to go to Upton Park. The pitch was right up against the stands. This was back in the early 80's when I used to go. The Boleyn was a special ground...

[@sanapinon]

Thank you for doing the tour. West Ham has been growing in me lately, I even started watching their match on TV (I’m a Liverpool fan) Would love to be there one day!

[@L.A.W7]

I’m a West Ham fan and I like our new stadium more than I like Upton Park and yes the atmosphere is also good here at the London stadium

[@SanJuanCreole]

I'm a Spurs fan from the States 🇺🇲 but my heart goes out to the Westham fans! The Upton Park/ The Boleyn Ground Stadium 🏟 was a Classic Beauty. I've always wondered why they would bulldoze that Gem 💎 and move near a shopping 🛍 center???? ✌⚽️

[@arthurmarston1222]

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[@videohistorysnippets8963]

Terrific video, I’m a West Ham fan from Australia and I’ve never seen them play at Upton Park or London Stadium so it’s great to always see videos like this so I can get a better feel for my club. I’m pleased we have moved to London Stadium as it secures our future and gives us a great chance to become a strong club well into the future, more capacity and sponsors will make our club stronger.

[@peterburry3553]

At the price of the club's soul... The london Stadium is an athletics stadium that is not owned by West Ham and was purely a move to attract the corporate buck at the expense of the club's history, culture and loyal fanbase.

[@snotwurfit]

'Improved the matchday experience'? Maybe for the tourist fans. There are PIMMS drinks stands on the concourses, burgers cost a fortune and there are huge gaps between some of the stands and scaffolding holding up the seating where the retractable seating system failed. I'm all for progress, but Karen Brady has ripped out a lot of what made West Ham with no regard for the generations of traditional fanbase in order to please her new target 'customer base' The stadium is ok, but they failed on so many of the promises they made when they were trying to soften the blow of leaving the Boleyn Ground. And if you look at what's left of the Upton Park site they've not even really acknowledged the history that was there, like Arsenal did so brilliantly when they left the Highbury site. The only way to make the London Bowl a proper football stadium is to knock it down and start again. To bring a few seats in the front tiers a little bit closer to the pitch does nothing for the remaining tens of thousands of seats that can't be moved.

[@Charleset]

Honestly season ticket holder from 2008 ish- 2018 ish here. It’s accurate what you say. The badge changed, the stadium was a big shift, from a historical ground to a bowl. The seats being further away makes the games feel spacey and not as intense. If you sit in the upper tier the big retractable lower tier stands are bizarre. I feel it would have been better to just keep the stands further away from the pitch. Not that it would have helped the atmosphere but I feel it would have been better. At the Boleyn ground we had our mates around us and everyone got spaced out in the move. West Ham United became West Ham London. It’s modern. & It’s lost a lot of the character. I think it was the right decision for the clubs future but it’s sad what has been lost. I found myself increasingly disconnected from the club and find myself feeling guilty as I don’t feel the connection I once have. It’s sentimental. I still love West Ham. But it’s different. And that’s all there is to it.

[@Thomas-Jay-Baker]

2:11 Great Transition!

[@RossParker1877]

Hope this video does as well as your other West Ham vid! Brilliant as always

[@FootyAdventures]

Thanks Ross!! Yeah the other one seemed to do well for some reason! Hope you have a great XMAS and New Year!

[@ismith8053]

10:56 - its absolutely MILES AWAY from the pitch! Absolutely awful! Stade de France is a reasonable football-athletics compromise but not great. Athletics is a nonsensical govt obsession. No one watches it, no one is interested in it. So why the hell let it destroy football?

[@ECCENTRICERIC69]

Just because they may put temporary seats on the athletics track doesn't prevent you from being too far away from the pitch especially sat at the back. ... it will always have this problem!!

[@oliverforsingdal8022]

Wish I was older and more interested in English football in general when they were still at the Boleyn Ground

[@zakir666]

So upton park

[@itsgeo752]

@@zakir666 Boleyn Ground is just another name for the Upton Park fyi

[@leeTBh]

@@zakir666 You probably live next to it. Innit Waled.

[@중국쇼츠-s7s]

Been waiting for this video!! Cheers mate

[@nova_kane]

The bulbs in the flood lights aren't from Upton Park, they just still have a few of the original lamps from when it hosted then the stadium hosted the Olympic games. Also Spurs didn't keep the flooring from WHL, they crushed up the old brickwork from the east stand wall and used it in the new polished concrete floors.

[@tommyhaggerty5651]

West Ham season ticket holder here - If we're being honest the stadium is a massive upgrade to upton park, many years before leaving upton park the atmosphere had died down completely until the last season where it was really good (partially due to it being our best season in a long time). The transition from a good footballing year in a rocking stadium to an imperfect stadium where we were playing shite was awful. But as the football and the stadium has improved so has the atmosphere and when its good there its really good! Facilities while more expensive are much improved and the surrounding area a lot nicer. We've been able to attract better players too which has only helped the team. Over time once and once we get the keys to the place the stadium is going to improve even more so taking a long term stance the move was a good thing. In 10-20 years time Upton Park would've been an ancient monument.

[@grahamjarvie3461]

hi, I am a Watford fan and I love West Ham Utd away. I have been to London stadium Stratford and also Upton Park, the boelyn ground

[@joeynyesss1286]

We’ve settled in at the London stadium now onwards and upwards in my opinion. Upton Park was nice but our new stadium is class.

[@thefivepoints]

Its an athletics stadium with a temporary lower tier for football. Enough said.

[@owenturner4114]

Love the content mate I’m a new premier league fan and west ham fan love the culture around sport particularly football in England compared to where I’m from and appreciate the insight into that culture!

[@Win-xl7no]

The "city of london" you were pointing at was canary wharf. The city was basically behind you. Anyway, enjoyed that

[@michellebell5092]

Thanks for the “tour” I’m a life long hammer, spent most of the 70s, 80s and 90s at Upton Park but have yet to visit what I had dubbed it, The New Boleyn Ground Stratford. Come on you Irons⚒

[@keithroll8413]

Great video @Footy Adventures. Anish Kapoor with Sir Cecil Balmond designed the Olympic sculpture outside the London Stadium. It's called the ArcelorMittal Orbit or the Orbit Tower.

[@tiernanmccullough8414]

Happy Christmas mate ! Keep the content coming big fan 👍🎅

[@RD-in5bo]

You should 100% do the benfica stadium tour I done It back in September would highly recommend it amazing stadium👍

[@patrickdougan4066]

Love the education, Sam. Thanks.

[@robertmclean3612]

Was at it for Liverpool game and couldn’t belive how good the stadium was after all the bad press had heard . Very good ground and atmosphere

[@adamgrimsley2900]

That tower thing is such an eyesore

[@oli8207]

so upset i never got to go to the boleyn

[@johnkeohane5420]

enjoy your video's,i myself do trips where i visit as many grounds in a day as i can as i cannot afford the cost of visiting for games every week. been scotland a few times as far as ross county down to gretna fc and stranraer..am planning a trip round north wales in 2022 where i hope to visit 40 grounds in 3 days,from gresford to anglesey via barmouth and bala....i don't drive so its all by bus,train and walking like i have always done in scotland...takes some organising as i have to study train and bus timetables wherever i go...keep up the great vids pal

[@MrTerryb1956]

I really enjoy your Stadium tours mate , great content and information

[@jamie2954]

Love these tour videos, and the stuff at Upton Park and Fulham, walking about looking at the stadium and surrounding areas.

[@Tagikakibau]

I went in the away end with Brentford in October and they were selling popcorn and coke in large red cups. Haven't been to the cinema in ages, but the London Stadium is the closest thing you can get to it.

[@hewhoknowsknows]

Bang average club that have 4 major trophies in 126 years!!. Over 40 years since they last won a trophy!!! Play in an athletic's stadium which they don't even own. Think they are a big club with history.......Wet Spam Utd...... laughable!!!

[@ingmarvanderhoek6314]

That tour guide is a hero, by the way.

[@callumatkins6891]

You should never leave your historical and spiritual home unless it’s impossible to develop and is a crumbling shithole, West Ham could have upgraded Upton easily their owners were just hell bent on moving to the soulless bowl which has destroyed the clubs true spirit forever

[@mikewalsh6168]

Om that logic the should never have left the ironworks, their first ground

[@ironbru24]

That sculpture is a piece of...work? Brilliant vid again.

[@razorwestham5949]

Nice vid mate enjoyed that

[@paulmcdonough1093]

fantastic vid as usual

[@GenialHarryGrout]

Another great stadium tour video

[@ryanoconnor5612]

2022 is the year for footy adventures 👏👏👏

[@andyadventures2841]

I enjoyed this Tour my friend 🙏

[@SIRDKA]

From the back of the upper tier behind the goal, can you even see the pitch?

[@stevel9627]

London Stadium looks like it was built too horizontal and not vertical enough. I can understand why when it was built specifically for the olympics

[@stevenwilcox8631]

I think there was were talks of extending their old ground up to 40,000, but when Gold and O'Sullivan took over they had their hearts set on moving to a bigger stadium and wanted to move into the Olympic stadium after the games finished. Though from the sound of it from West Ham fans it has not been a popular decision. A fair distance away from the pitch, dissatisfaction towards the owners and the fact their traditional rituals were taken away when they moved because supporters used to get their pie & mash in the greasy spoon or the pub near to their old ground.

[@joeybill9472]

They were going to knock the East Stand down and rebuild it to a double decker. Would have made it 40,000. However Gold and Sullivan made up some bulls*it about it being to close to a bus garage that went not long after West Ham moved and also because it couldn't be built above the flats next to the ground. The flats now on the Boleyn are taller than the flats next to the ground. They moved them for profit. West Ham should knock it down and rebuild it!

[@stevenwilcox8631]

@@joeybill9472 it wouldn't surprise me. But they got the Olympic stadium for virtually nothing and a lot of away fans love atmosphere there. Nothing can take away it's history and the memories that ground once hold.

[@sharifs649]

​@@stevenwilcox8631arsenal american fan but from the outside the stadium makes west ham 60000s fans is very impressive the seat is a bit far from the pitch but the atmosphere looks very imposing on big epl nights

[@PaulHattle]

It's great it's being used. People moaning about leaving U'P' would also be moaning if the LS was a rusting white elephant. They're just moaners. Times move on. COYI!

[@mikepar2]

Probab!y better to stay in England if you want to see any football in next month as Scottish Premiership extending winter break after boxing day, Championship teams going to play behind closed doors rather than have 500 in ground. Just not financially viable

[@davidkissane1892]

You should come to Dublin and do a Croke Park tour and possibly watch a GAA match. You won't regret it

[@thato596]

This west ham stadium is beautiful. This stadium and the emirates stadium are beautiful.

[@lindacoyne1409]

I did the Liverpool tour on my hols last yr and bumped into a couple from dunfermline where I work small world

[@TheOnlyOneCaptain]

Mate love your stadium tours, absolutely amazing content giving us a inside view behind the scenes. Had a question man! I done a united tour already and then went to do the villa tour but when I got there they were being funny about vlogging so couldn't do a proper vlog for my channel. Do you have to get in contact with the club and get permission before hand? Thanks

[@redd605]

The problem is the athletics track issue, which I think should be removed, because Birmingham is the home of athletics now in the UK and crystal palace athletics stadium is falling down , and should be redevelop again for athletics all year round, the transport and link has improved massively around the area with links from around London to the stadium

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

Yes that should happen but it's hard to get the funding to redevelop Crystal Palace Athletics Stadium. In fact not just the stadium, the aquatics centre and indoor arena at Crystal Palace also needs to be refurbished but no one wants to pay for these expensive medium sized arenas.

[@ronmac9522]

I was at the West Ham vs Man City cup game and I thought it did not feel like football stadium. They really need to bring the fans closer to the pitch. However it is a much better experience than going to Upton Park.

[@unusedsub3003]

It's an Athletics stadium. It's the only one if it's size in the country, which is strange for arguably the 2and most popular sport in country. If West Ham don't like it, move.

[@kalugaa]

west ham are forced to have the stands like that as we share the ground with the olympic athletic club

[@saf9159]

Great channel, top videos!

[@smithles554433]

If there's a concert at the stadium they allow 80,000 as they'll cover the pitch and use that as a standing area for the crowd.

[@howardbutler2083]

Love your stadium visits. How about visiting London Road, home of Peterborough United, also known as the Posh ! Loads of history, great giant killers! Possible greatest match ....Peterborough 2 Arsenal 1 in 1965 . Anyway, keep up the great work 👍

[@lenniet]

"You can see the little olympic statue sort of there poking out, the monument thing, the weird building"......also known as the ArcelorMittal Orbit.

[@josephperry680]

I was wondering if you have any recommendations for cheap vloging cameras as i want to get into vloging

[@Louieinoz]

Olympic stadiums should never be used for football

[@peterburry2014]

A few cosmetic improvements do nothing to solve the underlying problem that this is not - and never will be - a stadium suitable for watching football.

[@craigblyth1080]

Nothing against West Ham. In fact, I like them but the London Stadium unless football regulations changed to allow big enough pitches, is never gonna be like a true football stadium because of the problem with how far the pitch will probably always be away from the fans in the stands.

[@thomasclucas477]

Have you actually been to the stadium? Because as a season ticket holder I can tell you that the views are good in most places and the distances are greatly exaggerated.

[@MattMajcan]

@@thomasclucas477 even on TV its obvious the atmosphere sucks. I saw it rocking during the win against liverpool, and that was impressive, but still pathetic compared to upton park.

[@thomasclucas477]

You didn't answer my question so I can only presume you haven't actually been have you so your just another one jumping on the band wagon knocking a stadium you've not actually experienced for yourself so you're opinion is irrelevant.

[@peterburry3553]

@@thomasclucas477 How can the distances possibly be greatly exaggerated?... It's a stadium built to accommodate an athletics track. You can move some of thee lower seats as close as you like but the majority of seats will still be 20 yards further back than they would be without the running track in place.

[@theyluv_ob]

Best KZbinr about

[@flaw3dgenius222]

Jesus even the dug out is miles away from the pitch.

[@joeynyesss1286]

It’s not that bad lol I go every home game and we can see the game fine even from the higher stands lol

[@Kazey81]

Hi Sam I love your videos mate keep up the good work with your channel 💚

[@NoxideXR]

The weird structure is called ‘The Orbit’ and I am pretty sure that it was a media tower for the olympics

[@thomasclucas477]

No its called the Orbit

[@jakedavidson334]

I done a tour on Upton Park when I was 6 I rlly want to do the new stadium though

[@michael_grayyy1039]

Cool vid

[@arejaycee5484]

Another great video

[@rankobarensic]

COYI! Nice vid scouser😁😉

[@NoahLeMar]

You need to check out Dulwitch Hamlet's Champion Hill

[@unomacaron1076]

Could you visit Middlesbrough next? Your channel is awesome by the way!

[@adampascoe4746]

Please can you go to Stoke city fc

[@randyorton372]

Going in the view from the dugouts, I'd say it still looks too far away from the pitch. Should of stayed at Upton Park. Forest fan

[@ummhwegottaproblem9125]

Originally we never wanted to move to the London stadium but our Icelandic owners went bankrupt. GSB bought the club and thought it’d be a brilliant idea

[@chairmanalf7856]

The old Icelandic owners wanted to build a 45,000 capacity stadium at the old Parcel Force depot site at West Ham. The problem was that it had terrible transport links and with no off street parking. I wonder how our supporters in those days would have felt about that?

[@chipjones68]

Been to a couple of games there with united and it crap there a massive gap between the tiers you can't get any atmosphere it gets lost

[@DaEdge1Pro]

What’s the name of the song you’re using after your intro?

[@jayneandrea7263]

I have been 3times and it's a real good stadium

[@moygashel1]

Do a video about millwall v west ham

[@owenleeallen2138]

Would love to see a tour at wolves!🐺🐺

[@mattrose6340]

There are many problems with this stadium, however the biggest problem has to be the fact that it’s 3.5 miles away from where the Boleyn Ground was. If this stadium was in West Ham/Upton Park area it would be more accepted but it’s the fact that it’s in Stratford which is completely different to Upton Park and stinks of money.

[@DougieMontana]

It is in West Ham, the Boleyn was in East Ham.

[@chairmanalf7856]

Being in Stratford is actually closer to our West Ham roots as it is situated in the old Metropolitan borough of West Ham. The Boleyn was in East Ham, otherwise we would have been called ‘East Ham United’, had we started off there.

[@Bettyschwallocks1]

I went on this tour a couple of months ago and it was amazing

[@juniorbluebirds6448]

Please come to Cardiff and Ninian Park.

[@leer7024]

Come to WORCESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB. Famously beat Liverpool in the FA cup in 1959 and Coventry City in 2014. Be great to show you around.

[@emickkatika]

You should visit every pro club in West Yorkshire. I think that would make a great video

[@Timsontour]

Thank you so much for your hard work, loving these videos so much. First thing I do when I get home from work. I think it’s a beautiful stadium too! Looks incredible.

[@joeybill9472]

They should just knock it down and rebuild it. Spurs had the right idea for the ground. It's not a football stadium, it's an athletic stadium. It's such a sanitised area, even on non match days it feels sanitised!

[@v1xen01]

Might come as a suprise but your tour guider was the same as mine!

[@חייםנתנאלי-ת6ל]

King!!!!

[@hmshood603]

Hope to see you Sunday kelty v cowden

[@VIRALREPOST]

Go to the Dakota hotel in Scotland in Glasgow two hours before machday the Celtic team are always there it would be a good place to film