BETTER THAN UPTON PARK ⁉️ West Ham London Stadium Tour ⚒️

[@RysFootyParadise]

Just to confirm peeps - yep I’m a w@nker of a Glory fan 🤣 Thanks for watching & supporting the channel 👉🏾 don’t forget to check out the BOLEYN tour …as of typing this im outside Brentford’s ground so stay tuned for that video 😉👍🏾

[@alanfinn77]

"yep I’m a w@nker of a Glory fan 🤣" Who isn't is what I would ask 😂👍

[@StevetheWeave.]

Good watch but anyone who remembers Upton park, misses Upton Park!

[@petermclean8243]

as an Aussie who has never been to the mother country and always being a West Ham supporter i really appreciated that . thanks

[@RysFootyParadise]

No worries 😊 more to come 🇦🇺

[@MrJevman]

Absolutely loved Upton Park as neutral proper football stadium

[@markpaulo269]

I'm a QPR supporter but when we were playing away i would go to watch the other London clubs (apart from Chelsea) and Upton Park had a amazing atmosphere and i love those old grounds.

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

Thank you for this video. I like your accent. I was trying to place it so I'm glad you told us you're from Hereford. I've recently gone down the whole London Stadium rabbit hole. I'm not a West Ham fan but I think like everyone i admire their identity and culture and I like to see them doing well. As a sports fan and a patriotic Brit I am glad we have this kind of stadium in London. I understand the criticism from old West Ham fans but it has to be a good thing that East Londoners can afford reasonably priced EPL season tickets. Subscribed.

[@RysFootyParadise]

Thanks for watching & subscribing 😊

[@jonathanboice]

This was a very good and respectful video... good luck on your future tours.

[@RysFootyParadise]

Thanks 😊 appreciate the kind words… just about to go into a Brentford tour 👍🏾

[@Liam-q3g9k]

was surprised to hear you’re from Hereford just like myself. Great video 👌🏻 Im a Hereford hammer and for me the london stadium will never beat the Boleyn ground, that was our home and was gutted like many when we moved, a proper old school ground, the atmosphere on match day was electric, sadly just memories I can only tell my son about, #longlivetheBoleyn ⚒️

[@michaelstaley2241]

Good blog, Ry not a West Ham fan ,but always had a high regard for them.

[@pierre-renekoch3461]

I'm a German West Ham Fan. And i miss the god old Upton Park! Great Video. Greetings from Germany

[@RysFootyParadise]

I’m an English Bundesliga fan 😁👍🏾 thanks for watching!

[@alanfinn77]

Excellent video no hype just honest opinions and really like the idea of buying 1 thing in all the football grounds 👍New subscriber earned!

[@RysFootyParadise]

Thanks for the sub!

[@50pence59]

I remember the castle being added and I’m glad to see the badge returned closer to it’s original state. COYI ✊

[@Isleofskye]

Thanks for this. " Better than Upton Park" well it is for Away teams and fans rather than playing on that tight pitch with the fans, mainly standing, right on top of the pitch, in an intimidating, hostile atmosphere right in the heart of their community (I know the ethnicity has, dramatically, changed) where the approach to the ground past TheWest Ham Pubs and Clubs was filled with trepidation but now it is like a DAY OUT JOLLY on a wide pitch and the most noise coming from the compact Awat End like Bristol City on Sunday.

[@RysFootyParadise]

Well put 👏🏽 as impressive a stadium as the new one is, it’s not as suitable for West Ham as Upton Park was 😢 gutted I never experienced it

[@NRYT207]

Very keen to see how you think Spurs compares. That tour was staggering. Hope you did the Skywalk and Abseiling too! Shame we both just missed the F1 karting.

[@RysFootyParadise]

Looking forward to it 👍🏾 I’ve got a fear of heights so just the normal tour this time but in the summer I’ll give the skywalk a go for a video 😩🙈

[@drawde5762]

our new simplified bagde is actually what our badge was back in the 1950's. I prefer it as its more classic

[@motr1912]

Just a shame it has London on it. No need for it really.

[@RysFootyParadise]

That’s a fair point 😊 yeah if they’d have put something on it other than London it would look cool

[@TheOpinionatedSaint]

Hi have you ever done Olympiastadion tour in Berlin? The stadium is still fitted for athletics inside, and so there are loads of changing rooms (away team for Hertha have to go furthest from the tunnel), and indoor running track where they park the buses on match day! I'd also recommend Mainz, albeit a smaller club, and they have very modern, but nice stadium too! Love your channel! Southampton have a new safe standing section (believe it is like 2nd or 3rd biggest in the country) so I'd defo come down and watch us one day!

[@RysFootyParadise]

I visited the Olympiastadion all the way back in 2006 - very unique 🤩 thanks for the kind words! I’ll be in Gelsenkirchen, Bochum, Hamburg, Bremen & Kiel next but will deffo get to Mainz this season 👍🏾

[@TheOpinionatedSaint]

@@RysFootyParadise Sounds great! look forward to seeing the vlogs later this season!

[@mduffy4861]

Upton Park was the most intimidating stadium with fantastic atmosphere… London stadium is not fit for purpose. The worst ground to watch football in Europe.

[@512Squared]

Shame your opinion isn't supported by the facts. Been some great atmospheres and historical games already at the London Stadium. Yes, it could be better, but it certainly is a top class ground.

[@mduffy4861]

Did you ever go to Upton Park …. I did as an away fan many times. So I’m speaking from personal experience

[@512Squared]

@@mduffy4861 I did, several times as a life-long hammer.

[@512Squared]

@@mduffy4861 I love how some fans try to pull rank on others as if only the longest-supporting fans can have a valid opinion, meanwhile ignoring that of course a lot of the experience is entirely subjective. Isn't it even a little bit suspect that fans always think their ground is 'the best', their fans are 'the best' etc. Honestly, it's possible to be a fan and not have the rose-tinted spectacles of a fanatic.

[@paul64774]

Can’t compare the two. Completely different in every way. Yeah I enjoyed the close intimidating atmosphere. But, was old and too small for us to grow as a club. Our fan base is far too big for Upton Park. Yes I’d rather a purpose built football stadium of course. But legendary nights have already been made at LS, and I very much doubt we could’ve afforded the players we have and the European seasons/trophy we are enjoying now. I think we’d still be very average and yo yo-ing between leagues. Do we stay a “Palace” or “Fulham”? Or compete with Arsenal, Spurs? Your choice. 🏆⚒️

[@peetu68]

I was at Boleyn Ground once, 2011, and I did not catch the magic really. It was old, smelt bad and West Ham lost to Sunderland, 0-3. 😱 Went to London Stadium in 2019 and loved the experience and the stadium. 😊 Btw, the badge history, the castle wasn't always there. I'm 55, have the one with the castle tattooed on my arm but I prefer the new one. ⚒️😊

[@RysFootyParadise]

That’s cool mate yeah I’ve heard some West Ham fans say the same with regards to the badge 😊 as a small town bloke, we always kind of shake our head when companies use “London” as part of their branding almost to be superior if you get me 😁 the people of London (the true Londoners) are always good people but I don’t think that represents the club or fan base ironically… it’s too pompous and not down to Earth like the fans

[@davidezekiel1163]

Upton park has passion heart atmosphere.. Close to the pitch.. The new stadium is nothing... COYI

[@Matt.WHU.Rayney]

Have some respect lad. It’s Sir Bobby Moore Sir Geoff Hurst & Sir Martin Peters. Only lads to win the WC for our country. ⚒❤️ … decent video pal. 👍🏽👍🏽

[@RysFootyParadise]

Sorry yes they ABSOLUTELY deserve to be only spoke about with a SIR I agree 😁👍🏾 my bad… legends of the game 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Matt.WHU.Rayney]

@@RysFootyParadise top man! 👍🏽👍🏽⚒

[@daneelolivaw602]

Sorry mate but there were a few more players involved, not just those three.

[@harveyrc96]

Hi! I was working this day, I spoke to you about filming in other rooms for the vlog, sadly I couldn’t find you at the end of the tour - there’s always next time!

[@RysFootyParadise]

Hello mate! I remember now… will have to pop back at some point 😁👍🏾

[@markblondrage2776]

Nice little cushion for your man cave ⚒️⚒️⚒️

[@RysFootyParadise]

I’m a hypocrite as I was just slagging off the new badge then went & bought a cushion version of it 😅🙈

[@markblondrage2776]

@@RysFootyParadise 😂😂 nice for you to support our beloved club in a small way good video ⚒️👍⚒️

[@declangaming24]

I remember Upton Park was in the older fifas then West ham now have the London stadium.

[@bigcheese6212]

After watching the recent West ham v Man U game on Match Of The Day, apparently the attendance was 64,471 so I think the capacity might have recently been increased because I'm sure they have been asking for this to hapoen for quite a while

[@RysFootyParadise]

They can fit more in but it’s at the councils discretion I think 😊

[@defs8073]

The Boleyn Ground not Upton Park....

[@RysFootyParadise]

Hahaha 😅

[@MrScottyk90]

i still think they should move all athletics to birmingham, in the middle of the country, with good transport links, then say to us (West Ham) we need to give the government an offer to buy the london stadium, and then we can buy it and convert it to a proper ground, i will say this, we have the best walk to a ground, can walk around the park in the summer and sit and enjoy the 1 day of sunshine with the family before going to football, unlike grounds like arsenal, sp"rs or liverpool, where it seems to be train to stadium and then back home again

[@MrScottyk90]

also that red tower is called the orbit, its meant to represent the olympic rings...god knows how but thats what i was told, if you look down to the right just pass the main bridge to the ground, theres some boats, they normally do a tour around the river for a small fee and tell you about what was there before and what they found when clearing it for the olympics...personal favourite they found 3 safes with the backs blown out haha

[@MrScottyk90]

also also, we can't dig down as theres a toxic waste tomb under the ground

[@RysFootyParadise]

Thanks for all this info mate 😊👍🏾 love learning the backstories of these grounds… I agree with you on the Birmingham idea

[@martinhowarth81]

Just admit it mate … it’s not fit for purpose … and they’ve done it on the cheap .. and owned by the council .. cheap tickets ( for London prices ) to fill stadium

[@bradleywright2516]

As a commercial point of view for the club it’s been the best thing they have done but for us fans it’s destroyed so many things. The atmosphere being a massive a thing. Upton Park wasn’t rocking every game but it had that intimidation factor where this place just hasn’t. It’s sad seeing so many tourists in the place and we have lost a lot of hardcore supporters

[@Neckoya]

Get over it

[@adambrock284]

That photo of young Bowen is an absolute corker 😂😂😂

[@footyball66]

A stadium that big will rarely ever be able to be filled for athletics events. The only events that could fill the stadium are the Olympics or World Championships.....which the UK probably won't host for another 40+ years, so I don't see the point in keeping the running track. That said, if they dug down, then the stadium could be a 100,000 seater..... could West Ham fill that?

[@RysFootyParadise]

Not with the anti-Moyes going on atm 🙊

[@lewisdowsett8390]

Please dont ever put this place and upton park in the same sentence lol

[@RysFootyParadise]

Haha just refer to it as “the Boleyn”? 😁

[@lewisdowsett8390]

@@RysFootyParadise I mean don't compare it to our new soulless bowl...Upton park/the boleyn will ALWAYS be our real home

[@jonny6330]

As a supporter of over 50 years, no, it isn't. Other than capacity which allows more fans (and tourists) to visit, it has no other redeeming features. A soulless bowl, sadly ⚒

[@50pence59]

There should be a Billy Bonds Stand as well. No?

[@RysFootyParadise]

True 👍🏾

[@LongLiveTheBoleyn]

There is

[@robg5047]

West Ham fan here. The addition of "LONDON" to the new badge is a travesty.

[@RayRhymer]

While I am not keen on the new badge, they couldn't really keep the castle.

[@VMan-r8f]

Upton Park should have been refurbished. Olympic stadium is shit for viewing. Too far away from the pitch. Also the area surrounding Upton Park was a place for us locals to enjoy a few pints with some historic pubs!

[@drawde5762]

while i prefer the atmosphere at the boleyn, if we stayed there our team wouldnt be as good as we are today and challenging for europe etc. It's important to have a high capacity stadium so we can get round the FFP stuff and allow us to put more money into buying players. Who knows maybe if we keep performing well qatar or saudi might buy the club and rearrange the pitch and seating to make the seats closer and make the stadium more of a fortress

[@RysFootyParadise]

I think it’ll happen sooner or later… I remember in 2016 everyone saying West Ham would likely be bought out in a few years

[@bobkatfan2013]

@@RysFootyParadise couldn’t sell do to the stadium sell on clause. At least 10% is up for sell now. Supposedly the Qataris are circling since the Man U bid failed.

[@Antonioryan72]

The ground is falling down the top half of the stadium was only temporary and should of been brought down and put into a 25k athletic stadium the blueprint is bigger than Wembley knock it down and build us a football purpose built football stadium and then sell the rest of the land ⚒⚒

[@TheSeafordian]

Upton Park wasn't nice for away fans. Much better for them at the London Stadium.

[@MiddyBoyzAdventures]

Big up Hereford fc. Bowen's on fire and he's shagging # Iorns 🫧💜💙⚒️

[@RysFootyParadise]

😅🍻

[@79grendel]

Agreed that the old WHU was way better

[@jplondon7795]

Bring back the castle. Football is for everyone Rich and poor

[@bobkatfan2013]

Couldn’t expand Upton park due to permits and physical limitations.

[@garyallsopp3997]

It is not a proper football stadium it is big but you lose the atmosphere by being to far away from the pitch I support Wolves and we have the same problem with the stands being to far away from the pitch you at West Ham are right to get a higher capacity but not at the cost of being that far away from the pitch we need to double our capacity at Wolves but since Fosun have been in charge they have not seen a brick get laid.

[@RysFootyParadise]

Hey mate, yeah I agree… I’ve done a Molineux tour on the channel too and we spoke about the gap there because of the new stand 😊

[@deenfurgsz6806]

Can’t dig down because of contaminated ground iirr…⚒️🫧

[@garyallsopp3997]

But do you agree really that the stadium you are now in really is not a football stadium it is a lovely stadium but not for football and i think that it is nowhere as good as the Boleyn Ground i think your owners could have done a better deal because without they would have been left with a white elephant and i think even when they hold athletic meetings there they do not fill it no where near if you look abroad clubs like Juventus have moved into new stadiums and built proper football stadiums and most of the clubs abroad realise there is no atmosphere when you have running tracks round them and the fans are to far from the pitch.

[@curtisj2165]

West Ham don't pay anything towards any adaptation, maintenance or running costs. They pay a flat £2m a year rent. Pretty sweet deal for them, but not so much for the Newham council tax payers who are subsidising them

[@nickcockayne7880]

Well blame Daniel Levy for that not West Ham. West Ham were going to buy the stadium outright until he threw his toys out the pram and forced the cancellation of the sale which then ended up with the tenancy agreement we now have. It’s very easy to blame West Ham for all this but it’s factually incorrect and even if it wasn’t are you going to overpay a landlord out the goodness of your own heart for your home when you can negotiate a better deal? Didn’t think so.

[@curtisj2165]

@@nickcockayne7880 The Olympic Stadium can't be sold due to IOC contracts forbidding a sale

[@nickcockayne7880]

@@curtisj2165 you might want to check your facts there and look for one what has happened to the Atlanta stadium in the years since 1996. The IOC has no say what happens to any Olympic Stadium after the event and to suggest otherwise is rubbish. The LLDC own the stadium not the IOC. West Ham had agreed a deal to buy the stadium, it’s all easily checked with a simple google search but Levy and others forced a cancellation to that agreement. It’s frankly pathetic to blame West Ham for the current situation because politics caused it, West Ham took advantage of the fact they were the only suitor interested in the stadium and why shouldn’t they negotiate the best deal for themselves?

[@frederickellis5010]

Miles away

[@strongbow310]

How can greedy people be allowed to ruin football I'd be soo embarrassed to be a west ham fan I honestly feel sorry for them it's horrific most likely sugar or Brady were involved

[@turbogigwoof2321]

No it’s NOT better, crap falling apart , too far from surface for football fans. Food is a piss take and I MEAN piss take, 3000 stupid do nothing marshals. Don’t want it it’s shit. Move us to our OWN ground !! Disgusted with the whole move/ stadium. ⚒born and bred⚒

[@shauncooper9756]

No it’s shit no atmosphere bring back Upton Park

[@leestephenfitzpatrick6373]

It's modern football, things move on, Boleyn ground was never going to be big enough. Is it perfect, no! But it's what we have & it's not going to change, move on. I've had a season ticket at both grounds & I'm up in the cheap seats in the London stadium, 1st season £284 & now it's around £360, in our seats under 21's & over 66 year olds is half that, thats affordable football in My mind. As for the badge, we had crossed hammers when we became West Ham United after being the thames iron works, the castle wasn't added until 1964.

[@MarlboroughBlenheim1]

It’s a great stadium, just not for football.

[@STW-l5v]

Using the soundtrack of bubbles from Upton Park to make that stadium seem better 😂. That stadium is the worst football stadium I’ve ever been to.

[@RysFootyParadise]

I tried

[@YungIsyan]

worst stadium atmosphere ever. I am a Leverkusen fan and when I visited, the guest blocks was really disappointing. The upper ranks couldnt hear the fan chants of the lower ranks, because they were seperated by 30 metres. And I think same goes for the westham fans because every block was singing sth else

[@RysFootyParadise]

Will be at the game tonight in Leverkusen! 🍻

[@Delboy0]

Blame Lord Sen Coe the British politician who was a former Olympic champion. He was in charge of the Olympics in 2012 and enforced his own personal agenda on the stadium. Where after the Olympics he had written in the agreement that the stadium could not be knocked down to build a new football stadium and the running track could not be removed cause he wanted force athletics to be done at the stadium. In 12 years only 2 athletes events have taken place there. Some former athletes personal agenda forced West Ham to take a stadium not fit for football.

[@YungIsyan]

@@RysFootyParadise I wouldve been there aswell but I was Ill and gave away my ticket. But I am in Frankfurt tomorrow and have been to rome 2 days ago

[@SomeRandomBod]

Come on u O’s!

[@WGK90]

You are a glory fan considering your links and family supporting Hereford, there's no reason for you to support the Manchester reds, however in saying all of this, we are better than them right now so meh. On the badge, I agree I prefer our previous badge, but if you go back further, the current badge is actually more akin to our heritage, that plus we don't have the castle anymore so doesn't maker complete sense to have it on our badge, also there's some interesting history to the current badge in that the shape of the badge is actually that of the insignia of the last ship, themes ironworks built which I thought was quite interesting. agree on the London thing but we are based in London so meh Finally just to say, I prefer the experience of the London stadium, I don't get to go very often and only went to UP around 5 times or so and I was in my teens when we played there but equally, it signifies a lot of what I personally dislike about football, the saying goes we sold our soul for a plastic bowl, I think football sold its soul a long time ago, in saying all of this - the LS is decent and while it needs a lot of work still, in 10 - 20 years I'm hopeful it has the potential to be one of the best grounds in the premier league, thank god it doesn't have a cheese room.

[@RysFootyParadise]

I fully agree I am a Wanker of a glory fan 🤣 reconnecting with my Hereford roots this weekend Vs Torquay 🍻 Yeah the badge is a fair point to be fair when you look at the old West Ham kits, I just bloody loved your old badge 😉 thanks for watching

[@WGK90]

@@RysFootyParadise you're no wanker bud, you can support whoever you like but glad to hear you're still supporting your local team, just a bit of banter init whey. no problem and good luck with future videos

[@RysFootyParadise]

@@WGK90 I know i banter myself about it 😅 🍻

[@elainebarnes7870]

Hate the new stadium not the same as Upton Park BG was atmosphere not as good. Say it as it is it's not a football stadium it's an Athletic Stadium. Wrexham ground has a better atmosphere just watching their TV Doc with less fans. Wasn't built to be a football stadium. Bad decision moving.

[@thomaskreidner]

Really big and boring stadium with no atmosphere in the middle of nowhere. Sad for all west ham fans, cause they hat a really nice one before. greetz from northern Germany.

[@RysFootyParadise]

Look forward to coming to Germany on Thursday 🤩

[@registeredmental]

West ham sell tickets through tourist offices. The atmosphere is terrible

[@stephensharp2716]

Upton Park a theatre of passion,noise,madness,hilarious banter.Could get from my house to UP in10/15 mins walk. Fill up in the supporters club and get to my seat in another 5 mins.Game over walk home again,another top up in the White Horse. Now it takes me 40 mins train ride from Wickford to Stratford, a 15 mins walk through picturesq Westfield to the ground.Queue up at security area to get searched and molested.Have a cheap concession meal,its only 11 quid for a bit of bread and a sausage,get to area J to queue to get in, thats if the ticket app is working,have a couple of pints before the game that costs over 14 quid,put my climbing irons on so i can climb the steps to my seat,have to watch players taking the knee,taking the mick more like.Sing bubbles before kick off. I still think we will win every game though and i am 71 years old. When we win i forget my pains and aches and toddle off home. Why do we do it? Stratford stadium comes nowhere close to UP.Keep the faith. COYI

[@IggyGoesPop666]

I was enjoying your film until you started waffling on about why you don't understand why so many of the WHU fans want Moyes out. Can I recommend that you actually turn at the ground when we are playing and try to stay awake as the negative dinosaur bores the fans asleep with his dismal negative style of play and then form a opinion????!!! Moyes has been given £450m to spend on players over the past 4 years, so there is no excuse for his 11 men behind the ball so called tactics .... MOYES OUT!

[@RysFootyParadise]

oooosh 😁 I've been told haha fair enough mate. West Ham have always been in and out of the top flight over the years, but now they're a solid Premier club... I get that's down to more than Moyes, like moving to the new stadium 😊 just an opinion... thanks for watching

[@IggyGoesPop666]

@@RysFootyParadise FOUR HUNDRED& FIFTY MILLION POUNDS has secured our Premiership survival along with Tim Steidten who is buying our star players like the Pacman, Kudus and Alvarez whilst we have the second biggest crowd in the league so imagine how good we could be with a decent manager... MOYES OUT 🤣🤣🤣

[@colindoherty1891]

It was given to them after the Olympics . This isn’t right as it was paid for by the taxpayers

[@ericjohn6470]

Upton Park great for it's time but far far too small and a nightmare to get too.

[@lewisdowsett8390]

Drive straight in from a13 and park for free outside houses down the streets or district line straight into Upton park and walk down green street It was piece of piss and easier than walking 2 miles to new ground with no parking

[@ericjohn6470]

@@lewisdowsett8390 traffic was grid locked, we come from north Hertfordshire, down the M11, then after grid locked traffic all the way to Upton Park

[@lewisdowsett8390]

@ericjohn6470 oh I meant for the people from East London and Essex... plus everything was there like shops stalls pubs etc At new place you wouldn't even know west ham play there until you get to the ground and pay £9 for a flat pint

[@ettnollbajen]

killed off local business as well when moving, wish they had stayed at Upton Park and kept it local, great stadium, london stadium generic and boring

[@djelalniyazi4090]

upton park was better

[@daneelolivaw602]

The Taxpayer Stadium is a dump.

[@westyham1]

Moyes out ASAP ,because he is tactically inept and belive me doesn't like playing our grest young kids if he can help it #GET moyes out ASAP 😠 💩 💩 💩 💩 💩 💩

[@harryfoley2294]

Won us our first trophy in 43 years Top of our Europa Group this year again We currently stand 6th in the prem What has he done to justify the crap you lot like to give him?