UPTON PARK TOUR in 2024 😩 Sad Disappearance of WEST HAM's ICONIC Football Stadium ⚽️

West Ham left the Boleyn Ground aka UPTON PARK in 2016 and it divided opinion amongst the Hammers' fan base - but here we are in 2024 and it looks almost as though the former home of West Ham United Football Club never existed... Here in this video I share with you the sad disappearance of a once iconic football stadium... 😬 What are your thoughts on the current state of the former Boleyn ground⁉️ Let us know in the comments below and don't forget to check out the West Ham LONDON STADIUM TOUR 🏟️
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[@toonman1892]

As a Newcastle fan used to love going to Upton Park win or lose. Got a soft spot for them as I believe many of them do for us, real fans, love their club no matter what, good and bad.

[@user-be2hh8km6g]

the only premier league game i watched live was in this old stadium. feel lucky i lived the energy.. greetings from greece

[@darrenrafferty9580]

Really miss the old girl 😔 the atmosphere, the chicken run, the intimidating crowd. The new fans/ tourists have accepted the London stadium, but for us older generation Upton Park will always be our home. Great video, I've subscribed to your channel, good luck with your future projects 💜🩵⚒️⚒️⚒️

[@RysFootyParadise]

Thanks for subscribing and sharing your memories 😊 more exploring of former stadiums coming up on the channel 👍🏾

[@jakecollins6097]

Sorry, can't watch this. I stood with my great grandfather, grandfather, father (who scouted for the club for years), uncles, cousins and brother (who played in the youth team for 4 years) from 1974 until the year it closed. :( COYI

[@RysFootyParadise]

😞 just wish they could have commemorated the place better with some plaques etc

[@JB-td4zc]

A great tour but definitely a sad sight to see. A true football stadium that I'll never forget, at least I can revisit it on FIFA 16.

[@RysFootyParadise]

Long live FIFA 😁 even FIFA “upgraded” to EAFC 🙈 even computer games have neglected their roots…

[@tariqmanchester]

Never been back to see how it looks now. Would hurt too much, sentimental old git as I am. It was home to me in the 80s.

[@aterry173]

i remember that day when we played west ham in 2009 in the lge cup 2nd round. yep, that night. You know!

[@Steven-iron]

Iv been back to visit Green Street / Upton Park once since we've made the move to the london stadium and it broke my heart walking around there had tears in my eyes.

[@tariqmanchester]

I can so imagine that.

[@stevenspraggs4953]

the murial is still there mate you was right on top of it loved this look back at out true home god dio i miss that place the street vendours the fanzine sellers the badgstalls deacent cheap food the walk down green street before the game great work the statue was there before we moved be lucky steve

[@RysFootyParadise]

I walked past it about 5 times cutting through the alley to what is now the gym 🤣🙈

[@stevenspraggs4953]

@@RysFootyParadise had to subscribe i have put it on a load of west ham websites for you be lucky mate steve had our hearts broken when we left there

[@connor6691]

This is really sad that so little is mentioned about the sites history, glad I got the opportunity to go before they moved. There’s not a huge amount left at our old ground Maine Road but they do have a little monument where the old centre circle was called Gibson’s Green, a tribute to Stan Gibson who was the groundsman for over 40 years.

[@martinsmithson8127]

I went there in 1996 for an FA Cup game. What an experience it was walking from Upton Park tube station down Green Street pass the market and to the ground, great atmosphere there. Sad that they couldn't leave something nice behind.

[@whu58]

Lived, went to school, and worked in Plaistow since 1965, went to my first game around 1967 (aged 8) and saw the like of Moore, Hurst, Peters, Brooking, Sissons, Redknapp, Best, Mc Dowell, Lampard etc ply there trade,............ Green Street to me was the centre of life on match days, the smell of burgers & onions, the badge & rosette and program sellers, The Boleyn pub, Queens market, Odeon cinema Eastham, ABC cinema Upton Park - does anyone remember;- shops like Rumbelows, Cheesemans, Chambers toy shop and the steak house opposite?, `The Golden Egg` cafe in the market place? Many of the old Eastenders moved out over the years, the area now has a predominant (majority) Asian and African population with very little knowledge or interest in the recent past local community = so sad really.

[@KimLongWang]

Seems that it was a great area back in the day. Shops and businesses were making a living back then. Although there are still Eastenders living there, the area is deprived and lacks basic essential things to life, to society, to living well and growing up well. Shops and "businesses" are boarded up and closed most of the year as many were given to foreigners on welfare and it shows how useless their "businesses" are. Stop the welfare and most will go.

[@rubytuesday7225]

Thank you so much. Great video and even better memories. ⚒️⚒️⚒️⚒️

[@RysFootyParadise]

No worries 😊 was a pleasure to film

[@rubytuesday7225]

@@RysFootyParadise Those were the days .......

[@mattbangkokwolves8189]

My last visit there was for the final game of the 1989/90 season, West Ham v Wolves, both teams in what was then Division 2. Hammers easily won 4-0 with Liam Brady getting the last goal in what was his final game before retiring. Good memories despite a heavy defeat but at least we saw Steve Bull go to the world cup that summer. Sad to see such an iconic ground lost but i guess it's a sign of the times now.

[@RysFootyParadise]

How would Wolves fans feel if a similar move happened from Molineux mate? It’s a real shame when clubs relocate

[@mattbangkokwolves8189]

@@RysFootyParadise I think most would be very much against it. The capacity of the ground needs increasing and has been talked about, but nothing confirmed yet. There was speculation before of a possible move out of the city centre to a new location but one of the great advantages of Molineux is its close location and walking distance to the pubs, bars, train station, bus station, etc, plus all of the past history too. Any potential move would certainly meet with stern opposition I'm sure.

[@RysFootyParadise]

@@mattbangkokwolves8189 and rightly so mate it’s great where it is isn’t 😊👍🏾 lovely ground these days

[@ironclad57]

Looks like the apartments are named after West Ham connections. When you turned off Priory St the block on your right was named Lyall House after manager John Lyall

[@martinduggan4077]

we lost our soul and identity moving to the London Stadium. COYI

[@Digsflow222]

That is the most soulless looking stadium ever. Upton park was amazing

[@Kylemorris26]

I have been a season ticket holder since 2013 in the Bobby Moore lower but the atmosphere at London stadium will never compare to Upton park not even close we lost a key part of our history that night in 2016

[@stevetiley7130]

Just subscribed to your channel in a big west ham fan,well done m8 great video ⚒⚒

[@RysFootyParadise]

Welcome aboard! Thanks for the support mate 😊

[@Hammers-Mikey]

Its pronounce Bow-lin not Bowling and its Elija Wood not Burke 👍. The Boleyn ground was the most intimidating stadium in Britian!

[@RysFootyParadise]

Elijah Burke swear he was a wrestler 🤣 that’s my WWE fandom coming out 🙈 thanks for the pronunciation mate, I know how to say Ann Boleyn but people seem to say the surname differently when talking about the ground

[@brakcollins8090]

How is it pronounced bow-ling there’s no G in it?

[@mdsells100]

I had a season ticket for the last 2 seasons at the Boleyn Ground and that final match v Man Utd was a day that I'll always remember. I kept my ticket at London Stadium until Covid. The team is doing well now but those nights under the lights in E13 were something very special ⚒️

[@RysFootyParadise]

Gutted I didn’t experience it 😔

[@debenhamdave4314]

First ever visit was in 1979 a 1-2 defeat to Luton Town. A wonderful ground i sadly miss as a season ticket holder at Stratford that just not the same. Yep that was the old supporters club. Thanks Rys

[@RysFootyParadise]

No worries thanks for watching 😊

[@davidscott6375]

Man Utd. Such good sports. Lost to both West Ham and Spurs in their respective final games in their old stadiums. Good lads.

[@linuspiontek2481]

I visited the old Boleyn Ground area a couple of weeks ago and in fairness was similarly disappointed about how little legacy has been kept (although I kinda expected that off the back of Footy Adventure's video). What shocked me the most though was the poverty of the local area around Upton Park

[@paulmccarthy6663]

It’s been like that for 35-40 years to be fair. Newham is a tough borough but I remember it being somewhat nicer as a nipper back in the early 80s.

[@paulmccarthy6663]

@Lord.Patrick it was never ‘nice’, but it was the footballing home of the club I supported as a lad (and obviously still do), so the nostalgia will always live on. Newham is London’s poorest borough, so ‘nice’ is was never - wrong word but I’m sure you get what I meant

[@stephenwalker4574]

Hello mate I have just watched. 👍. WHU ⚒️. Thanks for your interest in the good old days of football. I have been a Hammer fan since I was 10,in 1980 when we won the FA cup. Before then I was Man united. I think you have really done a good job of having a go at bringing the highs and lows of having to change our beloved football stadiums. Cheers bruv. Steve. 👍. ⚒️.

[@RysFootyParadise]

Thanks Steve! I love football nostalgia and reliving the good old days 😊

[@stevebrown3040]

Sad for Us Older West Ham…My Great Grandfather worked Thames Iron Works, Continued from my Grandad,Dad,ME-My Son-My Old Msn 1st took Me in the Chicken Run 1976-Neva be the Same Again-WHTID “X”

[@jsimmo7041]

The London stadium doesn't seem a patch on Upton park

[@Ironz89]

I miss everything the walk off the tube Ken’s cafe before a game the Boleyn god what id do for one more game

[@Ryan-nb7ud]

Great vid shame there wasn’t more I feel for the West Ham fans I loved that stadium as a Liverpool fan it just had something special

[@RysFootyParadise]

Thanks mate, yeah even something little like at the old Maine Road site

[@paulmccarthy6663]

Great video and memories. A massive part of my childhood and early adult life going over there, even when I was on the payroll of another PL club as a young player myself. 😂 The walk to the stadium from the station, having to walk back via Plaistow or East Ham due to the police horses cutting off the barriers to Upton Park on the way home, the roar of a late goal you might’ve missed if you left the stadium a couple of minutes early, the burger stalls, pie and mash, the boozers before and after the game. Just a shame my 3 boys never got to experience it in the end 😢 ⚒️

[@RysFootyParadise]

Thanks for sharing the memories mate 😊👏🏽 and thanks for watching

[@Btchipz]

Top bloke mate, one of the best/realist youtubers out there at the minute. Up the Wolves!

[@RysFootyParadise]

Thanks mate 😁 just trying to keep it as real & genuine as possible, nothing too sensationalistic just something most football fans can enjoy 🍻

[@markblondrage2776]

Well done good vid ⚒️⚒️⚒️⚒️⚒️

[@RysFootyParadise]

Cheers mate ⚒️

[@apb3440]

Highbury was always my favourite away trip but a close second was the Boleyn at West Ham. Another proper stadium which was a million times better than the soulless monstrosity that is currently the home of West Ham.

[@aroundthegrounds1]

Great video mate when ever I go to places that football grounds once stud it feels so weird don’t you think. The pub they used for the film green street was right by Brentford’s old ground.

[@RysFootyParadise]

Ahh no way 😁 yeah it’s eerie isn’t it 👻

[@aroundthegrounds1]

@@RysFootyParadise ye did the old baseball ground the other day it’s crazy. You kinda picture your self at the old ground when fans were supporting there club

[@RysFootyParadise]

How long have Wednesday been at Hillsborough? Would you be gutted if they moved?

[@aroundthegrounds1]

@@RysFootyParadise I would be gutted ye it’s part of every Wednesday fans life. May not be perfect and need work but it’s iconic mate. I love the retro old school grounds with character

[@PlaistowDal]

Sullivan has ruined our club. Apparently a big soulless stadium and a new terrible badge First game at Upton Park with my old man when I was 8. Lost 0-2 to Arsenal was in the chicken run My last game 3-3 ironically Arsenal again last season at Upton Park, was in the south bank a spit away where i stood with the old man in the chicken run I refused to go to the new stadium and still not been So to TBH I’m not a supporter no longer, I’m a fan Still obviously follow them and watch all the games on TV Watch all the KZbin West Ham channels My youngest Daughter has been and she said Dad compared to Upton Park you will hate it My School mates offer me free tickets to go with them and I still say no thanks Family friends all born in West Ham, Plaistow, Canning Town and all went to School in Canning Town Where was Sullivan born?

[@RysFootyParadise]

Sorry to hear that mate 😞 I’ve just been to griffin park prior to the new Brentford stadium tour… a lot of similarities happening there with the 4 pubs on each corner of the old ground… but at least their new stadium is close to the pitch and feels more like a football ground

[@rubytuesday7225]

@rosdenby David Sullivan is Welsh...... say no more........ I totally agree with what you are saying. I was in the North Bank and then the Chicken Run 😢

[@nickcockayne7880]

Would move back in a heartbeat. Sadly not possible. I’ve never been back to the area since August 2016, when I watched us lose to Leicester (eventual champions) and I just couldn’t, would be too heartbreaking. The match day experience will never be what it was walking down Green St, time moves on I know but what we’ve got now is in no way better IMHO.

[@devo7079]

The memorial garden is on green st just before the church. The long live the Boleyn murial is no more. Knocked due to the building work recently. Nathans pie n mash went about a year after we left.

[@brakcollins8090]

Did he actually say Elijah Burke from lord of the rings lol

[@RysFootyParadise]

Hahaha he was a wrestler wasn’t he? 🤣

[@brakcollins8090]

@@RysFootyParadise I dunno I’ve never Heard of him dude funny tho

[@UptonPK]

At 3:36 you walked past Lyall House, named after one of our most beloved former managers - John Lyall.

[@Russpng]

Mate - for those of us born and grown up there - it is soul destroying going into that prison block. The "centre spot" is woeful, with nothing to commemorate the team and its history. It would not have taken much to put a fukin plaque at least saying that it was actually the centre spot. The pie and mash was Nathan's, now closed, and the only remaining one now is up by the Abbey Arms - bless 'em. I can't belive the sales "deal" didn't require more deferrence to the club's history. Even the memorial garden looks like a little prison too.

[@RysFootyParadise]

I went to griffin park yesterday and apparently Brentford have been promised a “memorial garden” too… I fear for them after visiting the Boleyn as like you say - surely a plaque at least could have been put there 😞

[@misterc2068]

A good but also a sad video to watch. Not many references to West Ham United remain, but you did miss the fact that some of the new buildings are named after previous Managers. You walked past (John) Lyall House at one point. It's funny that you can pronounce Bowen, but not Boleyn 🙂

[@RysFootyParadise]

sorry for my pronunciations... I reckon it's because the West Hams fans around here have dodgey accents like me and it sounds like BOWLING when they say it 🙈

[@huggybear1996]

I went to the Boyleyn in October 1999, as an Arsenal fan. My mate, a West Ham supporter, got us two tickets in the Bobby Moore stand. I was advised by a steward that I should remove my Arsenal jersey prior to kick off. It was a miserable day, as the Irons won 2-1 courtesy of a Di Canio brace. My most vivid memory, however, is of the West Ham fans abusing Vieira from the first whistle to the last. Still, a great old football stadium.

[@nickcockayne7880]

Had a season ticket back in those days that game was one of the highlights of the season, a season where Di Canio was unplayable if he was in the mood. He basically beat you guys on his own that day. The second goal was Gascoigne-esque as he flicked it over and around Keown then put it top corner. Vieira spitting at Ruddock as he went off.

[@lewisdowsett8390]

Literally too upsetting to watch 😢

[@PaulHattle]

Times move on and we're doing ok 👌⚒

[@petepan5163]

Brilliant video Mate, breaks my heart watching it, and how it is now at our old HOME 😢😢COYI ⚒

[@RysFootyParadise]

thanks for watching mate & the kind words 😊

[@qtredhead]

The difference between Highbury & The Boleyn is the Highbury’s stands were listed buildings so had to be kept - at least the edifices were. The buildings and streets around the site of what was The Boleyn are named after former managers & people linked with the club. It is, however, heartbreaking- I’ve only been back once since.

[@RysFootyParadise]

Once is probably enough ey mate? Quite a sad sight 😞

[@qtredhead]

@@Lord.Patrick well not really. Seeing as the Boleyn had West Ham fans in each corner too 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@josephcox295]

Wayne Rooney scored his best ever goal at West Ham and his second best ever goal against West Ham at Goodison Park

[@RysFootyParadise]

Next West Ham manager ey… 😅

[@DavidHalfordsLane]

I loved going to Upton Park - night games were special due to the very close proximity of the pitch. I went to both the North Bank and then the Chicken Run. The new stadium is dreadful as a viewing experience. I was at the Man U game at Upton Park when Blackburn won the league. Great days. Green Street was full of fanzine sellers and Millwall was always a feisty affair.

[@RysFootyParadise]

Even though it was United’s bogey ground - I always looked forward to the games as the intensity was fantastic. Spurs have worked wonders keeping their home in the same place

[@defs8073]

It's not Upton Park. It's The Boleyn Ground

[@DavidHalfordsLane]

@@defs8073 yes we all know that. Most fans referred to it as Upton Park as did commentators and pundits, however. Shame the Club’s soul was sold down the river.

[@LiamK-ep6fs]

I’m a Newcastle fan and I am gutted I didn’t go Upton Park with Newcastle United

[@RysFootyParadise]

Just done a st.James’ tour 😉👍🏾

[@turbogigwoof2321]

So painful, hate the London stadium. Gutted every day . Family memories

[@RysFootyParadise]

😔

[@PeterChelmsford]

The artwork is called a mural, not a murial.

[@RysFootyParadise]

cheers Peter 👍🏽

[@StevetheWeave.]

Just like a long lost true love, I think about her everyday! COYI

[@RysFootyParadise]

😁😍

[@forumknight]

Great video... sad story really .. another club sold its soul. London Stadium doesn't suit West Ham at all... its for tourists lets be honest. I did have a laugh when you said 'Frodo' ...sounded exactly like Samwise Gamgee

[@RysFootyParadise]

not sure who that is but I'm guessing he sounds like a Wurzel like me 🤣

[@josephp5058]

Boleyn Ground - not Bowling Ground thank you - age from about 8 like all kids we were handed over the entrance styles and then made our way down the front - you could literally touch the pitch it was that close - that was about 63 years ago

[@RysFootyParadise]

Sorry yeah I’ll always pronounce Ann Boleyn as like “BOW-LIN” but I’ve heard loads of hammers over the years pronounce it’s like “bowling” 😅

[@JmYt69]

I kinda live here upton park, the boelyn

[@SomeRandomBod]

Swapped a great ground & quality badge for a leaky bowl & a corporate logo.

[@chrismanners9091]

The new flats and streets actually look fine. Arsenal were forced to keep their stand because it was significant architecturally- West Ham's wasn't, however good the atmosphere. So it was never going to be like Arsenal. But I agree, there could be much more done in terms of memorialising the old ground. I think Maine Road might be a better comparison, though I understand you have a budget! Good video.

[@RysFootyParadise]

Thanks mate, yes you’re right I suppose they had no choice with Highbury… a plaque like at Maine Road would have been a good shout

[@KimLongWang]

There could be more done.... like fixing all those closed and boarded up businesses that were given to foreigners on welfare that can't run them since they sit boarded up most of the year (boarded up businesses don't make any money so they live off welfare) ... and give them back to english owners that can manage them economically efficiently .... that way you'll see an economic increase and recovery. Heck, you should take back and fix all the country for what I feel...

[@danielkrampah6654]

Daniel krampah < UK WHU 😎 look west ham 3 vs.2 Manchester United 2016

[@user-wc1vv1hq9z]

Can’t watch this… too upsetting that the clubs owners took away the club’s identity just so they don’t have to pay as much maintenance. Some things are more important than money and material things

[@mbappe.fx1]

Wow you're around my house mate😂

[@RysFootyParadise]

haha do you live there mate?

[@mbappe.fx1]

@@RysFootyParadise Yeah! If I’m right the mural should be to the left side of my house, around the priory park 😁

[@paulfish5074]

Bowling Ground? Its Boleyn. Pronounced Bow Lane.

[@RysFootyParadise]

I did wonder why I was getting funny looks setting up the pins… 🎳

[@lutfi1807]

Tidak terlihat kondisi satdion upton park sekarang

[@richardkennell8838]

As the away fans sing, we sold our soul for a shithole, no need as we know that, and they also shafted us with a crap badge. Used to go regularly to Upton Park, can’t stomach the athletes stadium so very rarely go home games now, filled with a lot of tourists as well. ⚒️

[@Ironz89]

There is now supports club now mate the owners have stripped the club

[@andytreb]

Bowling 😮.....😂😅

[@RysFootyParadise]

🎳🎳🎳🎳🎳

[@steveluetchford602]

Elijah Wood

[@RysFootyParadise]

who's he... 😅 my bad

[@HammerLex77]

Thanks David Gold and Sullivan. Sold our soul and probably made a fortune out of it. Nothing prominent to suggest what once stood there and they couldn’t give a rats arse either.

[@RysFootyParadise]

sad to see nothing, not even a plaque

[@garyfautley9843]

Criminal blame Sullivan and co !!!!

[@michaelstaley2241]

Up the hammers..

[@stevenredmond7455]

You donut, parts of Highbury are listed so can’t be knocked down. None of Upton Park was but I made a lot of money building them flats. You completely missed the memorial garden where 200 people who were fans were reburied. If West Ham stayed there they would never have won a Euro trophy & would not have 62000 supporters every home game.

[@RysFootyParadise]

I’m not an expert on it mate, just went down for fun and to discover what it’s looking like now 😊 thanks for the info though - yeah I agree there’s lots of positives from moving… I’m just a bit nostalgic 😅

[@paulmccarthy6663]

There are no positives to have come out of moving I’m afraid. It’s never been the same football club since we left. There’s more to Football than tourist supporter stadiums and Tin pot trophies. I’m glad you made some money though…

[@parklane8315]

Dump !