Iron Men Page #4
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pie-and-mash shop like this one.
[man] If the Olympic Stadium
will be the prestigious stadium
and the new generation
of the Premier League,
then these stallholders
aren't going to get a look-in.
Hello, David.
How are you, mate?
- I'm good.
- Yeah, basically, I am a trader.
I've been a trader here
for the last 16 years.
You know, you come from the same
background as what I did.
I mean, that's how
I get my living.
Green Street just like you.
Really? You understand
where I'm coming from.
- No, no, I do.
- I've got a mortgage,
two kids to look after
and all I want, David, is no
more than what I've got now,
the opportunity to work.
We are aware of those situations
and are looking to do everything
we can to help you guys.
OK.
Well, appreciate your time.
- No problem, my friend.
- Thank you. Good luck.
[David]
It's a very delicate situation
winners and losers.
We're coming
to the Olympic Stadium
and people there
with their businesses
are going to benefit
because, you know,
there'll be 60,000 fans
coming to a match.
By the same token,
when we leave,
there are going to be
people here
that will sadly lose
35,000 fans.
[man] Five or seven?
Spicy or barbecue?
Yeah, small and spicy.
Cheers, my man.
My name is Mark Gevaux.
I am known as the Ribman.
I've been selling
my rib sandwiches, rib rolls,
to West Ham fans here at the
Boleyn for about five years.
Can you wrap it up?
Wrap it up.
We are literally 200 meters
from the ground,
so as soon as you sell out,
that's it, we pack up
and I go and see the game.
Leaving the Boleyn,
leaving all of this behind is,
you know, very nerve-racking.
I lost my leg
after a car crash.
20 years ago, the car crash,
ten years ago,
they cut the leg off.
The prosthetist at the hospital
very kindly made me a leg
from a West Ham shirt.
and Slaven Bilic.
And, yeah, it's a pride-and-joy.
I believe it's the only one
in the world.
It may be not but I think is.
See you later.
I used to work as a butcher
after the crash.
After about four months,
they told me they couldn't
insure me anymore.
That was the end of my career.
I had to look
for something else to do.
I mean, I could have sat at home
depressed, get fat, whatever,
but I thought, "I still want...
I need to get out and work."
And the only thing
I could think of doing was ribs.
This is my converted
shipping container.
This is where we keep
all the ribs and all the sauces.
It's where we make all the
sauce. Got extraction, water.
Pride and joy, actually.
I love my shipping container.
I've got two loves.
Cooking ribs and hot sauce,
and West Ham.
It's going to be sad to leave,
without a doubt, but...
You know what? We need to.
We do, if you want to be a club
in the top
or whether you want to be a club
that fades into obscurity.
There's so much money
coming into football now
that it's going to be hard
to keep up with it, you know?
Really, really hard.
As much as I'd love to be
in a kiosk outside the stadium,
from what I hear, the rent
is just astronomical.
It's not something
I could ever pay.
It's a nightmare, you know,
it really is.
to actually get in there,
but I'm never going to give up.
How many we got? About 40?
Whether it be on a milk
float outside the park
or whether it be on a canal
boat on the canal next to it,
I will be there
one way or another.
Without a doubt, I'm going to
be the Ribman of West Ham.
If I can put that on my tomb,
I'll die a happy man.
How are you doing?
It just sort of fell on a day
we were playing at home,
we've been looking forward to it
for months.
It's a special day, you know,
I think, when you're hundred.
No, no, everything is fine.
Everything's going fine.
You'll love it there.
[chanting]
- Alright? How have you been?
- I'm good, mate, I'm good.
Myself and Matt, my brother,
have been coming to West Ham
for about 26-27 years.
So, Reid and Ogbonna, Antonio
and Cresswell at the back.
Kouyat, Lanzini, Moses
and Noble.
Because he's in a routine
of Upton Park,
he's very nervous
about the Olympic Stadium
and the new stadium
where the pitch is in terms of
the dug-out and the goals
and sort of the stadium size,
and just appreciating
how big it is.
Cheers. Cheers.
- Hi, Jane, you're alright?
- I'm good.
Good, darling.
[Matt] My brother, James,
has been commentating
for 15 seasons
for visually impaired
supporters that go to the game.
Are there any lights?
There is no light?
Oh, it goes on, yeah, he's on.
[indistinct]
...smothers the ball.
[Matt] The atmosphere is
the most important thing.
Having the crowd
all around you...
- Pushes it in too far...
- [crowd gasps]
Terrible. Terrible.
[singing]
...hearing the players
shout on the pitch,
sometimes hearing
the crunching tackles go in...
If West Ham score now,
two to get.
[Matt] That's what
it's all about for me,
the atmosphere
and being part of that.
[singing
"I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles"]
[Gary]
West Ham fans are unique.
There's no one like them.
They're the most pessimistic....
- He ain't gonna make it.
- What is going on?
Whole of my life, that's
...slash optimistic.
[chanting]
They will take you through every
spectrum of emotion in a minute.
[cheering]
[jeering]
When the sh*t hits the fan,
it really doesn't matter.
Oh!
The West Ham fans have all been
together where they are.
When the club move,
that ain't gonna happen.
People are going to be moved
around all over the place.
It's a unique, special place,
Upton Park.
You know, for us, it's an end
of an era, end of a lifetime.
Disaster for West Ham.
Disaster for Slaven Bilic.
Swansea are gonna win this 4-1.
- [groaning]
- Oh, God!
- Bloody hell!
[man] That is bad, isn't it?
[man] We've just been beat 4-1
at home.
I just didn't see any fight
in the players, not at all.
I mean, you'd think
they would want to perform
in the last games at Upton Park
and I just didn't see that.
But I'll tell you what,
if we played like that
against Man United, 4-1?
It could be five, six...
They're going to come to ruin
our last game at Upton Park
at the Boleyn ground.
I don't want that.
I don't know anyone
who wants that.
[Mark] My real first memories
of playing football
was a couple of neighbors,
boys around the same age as me,
and we sat here all day every
day, straight from school,
over the field, playing
until Mum used to call me
for dinner
or sometimes I used to skip that
and go straight to bed.
This is Hermit Road
Recreation Ground.
This is where West Ham
used to play before the Boleyn
and we used to be over here
constantly,
smashing balls about
and just having fun, really.
You know, you learn your trade
in places like this.
Mate over the road,
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