The Boleyn is dead, long live the Boleyn… West Ham United fans will be saddened by new aerial pictures showing beloved ground gone from London landscape.
West Ham United could not have wished for a better send-off for their beloved Boleyn Ground.
The Hammers brought the curtain down on 112 years of history at their beloved Upton Park with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Manchester United last May.
It was a fitting send off for the famous old ground as the East Londoners moved on to their controversial new 60,000 seater Olympic Stadium home during the summer.
A torrid first season at their new home has only served to amplify the sense of loss for some supporters, though.
Most West Ham fans accept the club needed a bigger ground and greater income to remain competitive in the Premier League.
Boleyn Ground before demolition
However, some supporters have struggled to take to the London Stadium – as it is officially known – and hanker for their old ground.
Pictures and video showing the Boleyn in various stages of demolition have filled social media and the internet over the last six months.
But now new aerial pictures taken from a plane over the East End show the famous stadium erased from the London landscape.
Taken aboard a flight during the clear and sunny weather of Wednesday, the images show the levelled area where the stadium has been razed to the ground.
There is no getting away from the fact it has been a difficult first season at their new home, which some pundits and supporters have labelled a ‘soulless bowl’.
But West Ham need time to make new memories and history at the ground, which includes coming through adversity as they did last season.
And let’s not forget the club endured plenty of that their old home, which was not always the cauldron of noise short memories have made it out to be.
Manuel Lanzini celebrates West Ham’s season-defining goal over Spurs
Victory over Tottenham Hotspur there at the end of last season ended their bitter rivals’ title hopes for a second successive season while Andy Carroll and Dimitri Payet scored what will go down as two of the best goals ever scored there.
Not the worst start to memory making at the Olympic Stadium, now supporters will be hoping improvements on and off the pitch can be a springboard to more wins and some long overdue success.
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