A look at what West Ham United vice chairman said about rivals Tottenham one year ago.
Karren Brady
Tottenham Hotspur beat West Ham at the weekend in a repeat of the same fixture in mid-November last season.
On November 22 2015, a year ago today, the Hammers were beaten 4-1 by Tottenham at White Hart Lane, a defeat just as galling as the 3-2 loss on Sunday.
This week also marks one year on since a boastful comment from West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady, about the club winning the race for the Olympic Stadium.
West Ham moved into the new ground this season, now named the London Stadium, and it has been beset by controversy, with some supporters feeling disenfranchised, and various logistical problems inside and outside the stadium.
London Stadium
Yet Brady boasted ahead of West Ham’s 2015 match with Tottenham, that landing the deal to get into the new ground was far more important than any match between the clubs.
She wrote in her column for The Sun: “Many Hammers fans regard Spurs as their rival and as they waged a campaign to wrest the Olympic Stadium rights from us, I didn’t regard them as friends.
“Boris Johnson said we have been “an integral part of delivering a massive social and economic legacy from the Olympic and Paralympic Games in east London.”
“Of course we want to beat Spurs tomorrow, but the London Mayor’s praise is worthier bragging rights.”
Ask a single Tottenham fan if they would trade their latest win – or last year’s – to be current owners of the London Stadium instead of West Ham, and it’s doubtful you would get a single positive response.
Spurs are pushing ahead in their own quest to move into a stadium of their own, one they will own and not lease, which will be ready for the 2018/19 season.
Boris Johnson’s approval certainly does not seem so important now.
Tottenham’s Harry Kane celebrates scoring their third goal
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