🤔 AN UPGRADE ON UPTON PARK? London Stadium Tour - West Ham United FC 

West Ham fans.... are you now settled and happy at the London Stadium or do you wish you were back at Upton Park?

10:56 - its absolutely MILES AWAY from the pitch! Absolutely awful! Stade de France is a reasonable football-athletics compromise but not great. Athletics is a nonsensical govt obsession. No one watches it, no one is interested in it. So why the hell let it destroy football?

It'd be great to see you do a little football tour of Cyprus. It's a pretty small island so travelling is very manageable if you rent a car and they've got a really cool little football culture with some fierce political rivalries (Onomia vs APOEL) as well as some interesting stadiums dotted around in the middle of nowhere. If you get some locals to help you out and show you the culture around food/football/politics I reckon it'd be a great series of videos. Puncheon is also still playing out there for Pafos!

You should never leave your historical and spiritual home unless it’s impossible to develop and is a crumbling shithole, West Ham could have upgraded Upton easily their owners were just hell bent on moving to the soulless bowl which has destroyed the clubs true spirit forever

Its an athletics stadium with a temporary lower tier for football. Enough said.

'Improved the matchday experience'? Maybe for the tourist fans. There are PIMMS drinks stands on the concourses, burgers cost a fortune and there are huge gaps between some of the stands and scaffolding holding up the seating where the retractable seating system failed. I'm all for progress, but Karen Brady has ripped out a lot of what made West Ham with no regard for the generations of traditional fanbase in order to please her new target 'customer base' The stadium is ok, but they failed on so many of the promises they made when they were trying to soften the blow of leaving the Boleyn Ground. And if you look at what's left of the Upton Park site they've not even really acknowledged the history that was there, like Arsenal did so brilliantly when they left the Highbury site. The only way to make the London Bowl a proper football stadium is to knock it down and start again. To bring a few seats in the front tiers a little bit closer to the pitch does nothing for the remaining tens of thousands of seats that can't be moved.

Came across your channel, I’m so glad I did! WH season ticket holder at the LS. Obviously miss UP, but if you wanna grow as a club it’s really the only way. Keep up the great content matey! ⚒

For the younger generation of West Ham supporters, accepting and enjoying the move to the London Stadium was probably easier to accept than those of us who spent some of our best days at Upton Park. It's taken me a while, but loss turned to acceptance, and I've enjoyed some great moments along with a lot of heartache at the LS. A couple of things - We're never going to replace what Upton Park was, and the London Stadium is still an athletics stadium first and foremost. Depending on where you are in the ground, particularly in the upper-tiers behind the goal, you're miles away from the pitch. Upton Park was more than a ground. The streets, the stalls, cafes, pubs, etc., there's none of that around the LS. All the angst with the move was caused by Gold, Sullivan and Brady, but thankfully it appears we're in the last few years of their stewardship. Two final things from me. I am feeling raw after last nights defeat to Spurs. I was at the game, and while I hate to admit it, their ground is probably the best in England. I travel to away games regularly, and it's a magnificent ground unfortunately filled with overentitled delusional Spurs fans. And lastly, Rangers fans are always welcome at West Ham ⚒🇬🇧

I recently went to watch my team Grimsby in the National League playoff final. Town fans in general think it's the worse large stadium we have ever been to. It's absolutely crap, and they charged us a fortune to go there! There's a large gap, about 20 - 30 feet, between the front seats and the seats higher up at the back. This gap is covered over with tarpaulin sheets, which looks a complete mess. The poor fans in the upper tier are miles away from the pitch because of this. To compound the mess, they removed all the lower section of seats behind both goals, so the poor fans behind the goal were miles away from the pitch, and made for an awful atmosphere. Hope never to have to go there again, it's awful.

Jesus even the dug out is miles away from the pitch.

Fact: The Olympic statue is actually a slide aswell which you can go down

I am a West Ham fan AND I was a Project Manager for one of the sub contractors during the construction phase of the Olympic (now London) Stadium so it was great to see your video! Thanks very much!

I gotta say as an American I am jealous of how many games/football related activities you go to. I live vicariously through you and your videos. Amazing content.

Most underrated And most consistent around, the fact you’ve uploaded 22 days straight is just mental

As a neutral, i can't see a single thing about the london stadium that's better than upton park. I guess it's bigger, but they don't fill it anyway, so who cares. I often wonder how difficult it must be to be a west ham fan, knowing that your club is essentially going to be homeless for probably decades or longer. They literally attacked their board at the stadium because of how bad it is, that tells you everything you need to know about this stadium. they seem to have reached a level of acceptance now, but i have to assume that it came at the cost of a part of their soul. Sure, the stadium looks nice, but looks don't count for shit here, it's all about practicality, and this stadium is horribly impractical and not made for football. It will never be a proper football ground no matter what they do to it.

Probab!y better to stay in England if you want to see any football in next month as Scottish Premiership extending winter break after boxing day, Championship teams going to play behind closed doors rather than have 500 in ground. Just not financially viable

Wish I was older and more interested in English football in general when they were still at the Boleyn Ground

It's great it's being used. People moaning about leaving U'P' would also be moaning if the LS was a rusting white elephant. They're just moaners. Times move on. COYI!

Just because they may put temporary seats on the athletics track doesn't prevent you from being too far away from the pitch especially sat at the back. ... it will always have this problem!!

A few cosmetic improvements do nothing to solve the underlying problem that this is not - and never will be - a stadium suitable for watching football.

Why are the seats predominantly white? Makes it look clinical and soulless. It would be far better if the seating was 100% claret.

Its a fantastic stadium, bloody fans are always moaning. Upton park was shit hole, teams use to go and always win it held no fear for the teams playing there the new stadium is harder to win at

Nothing against West Ham. In fact, I like them but the London Stadium unless football regulations changed to allow big enough pitches, is never gonna be like a true football stadium because of the problem with how far the pitch will probably always be away from the fans in the stands.

Hope this video does as well as your other West Ham vid! Brilliant as always

Please can you go to Stoke city fc

so upset i never got to go to the boleyn

Hey Mr, TottenhamFC Fan here, thank you for an amazing tour. I really enjoyed that and that’s the first time I’ve ever heard of Vic Watson and his 326 goals. That’s a remarkable accomplishment. Also the stadium is far bigger than what I anticipated. Thank you for your directness and time in making this video.

I was wondering if you have any recommendations for cheap vloging cameras as i want to get into vloging

You should 100% do the benfica stadium tour I done It back in September would highly recommend it amazing stadium👍

From the back of the upper tier behind the goal, can you even see the pitch?

London Stadium looks like it was built too horizontal and not vertical enough. I can understand why when it was built specifically for the olympics

I'm a Spurs fan from the States 🇺🇲 but my heart goes out to the Westham fans! The Upton Park/ The Boleyn Ground Stadium 🏟 was a Classic Beauty. I've always wondered why they would bulldoze that Gem 💎 and move near a shopping 🛍 center???? ✌⚽️

Thank you for doing the tour. West Ham has been growing in me lately, I even started watching their match on TV (I’m a Liverpool fan) Would love to be there one day!

I think all West Ham,Tottenham Arsenal fans who grew up in the 70s and 80s like me will always have stronger feelings for their old grounds.The new Wembley just doesn't have the same feel on Cup Final day either but times change I guess.Memories will be built for future generations in the new Stadiums.

I used to go to Upton Park. The pitch was right up against the stands. This was back in the early 80's when I used to go. The Boleyn was a special ground...

I’m a West Ham fan and I like our new stadium more than I like Upton Park and yes the atmosphere is also good here at the London stadium

Mate love your stadium tours, absolutely amazing content giving us a inside view behind the scenes. Had a question man! I done a united tour already and then went to do the villa tour but when I got there they were being funny about vlogging so couldn't do a proper vlog for my channel. Do you have to get in contact with the club and get permission before hand? Thanks

Apart from the stadium and pubs , the area is a dive, and went down hill from the late 80s ..

Yes every West Ham fan would’ve probably wanted to stay at Upton Park and just had that extended but that couldn’t happen for council reasons. However with us now in the Olympic stadium it gives an opportunity for many children to come and watch West Ham and grow a passion and love for the team. I had been to Upton Park a few times but was never old enough to appreciate the atmosphere so was not really into football. However when we moved it opened up another 30,000 odd spaces for season ticket holders which has been a revelation for me honestly. I’m now in love with West Ham and in love with football ⚒️⚒️

West ham has always had a large Scottish following. I know three celtic fans that travel to the Olympic stadium whenever they can. Proud to have them alongside me as irons and brothers

of course they have never won the league....hahaha

Why is this channel so underrated, only 60,000 people? This man spends hundreds to get trains, planes and buses to stadiums, you deserve more. Keep it up 🙏

Going in the view from the dugouts, I'd say it still looks too far away from the pitch. Should of stayed at Upton Park. Forest fan

Been waiting for this video!! Cheers mate

it's not about the Stadium it is about the sweetheart deal they robbed off the taxpayer giving them a massive unfair advantage. There are many who should be in the dock over this deal, none of them to do with West Ham mind, nobody could blame them for looking at the gift horse in the mouth even if they have to rely on budget season ticket prices to fill it.

looks basic compared to that new spurs stadium

That tower thing is such an eyesore

You should come to Dublin and do a Croke Park tour and possibly watch a GAA match. You won't regret it

Been to a couple of games there with united and it crap there a massive gap between the tiers you can't get any atmosphere it gets lost

Do a video about millwall v west ham

The "city of london" you were pointing at was canary wharf. The city was basically behind you. Anyway, enjoyed that

The bulbs in the flood lights aren't from Upton Park, they just still have a few of the original lamps from when it hosted then the stadium hosted the Olympic games. Also Spurs didn't keep the flooring from WHL, they crushed up the old brickwork from the east stand wall and used it in the new polished concrete floors.

The problem is the athletics track issue, which I think should be removed, because Birmingham is the home of athletics now in the UK and crystal palace athletics stadium is falling down , and should be redevelop again for athletics all year round, the transport and link has improved massively around the area with links from around London to the stadium

Our Icelandic owners offered £100M towards the stadium cost to have retractable lower tier seating but it was turned down by cuddly Ken Livingstone as it would bias the legacy use which needed to be available to all options, then we looked around the neighbouring areas for new stadium possibilities but then going tits up opened the takeover and the renewal of the legacy idea… LS should have been just the lower tier as an athletic stadium (23000 capacity) and us near West Ham station… an equally fruitful future of possibilities perhaps…⚒️🫧🪜☯️✌🏻🥸🕊️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

Nobody really considers MK Dons to be the same club as Wimbledon. Why should anybody consider "WH Dons" to be the same club as West Ham?

Upton Park could have easily been upgraded. The only reason why we moved, because Sullivan wanted to pay less bills. We pay rent that is supposed to pay for everything. They sold Upton Park to sullivans 2nd company for 40 million then Sullivan sold it for 70 million to an established estate agent. Complete scum and will never forgive him. Completely hate the bloke.

Can you visit east end fc in Aberdeen please 😂🤣

What’s the name of the song you’re using after your intro?

Main city of London? When you worked in London…? 🤦🏼‍♂️ It is the east end man, it’s Canary Wharf, not the city! Clueless

Love the content mate I’m a new premier league fan and west ham fan love the culture around sport particularly football in England compared to where I’m from and appreciate the insight into that culture!

Sam,I asked before"do you support or even lean towards Glasgow Rangers" sorry misinterpretation, could say Sevco, but Rangers, anyway can you let me know as I asked you before mate,just curious from Aberdeen#1

Nope nope. Completely disagree. Go and stand in any of the upper tiers especially behind the goal. Miles away from the ground, being dictated by a shopping centre to when we can play in busy periods of the year, awful stadium and only attracts posh upper middle class idiots 👀

Originally we never wanted to move to the London stadium but our Icelandic owners went bankrupt. GSB bought the club and thought it’d be a brilliant idea

Hey mate, love your content. If you come back down to Australia, please do aami park 🙏

They should just knock it down and rebuild it. Spurs had the right idea for the ground. It's not a football stadium, it's an athletic stadium. It's such a sanitised area, even on non match days it feels sanitised!

That sculpture is a piece of...work? Brilliant vid again.

My only issue with the London Stadium is it’s not built for football

And now they’re moving out to Grays as this place is to be redeveloped.

Olympic stadiums should never be used for football

Terrific video, I’m a West Ham fan from Australia and I’ve never seen them play at Upton Park or London Stadium so it’s great to always see videos like this so I can get a better feel for my club. I’m pleased we have moved to London Stadium as it secures our future and gives us a great chance to become a strong club well into the future, more capacity and sponsors will make our club stronger.

And the club pay £ 2540000 per year rent for this stadium

We’ve settled in at the London stadium now onwards and upwards in my opinion. Upton Park was nice but our new stadium is class.

It's more comfortable and bigger, but I hate watching football there.

Funny how the fan and police issues have vanished now the club are doing ok

Strangest thing Ive actually eaten in that Mcdonalds from the start of your video and Im from Scotland haha

Happy Christmas mate ! Keep the content coming big fan 👍🎅

You can’t have an opinion and review the stadium if your not going on a match day. That’s just stupid.

Why do younger people always have to wear headphones especially when people are talking? I think it is so very rude.

Go to the Dakota hotel in Scotland in Glasgow two hours before machday the Celtic team are always there it would be a good place to film

2:11 Great Transition!

I did the Liverpool tour on my hols last yr and bumped into a couple from dunfermline where I work small world

You need to check out Dulwitch Hamlet's Champion Hill

I think there was were talks of extending their old ground up to 40,000, but when Gold and O'Sullivan took over they had their hearts set on moving to a bigger stadium and wanted to move into the Olympic stadium after the games finished. Though from the sound of it from West Ham fans it has not been a popular decision. A fair distance away from the pitch, dissatisfaction towards the owners and the fact their traditional rituals were taken away when they moved because supporters used to get their pie & mash in the greasy spoon or the pub near to their old ground.

Absolutely Not haha. Unsuitable and inappropriate to play football in that ground. Not fit for purpose.

Have visited Upton Park and London Stadium.....gotta say L S is not a proper football stadium, rather like watching football in Australian Rules stadia....too far way from action and shallow stands. Upton Park was a great football viewing stadium. Close and atmospheric. Facilities like food, bar and loos was third world however.

I done a tour on Upton Park when I was 6 I rlly want to do the new stadium though

Come to WORCESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB. Famously beat Liverpool in the FA cup in 1959 and Coventry City in 2014. Be great to show you around.

The weird structure is called ‘The Orbit’ and I am pretty sure that it was a media tower for the olympics

Might come as a suprise but your tour guider was the same as mine!

Just wondering as I hate hampden wit stadium is worse

The red statue outside you keep on referring to us actually a slide lol

Could you visit Middlesbrough next? Your channel is awesome by the way!

COYI! Nice vid scouser😁😉

you should wear an opposition teams shirt .

Reasonable weather I just put this time

"You can see the little olympic statue sort of there poking out, the monument thing, the weird building"......also known as the ArcelorMittal Orbit.

Sam I know you currently aren't in Scotland but when you go back can you please do these 4 clubs: Forth Wanderers East Kilbride Thistle Benburb Pollok

Thanks for the “tour” I’m a life long hammer, spent most of the 70s, 80s and 90s at Upton Park but have yet to visit what I had dubbed it, The New Boleyn Ground Stratford. Come on you Irons⚒

There was an athletics track there at one point….no there still is. It is a multipurpose stadium that still holds athletics events! It also hosted a MLB baseball event in 2019, Yankees and Red Sox, and had plans to host more. Please do your research before making a whole video focused on a stadium!

You coming to the kelty game on Sunday