West Ham musings by Pete May, author of Hammers in the Heart, Irons in the Soul and Goodbye to Boleyn
Sunday, April 14
Wem-ber-ley!
Mystic Matt's picture of the pre-penalties huddle
Congratulations to West Ham on getting to the Women's FA Cup Final at Wembley in their first season as a professional side. Watched the game live on BBC, although someone clearly needs to tell the side that West Ham just don't win penalty shoot-outs after a 1-1 draw with Reading. South Korea captain Cho So-hyun showed great composure to slot home the decisive penalty, sparking emotional scenes and a chorus of Bubbles. And credit to uber fans Matt and Lisa for being at Adams Park to see it. Just a shame that the Cup Final is set to be played on the same day as the final home league game of the men's season against Southampton.
4 comments:
Mj
said...
Who's clever idea was this? We'd have loved a trip to Wembley to support the ladies but, of course, we'll be at the Saints match
Proper West Ham, they really put us through it. I do hope they can move the Southampton game to the Sunday, so we can take a serious amount of fans to Wembley.
Think you over-estimate our influence, as we don't choose when we play our home league games, let alone decide the date of the Fa Cup Final. It's the FA's choice to schedule it when there is a full league programme.
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Who's clever idea was this? We'd have loved a trip to Wembley to support the ladies but, of course, we'll be at the Saints match
Proper West Ham, they really put us through it. I do hope they can move the Southampton game to the Sunday, so we can take a serious amount of fans to Wembley.
Yes I'd have gone if it didn't clash. I guess they assumed they'd never get to a final!
Think you over-estimate our influence, as we don't choose when we play our home league games, let alone decide the date of the Fa Cup Final. It's the FA's choice to schedule it when there is a full league programme.
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