{"id":231,"date":"2014-05-19T21:25:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T20:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peterrayney.co.uk\/?p=231"},"modified":"2015-11-18T15:30:41","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T15:30:41","slug":"west-ham-united-201314-player-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterrayney.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/05\/19\/west-ham-united-201314-player-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"WEST HAM UNITED PLAYER AWARDS DINNER – 6 May 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sam<\/a><\/p>\n

Our guests all had a hugely enjoyable night at the West Ham United Player Awards Dinner held at the Grosvenor Hotel on Park Lane.<\/p>\n

\"West<\/a><\/p>\n

The event, hosted by TV personality – Ben Sheppard – was very entertaining, and it was great to be ‘rubbing shoulders’ with David Gold, David Sullivan, Karen Brady, Big Sam and the first team squad.<\/p>\n

The auctioneer, Jonny Gould, had everyone in stitches as he cleverly managed to extract cash with the subtle use of personal guilt, setting-up strong competitive battles, and down-right cheekiness. \u00a0He even managed to secure \u00a310,000 from Andy Carroll – his prize being to play a game of FIFA on the big screen at Upton Park with up to 50 friends!<\/p>\n

There were a number of awards which included Hammer of the Year and Player’s Player of the Year – both of which were deservedly picked up by Mark Noble. \u00a0It was perhaps not surprising to see first choice goalie, Adrian, take the Save of the Season award!<\/p>\n

It was lovely to see Sir Trevor Brooking pick up the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’<\/p>\n

\"West<\/a>Our guests particularly liked having their pictures taken with the players.<\/p>\n

\"Trevor<\/a>\u00a0It was a great personal privilege to meet the legendary Sir Trevor Brooking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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