{"id":419,"date":"2014-12-29T19:10:56","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T19:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peterrayney.co.uk\/blog\/?p=419"},"modified":"2015-11-18T15:28:02","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T15:28:02","slug":"west-ham-chairmans-lounge-west-ham-v-arsenal-28-dec-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterrayney.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/12\/29\/west-ham-chairmans-lounge-west-ham-v-arsenal-28-dec-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"WEST HAM UNITED CHAIRMAN’S LOUNGE – WEST HAM UTD V ARSENAL – 28 DEC 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had a fantastic time as guests of West Ham Chairmen – David Gold and David Sullivan – for the tasty ‘West Ham v Arsenal’ fixture at Upton Park.<\/p>\n

And what a game it was – I can do no better than ‘paste’ Sky’s Phil Thompson’s verdict here.<\/p>\n

“For the neutral this was absolutely stunning, it was a magnificent game. It was a second game in three days, with both sides giving everything. I didn\u2019t want the game to end, it was that good. Szczesny deserves great compliments because he has made a big decision that anything in the air he is going to come and get and control the air in the penalty area. He had to be precise.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Perhaps the only thing I should add is that West Ham were very unfortunate not to pick up at least a point from this game, where they had a superb Alex Song goal disallowed for a very dubious ‘offside – interfering with play’ decision – no ‘offside’ Hammers player touched the ball! \u00a0 Anyway, I was very proud of the lads fight back in the second half.<\/p>\n

We loved talking to some of the celebrities in the lounge – as shown below:<\/p>\n

\"Motty<\/a>

– \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Motty Selfie<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Great<\/a>

– \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Great selfie with James Corden<\/p><\/div>\n

\"With<\/a>

With Jack Whitehall (Gooner Supporter)<\/p><\/div>\n

Thank you to David Gold for looking after us..<\/p>\n

\"David,<\/a>

David, Peter & Patricia<\/p><\/div>\n

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