Just like last year, West ham disappointed me. Thie bid to go straight back into the Premier League failed, and the club will now be forced to sell it's best players for the second consecutive year. Very, very painful for a West ham fan.
The only bright spot really was this story from Australia. Dave Lewis, an Australian Hammer, found out that the game was not being shown in Oz. So he bought the TV rights, and got pubs in all the big cities to show the game. In the end around 4,000 Palace and West Ham fans on 11 locations across Oz managed to see the game. Quite an organizational feat.
Obviously, this doesn't change the result, but it restored a little of my faith in the power of fans in this era where money seems to be the main factor in World Football.
http://www.australiansoccer.com.au/public/article/show.asp?articleid=7649&menuItemID=
Posted by Gary at May 30, 2004 11:39 AM