West Ham Vs Crystal Palace

Well in my lifetime I cannot recall a time when West Ham were top of the Premiership, but after 3 games in 2021/22 season, guess what?, yes West Ham are top. Joshua and Brandon both really follow the football now and were nagging me all holiday to try and get tickets to the home game against Crystal Palace.

So as it is the school holidays and we have never been to watch West Ham at the Olympic Stadium, I decided, what the hell, lets do it. Although our tickets were quite high up in the stadium, we actually had an amazing view and really enjoyed the game. At times Brandon found watching the conflicts between the West Ham fans and the visiting Palace fans more entertaining than the game! There were 2 little incidents which resulted in 2 Palace fans being escorted from the stadium.

The game was really good and West Ham should have won having dominated the play. However it ended a 2-2 draw meaning that West Ham lose their top spot in the Premier League. The draw means they are still undefeated though and still sitting very high in the league table at the moment. It was a really good boys day out and we enjoyed a nice Krispy Creme donut, a burger during the match and treated ourselves to some West Ham merch in the shop.

It was also nice to see a full stadium back after fans being banished from games for so long due to Covid. Shame it is so bloody expensive to take the boys as I would love to do this more often.

Well that is something I can not recall ever seeing - West Ham at the top of the Prem.

They were excited to go and see their first game at the Olympic Park (even if their faces don't show it).

Loads of chanting as we approach the stadium.

Our seats were quite high up but we actually had a really good view of the whole pitch.

Still can't get a smile out of them even though I bought them West Ham shirts and scarves!

The build up to the game that ended 2-2.