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Massive flag planned for London Stadium east stand

flagsGuest post by Tim Hoad

West Ham season ticket holder Tim Hoad wants to create a massive flag for the London Stadium East Stand which is designed and funded by the fans. Below gives Tim gives us an update on his progress and a chance to vote on the final design.

“I am been working hard on getting the designs finalised and I have put together a selection of the best 5 that have taken into consideration all of the suggestions put forward

Each design uses the original font that was used on the club badge (before it was changed) to retain the heritage, and logo wise I have stuck to the distinctive crossed hammers. They are all pretty clean and simple – claret and blue with a white logo and each flag in its own way draws on the history and culture of West Ham as we know it, and that none of us want to lose or see disappear.

The dimensions are yet to be confirmed but the plans are for this to be an absolute monster, rolling down from the back of the stand, and being carried towards pitch side at the bottom. Ideally we want it to cover the length of the stand and this will ensure that the flag makes a massive impact.

villaThe poll is being hosted by all of the biggest independent West Ham sites, vlogs etc so everyone will get a chance to vote. Since my last post a senior member at the club has contacted me and they will be hosting a poll directly on the official club site in conjunction with this independent one, which will allow other fans that don’t necessarily use the independent sites to vote as well.

The results in the New Year will then be added up and the design with the most votes will be added to a crowdfunding site where fans can chip in and make donations to get it made. Flags of this size can be extremely expensive but if everyone chips in a couple of quid then it’s job done. A link to the crowd funding site will be posted in due course.

Incidentally, when the club approached me they also offered to pay for the flag in full as well as a smaller one for the Bobby Moore lower. To be fair to them, they made it clear that they didn’t wanna get involved in the design or retract from it being a fan led thing, they just thought it was a good idea and wanted to support it.

The way I have played it with them is that we should try and fund it ourselves and if we fall short at all they can make up the rest, which I think they are happy to do.

So yeah, here is the link again, go and vote for the one you like the best. IRONS

Tim

 

 

About Sean Whetstone

I am Season Ticket Holder in West stand lower at the London Stadium and before that, I used to stand in the Sir Trevor Brooking Lower Row R seat 159 in the Boleyn Ground and in the Eighties I stood on the terraces of the old South Bank. I am a presenter on the West Ham Podcast called MooreThanJustaPodcast.co.uk. A Blogger on WestHamTillIdie.com a member of the West Ham Supporters Advisory Board (SAB), Founder of a Youtube channel called Mr West Ham Football at http://www.youtube.com/MrWestHamFootball, I am also the associate editor here at Claret and Hugh. Life Long singer of bubbles! Come on you Irons! Follow me at @Westhamfootball on twitter

2 comments on “Massive flag planned for London Stadium east stand

  1. Tim is it possible in those designs to superimpose in white an image of Bobby Moore (like the way photo negatives look, so you would have a claret or blue background the white image of Mooro and then the hammers in the foreground ? Other than that I preferred the Thames Ironworks logo, good work by the way for taking this on COYI !!! (COYI might be another thing you could consider behind the hammers or somewhere else on the flag).

  2. Nice work Tim!
    I think I prefer the version with East London (perhaps prefaced with ‘Pride of’) in the centre, so would probably remove one of the hammers icons and replace with an image of Bobby, as suggested by No. 32 above.
    Might also be nice to see a chequered band of blue and white top and bottom.
    Keep up the good work fella.👍

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