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Boleyn Blown Up: The fans react

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blast1West Ham fans have been reacting to images and video of the Boleyn Ground being blown up in controlled explosions of the Hollywood action film Final Score. Many supporters believe the destruction has been disrespectful while others have found the images heartbreaking.

A sample of comments on twitter include:

@MartinHickey9 😢 😢Sad Sad Day ⚒

@rickhimself101 It’s like leaving there wasn’t enough, they need to do that too!

@HaddonEvents Criminal, they have sold our soul and now they gleefully post pictures of our home being blown up.

@Tillroll78 I’m sure the board earned nice bit of money out of that. Sold us down the river

seats2@Spirit_1980  just heartbreaking

@Ironviews Can’t help but feel deeply disturbed watching videos of Upton Park getting blown up.

@KUMBDotcom Maybe it’s just me, but I feel this is bordering on sacrilege…

@Verge_Walton  Trying to sell me MY site for £50 was bad enough. But blowing it up?!?Terrible PR (again) and disrespectful.

@Stevepagehull This is like watching the video of a cremation from inside the coffin.
@WHU_Hector Nothing is sacred anymore. Everything’s got a price.
@JoshuaHearne I find this all very disrespectful. A bulldoze would have been the better option.

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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!

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