Crossie: “This is better than the West Ham Way!”
Crossie made a rare visit to the Boleyn for the FA Cup replay against Liverpool and will be back for a final time following an invite from the club for the last game of the season.
In a new interview with ClaretandHugh he said: “ I am not sure I could call what I saw the old West Ham way of Greenwood and Lyall. The old West Ham way would not have won many Premier League games in reality – this is better!”
The whole evening was emotion-charged for the former centre forward as he added: “When I got off the tube at Upton Park and walked down Green Street I thought it would be the last time and that was sad for me so it’s wonderful to be making one last visit.
“The fans were terrific, as always at the Boleyn Ground. I don’t get to go or watch many West Ham nowadays because of my job as scout for Blackburn Rovers but it was great to see the Hammers in action under Bilic”
“I gave Phil Parkes a call and we met up in the Legends lounge with Alan Devonshire. I have very simple needs, I just need a seat and a team sheet, that’s all.
Speaking of the West Ham’s FA Cup match win against his employer Blackburn Rovers. “The atmosphere of 7,200 away fans was amazing and they even had the home Blackburn crowd amused with their songs.
“I spoke to the players afterwards, they were gutted but said they didn’t realise how good and classy many of West Ham’s players in the current team were. They were completely outclassed on the day.
“When you are drawn against a Premier League side in the cup you hope they don’t turn up on the day but the Hammers had a great game against us and deserved to go through to the next round”