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West Ham films to watch over Easter

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Everybody’s Second Team   Free with Amazon Prime

West Ham Utd were once a team famous for their attacking style of football and World Cup heroes, including charismatic captain Bobby Moore. In this warm and nostalgic comic-book style documentary, John Lyall’s key acquisitions reminisce to tell the tale of how West Ham United moved into a new era – leaving the desperation of the late seventies, and into the hope and ambition of the eighties

 https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B081HX1ZPV/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

Iron Men Free with Amazon Prime

Wholesome, uniting and one for all football fans. 2016 saw English Premier League football team West Ham United and their loyal fans bid farewell to their sacred Boleyn Ground, after 112 years. This remarkable documentary captures the relocation and features club captain Mark Noble, former manager Slaven Bilic, Hollywood actor Ray Winstone and owners David Gold, David Sullivan and Karren Brady.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B07VXRQYG7/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

Bo66y Free with Amazon Prime

Bobby is a powerful, dramatic and deeply personal portrait of a genuine footballing icon. Moore fought many battles besides those witnessed by millions on the football field. Behind the glory lies the story of a man who faced highs and lows with the same strength and bravery. But he died young, cruelly shunned by the game and by the very people who owed him so much.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B085MNW7CY/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

Away from Home  £4.99 to rent on Amazon

On May 10th 2016, after 112 years of calling The Boleyn Ground home, West Ham United played their final match in the iconic stadium before moving across the East End to the London Stadium. Filmed over the last season at the Boleyn ground and the first season at The London Stadium, Away From Home puts the West Ham fans at the forefront of this monumental move.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B07BMMMF78/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

Cass Free with Amazon Prime

This biopic tells the story of West Ham Supporter Cass Pennant adopted by a white couple and brought up in an all-white area of London. Subjected to racist bullying, his anger turned to violence – for which he gained respect as a member of West Ham’s ICF. After being shot three times he had a decision to make: seek vengeance or renounce violence

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B00ET2HO1I/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

Rise of the Footsoldier Free with Amazon Prime

Carlton Leach was a key member of the Essex Boys Gang. His extraordinary life from ICF hooligan to major criminal was made into cult film “Rise of the Footsoldier”.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B07KCM6PH1/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

Final Score 99p to rent on Amazon
It’s Die Hard in a football stadium when an ex-soldier (Dave Bautista) has to use all his lethal fighting skills to save 35,000 fans and prevent mass destruction when deadly Russian terrorists take Upton Park under siege.
Escape to Victory £3.49 to rent from Amazon
In this adventure movie featuring Bobby Moore, a bunch of World War II Nazi officers in Paris hatch a plan to stage a propaganda game of football with a German team playing against Allied prisoners. The prisoners agree, but only because they want to use the match to escape from their camp. But who’ll gain the upper hand?

Green Street   Free on Netflix

Frodo from Lord of the Rings dons a fake cockney accent and joins a West Ham hooligans gang called Green Street Elite

https://www.netflix.com/title/70038792

Others West Ham films not on streaming but available on DVD

Gary Oldham in the Firm     DVD £3.05 from Amazon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Firm-DVD-Philip-Davis/dp/B000171RXQ/ref=tmm_dvd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1586599067&sr=8-1-fkmr2

All in the Game   DVD £1.20 from Amazon

Starring Ray Winstone and Danny Dyer, said to be based on Harry Redknapp according to some insiders.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Game-DVD-Ray-Winstone/dp/B000F3T90Y/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=all+in+the+game&qid=1586599168&sr=8-4

Have we missed any? If so let so know in the comments section below.

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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,

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