- Apr 1, 2005
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Unbelievable. At first I found it funny, what with it upsetting the spammers n'all, but then I started to imagine how I'd feel if the shoe was on the other foot...
For a start I certainly wouldn't go to another game as long as whoever was responsible for the ad was involved with my club. In fact I'd probably consider giving up football altogether too.
It's an absolutely disgusting piece of marketing and everyone involved in it should be ashamed of themselves. As much as I dislike West Ham, they're a club with a history and plenty to be proud of, and certainly shouldn't be considered as a sideshow to the main event of Sheikh Mansour City FC and their travelling mercenaries.
It was probably aimed at neutrals and people that have not been to a game before.
Still a bad judgement call. The firm in charge of the advert was obviously not knowledgable about football or tribalism.
West ham keep doing this. Last season and the season before they cut the prices of tickets they couldn't sell. To such an extent that it was cheaper to buy match day tickets than it was season tickets. This lead to a number of fans refusing to renew their ticket.
How they will manage at the os is anyones guess.