> REUTERS; LON; 04 SEP 2003; SP > > Upton Park Chief Terrence Brown has promised > supporters that the hammer > sales are over after selling fans in the Bobby Moore > lower to Chelsea for > GBP8m, despite claims he would only have to sell the > fans in the Chicken > Run. Brown had claimed in May, that the 'nucleus' of > West Ham support > would be kept. > > Brown's statement released yesterday read: > "Chelsea now have an array of talent on the field, but > because they have > no fans, and the ones they do have are crap, Roman > came in and bid for > some fans, I had to say yes. Plus they were getting on > my nerves a bit" > > As the deal was sealed, those entering the stadium for > last nights game > against Bradford, were whisked down to Stamford Bridge > in coaches and > ordered to support Chelsea. > > One former Hammers fan said: > > "The board and I had been in discussions for 18 months > about the renewal > of my season ticket, but ultimately I just wanted > Champions League > football to further my enjoyment of the sport, > something the club couldn't > provide. So I've fcuked off to Chelsea with the > players" > > Another supporter said: > "I was preparing for life in division 1, when the > board told me they'd > sold me to Chelsea cos their fans are so pony. But now > i'm here I'll > > forget about my past and start wearing naff earrings, > mind you, it seems > like yesterday I was telling fellow supporters not to > pi$$ off and leave > just cos we got relegated" > > Trevor Brooking insisted today that no more supporters > would have to be > sold, despite claims in a newspaper this morning which > suggested some fans > would be loaned out to Portsmouth till the end of the > season. > > However, Portsmouth club source stated "that's > > fiction, because even if we > did, we'd have nowhere to put them... because our > ground is a $hit hole." > > Brown was unavailable for comment today as he had > changed the GBP8m into > five pound notes and was rolling in the money in his > garden, laughing. >
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