May 7th, 2012. Ten years ago today

[stevebrickman]

West Ham, the play-off semi defeat at Upton Park. I nearly threw your brother off the bus on the way home because I thought it was nonsense being circulated by an old adversary of mine but he wouldn't stop talking about it. Boy, was I wrong.

Are you referring to the pine man?? He was a bit of a wind up merchant, but that post was far too well written to be him.

[The Lone Gunman]

Are you referring to the pine man?? He was a bit of a wind up merchant, but that post was far too well written to be him.

I am, I hadn't read the post myself at that stage because I was on the bus and wasn't really interested - I just thought it was a wind-up. I thought the same when I got home and read the board properly, but I knew it wasn't the pine salesman then. It wasn't until the following morning when I got a phone call from a club official asking me to attend a meeting that evening that I knew it was genuine.