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‘Writing about something you love can be an emotional rollercoaster’

August 6, 2022 Blowing Bubbles 0

There have been some writers that have helped us document life as a West Ham fan in every issue over the past 10 years. There are others who joined the team, left as life got

‘Ten years of following every twist and turn of West Ham life’

August 6, 2022 Julian Shea 0

Brooking. Hartson. Di Canio. Lanzini – there’s something about the number 10 and West Ham that just seems to go well together. So as our readers look forward to the start of the new season,

From Allardyce to the Europa League; It’s been a rollercoaster

August 6, 2022 David Blackmore 0

They say time flies when you’re having fun and that’s certainly been the case over the past 10 years as editor of Blowing Bubbles. I can still vividly remember the train ride home after the

Pub Talk: ‘I think we have lost our ruthlessness’

February 6, 2022 Blowing Bubbles 0

What did you make of our results and performances in January after our blip before Christmas? Meirion Williams: I guess it was what I expected. When you have supported West Ham for as long as

‘If Isla has taught us anything, it’s to value what’s important in life’

February 6, 2022 Blowing Bubbles 0

In a world which is increasingly divided, and in an age where social media seems to offer only extremities of opinion, it takes something special to unanimously unite people. Isla Caton was that something special,

Isla’s fight has come to an end but her legacy will live on forever

February 6, 2022 David Blackmore 0

Gone but never forgotten. This issue of Blowing Bubbles is dedicated to brave Isla Caton. We were – like the entire West Ham family – devastated to learn of young Isla’s passing last month, aged

The Long Goodbye: We’ll miss Noble when he leaves West Ham

April 11, 2021 David Blackmore 0

I can still vividly remember Mark Noble’s first penalty for West Ham away at Birmingham City – then owned by Gold and Sullivan – in August 2007 with his spot kick proving to be the