First Ever Game At OS

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v Barcelona?? :crest:
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nobes mentioned they're playing there in july (west ham, not barce). is that common knowledge?
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Stoke FC

Friday night first game of the season
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First game at the OS and you fancy an 8-0 spanking? Sadist!
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From thewesthamway.co.uk

http://www.thewesthamway.co.uk/#!MouthW ... 32893725a6
  • Mouth-Watering Olympic Stadium Opening Fixture
    February 3, 2016
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    ExWHUEmployee

    There are strong "rumours" coming out of the club today that the opening fixture at the Olympic Stadium will be an amazing pre-season friendly against the mighty Barcelona. The club have been working on our departure from Upton Park and our opening of the stadium and have consulted many supporter's groups about how to open the new ground.

    Barcelona are the team who most want to see, with talents such as Messi, Neymar and Suarez set to feature. Talks with the Spanish giants have been ongoing and the club will announce the fixture as soon as the details are confirmed. The date has been penciled in for the evening of Wednesday 3rd August 2016 and will be guranteed to be a sell out event.
Not if we finish 6th and qualify for the Europa in the League Cup winners spot (Man City) - 2nd leg of 3rd qualifying round is 4th August!
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I thought our first 4 games where away from home due to the worlds
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Millwall.
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Mr_Rook wrote:I thought our first 4 games where away from home due to the worlds

Is that true?
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Mr_Rook wrote:I thought our first 4 games where away from home due to the worlds
The world's are 2017
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My question would be, given that UK Athletics has priority use until the end of July and they have a corporate relay event on Wednesday 27th July that involves runners finishing on the track, how will they have time to convert the stadium to "sports pitch" mode when I understand it takes up to 10 days to do the conversion.

As I'd deliberately booked my holiday to fly home on the 5th August hoping the first game would the 6th or 7th I won't be impressed if it's Barca on the 3rd!!
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Europa Cup 1st leg game possibly 28th July, maybe it'll be away !!

Home leg 5th August
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For Slav to cast an eye over Rakitic, I'm sure
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It's also been mentioned on Twitter that West Ham (again) have declared that they effectively cannot be forced to allow a second football team to groundshare the OS... :tune:
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Would mean Messi would finally get to play with his hero, Lanzini. :D

(Providing we sign him of course)
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A Celtic supporting relation of mine has heard rumours we're playing them in the summer
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^ i'd rather watch Carlton than messi!
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I8CHAVS wrote:

Is that true?
sorry chavs i got the wrong year but apparently is the case for the 2017 season
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Did I not read that the Stadium gets handed to us n June 26th?
Surely this would mean that nothing else can take place between then and the start of the season?
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UptonPK wrote:Did I not read that the Stadium gets handed to us n June 26th?
Surely this would mean that nothing else can take place between then and the start of the season?
UK Athletics have use of the stadium from late June until the end of July each year. The anniversary games are on 22 - 24 July and as I said above there is another event on Wednesday 27th that says it finishes on the running track.

Except for in 2017, due to the World Athletics Championships, when the stadium has to be ready for us by Friday 25th August at the latest so we may have to play a few away games to start the season.
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UK Athletics have use of the stadium from late June until the end of July each year. The anniversary games are on 22 - 24 July and as I said above there is another event on Wednesday 27th that says it finishes on the running track.

Except for in 2017, due to the World Athletics Championships, when the stadium has to be ready for us by Friday 25th August at the latest so we may have to play a few away games to start the season.[/quote]

I see. Perhaps the date i saw was only applicable for this year then.
The World Athletics finish on 13th August 2017.
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