Wednesday 15 June 2011

West Ham Plum Draw for Unseeded Teams

Just for one day, West Ham will assume the mantle of a Manchester United or Liverpool as a host of unseeded teams hope upon hope to be drawn against us in the first round of the Gnats Piss Cup. Of course, the added bonus is that the minnows would really fancy their chances of knocking us out!

Teams like Dagenham & Redbridge, Stevenage, Barnet and Aldershot would love it, just love it, if they got a pop at us, and a draw against Di Canio's Swindon would put the cat amongst the pigeons. Meanwhile a draw against AFC Wimbledon or Crawley really would invite David v Goliath headlines! The game will certainly be an early test to establish whether or not our soft underbelly has survived Sam Pot's drills.

As a Yeovil fan, I would hate to see us drawn against the Glovers. There would be no doubt where my allegiance would lie but I'd prefer Yeovil had a run in the Cup rather than being dumped out in the first round. A tie against Hereford would, meanwhile, invite a trip down memory lane. Anybody remember Dudley Tyler?

5 comments:

Deane said...

karma just screams Swindon Town

RexHammer said...

I have actually watched the Japanese cartoon you have used in that image. It is about a Japanese bloke who come to England as a manager and took over a team called EAST HAM UNITED!

He takes the club on to win a cup and then he goes back to Japan to go and revive his old team by being their manager. It is actually really good.

Anyway sorry for being off topic! You are a Yeovil fan? I'm sure that is news to many of us!

Chunky said...

Aldershot it is then, and at UP too. As you predicted, it Should be interesting.

Am i right in thinking that the Championship fixture list comes out tomorrow too?

Lets hope for an easy start to this season. If we come up against what might the Championship has in the first 5 games it could be disasterous for the rest of the season, same as last year.

We need to build our confidence quickly this year

Anonymous said...

Aldershot town, should be interesting

Hammersfan said...

It's something I've talked about before Rex. I was raised in Yeovil from the age of 5 - parents moved for the East End for my education.

Actually, being born in East Ham, I should support the lesser Ham. The Ye Old Oak Ham!