This was my 10th and final Everton away game of the 2014/15 season. I normally don't bother blogging Premier League grounds these days as they are omnipresent in this day and age. However, as this is almost certainly my last ever visit to the Boleyn Ground I thought I would make an exception.
West Ham will be moving to the Olympic Stadium from season 2016/17 onwards, vacating what has been their home since 1904. The ground has played host to a number of iconic footballers and two of them have stands named after them, namely Bobby Moore and Sir Trevor Brooking.
West Ham also provided three of England's 1966 World Cup winning team and there is a statue of Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters, along with Everton's Ray Wilson on the corner of Barking Road.
West Ham's owners have stated recently that the move to the Olympic Stadium will mean cheaper tickets for fans but there was no such generosity on show today as the club were charging £55 for what is effectively a meaningless end of season game, despite some people billing the game as the UEFA Fair Play play off.Everton players though chipped in to reduce the price by £10 for the travelling Evertonians. It is a sad indictment of modern football that fans are happy to only be paying £45. Still a tenner is a tenner so thank you Everton.
Most pubs around the ground are home fans only so it was a twenty minute walk down the Barking Road to a Wetherspoons to get oneself a pint. Or two.
With the game petering out to a draw, which would have been a fair result, an Aiden McGeady cross was met by Lukaku to bag the three points for The Toffees. Depending on your point of view on the Europa League, whether you think it's a good competition or not, Everton picked up up four yellow cards today which will probably mean next season will not begin on 2nd July.
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