This video was uploaded from an android phone.. Iain dale presents drive on lbc, 4-7pm weekdays, and is a west ham season ticket holder. more. War-time damage to the boleyn ground west ham were forced to play ten war-time matches away from home while repairs were carried out, return in december 1944. in january 1969, the new east stand replaced the famous 'chicken run' terrace - an area of the ground where fans were stood very close to the pitch, allowing them to make life very uncomfortable for opposition wingers! the following year.
Claret and blue west ham song track 2 of 15 "we are the boys from the chicken run, we are the boys from west ham". The real 'chicken run' was an old wooden stand (standing room only). it was surrounded by a similar sort of wire to that used on chicken runs and when you viewed it from the opposite side of the ground it looked just like a chicken run. it was knocked down and rebuilt in 1968.. The latest tweets from chicken run bar (@martinnottage). livin off the wall. dad biker kiter laugher socialiser chef thinker changeophile improver west ham fan. retweet not an endorsement. back north of the river.