West Ham leave home as English landscape changes


General view of West Ham United v Manchester United FA Cup Quarter Final Replay match with a rainbow overhead April 13, 2016. Action Images via Reuters / John Sibley/ File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - The Boleyn Ground did not go quietly, that is just not the West Ham United way, but after hosting one last emotional hurrah it stood silent on Wednesday, condemned to the history books.

Broken glass still carpeted the streets around the club's home of 112 years the morning after the incident-packed night before, while claret and blue scarves adorned the statue of their England great Bobby Moore on the corner of Green Street.

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