Possibly the second best West Ham blog on the web (do you really have to ask for the first best?) is that of Iain Dale, part time politician, full time Hammer. Dale has recently done a post on Frank Lampard and the news of his mother's illness.
I saw the story had 60 comments and I thought 'oh no, not sure I want to read what people say' here but the tone is one of complete sympathy and the putting aside of Frank Jr's occasional impetuous behaviour. And it made me feel proud to be a Hammer to see such maturity displayed. My first ever match was West Ham v Southampton, in 1982, and in a 1-1 draw a certain Frank Lampard (sr) scored the equaliser. You can't buy memories like that and hence the name Frank Lampard will always mean something good to me. As a lifelong Hammer, I can only send my best wishes to Frank and family and hope Mrs Lamps makes a full recovery.
A taxi driver recently said to me that London drove him totally crazy, but somehow the good always outweighed the bad and that's what made it worth staying for, and that it was the same with football - what wise words.
You can read the Iain Dale blog here and comments here are also open...
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