Hammer Times - West Ham United Blog

Perspective

Tue, 25 Aug 2009

As much as we claim to 'live and die' with our football team and as much as our mood is affected by performances and results on the pitch it is hard to see how it all really matters after the events of the weekend.

Not only was Calum Davenport (and his mother) cowardly and brutally stabbed leaving him with a serious battle for his life, let alone his career, but Jack Collison's father lost his life whilst driving his motorbike down the M25 to see his son play.

The loss to Spurs, tonight's hotly anticipated derby against Millwall, and the game of football itself has been put into perspective with the tragedy that has swept over our club in the past few days. My deepest condolences go out to Jack and his family, and I wish Calum and his Mum a full and healthy recovery.