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“Wear the Greatness”

July 26, 2024 at 3:25 pm Leave a comment

West Ham will play the first game of their pre-season Florida tour against Wolves on Saturday. In this match the Hammers will wear the new Claret and Blue 2024/25 kit which celebrates the 60th anniversary of West Ham United’s European Cup Winners’ Cup triumph of 1965.

The cinematic launch film for the new Home Kit features cameos from some of the Club’s well known supporters, including film and TV stars Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Tony Way and Harry Collett, 1965 Cup Winners’ Cup-winner Brian Dear and Roberta Moore, daughter of the late, great West Ham and England captain Bobby Moore, who lifted the trophy at Wembley six decades ago, alongside members of the men’s, women’s and Academy squads.

The film boasts a specially commissioned soundtrack from The Rifles, which was mastered at the iconic Abbey Road Studios in St John’s Wood. Hammers fan and lead singer Joel Stoker was so enamoured with the instrumental version that he wrote lyrics and recorded the track ‘Sweet Euphoria’ with the band to be released as a single in conjunction with the new Home Kit. 

It was shot in E.Pellicci – the best-preserved old school café in Bethnal Green, right in West Ham’s East End heartland – and created, produced and directed by lifelong Hammer Neil Felton from the WTF Creative agency.

The film is filled with details nodding to West Ham’s historic success of 1965, which Felton explained are all part of making the experience of watching it special for every fan…

After the game against Wolverhampton Wanderers, the former club of their new head coach Julen Lopetegui at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, the Sunshine State Tour will continue with a match against south London outfit Crystal Palace on Sunday, 4 August, in Tampa.

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