Paterberg

As recently as 1985 this was nothing more than a steep, unpaved dirt track

Imagine for a moment you are a die-hard West Ham fan. You’re so desperate to see your beloved claret and blue army closer to home that you decide to build a football pitch outside your front door. You then get out a pen and paper and write a letter to Newham Council requesting that the team starts playing its home games here.

Now imagine that the council and West Ham’s owners say yes. Before you know it, you’ve got Declan Rice, Mark Noble