Lampard hits out at Hammers

Frank Lampard has hit out at former club West Ham, and revealed that he is still bitter about the way he was treated by the fans at Upton Park.

The England midfielder believes that he was an unpopular figure on the terraces because the fans thought he was only in the squad due to his family connections.

"Being Frank Lampard's son brought with it different rules to those which apply to every other player," he explains in his autobiography, serialised in The Sun.

"A section of the support believed I wasn't good enough for the starting line-up so I was put on the bench as some kind of favour.

"And they let me know this every time I moved to do a warm-up."

Lampard, also the nephew of manager at the time Harry Redknapp, was also disgusted that chairman Terence Brown even entertained the idea of nepotism.

"I felt suspicious about the people running the club and from that moment I'd never trust them again."

The worst moment of Lampard's West Ham career came when he broke his leg as an 18-year-old, and heard some cheers from his own supporters.

The abuse was so bad that he admits he did consider giving up on football altogether.

"I have tried not to think too much about what happened on March 15, 1997, but it's hard not to," he reflected.

"We were away at Aston Villa when I went to challenge for a ball and caught my studs in the turf. Pain shot through my leg and I knew straight away it was broken.

"As I was being carried off around the visitors' end at Villa Park I recall cheering and some applause. It made me feel sick to the stomach.

"It got to the stage when I thought about jacking in football altogether. I would rather work nine to five with my mates than take abuse from 30,000 people every other week."

Lampard has carved out a hugely successful career since switching to Chelsea in 2001, but his relationship with West Ham has still not picked up.

"Now I have won The Premiership with Chelsea and was runner-up to Ronaldinho as World Player of the Year it has become harder for the critics to handle," he said.

"I remember when Joe Cole first came to Chelsea he would turn away in disappointment if West Ham lost. I would smile.

"That's how deeply I felt. I wanted West Ham to lose. Now I don't even look for their results."

how arrogant is the last line

He will cop the abuse all day now by the Hammers fans, they'll read that and will abuse him like there is no tomorrow.

Wat an idiot....He has said all this which I know for a fact is a load of rubbish....He broke his leg against Villa when he was 18 and we cheeredhim when he was carried off infront of us....wat would every other club do....honestly we were cheering for him cos he was an ok for West Ham.....

Frank Lampard is a complete [beep!].....good ridens @ Chelsea...

is he retarded? we abuse him cause of the way he left....
frank never does well against us anyways anyone remember the penalty he missed?

Let them boo him. Last time he played them at upton park he scored.

i love the westham fans they are so funny. Boo Lampard when he is 18-20 after he scored 14 goals in a season and then he leaves and you all hate him. if i was a West Ham fan and fellow supporters boo him i would find it a disgrace to the club. But maybe thats what the club is like. Keep blowing boys, just jealous so keep blowing the bubbles. Super super Frank

SUPER FRANKIE LAMPARD

Frank Lampard Jnr is being an idiot his dad is such a respected figure at the club as well his uncle Arry,
The Hammers gave him his big break in the priemership and he should be gratefull!!i would be if i had such a gift an oppurtunity,just because Chelsea are the it club at the moment and he's earning the dosh its as if he thinks he has a right to slag our club off!?!?!not forgetting the year before we went down West Ham were higher in the league than the Abramocihless Chelsea!!!

Yeah but Lampard got booed by your fans why is that. he was a young player

i think he came out with some stuff about the team and the fans didnt take to it to well if memory serves me right!!

oh didn't no.reading his book at the mo he said it was cause the fans only thought he was in the team cause of his dad.

hmmmm maybe??he's slightly over rated...i dont think he's the complete midfileder like Gerrard for instance....his Dad played Defence and was amazing....put Lamps jnr is a bit suspect!!Anyway dont think any player should slag off a club unless they have been harshly treated by the CLUB not FANS Becks used to Get stick from Hammers Fans as a Cockney Red but he's said he'd never rule them out in the future!!

i agree bubble_blower, gerrard is the complete midfielder unlike mr frank jnr,

Yeah i no what you mean, Lampard does come across a bit arrogant but the life he leads i think it would be hard not to. but i do agree, don't think it helps the abuse he gets when he comes back to upton. I think the best way to fight the abuse is to get a goal.

maybe i think alot of hammers fans think he ran away from the club especially when he joined Chelsea of all teams,if he did a Rio gone further awy then maybe it wouldn't have been so bad??i dont think he gave his move enough thought and it seemed to us fans as if he was thinking the club wasnt good enough for him?!?!?

I'm reading the book at the mo he said Terrane Brown said before Lamps signed a contract that Rio wasn't going to be sold. then he was sold, also there was Beef between Brown and Harry which upset Lampard and he does say if his Dad and Harry had stayed he would of stayed.
He also says Brown asked him to stay but he felt Westham had let his family down.
Lamps said that the money from selling Rio didn't do much to help Harry. Again it's only Lamps view but i suppose if you have family there then it might be hard for him.

I guess but like you said always two sides to a coin!

True

lampard should show more respect to the club that made him, there is no need to speak out like that. it was only a small section of the hammers fans that jeer him.
im sure he is big enough and man enough to rise above it and let his football do the talking

He was a young lad playing his first full season and they boo him cause they don't think he was good enough. Westham is poorly run and Brown is a c**t

your just taking Lampard views as your own!!the coin mikey remember the coin!!

the Coin???

My bad yeah i no what you mean. good stuff pal

LOL!!

i cant be asked to read all this crap from fat franks boyfriend, but the reason we booooooooo him is cause hes arrogant, left in an inapropriate way, and has always hated the club.

maybe because he was never gonna be as idolised as his daddy?