West Ham's final season at the Boleyn Ground was always going to be memorable. It featured a new manager in Slaven Bilic, the arrival of a French magician called Dimitri Payet, Europa League football in July, away wins at Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City, an unexpected tilt at the top four and an epic last game at the Boleyn against Man United.Lifelong fan Pete May also reflects on the role of West Ham in his own family, memories of the old North Bank and Chicken Run, the enduring charms of Ken's Cafe and the joys of sticky carpets, plastic glasses and blokes singing on pool tables in the pubs around Upton Park.But a new beginning is around the corner as Pete joins the claret and blue army for the first games at the OIympic Stadium.Goodbye to Boleynis an indispensible souvenir of both the Hammers' old stadium and the start of the Stratford era for all West Ham fans.