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West Ham fan's viral reaction to Europe win sees him beat the bullies

2023-06-14 3 Dailymotion

A young West Ham fan's viral reaction to the team's Europe win has seen him beat the bullies - who now want to be his friend. <br /><br />Abel Farey, 11, took social media by storm after his tearful reaction to The Hammer's result against Fiorentina.<br /><br />A viral video of Abel shows the 11-year-old crying tears of joy after watching West Ham's 2-1 win in Prague, Czech Republic.<br /><br />His mum Billy Farey, 43, says Abel, who's in Year 6, was bullied in school for several years and his viral moment represented a turning point.<br /><br />She said: "Now those same people who bullied him are trying to be his friends.<br /><br />"I think he's too young to understand the impact he's had on people's lives.<br /><br />"I've been getting messages from other people who were bullied."<br /><br />Abel suffered racial abuse and bullying for several years but says he "kept putting one foot in from of the other" and "got through it".<br /><br />He said: "I don't mean to sound like a narcissist but look what happened.<br /><br />"So, to all the kids who are getting racial abuse or getting bullied out there I would say keep putting one foot in front of the other."<br /><br />Mum Billy made Abel's dream come true when she surprised him with tickets to watch the Conference League final.<br /><br />Billie had been desperately asking around for tickets when a friend told her she had two spares.<br /><br />She was able to get hold of tickets just two days before the game and surprised Abel with them.<br /><br />Billie recorded the adorable moment the 11-year-old found out he was going to watch the game.<br /><br />The pair left just three hours after securing the tickets and drove for 16 hours, all the way to Prague from their home in Hornchurch, Essex.<br /><br />Abel said: "It felt amazing, it [getting the tickets] was like a dream come true."<br /><br />Billie added: "He was over the moon, on another planet.<br /><br />"I don't promise anything if I'm not going to do it.<br /><br />"In my mind I was like I'm going to do it but I don't know how.<br /><br />"We had to leave the same day. I got the tickets at 2pm and we left at 5:30pm."<br /><br />Abel has been a West Ham fan all his life and regularly go to see matches with his mum. <br /><br />He said: “When my mum put an Arsenal babygrow around me I was crying and then when she put a West Ham babygrow around me I was clapping and kicking my feet, so I think that decided it you know."<br /><br />Able is such a fan that he even plays for the West Ham Foundation and has been for the last two years.<br /><br />He said: “The West Ham foundation hasn’t just helped my football skills but it’s also helped me learn a lot more about people and social orientation.<br /><br />"So it helps me have social skills."<br /><br />Speaking about the final, Abel and his mum said the atmosphere leading up to and during the game was unlike anything they'd ever experienced.<br /><br />Billie said: "It was so tense. We watched one of the games at home and I was so tense. I had to leave so imagine what it was like when they were 1-1."<br /><br />Abel continued: “The atmosphere during the match was absolutely electric.

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