Kaɗan ne canjin filin wasa a ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila da suka haifar da muhawara kamar yadda tafiyar West Ham United daga Boleyn Ground zuwa London Stadium a 2016 ta yi. Kusan shekaru goma bayan haka, tsohon mai tsaron gida na Hammers Tony Gale ya ce wannan ƙaura ta yi wa kulob ɗin asara ta gaske — kuma alamun ciwo suna bayyana har yanzu.

Yaudara na gani a filin wasa

Gale, wanda ya yi fiye da wasanni 300 ga West Ham tsakanin 1984 da 1994, yana nuna tattaunawar da ya yi da kocin lokacin Slaven Bilic a matsayin mafi bayyananniyar hujja cewa wani abu na asali ya canza lokacin da kulob ɗin ya bar Upton Park.

«Slaven Bilic ya fitar da mu daga Upton Park kuma na ji daɗin wannan lokaci,» Gale ya gaya wa FourFourTwo. «Dimitri Payet, Manuel Lanzini, 'yan wasa da masu kallo suke so su gani.»

Gale yana tuna cewa Bilic ya gano wata matsalar sararin samaniya a filin wasa na sabon gida. «Ya ce filin wasa yana da kusan girman iri ɗaya da Upton Park, amma saboda faɗin yanayin da ke kewaye, akwai yaudara ta gani a wurin — kuma ya ce haka ya nuna kansa a cikin 'yan wasa. Yana da wahala ya sa ƙungiyar ta kasance a hankali a lokacin da suke wasa a gida.»

Wannan rauni na tsaro, Gale ya yi imani, ba kawai batun 'yan wasa ko dabara ba ne. Filin wasa kansa ya kasance mai gudummawa.

Nostalgia, amma ba makaho ga gaskiya ba

Gale yana hankali kada ya ƙara tsarkake Upton Park fiye da yadda ya cancanta. Ya yarda cewa tsohon filin wasa yana da nasa gazawar. «Dole mu kuma tuna cewa Upton Park ba koyaushe yake da yanayi mai kyau ba,» ya yarda. «Ka duba farkon kyakkyawar kakar mu ta 1985-86, masu sauraron mu sun kasance kusan 15,000 kawai.»

A kwatance, London Stadium yanzu yana jawo masu sauraro 62,000 a kowane wasa, kuma Gale ya yarda cewa sauti na filin wasa ya haifar da ranakun tarihi — musamman a wasan Turai. «Kada ka gaya mini ba mu da kyakkyawan dare tare da wasannin Turai a can,» ya ce. «Filin wasa ya canza amma masu kallo ba su canza ba. Za su amsa ga ƙoƙari na kashi ɗari da ƙwallon ƙafa mai kyau.»

Ƙarar wari na ƙwallon ƙafa da ya ɓace

Sukar Gale ta yi kaifi a lokacin da yake magana game da ƙwarewar ranar wasa a wajen filin wasa. Tafiya minti 20 zuwa 25 daga tashar Stratford ta cikin wurare masu faɗi da ba a haɓaka ba tana ɓatar da jin daɗin lamarin wanda titunan kunkuntar da titin da aka cika da mutane a kusa da Upton Park suka kasance suna bayarwa.

«Ya kamata a samu abubuwa da yawa a kewaye da filin wasa,» ya ce. «Ya kamata ka ji kamar kai ne kake zuwa filin ƙwallon ƙafa, saboda ba ta ji haka yanzu ba. Filayen Premier League da yawa suna fama da haka, amma ina ƙaunar tsofaffin masu sayar da shirin wasan da tsofaffin kantunan hot dog inda za ka iya jin warin albasa daga lambar gidan wasika na gaba. London Stadium ba ta 'wari' ƙwallon ƙafa.»

Yayin da West Ham ke shirya rayuwa a Championship bayan ficewa daga Premier League, muhawara game da ko ƙaurar zuwa London Stadium ta hanzarta faɗuwar kulob ɗin ba za ta ɓace cikin sauri ba.