The John Lyall Gates - which have stood at the entrance to the Boleyn Ground for the last 60 years - have been removed.



Going, going, gone: the gates are carefully removed Pic: Twitter



The late Micky Smith used an iconic image of the gates for the cover of his 2003 book

As you can see in the following picture, spotted by KUMB reader Dominic Hoey , the iconic gates - which were renamed in honour of the former West Ham manager in 2009 following his passing three years earlier - were removed from their existing site by workers this morning.The gates are scheduled to be re-situated at West Ham United's new home at the Olympic Park, Stratford, in time for the start of next season.The oft=pictured gates, which millions of football fans have walked past over the years were constructed in 1956. They have been seen in several films and TV programmes and also cropped up in the odd music video over the years.Both the gates and the surrounding area of land on which they stood for more than half-a-century - now predominantly the club's car park - were paid for by the (?25,000) sale of Harry Hooper to Wolverhampton Wanderers that same year.