In actual life, although, West Ham is not having a straightforward go of it this season. The Premier League workforce hasn’t completed low sufficient to face relegation — the league demotion that Richmond endured throughout season two — because the 2011 season. In accordance with Sporting Information, the workforce is at present on its longest Premier League marketing campaign but, having managed to rank among the many prime 17 groups in all the English league (the underside 3 of 20 get relegated) for 11 years and counting. And whereas it is AFC Richmond that is predicted to position lifeless final within the league within the new season, in actual life, West Ham United at present ranks 18th, placing it in actual hazard of a downgrade.

With about a dozen extra matches left this season as of publication time, West Ham nonetheless could have time to show its file round and make an AFC Richmond-style comeback. They’re nonetheless no match for his or her “Ted Lasso” counterparts, although: whereas all of the British newspapers within the present predict AFC Richmond will end twentieth, the fictional pundits additionally put West Ham United within the prime 4. Followers could also be gunning for a giant Richmond win within the present, however the “Ted Lasso” solid really donned West Ham colours final 12 months to attend a recreation in help of their faux rivals. Actors together with Cristo Fernández, Charlie Hiscock, David Elsendoorn, and Kola Bokinni all cheered for West Ham throughout a match final April, ScreenRant reported. Let’s hope this season seems to be a case of artwork imitating life, with the real-life West Ham gaining a few of their fictional counterparts’ good luck quickly. We’ll hold our fingers crossed and our bubble blowers on the prepared.

“Ted Lasso” streams on Apple TV+ with new episodes premiering every Wednesday.