IT is an estate which was home to Arsenal, Spurs and a fair few Chelsea fans.

But demolition work on the Regent’s Park estate has revealed the club crest of West Ham United etched across the walls. Pink-coloured insulation cladding has been painstakingly removed from the Silverdale over the past two months.

But HS2 engineers are said to be “puzzled” by the appearance of several of the east London club’s football emblem.

It is not clear whether they are recent additions or pre-date the 1970s cladding attached to the block.

They were spotted by photographer Simon Lamrock. Before the 2015/16 season, the West Ham crest included an image of the Boleyn Club castle – a feature of its former ground.

This was removed when the club moved to a new home at the former Olympic Stadium in Stratford suggesting that the crests at Silverdale may have been recently-introduced. More than 160 council homes in Silverdale, Ainsdale and Eskdale are being torn down to make way for £80billion HS2 railway into Euston, now under review by the government.

On the dismantling of Silverdale, HS2 spokesman said: “The exterior of many of the buildings in this location are covered with insulation, which does not contain asbestos so there is no health risk to nearby residents or workers.”

He added: “The lightweight insulation is being removed separately to the main building demolition to avoid it being blown away, and to help with future recycling and potential reuse.”