A video of a London Stadium steward asleep on the job during Saturday’s game has gone viral online with over 382,000 people viewing it since it was posted on social media on Saturday. West Ham fan and Twitter user @TezzyWHU wrote “No wonder stewards can’t do anything at all. Ours in 103 was sleeping!” Our […]
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London Stadium sleeping steward video goes viral
Posted on 13 March 2018.
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Makasi Nets On Full Plymouth Debut As Snodgrass And Villa Defeat High-Flying Wolves
Posted on 13 March 2018.
It’s that time of the week once again, time to check in with West Ham United’s various different loan starts and see how they’re performing at their various deferent loan clubs both at home in England and on the continent, this time around, it was full debut delight for Plymouth Argyle’s Moses Makasi and a giant-killing for Robert Snodgrass’ Aston Villa. Robert Snodgrass (Aston Villa) Fresh from successive Championship victories, the Scottish winger…
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David Squires on … West Ham’s chaotic cauldron of infighting
Posted on 13 March 2018.
Our cartoonist looks at the dismal state of the Hammers and plenty more View all of David’s cartoons here Continue reading…
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St Clair Strike Downs Young Hammers In PL2 London Derby
Posted on 13 March 2018.
A first-half goal from Chelsea U23 forward Harvey St Clair was enough for Joe Edwards’ men to down Terry Westley’s West Ham United U23s in the Premier League 2 at the Chigwell Construction Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The match’s decisive moment came in the 19th minute, St Clair putting the finishes touches on a quick move from the Young Blues, giving his team an advantage that would last the entirety. The hosts …
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Son soars to summit
Posted on 13 March 2018.
Tottenham’s Heung-Min Son has topped the Sky Sports Power Rankings – but it was close at the top of the chart this week…
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West Ham to explain unrest to FA
Posted on 13 March 2018.
West Ham United have been given until the end of this week to respond to the FA with their observations on the unrest that marred Saturday’s 3-0 home defeat to Burnley, Sky Sports News has been told.
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Don’t blame the London Stadium says Jordan
Posted on 13 March 2018.
Former Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan says West Ham fans are kidding themselves if they think fixing the London Stadium will fix things for West Ham. He said on Kick Off: “West Ham fans will tell us they’ve been sold a lie because they’ve been sold a vision which isn’t manifesting itself. That vision at […]
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Former Hammer backs supporters right to protest
Posted on 13 March 2018.
Former Hammer Ian Wright has given his view on the West Ham troubles on Saturday saying he doesn’t condone those fans who ran on the pitch but equally he would never dispute supporters’ right to protest. Wrighty told the Sun “LET’S get one thing clear — the West Ham fans who invaded the pitch on […]
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Group to vote whether to re-instate march
Posted on 13 March 2018.
West Ham United Independent Supporters Association (WHUSIA) will hold a vote later this month on whether to reinstate plans for a protest march against the club’s owners. An article on the BBC news website says the West Ham United Independent Supporters Association will ballot members on 31 March. Chairman Mark Walker told the BBC: “If the majority of […]
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Southgate’s options: Defenders
Posted on 13 March 2018.
Before Gareth Southgate naming his England squad on Thursday, we will be examining his options across the pitch.
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MP writes to Brady about online abuse
Posted on 13 March 2018.
West Ham have been described as behaving like “ostriches with their heads in the sand” by a Labour MP who has written to Karren Brady demanding to know why the club have not condemned alleged online abuse aimed at the chairman of one of their supporter groups last week. Wes Streeting, the MP for Ilford […]
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Newham to call emergency safety advisory board
Posted on 12 March 2018.
Newham Council which remains the safety authority for the London stadium have called an Emergency safety advisory board this Thursday and said in a statement on Monday: “Newham Council is extremely concerned about the violent scenes witnessed during Saturday’s match, and utterly condemns the actions of the small minority of troublemakers responsible. In December last year, Newham […]
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Report: West Ham locked in £100m legal row
Posted on 12 March 2018.
The full extent of the toxic relationship between West Ham and their landlords E20 Stadium has been laid bare in a report by the Daily Telegraph able to reveal that the two sides are locked in a £100 million-plus legal row that will see them face off at the High Court in November. West Ham and the […]
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West Ham security firm won’t be sacked due to 30-year deal
Posted on 12 March 2018.
London Stadium 185, the security agency that oversaw shambolic scenes including four pitch invasions during West Ham’s 3-0 defeat against Burnley, will stay in charge of the Stadium.
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Fan group call for static protest
Posted on 12 March 2018.
The renamed Real West Ham Fans group met today for the first time since group founders Andy Swallow and Micky Morgan stepped down last week. A statement on social media from the reformed group read: “RWHF have today held our first committee meeting and after having consulted all other fan groups within our group we have […]
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Mark Noble protester releases statement
Posted on 12 March 2018.
A West Ham fan who claims to be the pitch invader who was tackled by Mark Noble has made a statement on Social media. The supporter says “I want to write to Twitter to West Ham fans, my fans, my beloved team, it was a moment of stupidness from me but passion took over and […]
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West Ham are united only in anger as supporters feel fooled
Posted on 12 March 2018.
MARTIN SAMUEL: There are three problems with Celebrity Fit Club, said Harry Hill. They’re not celebrities, they’re not fit, and there’s no club. The problem for West Ham is much the same.
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Delusions of stadium grandeur haunt West Ham and club’s owners | Richard Williams
Posted on 12 March 2018.
West Ham once gave life to a part of east London, but the Boleyn ground is gone and the heart has been ripped out of the club The fate of the little memorial garden on Green Street, next to where the Boleyn ground’s main entrance once stood, is just one of the problems facing West Ham United. Full of bedraggled scarves and wilting flowers and plaques dedicated to long-gone fans …
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Corner flag protester hands himself into police
Posted on 12 March 2018.
The football fan who invaded the pitch and planted a corner flag in the centre circle is a respectable businessman who has voluntarily handed himself into police the Daily Mail have revealed. Sixty-one old travel operator Paul Colborne actions were seen by millions on television around the world. West Ham supporter Colbourne told the Daily Mail: ‘I […]
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Identity is what West Ham fans want and deserve, to achieve it they must look towards Brooking and not the pitch
Posted on 12 March 2018.
As David Sullivan and David Gold left the Olympic Stadium, with West Ham United collapsing on and off the pitch in their 3-0 capitulation against Burnley, one man refused to budge. A majority of Hammers fans had congregated a few metres down from the Director’s Box, aiming their insults and granitic like beliefs at the pair, behind the fateful decision to move stadium. Yet every one of those supporters knew that their anger was not the…
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West Ham accused of behaving like ostriches over abuse of fan
Posted on 12 March 2018.
• MP asks Karren Brady why board were silent after fan threatened • Club were alerted to abuse by supporter group before meeting them West Ham United have been described as behaving like “ostriches with their heads in the sand” by a Labour MP who has written to Karren Brady demanding to know why the club have not condemned the abuse and threats aimed at the chairman of one of their supporter groups last week. Wes Streeting, the MP for …
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West Ham fan who planted corner flag in centre circle speaks out
Posted on 12 March 2018.
EXCLUSIVE: Paul Colborne, 61, brought the match between West Ham and Burnley at the London Stadium to a standstill when he ran from his seat and rammed the flag into the pitch.
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A Blade of Grass
Posted on 12 March 2018.
I often wonder about the oddities in life, take time to consider the absurdities and try to rationalise what I witness but also to find comfort and humour within it all. For…if we cannot laugh in the face of petty tyrannies then we are lesser men and our legacies will be unstructured, wispy and dull. “I want to grow. I want to be better. You Grow. We all grow. We’re made to grow…
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Safety procedures and staffing reviewed following Hammers trouble
Posted on 12 March 2018.
Newham Council is “urgently reviewing the safety management plans, procedures and staffing” of the London Stadium in the wake of the ugly scenes which marred West Ham’s 3-0 home defeat to Burnley.
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Hart Endures Nightmarish Return As Noble Grinds It Out In Midfield On Tough Afternoon
Posted on 12 March 2018.
It’s now time to analyse West Ham United player performance in the wake of their crushing defeats by Sean Dyche’s Burnley in the Premier League at the London Stadium on Saturday afternoon, as David Moyes’ men lost a home unbeaten record that had existed since before Christmas. Joe Hart: 5/10 Taking the place of Spaniard Adrian San-Miguel to take his first Premier League start since December 2017, the England shot-stopper did himself no favours with the World Cup ahead in …
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Barnes And Wood On Target For Clarets As Dark Clouds Roll In Over London Stadium
Posted on 12 March 2018.
Let’s trawl over some of the main causes of discussion from Saturday’s London Stadium Premier League encounter between David Moyes’ West Ham United and Sean Dyche’s Burnley, as the visiting Clarets claimed just their second victory of the year. Crowd Protests Dominate Headlines At London Stadium Smattered all over the Sunday back pages wasn’t the brilliance of the visiting Burley attack in East London, but scenes from the stands as things turned ugly in the second period at …
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