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• Punishment applies to West Ham matches at home and away • Club expects to issue further bans before end of month West Ham have issued lifetime bans, from the club’s home and away games, to fans who invaded the pitch or threw missiles in front of the directors’ box during the defeat by Burnley. The match at the London Stadium on 10 March was marred by four pitch invasions and by hundreds of fans gathering in front of …

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• Action taken after events at London Stadium in EFL Cup tie • Chelsea supporter banned for five years for threatening behaviour Two men have been given football banning orders for their part in the crowd trouble that marred West Ham’s 2-1 EFL Cup win over Chelsea at the London Stadium last month. Michael Parker, a 51-year-old Chelsea supporter, received a five-year banning order after he was charged with threatening behaviour and…

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Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger says he is surprised by the crowd disturbances at the EFL Cup tie between West Ham and Chelsea earlier this week. Wenger, speaking on Friday in London Colney, says he is worried that the scenes at the London Stadium may inhibit progress towards a return to safe standing in English football and that he hopes West Ham move quickly to resolve the issues at their new ground Arsène Wenger worried West Ham trouble…

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• Manager says club do not deserve to be undermined by minority • West Ham have vowed to ban 200 fans who were caught on CCTV Slaven Bilic has acknowledged that it hurts him and West Ham United to see the club’s name dragged through the gutter by the hooligan minority. The manager was more keen to talk up his team’s result against Chelsea from Wednesday night, when a 2-1 home win put them through to the EFL Cup quarter-finals, where…

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There are six areas of contention to emerge from events at the London Stadium, ranging from how rival fans could be so close together to how the FA will respond The headline flashpoint during the EFL Cup tie between West Ham United and Chelsea on Wednesday night kicked off in stoppage time, when some of the visiting supporters made for the exit at the back of the lower tier of the Sir Trevor Brooking…

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Amateur footage shows crowd trouble inside the London Stadium towards the end of West Ham’s 2-1 EFL Cup win over Chelsea on Wednesday night. Plastic bottles, seats and coins were thrown. Police made seven arrests. Both clubs have promised to ban for life any supporters found guilty of wrongdoing Original footage by @Jayzinq West Ham v Chelsea: Slaven Bilic condemns violence at London Stadium Continue reading…

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