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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West Ham security firm won’t be sacked due to 30-year deal
Posted on 12 March 2018.
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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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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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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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West Ham arrive in Miami
Posted on 12 March 2018.
David Moyes and his first team squad landed quietly in Florida on Sunday to spend five days at a warm-weather training camp. Writing in his London Evening Standard Sport column on Friday, Moyes said: “We’ve just come through a real hard winter period and although I haven’t been here since the start of the season, […]
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West Ham ready to pay for huge police presence at London Stadium
Posted on 12 March 2018.
• Decision follows ugly scenes at home game against Burnley • Under stadium deal LLDC foots bill for police at matches West Ham United are prepared to pay for a huge police presence inside the London Stadium to help to prevent a repeat of the crowd disturbances that marred Saturday’s 3-0 defeat by Burnley. The stadium’s security failings were exposed by unrest which included four pitch invasions and David Sullivan, the club’s co…
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‘Disgraceful’ West Ham scenes condemned
Posted on 12 March 2018.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has condemned the ugly scenes which marred West Ham’s 3-0 home defeat to Burnley at the London Stadium on Saturday as “disgraceful”, his spokesperson said.
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West Ham demand to take over stewarding
Posted on 12 March 2018.
A report in the Daily Telegraph says West Ham will demand to take over stewarding of the London Stadium. Chief football writer for the broadsheet Jason Burt writes “West Ham United will demand to take over the stewarding of the London Stadium after co-owner David Sullivan was struck in the face with a coin during […]
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West Ham demand urgent talks with London Mayor
Posted on 12 March 2018.
A report in the Daily Mirror said that the West Ham owners have requested urgent talks with the London Mayor Sadiq Khan. Darren Lewis writes in the Mirror “David Sullivan and David Gold are instead demanding urgent talks with London Mayor Sadiq Khan over the public order crisis on Saturday afternoon. The Irons claim Khan has […]
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Report: London Stadium capacity could be reduced
Posted on 12 March 2018.
A report in the Daily Mail today claims that West Ham could have their home capacity reduced for their next home match at the London Stadium. The tabloid claims “West Ham now face the major threat of having their stadium capacity reduced for their next home league game against Southampton on Saturday after four separate […]
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London Stadium is now the lightning rod for every West Ham complaint
Posted on 12 March 2018.
MARTIN SAMUEL – CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: For West Ham, this is an existential crisis. The club cannot turn backwards to Upton Park, and they cannot move forward at the London Stadium.
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Two corner flag protests twenty six years apart
Posted on 12 March 2018.
The removal of the corner flag and running to the circle was a homage to the 1992 protest against the West Ham Bond Scheme. At a home game against Everton in February in 1992, a West Ham fan climbed out of the old South Bank terraces at the Boleyn Ground, grabbed a corner flag and […]
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Noble refuses to blame fan who ran on the pitch
Posted on 11 March 2018.
Mark Noble refuses to blame the supporter who ran on the pitch who later tackled saying his emotions were high like mine.“It is hard for me personally because I am a West Ham fan myself and the results affect me more than anyone else, but in this league for the past two seasons really it […]
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Collins has sympathy with both players and fans
Posted on 11 March 2018.
James Collins has spoken about the fan incident with Mark Noble saying: “I think any fan running on the pitch and seeing my friend and captain and a boy who loves this club as much as me and who has been here since he was a kid…having to do that with a fan on the […]
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West Ham’s Mark Noble: ‘It reached boiling point, then exploded’
Posted on 11 March 2018.
Born in Custom House, Canning Town, Noble has been at West Ham since he was ten. As captain and a lifelong supporter, he feels the pain of the supporters more than any other player at the club.
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West Ham United fear playing behind closed doors at London Stadium
Posted on 11 March 2018.
At an emergency meeting of stakeholders called following Saturday’s mayhem during the 3-0 home defeat by Burnley, the club will press to have security measures taken out of the hands of LS185.
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Lampard breaks silence on West Ham fan trouble
Posted on 11 March 2018.
Former Hammer Frank Lampard says he sympathises with some of the frustrated West Ham fans. The former Hammer did not shy away from calling the Hammers fans aggressive, but did offer his thoughts as to what was the catalyst to yesterday’s scenes. “They feel like they’ve lost an identity in moving stadium. Part of that […]
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West Ham fans have the right to protest claims journalist
Posted on 11 March 2018.
West Ham supporters have a right to protest against their owners David Gold and David Sullivan, the Daily Telegraph’s Chief Football Writer Sam Wallace told the Sunday Supplement on Sky Sports today. Investigations are still underway by the club and Premier League, and an emergency meeting of all stakeholders has been called following the ugly scenes […]
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David Sullivan hit by coin claims Brooking
Posted on 11 March 2018.
“There weren’t sufficient stewards and they couldn’t really cope” Sir Trevor Brooking told BBC Radio 5 Live’s Sportsweek programme this morning. “The club are obviously going to have to look at things with the local police and make sure that trained stewards and police are in place — you’re almost looking at it and saying: […]
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My Worst Day At West Ham United
Posted on 11 March 2018.
It’s funny how the optimist inside of us often surfaces despite all of the available evidence. There was no reason for me to expect a victory against Burnley given our respective recent form and league standings. Sean Dyche is a manager in the ascendancy and ours is one who has failed in his last three […]
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‘West Ham will be a lost love while these owners remain in charge’
Posted on 11 March 2018.
The board brought Saturday’s crowd trouble upon itself by refusing to acknowledge the stadium and team are substandard, says season-ticket holder Jim Kearns The question to ask about West Ham is not “How have things got this bad”, but instead “How were they ever that good”? Saturday was the inevitable corollary of having a board of directors who speak with grandiloquence about the Champions League and then behave as though they…
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