12 March 2018
A Marcus Rashford double saw Manchester United run out 2-1 winners over Liverpool on Saturday, but should the Reds have had a penalty at Old Trafford? Dermot Gallagher has his say in this week's Ref Watch.
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12 March 2018
Sean Dyche’s Burnley inflicted a third straight Premier League defeat on David Moyes’ West Ham United at the London Stadium on Saturday afternoon, but the main headline-makers were the home supporters for their despicable behaviour during the second period. On the pitch, and after the home side had enjoyed the better of the play in the first-half, the Clarets got their first via Ashley Barnes, substitute Chris Wood at the double after ...
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12 March 2018
The FA are to consider charging West Ham following Saturday's scenes of supporter unrest at the London Stadium, Sky Sports News understands.
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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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12 March 2018
An emergency summit involving West Ham and London Stadium stakeholders is being held to discuss ways to combat the ugly scenes which occurred during Saturday's loss to Burnley.
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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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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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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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12 March 2018
Ahead of Gareth Southgate naming his England squad on Thursday, we'll be examining his options across the pitch.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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11 March 2018
Reports that West Ham could face up to a ten point deduction or up to three home games behind closed doors have been described as far-fetched by a source close to the FA this evening. The Football Association said it would be seeking observations from West Ham as well as awaiting the match referee’s report. West Ham […]
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11 March 2018
Mark Noble is 'highly unlikely' to face retrospective action after he clashed with a fan on the pitch during West Ham's 3-0 home defeat to Burnley.
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11 March 2018
Former Hammer Ravel Morrison is probably the last person you would expect to call for the board, players and fans to unite but he did just that on Twitter by posting “West Ham – players, Fans & board I hope use all come over this dark cloud & stick together WEST HAM will not go down […]
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11 March 2018
The former West Ham and England striker says Hammers co-chairman Sullivan was hit by a coin during Saturday's violence
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11 March 2018
Sir Trevor Brooking has told unhappy supporters to stay away from the London Stadium for the good of th club. “I just think that the different supporter groups obviously got frustrated and were going to have the demonstration and then they cancelled it during the week,” Brooking told the BBC on their Sportsweek program. “It looked […]
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11 March 2018
• Club face investigation from FA after fans invade pitch • West Ham co-owner David Sullivan hit by coin in director’s box Sir Trevor Brooking has admitted West Ham’s security situation could be “out of control” after the ugly scenes which marred the club’s 3-0 home defeat to Burnley at the London Stadium on Saturday. West Ham are facing an investigation by the Football Association after a series of pitch invasions and ...
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