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West Ham offer to meet unhappy fans

West Ham United have offered to meet groups of supporters who are planning to boycott two home fixtures and stage a protest outside the London Stadium before each game.

The fans issued a vote of no confidence in the board and blamed the club for not putting in place better scouting and recruitment departments, as well as training facilities. The impact of the lack of investment, the supporters claimed, threatens the team’s chances of staying in the Premier League.

The groups have called on supporters to protest against the club’s owners before the matches against Crystal Palace on September 20 and Brentford on October 20 and boycott the fixtures, which will be broadcast live on Sky Sports at 8pm.

Some members of these groups of supporters also sit on the fan advisory board, which regularly meets the club to discuss off-the-pitch issues that affect supporters. An open letter to the board read: “We trust you’ll understand current circumstances threaten our existence as a top-flight club.

“Just two years after winning a European trophy and selling our best player [Declan Rice] to hear claims of financial distress, [a year after the last accounts said there were no PSR issues on the horizon] see an ageing uncompetitive squad, inadequate scouting infrastructure and a derided training facility is simply unacceptable and in the supporters’ eyes incontrovertible evidence of sustained failure on behalf of the executive management.”


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  1. Ron Sexton5 September 2025 at 09:42

    A fan for seventy four years so just about seen it all I find it hard to understand the third richest club in the premier league second in fan attendance and a huge list of fans on season ticket waiting list, and a stadium we rent.
    To buy this club is quoting the obvious and a chairman at present runs everything buying and selling players and employing the Manager.
    We as loyal fans deserve better why the so called pundits fail to understand this is incomprehensible.

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