west ham play their home games at london stadium.
west ham play their home games at london stadium.
where do west ham play their home games?
london stadium
at the beginning of the 2016–17 season, west ham's games were marred by instances of crowd trouble. against bournemouth on 21 august some fans arrived with tickets for seats that did not exist. fighting also occurred between rival supporters outside the stadium. on 26 august during a europa league game against fc astra giurgiu fighting broke out in the stadium with a supporter being arrested on suspicion of causing abh. against watford, rival fans fought following poor crowd segregation. on 1 october 2016, against middlesbrough three people were arrested as violent clashes occurred. on 22 october 2016, against sunderland rival fans confronted each other as sunderland fans returned to transport taking them home. by 25 october 2016, 23 banning orders had been issued to fans with nine arrests. there was further crowd trouble on 26 october 2016 during west ham's efl cup fourth-round game against london rivals, chelsea. seven people were arrested as police introduced a ban on the sale of alcohol. plastic bottles, seats and coins were thrown during west ham's 2–1 victory. hundreds of supporters clashed and riot police entered the concourse. west ham vice-chairman karren brady said any supporter identified as having taken part in the violence would receive a lifetime ban. mp mark field called for west ham to play behind closed doors should any further violence occur. in october 2016, football stadium design expert, paul fletcher said that the stadium should be pulled down and rebuilt as in its current design it was not right for football fans as they were too far from the pitch. in december 2016, a cameraman working for arsenal tv was punched in the face by a west ham supporter towards the end of west ham's 1–5 defeat by arsenal.
london stadium
millwall and west ham have played each other 99 times competitively: millwall have won 38, west ham 34 and 27 have ended in a draw. before the first world war the teams met 60 times in just 16 years, mostly in the southern and western football leagues. they have played a total of 39 times in league and cup competitions since 1916. the teams have usually competed in different divisions, spending only 12 seasons in the same tier of the football league. even so, the derbies have retained their passion and both sets of supporters still consider the other club their main rival. they last played against each other in the 2011–12 championship. as of the 2019–20 season, west ham play in the premier league and millwall play in the championship, the tier below.
millwall f.c.–west ham united f.c. rivalry