Monday 1st August saw Trafalgar Square packed with 7000 supporters to set the scene for England’s Lionesses to receive their deserved praise and celebrate their historic achievement with the rest of the Nation. A real sense of pride was palpable amongst those there.

56 years after the England men’s team - led by 3 West Ham United stars - last lifted a piece of significant international silverware, the Lionesses won the Women’s Euros 2022. Again it was at Wembley and again it was against Germany!

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A year ago Irons Supporting Foodbanks were gearing up for their first full season collecting for Newham Foodbank's 6 distribution centres.

In the 12 months since then with the support of West Ham fans and friends, they are supplying 20 foodbanks in Newham and Essex. Food-wise, they've delivered £50,000-worth of food into the community since January 2022. Every £350 they receive gets turned into £2,000-worth of food, in some cases £4,000. There's no other major London club with supporters like ours who look after their own. If you can, please drop them a few ££s so that we can keep going and support those who are struggling.

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Updated 29th July 2022
Here we look at who we could be playing, how the seeding works, which clubs will be seeded and how the draw determines the home and away legs.

Match tickets are now on sale for the home leg of our Europa Conference Play Off matches, even though we don’t know who the opposition will be – or whether we will be at home or away for the 1st leg.

The Europa Conference League play-off round draw is at 13:00 BST on 2nd August, from UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

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WHUST attended this stakeholder conference held at the National Football Museum in Manchester, on Monday 25th July 2022. The day was aimed at promoting discussion whilst enabling supporters to speak to a range of those involved, as the key stakeholders.

There were representatives from the Sports Ground Safety Authority (SGSA), Football Supporters Association (FSA), Premier League, English Football League representatives, the Police, and those that advise government on a range of football related issues including the law and how it relates to football.

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Many football clubs are entering into partnerships with cryptocurrency providers, including those with product offerings that encourage fans to purchase cryptocurrency backed tokens that provide so called ‘engagement opportunities’ with their clubs.

It is further noted that cryptocurrencies are a high-risk investment product not currently regulated in the UK.

This motion calls on the FSA is to develop a plan of action to address the proliferation of these schemes across football

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Blowing Bubbles magazine are producing a special edition to celebrate Mark Noble’s long West Ham career this summer.

“His retirement at the end of last season, after 550 games, rounded off a career spent entirely with his hometown club, except for two brief loan spells at the start of his career. Such a player and such a career deserves a special send-off.”

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It’s Official! West Ham United is a Top 8 club.

Whilst Sky may harp on about The Big 6, the Premier League actually has an official definition of The Top 6 and also The Top 8 and West Ham United are now a “Top 8 Club”

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How do you say thank you and goodbye to a player that has given so much to one club, our club, for so many years?

Almost all his youth and first team football has been at West Ham United, aside from loan spells in 2006.

Mark was the youngest player to appear in the reserve team, when age 15 years, he took to the pitch, and was 17 years old when he made his senior team debut.

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The FSA are surveying supporters to find out which kick-off times rearranged from a Saturday afternoon for broadcast are your least favourite?

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WHUST Chair Sue Watson was interviewed by BBC Radio to discuss her thoughts on the Europa League semi-final first leg match against Eintracht Frankfurt.

On the morning of the match she was interviewed by Ben Fryer on BBC Essex and on the morning after interviewd by Vanessa Feltz on BBC Radio London.

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We met on Monday to discuss arrangements for supporter safety at this week’s match against Eintracht Frankfurt at the London Stadium.

This was a typical call of the kind that WHUST has with the FSE before a European match and we were joined by Dario Minden from the Eintracht Frankfurt fan organisation and Superintendent Jo Edwards who is the match commander for Thursday’s game.

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The Government will today set out its plans as to how it will radically reform the governance of men’s football in England, delivering on the manifesto commitment to fans to ensure a sustainable future for the national game.

The Government will endorse the 10 key strategic recommendations set out in its fan led review of football governance, published by Tracey Crouch MP in November 2021, which will improve financial sustainability and corporate governance across our national game, and place fans squarely at the heart of decision-making.

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THREE Premier League supporters groups gave their unequivocal backing for Fair Game today in a move that represents a huge boost for the organisation’s aims to overhaul the governance of football.

Sue Watson, the Chair of West Ham United Supporters' Trust, said: ”West Ham United Supporters' Trust is proud to stand with Fair Game and fully endorse Fair Game Week. Now is the time to act to protect our history, our heritage not just for us but for those that will come after us.”

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Premier League Supporters groups oppose Champions League changes that will entrench the richest clubs; damage the English football pyramid; and rip off fans.

Our groups represent fans that support teams across the Premier League.

We are united in opposition to proposals to reform the Champions League that are a back door attempt to return to the discredited idea of a European Super League.

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We have been working on the Government’s Fan-Led Review of Football Governance since it was first announced in April 2021.

You can read about our involvment and our presentation to Tracey Crouch as part of the review process on the Fan-led Review section on our website.

The Fan-led Review of Football Governance proposed ideas which could radically transform our game for the better – and we want West Ham supporters across England and Wales to do their bit and ensure that the Government implements those recommendations.

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50 year musical commemoration evening celebrating West Ham United pioneering three black players in the same team for the first ever time.

On 1st April, 1972 Football League history was made when Clyde Best, Ade Coker and Clive Charles were selected to play against Spurs. It was first time three black players featured together in the same team. Coker, who would go on to become a USA international scored in the Hammers' 2-0 victory that day.

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The thoughts and prayers of West Ham United Supporters’ Trust and the West Ham community are with the people of Ukraine as they resist the invasion of their country.
Many West Ham fans are descended from families who endured night after night of bombing raids during the Blitz.
That spirit lives on with the incredible resilience of the Ukrainian people in the face of an enemy trying to bomb them into submission, as well as the bravery of ordinary people in Russia and Belarus taking massive risks to protest against war and their dictatorial leaders.

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Due to track renewal and drainage maintenance work between Maryland and Forest Gate and other essential engineering works on the line, there will be no trains running between Shenfield and Stratford for the following matches.

• Sunday 13th March 2022 - Aston Villa
  Sunday 20th March 2022 - Tottenham Hotspur (away)

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