WHUST is disappointed in the Club's decision to increase Season Ticket prices for the 2023/2024 Season. We have consistently told the Club that we do not think a price increase is in the best interests of supporters or the Club.
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Every few years The Football Supporters’ Association conduct a national fans survey to assess the state of the game and the views of football supporters.
The last of these fans’ censuses was conducted in 2017, to which more than 8,000 fans from across the football pyramid gave their opinions. A lot has happened in the six years since they last polled supporters – the introduction of VAR, the COVID-19 pandemic, the spectre of the European Super League raising its head and the subsequent Fan-led Review of football governance to name but a few major impacts on our game.
Due to track renewal and other essential engineering works on the line, there will be no trains running between Colchester and Ingatestone for our next home match against Southampton.
~ Sunday 2nd April 2023 - Southampton
Football fans often face multiple challenges when travelling to watch their team play in European competitions, from late fixtures and visa requirements to high tickets prices and aggressive policing. In order to improve this situation, Football Supporters Europe (FSE) continues to monitor conditions in away sectors for the third consecutive season.
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Chris Wheal from the trust appeared on BBC’s The Football News Show today.
They take a look at David Moyes’ future at West Ham, and ask are the fans behind him?
Welcome to the first annual report of WHUST. This is the first year of our conversion to a trust and much has happened in that year.
Converting to a trust has grown our influence and broadened our appeal. We have attracted experienced, professional, passionate West Ham supporters to our board. The extensive range of expertise they have brought has enabled us to increase the work we can do for the entire West Ham fan base.
The Annual General Meeting of the Trust took place on Wednesday 15th February 2023 and was held online via Zoom video-conferencing.
Thank you to those members who either joined the meeting or submitted proxy voting forms in advance of the meeting.
All resolutions were passed on the night.
At the latest Metropolitan Police Independent Advisory Group for football supporters, one of the agenda items WHUST raised, was the Turnaround Plan from Sir Mark Rowley; the current Met Commissioner.
WHUST made the point that football supporters make up a significant ‘community’ across London that experience policing for every game attended. Further we were clear that each football supporter comes from their own communities, so will have a view and opinion on the Police and policing they experience.
WHUST wins BBC retraction of West Ham hooligan claim
WHUST has secured a rewrite by the BBC after it published an inaccurate and exaggerated report calling West Ham fans “hooligans”. The story was circulated to local papers and “cut and pasted” by several other journalists too.
The story was initially headlined: London Stadium hooliganism costs taxpayer £500,000
A new report by Tracey Crouch MP, chair of the Fan Led Review of Football Governance, shows how football would benefit from its recommendations – which have still not been implemented 12 months on.
On behalf of WHUST, chair Sue Watson and board member Chris Wheal attended a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Football Supporters in the House of Lords this morning where The Fan Led Review: One Year On was launched.
The Club and Stadium Operating representatives presented the ISC members and FSA officer with an overview of the safeguarding policy with the recognition of the statutory obligations to Premier League regulations, Newham Council and conformity of the Stadium’s operating licence. There followed a discussion of the relevant enforcement policy and the roles of the stewards and SLOs.
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WHUST stands shoulder to shoulder with MUST in their actions on the unfair and damaging reduction in the away ticket allocation for a game moved by broadcasters. We're fans not criminals. The police have an outdated and prejudiced attitude to football supporters.
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Hammers supporters have demanded the government implement former Conservative sports minister Tracey Crouch’s Fan-led Review of football recommendations in full and at once.
The call from the West Ham United Supporters’ Trust (WHUST) comes after speculation in The Times that new prime minster Liz Truss will kick the fan-led review’s main demand – of an independent regulator for football – into the long grass and give football clubs time to come up with a softer alternative.
West Ham United Supporters’ Trust notes the acknowledgement from the PGMOL that the VAR decisions on Saturday 3rd September, involving West Ham United was “incorrect”.
Acknowledgement alone is not enough. The consequence of this negligence was that West Ham did not receive the points we should have gained through our performance on the pitch. This could prove to be detrimental in league position or financial earning at the end of the season.
The Chelsea Supporters’ Trust and The West Ham United Supporters’ Trust are appalled, yet not surprised, at the predictable farce surrounding the scheduling for the fixture this weekend.
It was totally unacceptable for the fixture date to be altered with only a week’s notice, however, the broadcasting companies and the Premier League have still not confirmed the kick-off time - this is a disgrace.
The Fooball Supporters Association have published an article on the catering prices charged to West Ham supporters at the London Stadium, including an interview wih WHUST Chair Sue Watson.
Boycott the Bars – a boycott organised by the West Ham United Supporters’ Trust (WHUST), the Independent Supporters Committee (ISC) and other fan groups – has seen concession stands go unused at games due to high prices.
It’s not just supporters in East London who are unhappy, the club themselves have threatened to take legal action against the owners of the London Stadium if beer and food prices are not lowered.
There are women of all ages who are passionate about West Ham. We think it’s time to give female supporters a voice and a platform to promote a more diverse fanbase. Consequently we are launching a female-run supporters group called Intrepid Irons.
The concept has been in the making over the past twelve months after listening to women share their matchday experience at home games, away and online too. The aim of Intrepid irons is to improve the female matchday experience.
The issue with "The Wall" and the prohibition of any bottles in the stadium for the Viborg match is potentially trying to mitigate against a match behind closed doors sanction from UEFA.
WHUST normally meets with the FSE (Football Supporters Europe), typically joined by someone from the Club/LS185 and the police match commander before any medium / high risk UEFA match. After the SK Rapid Wien home match, subsequent briefings mentioned the need to mitigate against the throwing of objects.
West Ham fan groups, on the Independent Supporters Committee, led by WHUST chair Sue Watson, appear to have secured a u-turn on staggering beer and food price increases. Stories in the Mail and on fan websites report the claim that prices will be cut but, officially, they club has only said they are “actively working on pricing”.
WHUST provided evidence that E20 was in breach of the concession agreement with the club, which pegs prices at West Ham to the average of three other London clubs: Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs.
WHUST Chair Sue Watson was interviewed this evening on BBC Radio 5 Live to give her thoughts on the forthcoming season.
She was interviewed on the 5 Live Drive program by Claire McDonnell who also happens to be a Hammers fan.
You can listen to the interview here: