WHUST board member Rachel caught up with Designated Football Officer PC Andy Sheldon recently to find out more including what the role involves, what happens prior to and after games, the amount of preparation work and meetings that take place before each game.
Read MoreThe European Football Fans Congress 2023 was held over the past few days and WHUST were involved in submitting a motion proposing the arrangements for fans at UEFA European Finals, which was adopted at the Annual General Meeting
Read MoreIt’s Official! West Ham United is still a Top 8 Club. We joined the ranks of the Premier League Top 8 last season and have maintained that status.
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.
Football fans often face multiple challenges when travelling to watch their team play in European competitions, from late fixtures and visa requirements to high ticket prices and aggressive policing. In order to improve this situation, Football Supporters Europe (FSE) monitors conditions in UEFA Club Competitions.
Supporters who attended the UEFA Europa Conference League Final 2023 in Prague are invited to complete the following survey to provide information on relevant topics, including travel arrangements, ticket prices, allocation, policing/stewarding, catering, etc.
WHUST welcomes the news that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced new advertising rules regarding the marketing of cryptoassets to UK consumers.
WHUST, alongside other West Ham fan groups and the Football Supporters Association, has been concerned about the emergence of cryptocurrencies being targeted at supporters, often as part of a process for fan engagement on opinion polls, or to buy memorabilia.
The next Intrepid Irons (women’s supporters group) meeting will be held on Zoom on Tuesday 30th May at 6:30pm.
At the meeting we will have a presentation from West Ham’s designated football officer - PC Andy Sheldon. He will be talking to us about the Violence Against Women and Girls initiative.
Members of the WHUST board today had an online session with Football Supporters Europe and supporter reps from AZ Alkmaar. We exchanged information concerning supporters for the home and away legs of our Europa Conference semi-final legs.
Details about away areas for supporters in Alkmaar and travel from Amsterdam and from Alkmaar to and from the stadium are detailed here.
The WHUST board is delighted to invite you to our first ordinary general meeting. The event will be held via Zoom on Monday 15 May at 6.30 and will last one hour.
No motions have been proposed by the board or members so this meeting is open to supporters and potential members. Please pass on this invitation to as many of your fellow Hammers fans as you can.
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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.
Read MoreEvery 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.
Read MoreChris 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.
Read MoreWHUST 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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