THIS is the harrowing sight of two sets of ultras involved in brutal assault as Feyenoord thugs sought to settle a decade-long feud with Nancy followers. They locked horns in a remote woodland area on the outskirts of Rotterdam. The shocking footage was shot last Saturday during an arranged ‘revenge’ fight between two rival gangs […]
COMING out of Pudding Mill Lane station for the West Ham-Chelsea game, I thought I had walked into a war zone. Having covered boxing and athletics on every continent, I’m well used to stringent security in and around huge stadiums. But I have never seen as many riot police at any other sporting event as […]
THE scenes we saw towards the end of Wednesday’s win over Chelsea at London Stadium were a huge disappointment. A disappointment to all who have worked so hard to put on such an exciting fixture in the face of a small minority of mindless individuals hell-bent on causing trouble. It saddens me greatly that the […]
WEST HAM need to sort out security at their new London Stadium before someone gets seriously injured or – God forbid – KILLED. The crowd trouble that marred their 2-1 EFL Cup win over Chelsea on Wednesday showed the time has come for the Hammers to stop passing the buck, pointing the finger and pinching the pennies and […]
SLAVEN BILIC condemned the shameful crowd trouble that marred his Hammers EFL Cup win as “unacceptable.” Rival thugs ripped up seats and hurled them at each other as they brawled in the stands as things at West Ham’s new stadium once again turned ugly. Boss Bilic said: “I can say only I have noticed it […]