West Ham have a reputation for having a passionate fanbase, and last season they averaged the third-highest average gate in the Premier League with 59,917 fans attending their home matches, only bettered by Arsenal and Manchester United.
However, the Premier League doesn’t seem to be doing its utmost to keep those fans happy. The latest news to break from the league is a fixture update that has seen a whopping seven of West Ham’s games from December and January moved for TV purposes – the affected fixtures can be seen on whufc.com.
There are changes to our fixtures in December & January…
Wolves (a): Wed 4 Dec
Arsenal (h): Mon 9 Dec
Sheff Utd (a): Fri 10 Jan— West Ham United (@WestHam) October 17, 2019
The fans are obviously not happy that so many of their games have been moved, especially considering that their clashes with Wolves, Arsenal, Sheffield United and Leicester being moved to midweek evenings as opposed to the stereotypical weekend lunchtime kick-offs.
So once again the FA & Sky show no respect for the hard working hard pressed fans that have to travel toaway games early and mid week
— John Ruby (@XxjayarexX) October 17, 2019
why put arsenal on a monday ;(
— will (@willsimpson33) October 17, 2019
I get the feeling the Hammers and their fans are being unfairly treated here. Why so many changes ffs!!!
— Gerald Beament (@bigeaudevie1) October 17, 2019
no renewal of ST next year, 530 games are a joke, it shouldnt be allabout the money
— laurie blows (@lolblows) October 17, 2019
Some of the fans, whose tweets you will see below, just cannot believe that their club has been the subject of seven fixture changes, whilst others are just fuming that they might miss certain games because of the changes.
Is that all
— AllSportsView (@AllSportsView) October 17, 2019
7 changes!! Bloody hell
— mark speller (@supersonic_mark) October 17, 2019
Now I can’t travel down to Arsenal game
— Chris Bishop (@Chris_Bishop84) October 17, 2019
Yeah thanks for that, working on all of those dates
— Nicky Goodchild (@dinnerman46) October 17, 2019