There was angry scenes at the London Stadium on Wednesday as a Tottenham fan in his club’s tracksuit gets caught standing in the West Ham end.
A video of the moment was uploaded to social media, and gone viral quick, getting over 150,000 views within 12 hours of publishing.
Allen Westgate wrote: “West Ham – why do you sell tickets to opposition ‘fans’ in the BB lower ? This bloke has some neck wearing a TH tracksuit!”
@WestHam – why do you sell tickets to opposition ‘fans’ in the BB lower ? This bloke has some neck wearing a TH tracksuit ! pic.twitter.com/qDxWjzfdwL
— Allen Westgate (@vegieplot) August 31, 2022
The game itself saw Tomas Soucek score to earn West Ham a 1-1 home draw against London rivals Spurs; Hammers defender Thilo Kehrer had scored a first-half own goal after a lightning-quick Spurs counter-attack; Antonio Conte’s side managed to hold on to remain unbeaten this season.
Player ratings
West Ham: Fabianski (7), Coufal (7), Zouma (7), Kehrer (6), Cresswell (7), Rice (7), Soucek (8), Fornals (7), Bowen (7), Benrahma (6), Antonio (7)
Subs: Paqueta (6), Emerson (6), Ogbonna (7)
Tottenham: Lloris (7), Sanchez (7), Dier (7), Davies (7), Royal (7), Bissouma (7), Hojbjerg (7), Perisic (7), Kulusevski (7), Son (6), Kane (7)
Subs: Richarlison (6),
Man of the match: Tomas Soucek
Man of the match: Tomas Soucek
Sky Sports’ Lewis Jones said: “This was a timely performance from West Ham’s midfield battering ram. Things have not really clicked for Soucek so far this season with his passing and inability to move the ball quickly being labelled as one of the key reasons why the Hammers have started this Premier League campaign slowly.
“But that is not Soucek’s game. He is all about causing chaos in the box with his driving runs which add to West Ham’s goalscoring threat. Moyes loves to play with difference makers like Soucek and his decision to keep the midfielder in his starting XI certainly reaped reward with the midfielder hauling the Hammers back into the match at a key time.”
West Ham boss David Moyes in his post-match press conference:
“A draw is a good result, but ultimately we would’ve liked to have won it.
“But there’s parts of the game where Tottenham were very good but I think after the opening 10 or 15 minutes probably the turning point was there was a penalty going in our favour.
“I think the game completely changed. We slightly altered how we started and it gave us a better foothold in the game and we played much better.
“The ability Tottenham have with their forward players is immense so you’re always on a knife’s edge with them.”
Asked whether he was encouraged by the performance, the Scot responded: “I was encouraged with what I saw on Sunday (the win at Aston Villa). I was encouraged with what I’m seeing tonight.
“I’m seeing us just beginning to get a little bit of rhythm going a little bit, try to introduce some of the new players. We’re trying to build towards a new side and building a new team.”
West Ham boss David Moyes in his post-match press conference:
“A draw is a good result, but ultimately we would’ve liked to have won it.
“But there’s parts of the game where Tottenham were very good but I think after the opening 10 or 15 minutes probably the turning point was there was a penalty going in our favour.
“I think the game completely changed. We slightly altered how we started and it gave us a better foothold in the game and we played much better.
“The ability Tottenham have with their forward players is immense so you’re always on a knife’s edge with them.”
Asked whether he was encouraged by the performance, the Scot responded: “I was encouraged with what I saw on Sunday (the win at Aston Villa). I was encouraged with what I’m seeing tonight.
“I’m seeing us just beginning to get a little bit of rhythm going a little bit, try to introduce some of the new players. We’re trying to build towards a new side and building a new team.”
Sky Sports’ Lewis Jones added: This felt like the West Ham we have become accustomed to under David Moyes. After a slow start against Tottenham, they kicked into gear with an aggressive and dangerous performance. That energy and bite got the crowd involved at the London Stadium – an absolute must for a home team in a London derby of this magnitude.
It’s not easy to play against West Ham,” Tottenham boss Antonio Conte remarked afterwards. That is usually the case but that edge and conviction in West Ham’s play has been missing so far this season with Brighton and Nottingham Forest taking maximum points off them whilst although the result was good in their 1-0 win at Aston Villa there were still huge flaws in their rhythm and chemistry. That returned here as the Hammers grew in stature as the game wore on. In this was a 100-minute game rather than 90, then West Ham would have been a fair bet for stealing the points.
Tomas Soucek was back to his battering-ram best, Michail Antonio chased lost causes and provided the platform for West Ham to build from and Declan Rice was his usual calm, collected and classy self in midfield. You would be hard pushed to find a better spine than that in the Premier League when all are on song. When you throw Moyes’ new additions into the mix – Lucas Paqueta was introduced on 67 minutes and added extra spark – there is certainly more hope for another exciting season than what it seemed a few weeks ago.
Twitter users had their say to the angry scenes as a Tottenham fan is caught in the West Ham end…
@Bradley25072424: Never should of got in. If he is a tourist that’s so irresponsible he probably just thought he was buying a ticket to get in ? I don’t want to see anyone hurt over it .
@dpm_79: @LondonStadium this is another topic we can add to our twitter chat. I get my ticket checked 3 times in the space of 20 feet this bloke gets to his seat wearing an away tracksuit. Massive issues with this stadium but at least you built a pointless wall.
@cosaman10: How did the ‘stewards’ not see him coming in 🤷♂️
@TheBoomtownRat: Shouldn’t be there but what an embarrassment in the grey though ‘hold me back, hold me back’ bloke holding him back is about 80 🤦♂️
@Brocky6061: He clearly doesn’t realise he’s done anything wrong. That being said how did he get past the stewards ?
@Blowmonkey1: Can wear a full Spurs tracksuit in and no one stops him. But try taking a plastic lid in from a water bottle and you’ll be wrestled to the ground and your season ticket suspended. The lad could have been proper hurt. But every fan should know you don’t sit with the opposition in your colours.
@sigib123: What was he thinking 🤷🏾♂️
@BenHewittMfc: Geeza in the grey tracksuit acting like he’s gonna do somet😭
@JohnRob26145882: Tell you what I know its a cliché but if that was Upton Park that fella would have been in bags of trouble
@s1order: @WestHam you have the footage, let’s see them get lifetime bans now. Assaulting this young man for no apparent reason.
@hassony77: I just don’t understand why anyone would want to go to a match and sit with the opposition’s fans
@LucyMuckyKnees: The guy being held back, as if he’s just seen Osama Bin Laden in the London Stadium 🥴
@George_G_THFC: Haha that little boy pretending to be held back. To be fair, that guy was naughty. I’d have gone for him had it been the other way.
@jackthfc__: Full spurs trackie 😭😭😭
@Lee_Carroll84: Helmets been watching too much Green Street 🔔’s
@BirdsTheWord__: The lad in the stoney who gets a whack, thinks na fuck that and then politely pushes our lad up the stairs after is my favourite here 😂
@thestorysospurs: haha if you’re gonna do it don’t wear a fucking spurs tracksuit lad 😂
Well done to this dad for saving his son from a severe beating in front of tens of thousands. Great parenting. pic.twitter.com/6fHQXF4IOu
— Imran Escőbar (@razor5edge) August 31, 2022
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