Heated scenes as fight erupts between Luton fans and West Ham stewards during the penultimate round of Premier League fixtures on Saturday.
It came with just minutes left of the second half to play out, with various footage doing the rounds on social media.
The incident saw some of the away supporters got involved in a scuffle with the stewards with claims that stewards were trying to remove at least two fans from the lower tier, which caused the disruption.
Pushing a shoving led to more getting involved with a number of fans and stewards spotted falling down stairs as things got more hostile.
However, more stewards quickly arrived at the scene and were soon joined by the police.
Thankfully, they were able to calm the situation down and prevent any further trouble.
@CaoimheSport tweeted: “The end of this game has been marred by some clashes in the Luton away end. Not entirely sure what caused it or even what happened but a lot of stewards rushed in to calm things down. All under control now but a couple of kids had to be lifted out. Not what you want to see.”
Luton fans kicking off, steward gets sucker punched and they start chanting Luton pic.twitter.com/NFQxVr6Jg8
— springfield fats (@kidAmok) May 11, 2024
It has all gone off in the Luton away end at the London Stadium pic.twitter.com/i4H0JwWHHO
— West Ham Football (@westhamfootball) May 11, 2024
Luton fans taken relegation well 🤣 #COYI ⚒️ @AwayDays_ pic.twitter.com/6kDgXe95Lr
— Oliver Stapley 🇬🇧 (@OliverStapley) May 11, 2024
Some Luton fans aren’t enjoying the score at London Stadium. Relegation seems inevitable now pic.twitter.com/OUrksfSyTj
— Mohamed Qoutb (@MoQoutb) May 11, 2024
@WestHam not surprised with the trouble in the Luton end today. I was assaulted by a steward on my way out of the ground. I complained but was just laughed at. Disgraceful.
— Mark Holness (@MarkHolness10) May 11, 2024
The game itself saw West Ham beat Luton 3-1 at the London Stadium, Albert Sambi Lokonga put the visitors ahead, but then second-half goals from James Ward-Prowse, Tomas Soucek and sub George Earthy gave the hosts a much needed win in David Moyes’s last home game, with Luton now all but relegated.
Player ratings (per Sky Sports)
West Ham: Areola (6), Coufal (6), Zouma (6), Ogbonna (6), Emerson (6), Ward-Prowse (7), Soucek (6), Bowen (9), Paqueta (6), Kudus (7), Antonio (7)
Subs: Cresswell (6), Ings (6) , Earthy (7), Casey (6)
Luton: Kaminski (8), Burke (6), Mengi (6), Osho (6), Onyedinma (6), Sambi Lokonga (6), Barkley (6), Doughty (8), Morris (6), Chong (7), Adebayo (7)
Subs: Ogbene (6), Berry (6), Woodrow (6), Mpanzu, Clark (6)
Player of the match: Jarrod Bowen
The way Rob Edwards has handled himself throughout his time as Luton boss has made me really warm to him.
He seems like such a genuine bloke. The reaction to Tom Lockyer’s issues, the idea to make their squad aware of John Still and now this. Superb.
— HLTCO (@HLTCO) May 12, 2024
West Ham boss David Moyes:
“I was certainly emotional because I’ve been here four-and-a-half years. I was a bit subdued because I knew what the other manager was going through.
“But it was good to see. Sometimes all you hear is negative stuff, but it looked like the best part of 50,000 supporters stayed behind in appreciation, which was good. I am really pleased about that.
“To join any football club and do something with them is not easy for any manager.
“Hopefully I will walk away with people saying something has been done here. Expectations have increased like you can’t believe.
“From a team which avoided relegation, now this is a club saying we want to be in Europe every year. It is a big turnaround in a few years.”
Luton boss Rob Edwards:
“It was really difficult, hugging Locks at the end and seeing how the supporters reacted made me emotional.
“It’s a difficult day. What I said to our players and staff in the dressing room afterwards was ‘thank you’. They, along with our fans and the board, have given me the best 18 months of my life.
“I wanted to thank them today. We didn’t get relegated because of today. I am really disappointed that I am the one responsible, I feel that way, that we’ve not been able to do it.
“We’ve thrown everything at it but just come up short. It was difficult for us and in the end has just been a bit too much for us. But I’ve loved it and it fuels the fire to get back into it.”
Twitter users reacted after watching the heated scenes as a fight erupts between Luton fans and West Ham stewards…
@South_Ryan: Sad day for Luton, manager in tears, relegation, another loss and got a battering from West Ham stewards. See you next season lap of honour fc #ltfc #watfordfc
@oleole1999: These West Ham stewards always looking for a row
@MarkHolness10: @WestHam not surprised with the trouble in the Luton end today. I was assaulted by a steward on my way out of the ground. I complained but was just laughed at. Disgraceful.
@IainBishop2: Stewards haven’t improved since 2016 I see 😂
@tonymart1n: R100 needs a ban
@icf66: They couldn’t handle the banter we were giving erm. 😁
@Hutchywutch: Punching and kicking stewards. Going down with class.
@whufcdamo: Say Hello to Millwall 😂
@AllEnglandFlags: Getting relegated and slapped around by £7.50 an hour stewards. Rotten day for them lot.
@_harry__russell: West Ham stewards at it again 👀 @ASPolice #justiceforfans
@brianmoogan46: They’ve put up more of a fight than there team have 😂😂😂😂, get them to fuck firm of scruffy cunts
@bryncurran: I’d put that more towards the power-hungry stewards than anything else. Away stewards are well known for being absolute cunt’s and I’ve seen it first-hand, only have to look at them funny and they are looking for a scrap.
@FKiernan5: At least we are going down by making an almighty show of ourselves.🧡
@darcher6991: Go down with a fight fair play 👍
@ltreidy67: Scenes that we absolutely want to see.
We did wonder what was going on… pic.twitter.com/HtSyq3Sf4Z
— 🫧 Mitch ⚒️ (@m1tch23) May 11, 2024
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