Hammers shock truth at London Stadium

Official attendance? 195,000 absent supporters

A Freedom of Information request from Claret and Hugh to Newham Council’s London Stadium Security Advisory Group (LS-SAG) revealed the true attendance at London Stadium for West Ham home matches last season.

Official figures revealed on Friday show that 195,496 ticket holders did not attend West Ham’s matches at the London Stadium last season, with 21,570 season ticket holders missing the Monday night Premier League match against Brentford on February 26 this year.

The fixtures on March 9 and 16 (West Ham v Burnley and West Ham v Aston Villa) were not available for technical reasons and all West Ham home matches after April 2 have not yet been reviewed by the LS-SAG in July and were therefore not yet available at the time of the access to information request.

Compared to the official attendance figures for the London Stadium, which are in fact the record for tickets sold, they make for bleak reading.