Not all West Ham fans will look back on their 3-0 home loss to Burnley at The London Stadium with fondness, and for good reason given the embarrassing nature of the result, however, what the result brought on in terms of protests has arguably changed the face of the club.
When West Ham fans invaded the pitch in 2018 to protest the owners
Shocking scenes! pic.twitter.com/ta4VNgmlkI
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) October 10, 2019
The Irons, during that 3-0 loss, saw plenty of fans storm the pitch to protests against their club’s lack of spending, angered by their shocking league position, the club were 16th in the Premier League and just three points above the drop zone, and many took action.
There were scenes that saw Mark Noble tackle one fan in an attempt to remove him from the pitch whilst another supporter took it upon himself to grab one of the corner flags, take it to the middle of the pitch and laud it amongst a fiery London Stadium.
You can read the Irons’ thoughts on those protests here:
I done it all for my West Ham an to see it worked the way I thought it would I’m a happy man
— R (@Ronwhu) October 11, 2019
A turning point for our club, thankfully the owners have listened and we are better for it.
— Brett “COYI” Ansell (@AnsellBrett) October 11, 2019
Not going to condone the behaviour but it definitely worked. They woke up and put their hand in their pocket
— Jack Baker (@JackRBaker) October 11, 2019
I agree @willearle_ defo made the owners realise a lot of things @WadsworthKenton
— JOHN PARKINSON (@JOHNPAR44374622) October 11, 2019
Best thing that happened to this club actually made the owners shut up and put their hands in their pockets
— will earle (@willearle_) October 11, 2019
@Tommypickles8 good day out this
— Jack Street (@Jackstreet94) October 10, 2019
Very important day in the recent history of the club. Forced their hand to actually spend some money and get in a decent manager. Spending money 1 transfer window doesn’t however make up for years and years of under investment.
— Charlie Levy (@CharlieLevy92) October 11, 2019
The supporters have very little issue with these protests as they firmly believe that what happened that day made a big difference.