Celebrating West Ham followers dance on tables after European last win
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housands of West Ham followers poured into the streets of Prague because the soccer membership received its first trophy in additional than 40 years.
Fans danced on tables and kissed one another in pubs throughout the Czech capital as they watched the Hammers raise the Europa Conference League trophy on Wednesday night time.
Supporters chanted “2-1 to the cockney boys” as they watched on from a pub within the metropolis, with 1000’s having travelled from the UK with out tickets.
The last came about on the Fortuna Arena, which has a capability of round 19,300, with West Ham receiving an official allocation of 5,000.
Supporters watched in bars across the metropolis, together with a gaggle who went wild at McCarthy’s Pub within the Old Town space from the second Jarrod Bowen gave the group the lead within the last minute of the second half.
Standing on the tables, they sang “West Ham are massive everywhere we go.”
Since the ultimate whistle, West Ham followers have lined the streets of Prague chanting “West Ham are massive” and shouting “Irons”, with the followers showing to be prepared for an extended night time of celebrations.
A lot of followers began to satisfy within the centre of Prague’s Old Town inside half an hour of the victory, the place they beforehand gathered within the build-up to the ultimate.
It got here hours after West Ham followers had been attacked by Italian supporters within the metropolis centre, prompting police to detain 16 folks.
Czech police stated three folks had been injured in the course of the incident, with one police officer being attacked.
One witness stated followers of the Italian aspect had been armed with “chains and belt buckles”.
There was additionally controversy in the course of the match as Cristiano Biraghi of Fiorentina was seen bleeding from the again of the top after he appeared to have been hit by an object thrown from the West Ham stand.
A fan of the London membership watching the ultimate in McCarthy’s bar stated the incident “won’t look good on West Ham”.
Shortly earlier than the tip of the match, the English membership put out a press release condemning the behaviour of a “small number of individuals”, including: “These actions have no place in football, and do not in any way represent the values of our football club and the overwhelming majority of our supporters, who have behaved impeccably in Prague this week and throughout our last two seasons in European competition.”
The membership stated it could work with police to assessment the incident and take motion towards offenders, together with implementing lifetime bans.