Hammer Nathan Trott has returned to AFC Wimbledon after being treated for a groin injury and made his debut for the Don’s at the weekend. The loanee completed a full pre-season with AFC Wimbledon for which he signed on a season-long loan for but missed the League One’s first two league games.

Trott played all ninety minutes in his debut against Accrington Stanley on Saturday which ended 1-1 and he was again in action last night for the whole game as AFC Wimbledon lost 2-1 to Ispwich Town.

The Bermuda-born goalkeeper joined West Ham following a successful trial period in January 2016, having initially been recommended to the Club by former Hammer and fellow countryman Clyde Best. Trott was a schoolboy midfielder but now is not only an agile shot-stopper but also possesses superb distribution skills and technique.

The young goalkeeper switched international allegiance to England in early 2017 and was part of the Young Lions squad that won the UEFA European U19 Championship in June of the same year.

London Stadium owners have spent close to a million pounds to resolve a dispute with West Ham over the availability of draft beer in hospitality lounges. E20 board minutes recently published reveal the extent of the cost the rectify the problem.

Last year West Ham won a legal expert determination-forcing E20 to provide draft beer in all lounges under terms of the Hammers concessionaire agreement for the London Stadium.

The E20 board approved the expenditure of £353,000 last July to upgrade four lounges to draft beer and revealed that all lounges would cost in the region of £700,000.  Earlier this year the stadium owners paid a further £25,875 for a ‘Draft beer expert site appraisal’.

The minutes also reveal for the first time that E20 paid West Ham £202,000 in legal costs for the expert determination which included the availability of draft beer and TV in corporate lounges, the cost of hostesses in lounges and the pitch surround.

David Martin made his first debut in a West Ham shirt for the Under 23’s in a friendly against a Brentford B team last night.

The 33-year-old son of Alvin Martin played all ninety minutes at Griffen park with 19-year-old Joseph Anang an un-used substitute.

The friendly with the Bees finished 2-2 with Antony Sully and Nathan Holland the two West Ham scorers.

West Ham United U23: Martin; Ashby (Parkes 59), Ngakia (Parker 44), Alese, Hannam (Belic 80); Rosa (Corbett 82), Forson (Powell 45); Kemp (Holland 45), Scully (Baptiste 68), Dju (Caiger 59); Afolayan (Akande 59)  Subs: Anang, Parker

The Hammers remain second in the Premier League 2 table division 2 behind Manchester United with both scoring the maximum six points from a perfect start of two wins out of two.

West Ham beat Newcastle in their opening game at home 3-0 and went on to beat Newcastle away 2-1 last Saturday, they face Reading at home this Friday for their third game of the season as they attempt promotion back to division one in Premier League 2.

London Stadium owners E20 have proposed a trial of new lateral barriers to act as a deterrent for pitch invaders in an attempt to improve security and lower stewarding costs.

Director Alan Skewis told the E20 board earlier this year that lateral barriers were already used at Wembley stadium and that the post Burnley and Spurs recommendations had identified that this type of barriers could act as a real deterrent for pitch invaders while saving on steward costs.

He suggested a trial to test the concept and effectiveness before spending further funds to cover teh full 381 metres around the stadium. The 30-metre trial area is proposed to be in front of the lower West Stand in blocks 113 and 114.

No time scales were given in the E20 board minutes recently published on the London Stadium transparency website.

The Chair of E20, Nicky Dunn requested Graham Gilmore speak to Wembley stadium to see if they would recommend the use of these barriers.

London Stadium naming rights are to be marketed again in hope of being third time lucky.

Official minutes from stadium owners E20’s board meeting dated March 2019 but only just published reveal the board will go back out to market asking E20 Consultant Alex Williamson to provide them with a timeline for selling the naming rights. The report presented to the E20 by Williamson in March was redacted and remains confidential on commercial sensitivity grounds.

The stadium owners have already spent £450,000 of taxpayers’ money trying to find a sponsor in two previous failed attempts

Telecoms company Vodafone pulled out of a £20m six-year naming rights deal in May 2017, while Indian conglomerate Mahindra had earlier shown an interest only to pull out at contract stage.

“Two deals with global brands came close to being delivered but this is an extremely competitive and narrow market which requires significant time and effort to identify the appropriate brands able to enter into such major commercial deals,” said an LLDC spokesman last year.

The first £4m a year of any naming rights deal would go to the stadium owners E20, with West Ham splitting any revenue 50/50 above that.

Mark Noble lightly trained again today at the London Stadium as the West Ham squads assembled for their annual team photos.

Although he is not ready for full first-team training we are told he completed one on one work with a physio as he recovers from a calf injury. In fact, Noble returned to Rush Green late last week for one to one sessions with the Hammers medical team.

The skipper is hoping he can return to full training later this week but it will most likely come too late to be included in the matchday squad for Watford.

However, he should be fit and raring to go by the time West Ham return to play at home at the London Stadium against Norwich City.

The Hammers captain is yet to play a single minute this season having missed the opener against Manchester City and last weekend’s draw against Brighton.

Most importantly both Felipe Anderson and Sebastien Haller were shown in the club video training with the full squad at the London Stadium

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— West Ham United (@WestHam) August 20, 2019