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mid all the gloom and doom the Hammers now face up to serious and ongoing fan resentment from Sheffield Unted fans on Saturday afternoon.
They come armed with nine points and possibly more significantly revenge for the Carlos Tevez affair back in 2006-07 which has created the most toxic of atmospheree among us and them since the 2006-07 season.
West Ham paid £20 million to the Blades but the circumstances surrounding that campaign remains an incendiary issue to this day.
‘Tevez’s arrival with Javier Mascherano at West Ham on transfer deadline day in August 2006 sowed the seeds of a problem. The discovery of the third-party agreements concerning the players that came to light in January 2007 provided the soil in which they could grow.
United lost an initial appeal against their relegation in the summer of 2007 despite an arbitration panel admitting it “would in all probability have reached a different conclusion and deducted points from West Ham”.
A year after relegation an independent FA tribunal found in their favour, with Lord Griffiths judging “We have no doubt that West Ham would have secured at least three fewer points over the 2006-07 season if Carlos Tevez had not been playing for the club.”
Sheffield United had wanted compensation of up to £45m in lost income but in the end came to an out of court payment which saw the Hammers pay almost £20 million
The West Ham chief executive, Scott Duxbury, said he was pleased to “draw a line under this whole episode”, McCabe was “happy and satisfied” with the settlement that had been reached in discussions that were “friendly, co-operative and in the best of spirit”.
The boardrooms and money men may have been able to bury the hatchet but football fans have longer memories than those that run their clubs.”
Now the fans return and a win would do much to PERHAPS bury the ill will they feel towards us and it’s not going to be easy given the last two displays from the Hammers.
It could turn into a seriously torrid afternoon – memories of perceived injustice live long in the minds of football fans!
The blades were not relegated because they failed to beat a poor Wigan side and we took the points at Old Trafford.
They went down because of their failure to secure sufficient points over 38 games, not because of the outcome of other teams results or one game!
It’s about time people got to grips with the reality of the situation and stopped harbouring ill founded grudges.
I think they went with the judicial decision and remarks Ajay
Don’t forget they were 8 points in front of us after beating us 3 0 banging on our changing room walls singing we are staying up we staying up they went because they weren’t good enough end of