West Ham United’s next preseason friendly takes place tonight as the Irons travel to Stevenage. After a 1 – 1 draw last time out against Southend United, the Hammers take on tougher League one Opponents tonight as the build up to next season continues.
Nuno’s chosen starting eleven will be closely scrutinised – after a reported ‘clear the air meeting‘ with James Ward Prowse, another appearance by the former Southampton captain would be evidence that he and Nuno appear to have made up in preparation for the forthcoming season in which West Ham have something of a creativity crisis in midfield.
Ward Prowse – after a clear the air meeting with Nuno is it likely he will be re-integrated into the matchday squad?
And the club have just confirmed that the game will be live-streamed for supporters at a cost of £5.00
And season ticket holders, all 50,000 plus, will get to watch the game free as another ‘thank you’ from the West Ham board renewing their seats ahead of the Championship season which kicks off on 18th August – just three weeks away.
The game can be seen on the whufc.com web site or by clicking this link.
With approx. 700,000 fans registered on the club’s database and over 2.3. million likes of the Clubs Facebook page (thanks Wikipedia).
Seems a little annoying to say fans are being rewarded.
Season ticket holders are being rewarded.
Fans, who live in other parts of the world, or even the UK, who would live to watch every game but can’t due to geographical and financial constraints are no less fans than those well enough positioned to purchase season tickets.
As it is, I pay a subscription here in Australia to watch EPL games on STAN (happy for a heads up on any service that in Australia that will be showing Championship games).
£5 isn’t bank breaking, so no whinging here over that price, but it’d be nicer to say, “season ticket holders are being rewarded”, and, “fans without a season ticket can watch the game for…”.
Once a Hammer, always a Hammer, right?