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Newham abandons London Stadium safety meetings

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Newham Council has postponed all London Stadium Safety Advisory Group meetings given there are  no supporters at the ground.

The safety committee made up of Newham Council, West Ham,  Met Police, British Transport Police, Westfield, London Ambulance, SGSA, London Underground and stadium owners LLDC usually met regularly during the season to address any safety concerns.

They last met on 1st December last year before the Manchester United game with 2,000 supporters although the minutes from that meeting have only just been published.

In the minutes they discuss the merits of taking the temperature of every supporter saying that Public Health advised it was not reliable,

West Ham insisted it was mandatory for every Premier League fixture but they had fed that back.  Westfield raised concerns over West Ham supporters parking in their car parks.

Sheila Roberts Chair of the Newahma led London Stadium SAG told Claret and Hugh “Stadium SAGs have not gone ahead as all recent games (bar one)  have been without spectators, hence the Safety Certificate addressing public safety concerns does not apply. I look forward to the return of spectators to football once it is safe to do so.”

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I am Season Ticket Holder in West stand lower at the London Stadium and before that, I used to stand in the Sir Trevor Brooking Lower Row R seat 159 in the Boleyn Ground and in the Eighties I stood on the terraces of the old South Bank. I am a presenter on the West Ham Podcast called Moore Than Just a Podcast A Blogger on West Ham Till I die a member of the West Ham Supporters Advisory Board (SAB), Founder of a Youtube channel called Mr West Ham Football at http://www.youtube.com/MrWestHamFootball,

I am also the associate editor here at Claret and Hugh.

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1 comment

  • Ray1962 says:

    (Westfield raised concerns over West Ham supporters parking in their car parks)

    as much as i think we all need to take care of ourselves as well as others in a pandemic who the hell do Westfield think they are. they have us herded like cattle each and every match day now they are moaning about PAYING customers to parking there cars there as if only west ham fans have covid.
    i think people need to think about not shopping there at all seeing as they are going to desperately need our custom when things return to normal as they have become a power onto themselves and see what develops with the high and mighty Westfield brand.

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