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chav_corner 8:34 Wed Jul 29
Hammers United update on Season Ticket announcement.

Hammers United have now shared further details of ongoing discussions with the club, over season ticket renewals, in this full statement.

http://hammersunited.com/season-ticket-renewals-discussions-explained/

ted fenton 9:40 Wed Jul 29
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Pee Wee 10:02 Wed Jul 29
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Yeah that’s the response from the club

North Bank 10:16 Wed Jul 29
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Updated url in the OP

chav_corner 11:24 Wed Jul 29
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Dear Members,

As you will be aware, Hammers United met with representatives of the Club last Thursday, where we and others were invited to contribute to return our fans to football for the up-coming season.

This is a very fluid situation, reliant on Chief Medical Officer guidance via the government, which is subject to change dependent on the COVID-19 status the country finds itself in.

Just the second paragraph in of the government guidelines here states that ‘individual groups and individuals entering the premises should not interact with anyone outside of the group they are attending the competition venue with. Those operating competition venues following COVID-19 Secure guidelines should take additional steps to ensure the safety of the public and prevent uncontrolled large gatherings from taking place’.

To achieve just that, before digesting any of the next fifteen pages, will take a tremendous amount of effort, and seems a very tall order.

Two of the other topics raised were season ticket renewals and a process of balloting season ticket holders in effort to make it as fair as possible for all to get a chance to attend next season.
Some good points were raised across the meeting, of which concerns to Hammers United were: -
• The charging of full value for season tickets upfront, in the knowledge that given the current climate, it would be impossible to realise at least 60% of the tickets value.
• An inability to provide viable options for those season ticket holders who currently are/and may over the next twelve months, find themselves in financial difficulty resulting from the post-COVID 19 economic crises.
• An inability to provide a safe zone for our time served older fans who may be concerned with their vulnerability and risk posed should they wish attend in the current climate
• An inability to provide a suitable process by which any season ticket holder who wishes to “opt out” of season 20/21 given the current climate, will have an assurance that they will be able to return without incurring any penalty, in line with the FSA issued guidelines.

Although we do appreciate getting anything done is not easy in this post COVID19 world, disappointingly an announcement was released by the club on Monday that failed to address any of these key points, despite assurances that they would be considered.

Hammers United (also in dialogue with the club on other issues) cited our frustration and requested an urgent audience with the club, suggesting a minimum, token gesture type holding fee, guaranteeing fans who did not want to attend the 20/21 season, an unabated option to renew season tickets the following 21/22 year.

As our members will be aware, communication between us and the club has historically not been great, but with a tide of negative response on social media and swathes of our membership demanding we protest at the first game of the season, we were pleased that the clubs SLO (who to his credit was on holiday with his family) facilitated calls with senior members of the clubs management team with whom we once more raised our members concerns.

The club did recognise that it’s messaging to our supporters here wasn’t great, and confirmed it was now working on an option three, which was explained to us, and that it was also working towards further options regarding a provision for our elderly fans and those demonstrably impacted financially by the crisis as per our previous suggestions.

We were advised that those further options would not be explored in time to make the cut for the option three release.
The Hammers United advice to the club was clear in that option three is obviously an improvement on no option, but given that it is was being issued belatedly, would most likely not resonate well with the fan base, and without the other options, really doesn’t go as far as it should, all at a time when supporter satisfaction sits at an all-time-low under the stewardship of the current regime.

We expect an update on progress on the remaining options by the end of the week and as always will keep you updated.

HU Committee.www.hammersunited.com

Loxfordfella 4:22 Thu Jul 30
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So they make all the right noises that they are consulting with fan groups and then do as they like to rip the loyal West Ham fans off. Yet again they show their true colours. GSB OUT!!!!!

Loxfordfella 4:24 Thu Jul 30
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http://hammersunited.com/season-ticket-renewals-discussions-explained/

Works absolutely fine. Thanks Chav.

Loxfordfella 6:01 Thu Jul 30
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Chav, If someone take-up the 30% option and still has money in club cash, will they be able to use this against 2021/22 season ticket or is there a date it runs out?

chav_corner 1:01 Tue Aug 11
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Hammers United Members Update: 9 August 2020

In our latest video on our YouTube channel, our joint secretary 'Tross' gives us all an update on the problems at West Ham that Hammers United have been working on in the last few days, notably the ongoing Season Ticket issues.

Please subscribe to keep up to date with what is going on at Hammers United as we will be updating the channel regularly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91P0YaIIIHI

Chinkey Weasel 2:28 Tue Aug 11
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Biting my lip here again as I've said I'm not digging those out renewing .

More & more people in that video walking away like I have though. What a surprise. Proper oldskool fans being shat upon and the club not even acting upon what they said they would.

Vile cunts.

It's incredible really how the owners have destroyed our club by sheer greed.

The club don't give a fuck and never will but I admire HU for at least trying

Loxfordfella 8:36 Wed Aug 19
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I am writing to advise that the Club has extended the Season Ticket renewal deadline to Friday 11 September at 5pm. The deadline for the four-month payment option has also been extended to Monday 7 September at 5pm.
The Club has responded to fan feedback in making this decision in order to provide Season Ticket Holders more time to renew ahead of the 2020/21 season. We continue to work in line with the latest SGSA guidance as well as closely monitoring Government and Premier League guidance around the return of supporters to matches, remaining flexible to what is an ever-changing situation.
Thank you for your support.
Kind regards,
Jake Heath
Head of Supporter Services
West Ham United Football Club

swindon hammer 9:11 Wed Aug 19
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Not a surprise considering they have only had just under 50% of season ticket holders renewing thus far.

Expect a couple of new signings in the next 10 days or so.

Northern Sold 10:40 Wed Aug 19
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Swindon... is that fact the 50%? Wouldnt surprise me....the STH stragglers i know were undecided last i spoke to them...proper mess

Sven Roeder 10:53 Wed Aug 19
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How does 50% compare to a normal year at this point in the process?
And how many have taken the deal where you pay 30% and wait for more than 70% of fans to return ... I’m guessing most doing that aren’t actually paying much or anything now due to the credit they have.

Huffers 9:46 Thu Aug 20
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Not a fan of the board at all but I still want to watch as many games as possible in person. The love of supporting the team came way before even knowing who the owners were. It suits me and other likeminded people to see numbers down as it increases the amount of games those who renew in full are able to attend.

I understand why some people wont want to give any money to the club but I struggle to miss games so it is what it is.

Huffers 9:46 Thu Aug 20
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And the club ALWAYS extend every fucking deadline they have.

Rossal 10:00 Thu Aug 20
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Im doing it last min and doing the 30% deposit thing. Will cost me 5% out of my wallet......about £35 to secure my seat for rest of season

Absolute no brainer........they must be sweating with no cash coming in. Time for them to stick their hand in their own pockets for once

WorldCupWilly 11:14 Thu Aug 20
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Rossal. They've just stuck £30m of their own money in.

On The Ball 11:15 Thu Aug 20
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Not exactly down the toilet though, they'll get that back.

Johnson 11:21 Thu Aug 20
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I don't think it was they, I think it was just Sullivan and I don't think it was quite £30m.

He couldn't persuade other shreholders, can't find the article just now that went through the companies house notices.

Rossal 11:51 Thu Aug 20
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Yeah at a interest rate far greater than if we went to a bank......

Theyre scum and dont give 2 shits about this club

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