159: UEFA away fan ban spoils Vienna Europa party

11/17/21 • 100 min

Well for the first time in what seems months, the We Are West Ham boys have something negative to talk about.
After 150 ticket-less West Ham supporters stormed the turnstiles at the Hammers' last Europa League away game at GENK, Uefa have fined the club and banned away fans from their next European fixture - Rapid Vienna away.
That has left the 1,700 ticket holders plus hundreds more Hammers fans planning to head to Austria for the celebration out of pocket to the tune of hundreds of pounds on money spent on flights and hotel.
West Ham have criticised Uefa for the timing of the announcement and decided not to appeal having seen evidence.
Will Pugh and James Jones are directly affected having booked flights and accommodation and the lads do not hold back when giving their opinion on the parties concerned.
Having not had a chance to discuss last week, the chaps give their thoughts on Daniel Kretinsky's £180million investment into the club.
The lads also make their Betway charity bets ahead of West Ham's visit to Molineux on Saturday.
And Dan from the Wolves 77 club pod joins the lads to chat about the game as eighth-placed Wolves go into the game in middling form.
Will and James look back at West Ham Women's 2-2 draw against Reading when the girls threw away a lead AGAIN!
All that before some final thoughts and the usual dollop of banter and peeks behind the curtain.
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158: West Ham are MASSIVE everywhere they goooo!

West Ham are massive everywhere they goooooooo!
Are the Hammers ever going to lose again?
A 2-2 draw away at Genk confirming qualification to the knockout stage of the Europa League before a historic win amid a phenomenal atmosphere against Liverpool at the London Stadium ending the Reds’ nine month unbeaten run.
Will Pugh is back to join James Jones after his week off and the boys are positively glowing as they look back on two more superb matches that fans will and should remember forever.
The lads run through the 3-2 Liverpool win – the good West Ham goals, the bad refereeing decisions and the ugly way Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp go about their business.
The Genk game is analysed too – particularly Said Benrahma’s superb performance and the poor man who lost a finger when celebrating a West Ham goal.
And the superb atmosphere created by the travelling masses.
The lads look back at the Betway charity bets from the Liverpool game.
And they take a moment to have a more general peek at the latest West Ham news including the Hammers' players overlooked for the latest England squad, Angelo Ogbonna’s knee injury and where Declan Rice could improve his already superb performances.
The boys also take a minute to read out a few recent comments and reviews they have received from you loyal lovely listeners before they look back at West Ham Women’s 4-0 defeat to Arsenal and ahead to their game against Reading.
They wrap up with some final thoughts before saying goodbye for another week.
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160: Hunted by Wolves before Rapid & City

It's not often West Ham United can look back on a defeat and feel quite content.
To be fair, it's not often the Hammers have to look back on a defeat at all these days, such is the superb job David Moyes is doing.
The 1-0 defeat at Wolves last weekend was deserved, so there are no complaints from James Jones and Will Pugh on this week's podcast.
The likes of Michail Antonio in particular felt the effects of travelling thousands of miles on international duty.
But one thing we can be sure of is the team's ability to bounce back quickly from defeat and they've got a good opportunity to do that on Thursday night against Rapid Vienna in the Europa League.
It's so disappointing fans won't be there to see it but the blow of having supporters banned by UEFA was softened slightly by Austria going into another national lockdown this week, meaning the game will be played behind closed doors.
All of that and much more is discussed on this week's show, as well as West Ham Women's huge 1-0 victory over Spurs with Kathryn Batte from the Daily Mail.
Ahead of Sunday's trip to the Etihad, the lads are joined by David Mooney from the Blue Moon Podcast to get the lowdown on Man City for this week's Opposition View chat.
And the lads talk through their Betway Charity Bet selections ahead of the weekend, with a couple of very, very attractive bets with decent odds!
Lastly, we'd like to apologise for yet another delayed delivery of the podcast.
Life has got in the way a little bit recently but we're still doing our very best to bring you all the show you seem to enjoy so much!
Thanks so much for listening and welcome to any new listeners who've joined the party in recent weeks!
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Facebook: We Are West Ham podcast.
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