- Jan 28, 2011
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Not only do the World Athletics Championships mean that West Ham can't play any of their first three League fixtures at home, they will also have to switch their League Cup tie to the away team's ground if they're drawn at home. This much we knew.
However, now the BBC have revealed that West Ham will also have to pay compensation to their opponents if they are drawn at home and the tie is switched. This is presumably because the gate receipts are shared equally between home and away clubs in the League Cup and West Ham would be denying the opposing team the 'potential earnings' from a larger crowd. The West Ham Board traditionally exaggerate their attendance figures and reported nigh on 40,000 against Accrington Stanley last year, so I suspect that they'd have to pay the difference between the revised crowd and that figure at least.
Or, as one poster on KUMB put it...
"Not only have we deprived the vast majority of our support the opportunity to watch the team for this fixture, we now face the prospect of paying our opponents to knock us out of the competition. What a farce."
However, now the BBC have revealed that West Ham will also have to pay compensation to their opponents if they are drawn at home and the tie is switched. This is presumably because the gate receipts are shared equally between home and away clubs in the League Cup and West Ham would be denying the opposing team the 'potential earnings' from a larger crowd. The West Ham Board traditionally exaggerate their attendance figures and reported nigh on 40,000 against Accrington Stanley last year, so I suspect that they'd have to pay the difference between the revised crowd and that figure at least.
Or, as one poster on KUMB put it...
"Not only have we deprived the vast majority of our support the opportunity to watch the team for this fixture, we now face the prospect of paying our opponents to knock us out of the competition. What a farce."