Police are concurrently undergoing an investigation into separate incidents of missiles being thrown by Hammers fans at Chelsea players Frank Lampard and John Terry after the pair celebrated Lampard's goal in front of the away end yesterday, but no arrests have been made on that case.
This is further bad publicity for the club, with supporters being investigated on no fewer than four counts now; following incidents of anti-Semitic chanting in the recent game against Tottenham Hotspur; a reported bar brawl at the away game at Sunderland in January and now these two counts of missile throwing and racial aggravation relating to yesterday's game. The chances seem fairly high that the offence that saw the two supporters arrested following the Chelsea game are for the same offence that saw a 25 year old man ejected from the ground against Tottenham last month and arrested and bailed. Anti-Semitic chanting is still very much a problem for the club and hopefully, something might be done about it now after years of neglect from West Ham boards perpetually threatening to ban fans and throwing empty threats around like they were going out of fashion.
By Alex Shilling, News Editor
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