Official Attendance? 195,000 missing fans
A Claret and Hugh Freedom of information request to Newham Council’s London Stadium Safety Advisory Group (LS-SAG) has revealed the true attendances at the London Stadium for West Ham home games last season.
Official figures revealed on Friday show that 195,496 ticket holders did not attend West Ham games at the London Stadium last season with 21,570 season ticket holders missing the Premier League Monday night game against Brentford on 26 February this year.
Fixtures for the 9th and the 16th March (West Ham v Burnley and West Ham v Aston Villa) were not available for technical reasons and any West Ham home games after 2 April have yet to be reviewed by the LS-SAG in July so were also not yet available at the time of the Freedom of Information request.
When compared to the official London Stadium attendances which are in fact the record of tickets sold they make for grim reading.