(Reuters) – West Ham United stated they had been “stunned” by UEFA’s resolution to ban their followers from attending their away recreation in opposition to Speedy Vienna and that they’re urgently looking for clarification from European soccer’s governing physique.
UEFA banned West Ham followers from travelling to their Europa League recreation at Speedy Vienna on Nov. 25 following crowd hassle throughout their match in opposition to Genk earlier this month.
West Ham’s travelling followers had been charged with “crowd disturbances” and “throwing of objects” after the 2-2 draw in opposition to the Belgian membership on Nov. 4.
“We’re stunned to obtain these sanctions and dissatisfied for the followers who’ve behaved impeccably and supported the crew all through and can now be unable to journey to the subsequent away Europa League fixture,” West Ham stated in a press release on Monday.
“The membership has requested the complete written causes from UEFA relating to these sanctions and have requested them to expedite our request provided that additional delay may affect supporters as soon as once more.”
UEFA have fined the Premier League membership 30,000 euros ($34,000) and an extra penalty of 4,500 euros for the 2 offences.
West Ham are prime of Europa League’s Group H with 10 factors from 4 video games, 4 factors forward of Dinamo Zagreb.
(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Modifying by Ana Nicolaci da Costa)
