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Fears West Ham could derail Britain’s bid to host World Athletics Championships
Posted: 24 Mar 2026, 17:58
by wils
Premier League club would need to vacate their home for the first three weeks of the 2029-30 season to accommodate the athletics
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2 ... ships-bid/
Fears are growing that Britain’s bid to host the World Athletics Championships in 2029 could be scuppered by West Ham United’s reluctance to give up their home for three weeks.
West Ham secured tenancy of the London Stadium after they were given what was considered to be a generous deal but have not agreed to vacate the stadium at the beginning of the 2029-30 season for three weeks while organisers of the athletics event reconfigure the stadium for the nine-day event.
World Athletics has other major cities interested in hosting the event, including Rome, Munich and Nairobi, and prefers a September timescale so that it remains the finale to the athletics season.
Re: Fears West Ham could derail Britain’s bid to host World Athletics Championships
Posted: 25 Mar 2026, 12:27
by GBHammer63
Who says that what World Athletics wants trumps our agreement?
let them fuck off to Rome or Nairobi and good riddance to the skinny cunts.
Re: Fears West Ham could derail Britain’s bid to host World Athletics Championships
Posted: 25 Mar 2026, 12:20
by RootsRadical
If we're in the championship then the season starts a week earlier.
Would that mean the first 4 games away?
Re: Fears West Ham could derail Britain’s bid to host World Athletics Championships
Posted: 25 Mar 2026, 11:59
by Mike Oxsaw
El Scorchio" wrote: ↑25 Mar 2026, 11:45
Mike Oxsaw" wrote: ↑25 Mar 2026, 11:26
El Scorchio" wrote: ↑25 Mar 2026, 11:22
I'm sure whomever will bung the PL organisers a little something to make sure their computer randomly has us playing away three weeks in a row at the start of the season. Carabao cup draw could be an issue though. They can't force us to be drawn away.
I believe the algorithm on the PL BBC Micro fixtures computer prohibits more than 2 consecutive home or 2 consecutive away games.
They are allowed to put certain 'tweaks' into it to accommodate things, from what I understand.
That's probably very true.
Quite discourteous of them not clearing it with us first though, even if it was a purely academic exercise.
I don't recall the terms of our lease having provisions for things like this - only that when we don't need/haven't paid to use the stadium, it can be reconfigured for any other use provided that it was returned to us fit for purpose for our next scheduled game.
Re: Fears West Ham could derail Britain’s bid to host World Athletics Championships
Posted: 25 Mar 2026, 11:45
by El Scorchio
Mike Oxsaw" wrote: ↑25 Mar 2026, 11:26
El Scorchio" wrote: ↑25 Mar 2026, 11:22
I'm sure whomever will bung the PL organisers a little something to make sure their computer randomly has us playing away three weeks in a row at the start of the season. Carabao cup draw could be an issue though. They can't force us to be drawn away.
I believe the algorithm on the PL BBC Micro fixtures computer prohibits more than 2 consecutive home or 2 consecutive away games.
They are allowed to put certain 'tweaks' into it to accommodate things, from what I understand.
Re: Fears West Ham could derail Britain’s bid to host World Athletics Championships
Posted: 25 Mar 2026, 11:26
by Mike Oxsaw
El Scorchio" wrote: ↑25 Mar 2026, 11:22
I'm sure whomever will bung the PL organisers a little something to make sure their computer randomly has us playing away three weeks in a row at the start of the season. Carabao cup draw could be an issue though. They can't force us to be drawn away.
I believe the algorithm on the PL BBC Micro fixtures computer prohibits more than 2 consecutive home or 2 consecutive away games.
Re: Fears West Ham could derail Britain’s bid to host World Athletics Championships
Posted: 25 Mar 2026, 11:22
by El Scorchio
I'm sure whomever will bung the PL organisers a little something to make sure their computer randomly has us playing away three weeks in a row at the start of the season. Carabao cup draw could be an issue though. They can't force us to be drawn away.
Re: Fears West Ham could derail Britain’s bid to host World Athletics Championships
Posted: 25 Mar 2026, 07:56
by XKhammer
Mike Oxsaw" wrote: ↑25 Mar 2026, 03:25
In the eyes of the state, the eyes of the government, the eyes of the establishment and the eyes of the civil service, it's only football - a game with it's roots in the working class slums of the nation, so it should shut the fuck up, learn it's place in "society" and do what it's damn well told to do, when it's told to do it.
Zźzzźzzźźzzz
Re: Fears West Ham could derail Britain’s bid to host World Athletics Championships
Posted: 25 Mar 2026, 03:25
by Mike Oxsaw
In the eyes of the state, the eyes of the government, the eyes of the establishment and the eyes of the civil service, it's only football - a game with it's roots in the working class slums of the nation, so it should shut the fuck up, learn it's place in "society" and do what it's damn well told to do, when it's told to do it.
Re: Fears West Ham could derail Britain’s bid to host World Athletics Championships
Posted: 25 Mar 2026, 00:28
by Fauxstralian
Libtards? Ha ha
Good grief
If we have possession from a certain date then as said we would require compensation to consider it
3 weeks would mean moving one home game to an away game
Not sure opening with 3 away games is ideal though
Re: Fears West Ham could derail Britain’s bid to host World Athletics Championships
Posted: 25 Mar 2026, 00:25
by Monsieur merde de cheval
Vexed wrote: ↑24 Mar 2026, 21:39
GOOD, FUCK OFF
Re: Fears West Ham could derail Britain’s bid to host World Athletics Championships
Posted: 25 Mar 2026, 00:21
by Monsieur merde de cheval
ANYTHING that gets the Libtards riled up is fine by me...
desperate stuff ..but I'm a bitter old cսnt
Re: Fears West Ham could derail Britain’s bid to host World Athletics Championships
Posted: 24 Mar 2026, 22:59
by Gank
, wrote: ↑24 Mar 2026, 18:49
We’ll be a Championship team and thus will be prevailed upon to comply.
With more matches, it will be much more difficult to comply.
Re: Fears West Ham could derail Britain’s bid to host World Athletics Championships
Posted: 24 Mar 2026, 21:39
by Vexed
GOOD, FUCK OFF
Re: Fears West Ham could derail Britain’s bid to host World Athletics Championships
Posted: 24 Mar 2026, 19:42
by SurfaceAgentX2Zero
I presume the bid committee will be told, 'If it's not in the contract, come back with a large cash offer and we'll think about it'.
With regards to the stadium, pretty much everyone hates us now anyway, so there really isn't anything to gain by being nice.
Re: Fears West Ham could derail Britain’s bid to host World Athletics Championships
Posted: 24 Mar 2026, 18:49
by ,
We’ll be a Championship team and thus will be prevailed upon to comply.
