West Ham fans were forced to sit on concrete steps during the Premier League opener against Bournemouth at the London Stadium, and West Ham’s FIFA star Sean “Dragonn” Allen involved in gambling scam row.

The first time I visited Old Trafford was to watch Manchester United v Tottenham in the 1980s. I got separated from my uncle in the Stretford End, never a good thing in a stadium filled with 60,000 fans, and the only place I could watch the match was sitting on the concrete steps in the aisle. The steward kept moving me because I was a fire hazard. It wasn’t a very memorable experience.

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So I have some sympathy for the West Ham fans eager to get their bum acquainted with their new seat in the 57,000 capacity London Stadium, who arrived to find that the seats still hadn’t been installed. A concrete step was all that awaited them. Fortunately, they weren’t deemed a fire hazard and were allowed to stand, or sit, as West Ham started Premier League life in their new home with a 1-0 win over Bournemouth.