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West Ham and Tottenham fans are in turmoil as both clubs face potential relegation from the Premier League. With only two points separating them and two games left, the situation has escalated to a fight for survival.
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Fury. Grief. Embarrassment. Horror. Resignation. The emotions run hot for supporters of West Ham and Tottenham right now as the two grand old clubs stare at potential relegation from the Premier League.
With their spiritual homes demolished at the altar of progress and profit, first Upton Park in 2016 and then White Hart Lane in 2017, both clubs had visions of glory days ahead. Instead they have been consumed by greed, mismanagement and false promises. Key perpetrators such as Karren Brady at West Ham and Daniel Levy at Spurs have exited the scene, but David OâSullivan is still the Hammers chairman and the damage remains.
The London Stadium â which West Ham now rent for a knock-down price â is universally panned as stale and unsuited to football, while the sparkling Tottenham Hotspur Stadium looks like a monument to hubris. One of these 60,000 seater stadiums will be hosting Championship football in August.
Defeats on the pitch this season have been calamitous and bruising (theyâve endured 34 league losses between them); protests have been loud and fuming. Two points separate the teams, with two games remaining. The equation now is very simple: itâs either them or us.
As the Tottenham Supporters Trust put it on their website: âThe arithmetic is stark, the stakes unmistakable. This is no longer a conversation about style or long-term trajectory; it is a question of survival.â
So where did it all go wrong? How does it feel to watch your club lose its soul? How much more can supporters take? We asked six fans for their perspectives as the season draws to a nervy climax.

West Ham and Tottenham are both at risk of relegation, with only two points separating them and two games remaining in the season.
Key figures include Karren Brady at West Ham and Daniel Levy at Tottenham, with David OâSullivan still serving as chairman for the Hammers.
Fans are expressing fury, grief, and embarrassment, with protests highlighting their dissatisfaction with the clubs' management and performance.
Between them, West Ham and Tottenham have endured a total of 34 league losses this season.
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Mark Shepherd, West Ham fan since the mid 1970s
âWhen I woke up this morning before the game I felt sick. I know people say itâs just a game, but when youâre born into the game, you have claret and blue blood. When thatâs in you, itâs more than just a game; itâs life.
âWest Ham supporters know weâre not brilliant. We know weâve been a yo-yo club in the past. Weâve been relegated three or four times since Tottenham last went down.
âSullivan and Brady promised us the world when we moved to the London Stadium: best team this, best stadium that. But we got here and this is just a rented stadium. We lost our home. Weâve lost everything. Weâre probably the worst ground in the Premier League. When rival fans sing âyou sold your soul for the shit holeâ, we say âwe know, we knowâ.
âUpton Park was special. You had the smell of burgers on the way to the ground â for me thatâs this smell of football. Iâd rather be there a million times over.â








John Crace, Spurs fan and Guardian sketch writer
âIâve been through some strange emotions this season. About a month ago I was resigned to relegation and thinking âI hate the clubâ and âthis is what we deserve for being so badly runâ. But in the last few weeks, I think the thought of Championship football has sharpened the mind a bit.
âI think Spurs bought into the notion that we were too big to fail and too big to be relegated. And I also think that they started putting profit first; theyâre more interested in being a mega entertainment venue for BeyoncĂ© fans.
âIâm old enough to remember the last time we were relegated in 1977 and I actually quite enjoyed the next season in the second division, as it was then. But I enjoyed it largely because I believed that we would get out of it in one season. We had Glenn Hoddle in the team and he stuck with us. But this time Iâm not totally convinced that Spurs would get out of the Championship in one season.â







Pete May, West Ham blogger and author of âMassive**: the Miracle of Pragueâ**
âIt looked like we were definitely down after our home defeat to Nottingham Forest, but weâre going into the last two games with hope.
âEarning a point against Arsenal would have been such a morale booster [West Ham were denied a late equalising goal by VAR]. You could argue that Pablo fouled their goalkeeper, but there were at least four fouls on West Ham players going on. You half expected Giant Haystacks to be in there.
âBut I felt quite proud afterwards because there seemed to be a lot of heart in that performance. And ironically, I think itâs the best atmosphere Iâve seen at the London Stadium. The crowd can see the players are trying and thereâs some progress, but I donât know whether itâll be too late or not. Itâs the hope that kills you.â







Roy Beck, Spurs fan since 1998 and unofficial club historian
âAt the beginning of each game, thereâs so much optimism. But then the players start making errors and very quickly our fans jump on their backs, which really canât help anyone. It just feels like âhere we go againâ. Weâve only had two home wins all season. You have to look at the recruitment. Weâve spent a hell of a lot of money and I feel the players have let the fans down on so many occasions this year with poor performances.
âI look back fondly on White Hart Lane. Itâs like an old house to me. It was such an intimate ground and the overriding feeling that I get on a match day at the new stadium is that, as great as it is, we would much have preferred to stay at White Hart Lane. The ÂŁ1.1bn that was reportedly spent on it could have gone towards some real top quality recruitment.
âWe donât expect to be at the very pinnacle of English football but we also donât expect to be where we are now, so Iâm extremely disappointed and sad. Within weeks of us moving in to the new stadium, we were in the Champions League final. Expectations were high. But we just havenât achieved what we were promised..â






Karl Brown, West Ham fan since 1975
âIâve supported West Ham for more than 50 years and canât imagine what it would be like for us to send Spurs down. Itâd be better than any FA Cup or European Cup. Thatâs the truth.
âSpurs fans think that theyâre a top-six club. They think theyâre entitled to that. We donât say that. We just want a team that goes out and makes an effort. I think a lot of people in this country would love to see Spurs go down.â






Andy Bass, board member of the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters Trust
âSpurs have plenty of history to suggest we are a big club and plenty to be proud of. Last year I was in Bilbao for the Europa League final, and not many clubs get a night like that.
âI understand why West Ham donât like us but we donât quite feel the same about them. And if they stay up this year theyâll probably go down next year anyway.
âObviously it doesnât help that Arsenal are doing really well this season, but thatâs disconnected to us. Theyâre not in our league at the moment. Our plight is entirely on us. If we go down, we deserve to go down.â