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Another defeat at home…

September 20, 2025 at 5:09 pm Leave a comment

…for West Hame: 1-2 against Crystal Palace. Under pressure manager Graham Potter has now only won six of his 23 league games and picked up 23 points since replacing Julen Lopetegui in January. The Spaniard also collected 23 points from his spell at the London Stadium, but did so in three fewer games.

Earlier on Saturday, about 3,000 Hammers fans protested before the match, with angry supporters holding flags and banners and chanting about chairman David Sullivan and vice-chair Karren Brady.

Their mood was more disgruntled than disruptive, gloomy than revolutionary, Jim White wrote in The Telegraph; their ire directed at the board and their decision, 10 years ago this season, to relocate from the beloved Boleyn Ground to the entirely unloved London Stadium. They plan to escalate their actions by boycotting the next home game on October 20. Given it is another London derby against Brentford, the call to stay away may well be widely heeded. 

The Hammers team had looked better early in the second half at London Stadium and drew level after having been behind at the break, but offered very little once Crystal Palace retook the lead. For the third home game in succession, West Ham have lost to a London rival. And while this was not as embarrassing as the submissions to Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, it was nonetheless a loss that demonstrated that much is going wrong at the club, and of course mounted the pressure on Graham Potter.

West Ham have not won a Premier League game in front of their own supporters since 27 February and have lost all three home matches this season to London rivals Chelsea, Tottenham and Crystal Palace.

Despite defeat, manger Graham Potter described his side’s performance against Palace as “spirited”. “It’s tough, the results are not what we want at all,” the former Chelsea and Brighton boss told Match of the Day.”

“I feel for the players, supporters, everybody connected with the club. We have to stick together and find a solution.”

West Ham fans chanted “sacked in the morning” at Potter during the latest home defeat.

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