Tottenham vs West Ham fans clash: Video surfaces – With the Carabao Cup Quarter-finals done, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool and Arsenal all the big boys made it to the Semi-final of the competition. Chelsea will face Tottenham while Liverpool will face Arsenal. Tottenham overcame West Ham 2-1 in their Quarter-final clash which also their fans clash outside of the stadium. Follow the latest Football news and updates on InsideSport.IN
Tottenham and West Ham fans violently clashed before their Carabao Cup tie on Wednesday night, with several police officers forced to separate them outside Spurs’ stadium. Several clips emerged on social media of fans fighting on High Road that runs alongside Tottenham’s home ground, with one supporter appearing to be knocked out amid the fighting.
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— Carabao Cup (@Carabao_Cup) December 22, 2021
The two rivals faced each other in a London derby with a long history of matchday fighting between the two teams. Footage showed police standing in the middle of High Road with West Ham fans kept to the left-hand side, while officers used batons to keep the two sets of fans apart.
The two teams were competing on Wednesday night for a spot in the Carabao Cup semi-finals in early January. Tottenham won on the night 2-1 thanks to goals from Steven Bergwijn and Lucas Moura. Tottenham last won this competition in 2008, while the Hammers have never lifted the League Cup before, though were runners-up in 1966 and 1981.
Tottenham vs West Ham fans clash: Video surfaces online
A young man has been knocked out ahead of Tottenham vs West Ham #THFC #WHU
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🚨⚽️ | NEW: West Ham and Spurs fans are facing off before their EFL Cup tie
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— Football For All (@FootballlForAll) December 22, 2021
The same sets of fans clashed during their Premier League clash at West Ham’s London Stadium in October, with fighting emerging on the concourse after a Tottenham fan kicked down a door separating the two groups.
Shocking video footage from the October encounter showed the Spurs supporter managing to drift past four stewards guarding the doors and break down the barrier, with both sets of fighting when it was opened.
The two clubs are fierce rivals in the Premier League, while Hammers and Spurs fans have a long history of violence during top-flight matches. In November 2015, a 35-year-old West Ham supporter was left hospitalised after being stabbed in the stomach, hundreds of fans from either club had to be restrained by police on horseback before kick off at Tottenham’s White Hart Lane ground.
In November 2018, two Tottenham supporters sitting in West Ham’s London Stadium home end were ejected from the home end were attacked as they were escorted out of the ground.
Chelsea will be taking on London rivals Tottenham Hotspur, while Arsenal would be hosting Liverpool in the Semi Finals of the EFL Carabao Cup. According to the EFL’s official website “Carabao Cup Semi Finals are due to take place weeks commencing 3 and 10 January, with the Final at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 27 February 2022.”
Tottenham vs West Ham fans clash: Fans violently clash at the London stadium during the Carabao Cup Quarter-final; Video surfaces
