{"id":183085,"date":"2025-10-07T09:21:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T09:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/183085\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T09:21:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T09:21:19","slug":"scoffing-everton-fans-totally-miss-the-point-of-chant-aimed-at-them-by-west-ham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/183085\/","title":{"rendered":"Scoffing Everton fans totally miss the point of chant aimed at them by West Ham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>West Ham were the visitors for the first Premier League game under the lights at Everton\u2019s impressive new Hill Dickinson Stadium and there were plenty of sub-plots to the 1-1 draw.<\/p>\n<p>A reunion with David Moyes is always a big deal for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Ham<\/a> after what he did for the club over two spells.<\/p>\n<p>The Scot is now embarking on a similar return journey with Everton following his Hammers exit last year.<\/p>\n<p>An extra layer of intrigue was added to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/premier-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a> clash when the Hammers sacked Graham Potter 48 hours out from the game, replacing him with Nuno Espirito Santo.<\/p>\n<p>West Ham put in a markedly improved performance and it was one of Moyes\u2019 best ever signings who earned his old side a precious point with Jarrod Bowen deadly once again.<\/p>\n<p>Plenty of sub-plots to West Ham draw at Everton<\/p>\n<p>Bowen was the first opposition player to score at Everton\u2019s shiny new ground, which lit up the Merseyside sky.<\/p>\n<p>The spectre of a first game under the lights at the Hill Dickinson was a daunting one for West Ham given their dismal start to the season.<\/p>\n<p>Hammers fans love a challenge, though, and the impressive 3,000-plus strong travelling army made themselves heard all night long.<\/p>\n<p>A bit too much for Everton\u2019s liking on occasion.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2238155053-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Jarrod Bowen scores during Everton v West Ham United - Premier League\" class=\"wp-image-280269\" \/>Photo by Michael Regan\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>But scoffing Everton fans have totally missed the point of a chant aimed at them by West Ham.<\/p>\n<p>Toffees supporters were well aware of discontent between the Hammers faithful and their ownership ahead of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed followers of Everton will be able to empathise with what\u00a0West Ham\u00a0have been going through.<\/p>\n<p>Everton supporters have been busy protesting over various issues in recent years from how their club was being run to ticket pricing.<\/p>\n<p>Everton fans miss the point of chant aimed at them by West Ham<\/p>\n<p>There has been something of a role reversal over the last year.<\/p>\n<p>Everton have the ambitious new owners they craved in the Friedkin Group and money has been spent to bolster their squad for Moyes.<\/p>\n<p>More than 4,000 Hammers fans took to the street leading to the director\u2019s entrance at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/club\/stadium\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">London Stadium<\/a> in protest against the owners ahead of the defeat to Crystal Palace last week.<\/p>\n<p>Hammers United is the supporter group leading a season-long campaign of activism against the board, including a planned boycott of the next home game against Brentford.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/tag\/west-ham-fans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Ham fans<\/a> are demanding majority owner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/tag\/david-sullivan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Sullivan<\/a> and vice-chair <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/tag\/karren-brady\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Karren Brady<\/a> stand aside, using their initials in their slogan \u2018No more BS\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2237863122-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Everton v West Ham United at the Hill Dickinson Stadium in the Premier League\" class=\"wp-image-280475\" \/>Photo by Richard Martin-Roberts \u2013 CameraSport\/CameraSport via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Things have been getting messy in what the nationals are billing \u2018civil war\u2019 at West Ham.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/news\/david-sullivans-reality-star-fiancee-ampika-pickston-launches-sweary-defence-of-west-ham-chief-and-drops-sack-hint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sullivan\u2019s reality TV star fianc\u00e9e has been rowing with West Ham fans<\/a> in a series of social media clashes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/news\/classy-west-ham-fans-call-off-protest-against-owners-as-mark-of-respect-to-everton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Classy Hammers supporters called off a protest out of respect to Everton<\/a> ahead of the trip north.<\/p>\n<p>West Ham supporters did not let that stop them venting their feelings during the game, though.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/news\/four-chants-west-ham-fans-belted-out-30-minutes-into-nuno-espirito-santo-bow-at-everton-speak-volumes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Hammers fans belted out four chants aimed at the board<\/a> in the clash with Everton.<\/p>\n<p>But a fifth that was also designed as a jibe at their owners has been misunderstood by many Everton fans.<\/p>\n<p>West Ham\u2019s Everton jibe was irony aimed at owners<\/p>\n<p>West Ham supporters chanted \u2018You sold your soul, for this s\u2014\u2014-\u2018 on several occasions at the Hill Dickinson.<\/p>\n<p>Many <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EvertonBlueArmy\/status\/1972750337602986413\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Everton fans and accounts<\/a> reacted angrily to the chant, taking to forums and social media after the game saying West Ham need to look at themselves and realise how bad their rented London Stadium home is.<\/p>\n<p>But that was the whole point.<\/p>\n<p>West Ham fans are famed for their wit. But this one appears to have gone right over the heads of many Toffees.<\/p>\n<p>It was pure sarcasm from Hammers supporters aimed at Sullivan and Brady. Ironic, self-deprecating gallows humour highlighting how good Everton\u2019s ground is compared to the soulless athletics bowl that is the London Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Visiting fans sing that to West Ham at every single game played at the former Olympic Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>So in supreme irony, Hammers fans used it to hold a mirror up to their board showing Everton\u2019s ground is everything West Ham\u2019s is not.<\/p>\n<p>Those Everton fans getting defensive need not worry.<\/p>\n<p>Because West Ham supporters know their new ground is top class and something, with 90 years remaining on the current lease, they can only dream of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Ham were the visitors for the first Premier League game under the lights at Everton\u2019s impressive new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[35942,218,37025,63574,221,101,56,54,55,44591],"class_list":{"0":"post-183085","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-david-sullivan","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-karren-brady","11":"tag-london-stadium","12":"tag-premier-league","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom","17":"tag-west-ham-fans"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}