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title: "West Ham fans blast “embarrassing” training facilities"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2020/01/16/west-ham-fans-blast-embarrassing-training-facilities/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Abdullah Mulla"
section: "Feature Writers"
published: "2020-01-16T21:30:00Z"
modified: "2020-01-16T21:30:00Z"
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# West Ham fans blast “embarrassing” training facilities

West Ham United fans have expressed their concerns regarding the club’s training facilities.

As reported on the [official club website](https://www.whufc.com/club/training-grounds/chadwell-heath), the Hammers have three training bases – Chadwell Heath, Rush Green and Little Heath.

One [West Ham fan account Tweeted](https://twitter.com/whufc_news/status/1217575137395953664) Geoff Shreeves’ comments regarding the training base, saying that it’s ‘a million miles’ away from teams like Tottenham Hotspur. These fans agreed…

> Twitter: @UberWestHam That’s because Tottenham want to compete with the very best whereas our board have no aspirations at a… https://t.co/k8lUAvg8M6 (@gavblake14)

> Twitter: @UberWestHam Been to both and the difference is embarrassing!! (@GannawayRobert)

> Twitter: @UberWestHam There are league two teams with better facilities than our portakabins ![🙄](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f644.svg) (@Cian\_13)

> Twitter: @UberWestHam I’ve been there for a couple of the ladies games and no word of a lie my local sports centre is more i… https://t.co/CONgYr5uDI (@TJCowboyHammer)

> Twitter: @whufc\_news The place is a dump.Who would want to work there.Cheapskate owners. (@cannell\_lynne)

### READ WEST HAM VERDICT

The frustration of the fans can clearly be seen in the responses to the criticism.

The fans themselves have been [calling for the owners](https://foreverwestham.com/2020/01/west-ham-united/west-ham-fans-unhappy-with-rush-green-training-ground/) to make some big changes to the training base. Despite this, influential figures like [Harry Redknapp have backed](https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2019/12/06/harry-redknapp-defends-west-ham-owners-despite-fan-criticism/) the owners.

As reported on the [official club website](https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2019/april/03-april/west-ham-united-open-new-chadwell-heath-facilities), the Hammers did open the new Chadwell Heath facilities for their Academy in April 2019, but we feel that to have had such criticism from professionals and fans, there has to be something wrong that needs correcting quickly.