As if the Hammers had not had their share of troubles with a player stabbed in the leg ahead of last weekend's game and then the father of one of their players killed in a motorbike accident on the way to the game.
However, it takes two to tango, and I have visited the New Den twice over the past three years and I have seen for myself how the Millwall club "pens off" a group of idiots in a stand opposite the main stand and surrounds with them stewards.
The only problems we have had at Doncaster have been from some travelling Millwall fans.
It was also said to us when we were at Millwall that they were glad in many ways they were not in the same division as West Ham as, for some reason, there was a continued hostility between some rival fans.
Millwall is south of the river Thames and West Ham on the north bank and east London and Millwall south-east London. Continuing the geography lesson they are virtually across from each other, separated by some 300 yards of water, but why this breeds what it does is beyond me.
They certainly dragged the name of football through the dirt on Tuesday night on the late news bulletins and then in the papers on Wednesday.
The beautiful game can do without it.

WE often hear of the "obscene wages" in football and one that sickened me in midweek was the oldest club in the Football League, Notts County, reportedly paying Sol Campbell £40,000 a week to join them for the next five years.

The League Two club already with goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel on the books for the past two weeks at a reported £15,000 a week, then one has to ask how the Magpies haven't already gone through the salary cap?
One has also to ask what the other players on anything from £600-1000-a-week think about training, playing and team bonding alongside teammates on that sort of money.
Director of Football Sven Goran Eriksson is certainly being allowed to splash the cash.
Campbell says he is looking to the long term – I bet he is, all £10 million quidsworth.
He certainly wouldn't have got that sort of money staying in the Premiership at 34 years of age.

THIS Saturday afternoon one of our local rugby league clubs takes centre stage when Huddersfield Giants take on Warrington Wolves at Wembley (2.30) in the Carnegie Rugby League Challenge Cup.

This will be the best chance ever for the Giants to come home with the trophy and parade it around the town. For me they just have to stop the Warrington halfbacks Lee Briers and Michael Monaghan who destroyed Wigan Warriors in the semi-final.
Of course there are 11 other players on the field with them but these two are the player makers and everything stems from them.
Warrington's Halifax-born utility back Simon Grix is out of the tie having undergone an operation this week but Huddersfield's Halifax-born scrum-half Luke Robinson, who was educated at Hipperholme & Lightcliffe High School, will be a definite starter.
The game will be on BBC 1 from around 2.10pm and there will be a new commentator this year, Dave Woods from BBC Radio Five Live who takes over after some 29 years from Ray French who himself took over from the late Eddie Waring.
Woods, a Wiganer, until a few years ago lived at Queensbury but has now moved back into the Red Rose county. You may have also heard him on Channel Five's coverage of the UEFA Cup over the last few seasons as well as taking some of the other RL ties on a Sunday on BBC 2 while Frenchy, now 70, took the Saturday ties.
He will continue next term but, as for this campaign, he will take the Sunday game on BBC 2.
The Challenge Cup has remained one of the so-called crown jewels of British sport to remain on terrestrial television, just a pity with those scenes at the Oval last Sunday night when we took back the Ashes that the whole nation couldn't have witnessed it live.

FINALLY there is a car treasure hunt at Brighouse Sports Club on Bank Holiday Monday, August 31. Registrations are at 12.30pm and its £5 per entry and there are prizes for almost all. Upon your return to the club, if you do not get lost, there is a barbecue and the bar will be open for non-drivers!