West Ham earn Europa League boost, fans are delighted

UEFA made the announcement we’ve all be waiting for this morning – England have been awarded an extra Europa League spot for next season via the Fair Play League.

That means that West Ham are on course for a spot in next year’s competition, with the Hammers occupying second in the Premier League league’s fair play table with three games remaining.

Liverpool currently lead the way but as they’ll undoubtedly qualify for finishing fifth, the spot will go down to the next team that hasn’t already qualified – West Ham United. Everton are just behind us in third, so we’ve go to be really, really careful between now and the end of the season.

Although there is the belief that playing in the Europa League can seriously hinder a team’s form in the league over a season (just look at Everton this term), it’s still an exciting prospect to be playing in Europe just a few seasons after coming back up from the Championship.

And what’s more exciting, and romantic, is that the Boleyn Ground could still play host to its final ever European night at some stage next season before we move to the Olympic Stadium.

That said, with Europa League qualification almost in the bag, it means next season could be one hell of a long one. We’ll go in to the first qualifying round of the competition, which is normally played as early as July, so let’s hope the club get their act together and sort out this managerial issue and next invest wisely to ensure we have a squad capable of playing from July to May in as many as four different competitions.

Here’s how the fans reacted to the news…

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