Hollywood actor Ray Winstone has hit out at West Ham's ticketing prices for next season, claiming the club has lost its sense of community after a 7.5 per cent rise.
From 2024-2025, the Hammers will phase out concession tickets by moving them to the upper tiers of the London Stadium and also into lower priced ticket bands.
Tickets for fans aged over 66 and under 21 have seen an average rise of 7.5 per cent while the most expensive seat at the London Stadium will cost an eye-watering £1,720.
Prices for general sale tickets for the club's home game with Manchester City top out at £120 for some seats - which applies to U18s and OAPs.
Hollywood actor Ray Winstone, pictured with Sir Trevor Brooking, is an avid West Ham fan
Hollywood actor Winstone and lifelong West Ham fan told coinbroker.com that greed is ruining football for families.
'How do you manage to take your kids every week, week in week out?' Winstone said. 'If you're just an ordinary working man you can't do it.
'It's a f**king liberty but it's the way of the world today I'm afraid.
'What can you do about it? Does everyone stop going? Maybe that's the answer – you stop going and boycott it.
'I think you're just dealing with a different beast today and it falls on deaf ears.
'That thing of community is gone, it's gone. I don't think they will understand it because at the end of the day it's a business and they're interested in the business side of it. It's a corporation, it's what.
'America was built on and that's what we're becoming now.
'When I was in Australia and looking at the football results. I wasn't looking at the football results necessarily to see the score, it just reminds me of where I'm from. My manor, my blood, my people and when you're trying to deal with these clubs I don't think they understand that.'