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Thanks Amanda for putting this so succinctly, great stuff.

I think if West Ham are already being defiant at this stage, you'll be getting much more the same attitude for the next 30 years on all sorts of other issues that arise around their site in future.

I personally would be put off going to the Olympic Park on a Saturday knowing that thousands of 'up for it' football fans were booring around the place all day long, many hours before and after the game, 'owning' the place with chants and the type of 'maurading' you find on the tube on a Saturday afternoon.

I also think many thousands of Londoners and families looking for a pleasant day out wandering around a tranquil park on a weekend Saturday would feel the exactly same way.

The Premiership culture is loud and in your face, and the fans are what drives that. They really shouldnt have a place in the olympic park if it is going to be a world class, peaceful space for families to escape to from the hubbub of the city. The park should have a Southbank vibe, relaxed and cultural, somewhere traffic free. Premiership motor-mouths stay clear.