West Ham and Eintracht Frankfurt fans clash in Seville

West Ham fans have been involved in running clashes with Eintracht Frankfurt supporters ahead of their Europa League last-16 tie against Sevilla on Thursday.

Footage on social media appeared to show a group of Frankfurt fans, also in Seville after their team played Real Betis in the Europa League on Wednesday night, march towards West Ham supporters outside a bar, before bottles and chairs were thrown by both sets of fans.

West Ham manager David Moyes had said on Wednesday that up to 10,000 Hammers fans were travelling to the Spanish city for the first leg of the club’s Europa League last-16 tie, despite the east London club only receiving an official allocation of 3,000 tickets from UEFA.

Police in Seville have told Sky Sports News that one Eintracht Frankfurt supporter was arrested. No West Ham fans were arrested.

“There were pretty ugly scenes here last night in the Paseo de Cristobal Colon region of Seville, on the City’s riverbank. A group of West Ham fans were drinking outside an Irish pub and were approached by Eintracht Frankfurt supporters, armed with weapons, chairs, bottles, sticks.

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“The pictures on social media don’t make for good viewing. It looked like the West Ham fans retaliated with bottles themselves before the police turned up and managed to disperse the fans. There’s lots of glass here left over on the street from the night before.