Journalist sums up the London Stadium experience perfectly.

Since moving to the London Stadium, West Ham have experienced more success than they have in the previous 30 years combined. However, that’s come at a cost.

Most matches at the London Stadium you will hear the away end singing about how they “sold their soul”, and perhaps there’s some truth to it. The matchday experience at the 2012 Olympics stadium is, frankly, awful, and that could be seen clearly in their last match.

Journalist Alyson Rudd summed it up perfectly when speaking about her experience at the Crystal Palace game.

Rudd wrote for the Times: “There is something disconcerting about being in a 62,000-capacity ground that is packed and yet intermittently utterly silent. Not a cough. This has long been a problem with the London Stadium. When the occasion is deemed to merit noise then it can feel vibrant and intimidating but too often there is a disconnect.“

“This is a club built on the intimacy of Upton Park and its ghost lingers still. All of which meant that Palace were the more composed and incisive.“

“The half-time whistle was greeted with nothing in particular. That there would be a second half felt more like an accepted punishment than something to pin hopes upon and seats were slow to refill even after the second period had begun.“

When it gets going it’s unbelievable, the Sevilla game sticks out as one of the best atmospheres ever, but it very rarely happens.