Karren Brady was verbally abused by West Ham United fans as part of the angry clashes during the defeat to Watford that have prompted her to demand police are deployed inside the club’s new London Stadium for future games.

West Ham’s move to the new stadium has been marred by in-fighting between the club’s supporters, insufficient segregation between home and away fans and complaints over the stewarding. Vice-chairman Brady will meet with the operators of the London Stadium, LS185, on Tuesday with both parties ready to agree to deploy police inside the ground for all forthcoming games, subject to approval from the Metropolitan Police Service.

Brady will push for a radical reform of the stewarding inside the London Stadium and could suggest new, more experienced stewards are brought in, despite the fact LS185 believe the level of criticism has been unfair.