Sunderland away fans were shocked by their treatment at London stadium on Saturday.

The Sunderland Echo says Sunderland fans had to run a gauntlet of threats and intimidation as they left the London Stadium after their last-gasp 1-0 defeat yesterday by West Ham United, it has been claimed.

Posts on social media have reported that small groups of visiting fans - even young and the elderly - were singled out by a hardcore of home supporters intent on trouble at the 60,000-capacity stadium.

One fan posted on the Ready To Go (RTG) Sunderland fans' forum: "For the first time in what seems years I felt afraid today. The stewards outside the ground after the game did not seem to know what they were doing.

"At one point myself and other Sunderland supporters were pushed towards West Ham fans who were lashing out at us, and it was the intervention of the police who stopped it getting any worse."