West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola claims it would be unfair to Hammers genuine supporters if the club were to be punished for Carling Cup trouble in midweek against local rivals Millwall. He said: "You have to be very balanced because if the punishment is very hard you will penalise all the genuine supporters. It would be unfair to those who support football in the right way.

"A good way would be to punish those who did cause problems. They should be hard on them but not the club.

"If people judge West Ham only for that then they are wrong because the club is well known for many other reasons.

"We are known for good things, like producing seven players that played for the national team the other day and supporters who follow us week in, week out and never cause problems.

"West Ham is not just the people who did that, we have a lot of wonderful supporters and I'm here representing those people.

"We have other supporters who are good ones and we are going to give them the satisfaction they deserve."