YOB West Ham fans are handing themselves over to cops in desperate bids for mercy, it is reported.

Several hooligans who ran riot at Upton Park on Tuesday night hope confessing their roles in the mayhem will spare them the life-time bans from football they face for their actions.

But they should expect no mercy, according to the club.

It has repeated its determination to impose the very toughest sanctions on the guilty.

Meanwhile, talks on a inquiry into the event are expected to start next week.