Case Study: West Ham United FC achieves 100% uptime and faster fan experiences with Cloudflare

West Ham United FC handles 93% of 11.5 million match-day requests with Cloudflare

West Ham United Football Club faced frequent website outages during massive match-day traffic spikes, which hindered their global fans' access to real-time news and hurt revenue from merchandise and ticket portals. Their challenge was to maintain a secure, reliable, and performant website during these surges. With the help of their sponsor and hosting provider Skye Cloud, they partnered with vendor Cloudflare for a solution involving Cloudflare's security and performance products.

The solution implemented with Cloudflare included DNS services, the Web Application Firewall (WAF), and the Global Content Delivery Network (CDN). This provided robust security and offloaded traffic dramatically. The results were exceptional, with Cloudflare handling over 93% of requests during a peak match day of 11.5 million hits and ensuring 100% uptime, which allowed the club to reliably serve its passionate global fanbase.

West Ham United Football Club