Capacity at Priestfield will be back to 100% for Saturday's game

Gillingham take on former Premiership side West Ham at the 11,400-seater Priestfield Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The club had claimed it stood to lose up to �30,000 in lost ticket revenue because capacity at the ground had been cut by 10%.

Medway Council and the local emergency services imposed the reduction on all home games this season because of "concerns over safety management at the club".

Council officials claim Gillingham's experienced safety officer left the club at the end of last season and had been replaced by someone with no previous experience of the role.

There were also concerns over the safety reporting culture at the club, the level of emergency evacuation planning and the training of matchday stewards.

Safety concerns met

But Medway Council restored capacity for the West Ham match to 100% after the club agreed to change key personnel for the fixture.

"The club has assured us that it will take steps to ensure that personnel who meet the statutory criteria are in place," said head of environmental health Gavin Wilders.

"This meets our health and safety requirements and as such for this particular game we will be allowing full capacity at the ground."

It is believed that Gillingham chairman Paul Scally has put the club's former safety officer back in charge for this weekend's match in order to allow all tickets to be sold.

The 90% capacity ruling will remain in place for all other matches at the Priestfield Stadium until the council is "completely satisfied" all health and safety requirements are met.