Hundreds of West Ham followers have protested towards how the membership is run and referred to as for chairman David Sullivan and vice-chair Karren Brady to step down.
The demonstrations happened earlier than their residence recreation towards Crystal Palace, with Graham Potter's facet 18th within the Premier League with solely three factors from 4 matches and already out of the Carabao Cup.
Two separate protests near their London Stadium residence noticed hundreds of supporters march to the bottom holding quite a lot of banners and flags calling for change on the membership.
A number of the flags stated Sullivan and Brady, who've been at West Ham since 2010, ought to “simply resign” and “have been killing the membership”, whereas one other learn “offered us a dream, we live the nightmare”.
Fan group Hammers United organised the bigger of the protests and stated this was “the beginning of a sustained marketing campaign and a collection of protests which should be vigorous, however throughout the regulation”.
They added: “If we're going to get our membership again our fanbase goes to must battle. With Brady and Sullivan on the helm our membership goes to die. It's in severe decline and dying a gradual demise.
“With hundreds of long-term, time-served followers strolling away, one other relegation battle beckoning and one other early cup exit, we can not enable this to occur on our watch.
“We should present the world that Brady and Sullivan's place is untenable they usually should step apart for the great of the membership.
“They should have no extra involvement within the operating of West Ham United, which should be handed over to professionals with the experience and drive to maneuver the membership ahead.”
Former Birmingham Metropolis house owners David Gold and Sullivan took control of West Ham United 15 years ago in a deal that valued the membership at £105m, with Brady becoming a member of as vice-chair.
The protests come two weeks after West Ham's fan advisory board, who characterize greater than 25,000 supporters, issued a vote of no confidence within the membership's board.
It cited the membership's failure to adequately construct on their Convention League victory in 2023 – the Hammers' first main trophy in 43 years – a failure to strengthen the membership within the switch window and the matchday expertise on the London Stadium among the many causes for the no-confidence vote.
