Just one season is quite the long time in football, and anything can change for better or worse – for West Ham, it’s been a rollercoaster slide back to the second tier over the final 14 years with David Sullivan as joint-chair.
Following their relegation from the Premier League on the final day of the season, the 71-year-old announced that he would depart the club after 16 years in the role amid “serious historical claims” of improper conduct.
Sullivan, who denies the allegations he references, said that his departure was necessary to avoid allowing “personal matters to become an unnecessary distraction” in their bid to return at the first time of asking.
With his tumultuous time at the London club now officially at an end, FromTheSpot looks back on his run as joint-chair and eventual majority shareholder and what went so wrong right at the last.
David Sullivan and his late business partner David Gould acquired 50% of West Ham United in January 2010, a year before the club finished bottom and were relegated from the Premier League.
Following their relegation from the Premier League on the final day of the season, the 71-year-old announced that he would depart the club after 16 years in the role amid “serious historical claims” of improper conduct.
Sullivan, who denies the allegations he references, said that his departure was necessary to avoid allowing “personal matters to become an unnecessary distraction” in their bid to return at the first time of asking.
With his tumultuous time at the London club now officially at an end, FromTheSpot looks back on his run as joint-chair and eventual majority shareholder and what went so wrong right at the last.
David Sullivan and his late business partner David Gould acquired 50% of West Ham United in January 2010, a year before the club finished bottom and were relegated from the Premier League.
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