5 football club owners who were at the receiving end of the fans' ire

#3 David Gold and David Sullivan

West Ham owners David Gold and David Sullivan were labelled 'The Dildo Brothers' last year

Infamously labelled ‘The Dildo Brothers’ by Sporting Lisbon president Bruno de Carvalho after the transfer of William Carvalho fell through in September, West Ham’s joint owners David Gold and David Sullivan remain two of the most outspoken owners in the current Premier League. They also remain two of the most hated by the fans.

The duo took control of the Hammers back in 2010, and have since overseen the move from Upton Park into the Olympic Stadium – a move that Gold has claimed prevented the stadium from becoming a ‘white elephant’, but the fans feel has stripped the club of their identity. Most recently, the fans have become furious with the club’s performance in the transfer windows – with Gold and Sullivan promising to bring in world-class players and pretty much never delivering.

2017/18 has perhaps been the worst season for the duo yet – they fired Slaven Bilic and hired the unpopular David Moyes, and although results have improved somewhat, fan morale off the pitch has not – especially not with a club director recently being embroiled in a scandal that saw him accused of racism. Hammers fans recently unfurled a banner comparing Gold and Sullivan to Adolf Hitler – that says it all, really.

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