West Ham and Tottenham face potential Premier League relegation, with fans expressing anger, grief, and embarrassment over club mismanagement and stadium moves. Two points separate the clubs with two games left, making survival the sole focus.
West Ham and Tottenham are on the brink of Premier League relegation, with fans expressing deep disappointment and anger over club mismanagement and stadium issues. Both clubs face a stark choice of survival in the final games of the season.
The club chair said the move to the London Stadium showed they were not a ‘tinpot club’ but now relegation threat loomsWhen David Sullivan was pressed on why West Ham bothered to move to the London Stadium, the lack of substance to his argument offered a window into the club’s dysfunction. “I just think we feel like a big club,” Sullivan said in an interview with the Guardian in December 2017. “Not a tinpot club. When players come to look at West Ham, they look at where you play.”Look deeper, though. Analysing the club chair’s answer nine years on, the conclusion is that this is an owner whose desire to win is cancelled out by his listlessness. Feeling like a big club, after all, is not the same as being a big club. It is a decade since West Ham departed from Upton Park, their tinpot home, and told their fans that doing so would take them to the next level. “A world-class stadium with a world-class team,” was the infamous sell from Karren Brady, the recently departed vice-chair, to which the best retort may be that line in the club’s recent accounts “forecasting a liquidity shortfall in summer 2026”, as well as the “severe but plausible scenario” of relegation causing an even bigger financial crisis three years after victory in the Conference League was followed by the £105m sale of Declan Rice to Arsenal. Continue reading...
West Ham fans celebrating Karren Brady's departure as vice-chair after 16 years say the "No More BS" campaign is not finished until David Sullivan also exits. Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky is increasing his stake by buying Gold family shares, matching Sullivan's holding and creating an equal boardroom partnership. The club recorded a record £104.2m loss and is fighting to avoid relegation with five games remaining, one place above the bottom three.
Karren Brady has stepped down as West Ham United’s vice-chair after 16 years, with Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky poised to match David Sullivan’s shareholding by acquiring part of the Gold family’s 25.1% stake. Both Sullivan and Kretinsky will own more than 40% of the club, with Kretinsky becoming joint-chair. The restructure comes as West Ham, 17th in the Premier League with five games remaining, face fan protests over mismanagement and posted a £104.2m loss last year.
Baroness Karren Brady steps down as vice-chair of Premier League side West Ham after 16 years.
Baroness Karren Brady has resigned as vice-chair of Premier League club West Ham United after 16 years, leaving on 15 April 2026. The businesswoman, appointed in January 2010 by then joint-chairs David Sullivan and David Gold, decided to leave in mid-February after first considering it in January.
Baroness Karren Brady has stepped down as vice-chair of West Ham United after 16 years. The businesswoman, appointed in January 2010 by then joint-chairs David Sullivan and David Gold, left on 15 April 2026. She told The Times she made the decision to leave in mid-February, having first started considering it in January.
Karren Brady has resigned as vice-chair of West Ham United, departing the club where she served on the board since January 2010. The announcement came the morning after West Ham drew at Crystal Palace, leaving them two points above the relegation zone. Brady, who previously managed Birmingham City, oversaw the club's Europa Conference League victory and key developments including the London Stadium contract and Declan Rice's record transfer. Joint-chair Daniel Kretinsky praised her essential contributions amid fan criticism targeting her and co-owner David Sullivan.
