West Ham United co-chairman David Gold has slammed former Liverpool captain Alan Hansen.

Gold has branded Match Of The Day pundit Alan Hansen a "pompous fool" in an amazing Twitter attack.

He has not forgiven Hansen for a throwaway remark he made about football club chairmen two years ago.

Responding to a follower's unconnected observation about Hansen, Gold posted: "I can't remember exactly, I think he said a good chairman doesn't sign autographs or interact with fans. He also implied that a good chairman shouldn't have a football opinion. Alan Hansen is a pompous fool and owes me an apology.

"It's interesting that after my feature on MOTD, the BBC sent me a copy of the show but cut out the insulting comments by AH.

"The date of the interview staring (sic) Alan Hansen was 3rd October 2010. Would love to get unexpurgated copy."