West Ham co-owner Sullivan warns foolish Birmingham fans
West Ham United co-owner David Sullivan expects stick from "foolish" Birmingham City fans tomorrow night.
Sullivan and David Gold's recent claim that West Ham was the club they always wanted after growing up supporting the Hammers infuriated many Blues' supporters.
Now the scene is set for an explosive atmosphere when City visit Upton Park tomorrow in the Premier League.
Sullivan said: “I think the foolish fans will give us some stick.
“They are full of hot air, but deep down they know we did a good job. Birmingham has never had a better owner in the history of the club. I said I won’t be there forever and ultimately I will be back in London.
“We were always outsiders at Birmingham. But in three years' time the fans will look back and see what a wonderful job we did and what a great shape the club is in.
“We rebuilt the ground and made the club self-sufficient and self-funding - it is a viable business. It was dilapidated. You had to p*** up against the walls and there was no hot water - that was the state of the toilet facilities on the Kop.
“We left a fantastic manager in Alex McLeish, who is on a relatively low wages relative to the job he does. We left a staff and infrastructure, with top people and wages the club could afford.
“We haven’t left a heap of rubbish."
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| Home | Away | Score | Time |
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| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
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| Reading | 46 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 89 |
| Southampton | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 39 | 88 |
| West Ham United | 46 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 33 | 86 |
| Birmingham City | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 27 | 76 |
| Blackpool | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 75 |
| Cardiff City | 46 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 75 |
| Middlesbrough | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 70 |
| Hull City | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 68 |
| Leicester City | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 66 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 66 | |
| Watford | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | -8 | 64 |
| Derby County | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 64 |
| Burnley | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 62 |
| Leeds United | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | -3 | 61 |
| Ipswich Town | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | -8 | 61 |
| Millwall | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | -2 | 57 |
| Crystal Palace | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | -5 | 56 |
| Peterborough United | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | -10 | 50 |
| Nottingham Forest | 46 | 14 | 8 | 24 | -15 | 50 |
| Nottingham Forest | 45 | 13 | 8 | 24 | -17 | 47 |
| Bristol City | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | -24 | 49 |
| Barnsley | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | -25 | 48 |
| Portsmouth | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | -9 | 40 |
| Coventry City | 46 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -24 | 40 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 8 | 12 | 26 | -37 | 36 |
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Comments (1)
Can't deny that we've now got a better stadium. Well, three sides anyway.
But someone please tell Mr Poisoned dwarf Sullivan.. There's never been hot water in the toilets at St Andrews to this very day !!!! Might have been nice and plush in the areas were he used to frequent.
The stadium sound system they installed in the Summer, was obviously done on the cheap too. Just as bad as previous one.
10 point plan....My arse!!
Thanks for the rest of it though. Big screen's good. But how long did that take for you to get installed?
I could go on and on and on.... We do appreciate that fact that the club was on it's ass when you took over. We do appreciate that fact that we're now a "Stable" premiership club. But I don't think for one minute that you've actually done too bad out of the deal yourselves??
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