West Ham co-chairman David Gold has defended his ownership with business partner David Sullivan.
Furious Hammers fans have staged protests, shouted abuse and even worn the T-shirts calling for Gold, David Sullivan and Karren Brady to leave their club.
Gold said: “We've now got a stadium which holds 60,000 from one which held 35,000. OK, we do understand that there have been difficulties with the stadium but you've only got to go back and look at what you had at West Ham .
“When I was a boy as a fan, all I remember is a football club in the old second division, all my young life it was in the old second division.
“At least it's in the Premier League now. OK, we've got a few problems now, but overall we're moving upwards.
“It also depends on who you speak to. I spoke to a cab driver who drove me yesterday and we had half an hour talking and he was thrilled with the stadium. His kids love it, he was telling me the story about his day when he goes to a match. That's fantastic.
“But is he on the television? Is he in the paper? No. All that's in the paper is the guy that wants to kill me or burn my house down. That's the problem."
