THOUSANDS of West Ham supporters have pledged their support for a growing campaign aimed at removing vice-chair Karren Brady and majority owner David Sullivan from their executive roles at the club.

The campaign has been launched by Hammers United, the largest independent West Ham supporters’ group, in response to what they have described as years of mismanagement, broken promises, and the steady decline of a proud working-class football institution.

The group laid out its demands clearly in a press release issued earlier this week, calling for the immediate resignation of Brady and Sullivan, an end to their involvement in the day-to-day running of the club, and the appointment of competent, accountable replacements who will act in the best interests of West Ham and its supporters.

Hammers United has announced two major protest actions including a pre-match rally ahead of the home game against Crystal Palace on Saturday September 20, and a boycott of the televised Brentford fixture on Monday October 20 “in front of the Sky cameras.”

The rally will take place along Marshgate Lane, the route to the Directors’ Entrance at the London Stadium, from 12.45pm to 2.15pm, and has been organised in co-ordination with the Metropolitan Police.

“With Brady and Sullivan at the helm, our club is going to die,” said Hammers United chairman Paul Colborne in the statement. “It is in serious decline and dying a slow death as we speak, with thousands of long-term, time-served fans walking away, another relegation fight beckoning, and another early cup exit. We cannot allow this to happen on our watch.”

Supporters have long criticised the club’s 2016 move from the Boleyn Ground to the taxpayer-owned London Stadium – a decision the group now calls a defining moment in the club’s loss of identity.

“They sold off the Boleyn Ground and moved us to an athletics stadium, voted by many as the worst football ground in the country, which we don’t even own. We rent it,” the statement reads.
“We were promised a ‘world class stadium for a world class team’, and 10 years later we have neither.”

The campaign is gaining momentum among disillusioned fans, writers, podcasters, and journalists who see the situation at West Ham as a symptom of a wider problem in English football, with the prioritisation of private profit over the interests of local communities and loyal supporters.

“We are all for progress – but not at the expense of our identity,” the statement continues. “This is a call to all West Ham fans to get behind our campaign, join the rally on September 20, and boycott the Brentford game on October 20. Together we can achieve our aim.”

Hammers United continues to call on all supporters, from lifelong season ticket holders to the next generation, to join the growing movement to take their club back.