{"id":407737,"date":"2011-04-29T13:57:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/29\/west-ham-only-have-a-25-chance-of-staying-up-and-we-have-let-supporters-down-co-owner-david-sullivan\/"},"modified":"2011-04-29T13:57:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T13:57:00","slug":"west-ham-only-have-a-25-chance-of-staying-up-and-we-have-let-supporters-down-co-owner-david-sullivan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/29\/west-ham-only-have-a-25-chance-of-staying-up-and-we-have-let-supporters-down-co-owner-david-sullivan\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham only have a 25% chance of staying up and we have let supporters down &#8211; co-owner David Sullivan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By David Lynch<\/h3>\n<h4>29 Apr 2011 14:57:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"62.6887791108\">\n<div readability=\"13.1506849315\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"David Sullivan (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/d714e9c986632_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>David Sullivan (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"22.6973684211\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/374\/west-ham-united\">West Ham United<\/a> co-owner David Sullivan feels the odds are stacked against the club in their fight to avoid the drop.<\/p>\n<p>Sitting at the foot of the table and two points from safety, the Hammers are in a precarious position as the season enters its climax and it seems the owners have already resigned themselves to relegation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are facing the reality that 70-75 per cent we are likely to be in the Championship next year but there is still a 25-30% chance we won&#8217;t be,&#8221; he told the <em>Daily Telegraph.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He also expressed his regret at the way his and his co-owner David Gold&#8217;s ownership of the club has turned out.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;We didn&#8217;t come here to be relegated. We have fantastic supporters and I feel myself and David Gold have let them down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of being in the position whereby the Hammers may need a last-day victory to ensure safety, Sullivan was also uneasy about trusting some of his wantaway squad.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;It means Avram might have a hard decision to make if we go into the last game of the season needing a win to stay up &#8211; do you trust the fate of the club to them or do you make the decision that you will not play those players?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/d714e9c986632_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read this article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/29\/2463587\/west-ham-only-have-a-25-chance-of-staying-up-and-we-have-let\" title=\"West Ham only have a 25% chance of staying up and we have let supporters down - co-owner David Sullivan\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Ham only have a 25% chance of staying up and we have let supporters down &#8211; co-owner David Sullivan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By David Lynch 29 Apr 2011 14:57:00 David Sullivan (Getty Images) Related Links Teams West Ham United co-owner David Sullivan feels the odds are stacked against the club in their fight to avoid the drop. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":407738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-407737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>West Ham only have a 25% chance of staying up and we have let supporters down - co-owner David Sullivan - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/29\/west-ham-only-have-a-25-chance-of-staying-up-and-we-have-let-supporters-down-co-owner-david-sullivan\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"West Ham only have a 25% chance of staying up and we have let supporters down - co-owner David Sullivan - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By David Lynch 29 Apr 2011 14:57:00 David Sullivan (Getty Images) Related Links Teams West Ham United co-owner David Sullivan feels the odds are stacked against the club in their fight to avoid the drop.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/29\/west-ham-only-have-a-25-chance-of-staying-up-and-we-have-let-supporters-down-co-owner-david-sullivan\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/29\/west-ham-only-have-a-25-chance-of-staying-up-and-we-have-let-supporters-down-co-owner-david-sullivan\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"West Ham only have a 25% chance of staying up and we have let supporters down &#8211; 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