David Gold has taken to Twitter to reveal a bizarre fact about West Ham United’s recent Premier League game against Crystal Palace.
West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic
The Hammers are sat 17th in the Premier League table, just one point above the bottom three after a torrid start to Slaven Bilic’s second season in charge.
And things don’t look like getting better any time soon if things go to form with a hellish fixture list on the horizon for the next month.
Bilic’s out of form side go to bitter rivals Tottenham Hotspur next to play Mauricio Pochettino‘s unbeaten side followed by a double header against Manchester United at Old Trafford, a home game against Arsenal and a trip to Anfield to face title hopefuls Liverpool.
West Ham’s Olympic Stadium, now named London Stadium
The club’s start to life at their new 60,000 seater Olympic Stadium home has been tempestuous with fighting and safety fears marring most of the home games so far.
The big move to Stratford is all geared towards raising the profile of West Ham across the globe in pursuit of more success on the pitch and more money off of it.
And now Hammers co-owner Gold has taken to Twitter to reveal a random fact about the club’s increasing profile.
“West Ham’s 1-0 away win at Crystal Palace was the ninth most viewed match in the USA this season – 604,000 football fans tuned in,” Gold posted on Twitter.
West Ham United’s Manuel Lanzini celebrates the winner against Palace
West Ham beat the Eagles 1-0 in that game, which was their first win since August at the time, as South American Manuel Lanzini scored the only goal.
Gold’s fact may be of relevance to the owners and the club’s marketing department.
It may even be of interest to some of the club’s supporters.
But the chances are most of them are more concerned about what Slaven Bilic and his players will be doing on the pitch in the coming month to warrant being one of the most viewed teams in the US.
And in coming transfer windows supporters will also want to see Gold and fellow co-owner David Sullivan driving the club on to sign the kind of players that can help them compete with the Premier League and European elite after a terrible summer window of transfer dealings.
West Ham co-owners David Sullivan and David Gold
There is no disputing the fact the move has elevated the club onto a whole new level after it was revealed that the Hammers now have the eighth highest average attendance in Europe this season.
Above the likes of Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea, the East Londoners – with an average attendance of 56,949 – are in elite company.
Bilic’s side sit below Arsenal, Schalke, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund and will jump up to joint fifth with the mighty Real Madrid if permission is granted for the capacity to be increased to 66,000 for next season.
But West Ham are miles behind all of those clubs when it comes to their dealings in the transfer market and the owners simply must competing with the big guns to challenge the elite where it really matters, on the pitch.
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