The son of West Ham United co-owner David Sullivan has taken to Twitter to clear up some confusion.
Match stewards attempt to make West Ham United fans sit down
West Ham’s new 60,000 seater home has been making the headlines for all the wrong reasons since the move from the club’s beloved Boleyn Ground over the summer.
Infighting, ugly brawls with away fans, fears over security and issues with stewarding are just some of the problems Hammers fans have encountered at what is being called the London Stadium.
Four defeats from five Premier League games, being dumped out of Europe by Romanian minnows Astra Giurgiu and sections of fans at odds with the club’s owners over standing during matches have only added to the resentment.
Back-to-back 4-2 defeats to Watford and West Bromwich Albion have left Slaven Bilic’s side in the relegation zone five games in.
Giant pictures of the likes of Dimitri Payet and Mark Noble have been removed from the stadium wrap
So when huge pictures of under-performing stars like Dimitri Payet, Mark Noble, Cheikhou Kouyate and Winston Reid that adorn the fabric wrap around the club’s new stadium were suddenly removed this week it caused quite a stir.
A number of supporters took to the social networking site to ask the club why the giant pictures had been removed prompting some to suggest it was off the back of their terrible start to the season.
West Ham United’s Adrian, Dimitri Payet and team mates look dejected
Hammers fan Mark Gevaux, otherwise known as the Rib Man to his fellow supporters, posed the question after posting a picture of the gaps which now take their place.
And Jack Sullivan, the teenage son of Hammers co-owner David, has responded to clear things up.
“Screen will go up to replace them,” Sullivan said.
The screen in question is the giant TV which will be the biggest in Europe.
The screen is the club’s solution to the doomed digital wrap which was initially supposed to stretch around the entirety of the stadium.
General view outside the stadium
Planning rules saw that thrown out and the club instead got permission to install the screen instead.
Installation was therefore delayed and vice-chairman Karren Brady said it would be in place for the Sunderland game on October 22nd.
But it could be that the screen – which will display West Ham video content and advertising – is ready sooner than expected now.
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