WEST HAM’S troubles took a new twist when one daring protester took his anti-board campaign pitchside.
Cheeky Cameron Robson volunteered to wave a giant club flag before Wednesday’s home game against Liverpool — then turned it into a dig at the Hammers top brass.
Cameron set up by the touchline before revealing the shirtCredit: Supplied
David Gold, Karen Brady and David Sullivan watched on from the directors’ boxCredit: Reuters
Season-ticket holder Robson, 23, was pictured in a T-shirt emblazoned with the slogan ‘GSB OUT’ — a reference to joint-chairmen David Gold and David Sullivan plus vice-chair Karren Brady.
The lifelong West Ham supporter passed through security while wearing the top under his jacket.
He unzipped his coat to reveal the slogan in the club’s claret and blue colours then took up his seat in the ground as normal without ever being challenged by stewards.
The stunt was filmed by his dad and posted on social media after West Ham lost 2-0, leaving the club hovering above the Premier League relegation zone only on goal difference.
Robson, a retail manager from Essex, said: “I did it to raise some awareness.
“West Ham is no longer the club I grew up in love with. There have been so many broken promises since they took charge.
“From where I was, I could see loads of scaffolding — so hardly the ‘world-class stadium’ we were promised.
“We have had six managers since they took over in 2010. All good managers, yet all are failing under this current board.
I go to West Ham with my dad and he went with his father. We will still go because we support the team — just not the regime.”
Cameron Robson
“When we were sold the dream of moving to the old Olympic Stadium so much was promised. I was even shown a row of classy looking leather seats — and was told mine would be just the same.
“It’s actually white plastic. Yes, it’s a minor thing, but it just goes in the mix with everything else.
“We believed there was no way our old Upton Park ground could be redeveloped because it was so hemmed in. Go there now and you will see blocks of high-rise flats where the old Chicken Run used to be.
“I understand signing players is a risk and that they don’t all work out. But things are so bad now, regardless of how much money the club is spending.”
This is not the first time Robson has gone public with his feelings.
He said: “I hung a flag on a public footpath outside David Sullivan’s house before and after we lost 5-1 to Arsenal in the first season at the London Stadium. I also hung it on a bridge in the Olympic Park.
“They tried to ban me — but had to climb down because I was on either public or rented land not belonging to them.
“I go to West Ham with my dad and he went with his father. The club’s in our blood.
“We will still go because we support the team — just not the regime.”
West Ham agree £13m deal for midfielder Tomas Soucek – here is why
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
