Karren Brady
West Ham’s vice-chairman faced renewed scrutiny last month when the club’s accounts revealed she
had received a £238,000 bonus to take her earnings up to £1.136m.
Both Hammers United and West Ham United Independent Supporters Association want Brady to either stand down from her current position or be sacked.
“We are very clear that we want the club to replace Karren Brady with a newly appointed full-time chief executive officer whose sole focus is on West Ham United,” said WHUISA chair Watson. “We do not believe somebody who has so many other jobs should be in her current position at the club.”
West Ham insist Brady’s role is all-encompassing and full-time, but Hammers United chairman Colborne said: “Just look at some of her social media activity over the past couple of years. West Ham were 15 minutes away from a massive relegation game against Stoke City and she was plugging her new TV show which started at the same time as kick-off.
“There was also the picture she posted on Twitter of the Arsenal cheese board and deserts when West Ham were being thrashed at the Emirates.”
Brady is credited by West Ham for helping the club move into 18th place in the latest Deloitte Football Money League and increasing turnover due to commercial revenue, but Watson added: “When we asked our members what their biggest issues with the club were, the role of Karren Brady received the most feedback.
“Her newspaper column not only annoys the fans but has also upset rival clubs and potentially cost us business, as was the case with Leicester City. She also criticised one of our own players, Robert Snodgrass, who has come back from his loan at Aston Villa and been brilliant.
“If her main responsibility is to grow the business side of the club or help generate money, then why has she felt it appropriate to comment on our players and the football side of the club?”