Gold blames jetlag for derogatory tweet about Hammers boss Sam

West Ham co-chairman David Gold has blamed jet-lag for a social media act that suggested he wanted to see Sam Allardyce leave his role as the club’s manager.

Having travelled with the club on their pre-season tour of New Zealand, Gold favourited a tweet sent to him by a supporter which called for Allardyce to be sacked.

“Is today the day we get rid of BFS?? @davidgold fingers crossed,” it read.