David Sullivan has led tributes after his West Ham co-owner and long-term business partner David Gold passed away aged 86.
The Hammers announced the shock news of Gold's death after a short battle with illness. They said he died peacefully with his daughters, Jacqueline and Vanessa, and fiancée Lesley by his side.
The lifelong West Ham fan and former youth team player became joint-chairman of the club after launching a successful takeover bid alongside Sullivan in January 2010. Prior to that, the pair spent 16 years in charge of Birmingham City Football Club from 1993 to 2009.
