Jack Sullivan (football club managing director)
Jack Sullivan (born C.1999/2000) is an English football club managing director. He is the son of West Ham United owner, David Sullivan and is the managing director of West Ham United Women.
Social media and journalism[edit]
Sullivan first came to public attention following his controversial use of Twitter to discuss West Ham United's club affairs and transfers.[1] In 2013, commenting on the signing of Marouane Chamakh, Sullivan wrote "I am very sorry about this news Chamakh has sign a 6 month loan deal! not my pick :(".[2] He used his Twitter account to adversely comment on West Ham players, Kevin Nolan and Andy Carroll. He wrote on Carroll, "Andy Carroll's birthday and his magically gets injured. Coincidence.” After a West Ham game against Everton at Goodison Park on Nolan he wrote, "How the fuck Nolan is playing about League 2 amazes me. gives us all hope. Can we leave Nolan in Liverpool though seriously."[3]
Sullivan was criticised by Graeme Souness for his use of Twitter. Souness wrote in The Times that the use of Twitter to criticise the manager’s selections, substitutions and signings was unacceptable.[4] Former West Ham manager, Sam Allardyce, blamed owner David Sullivan for giving the information to his son and for allowing him to tweet it.[5]
Sullivan also wrote a column called The Insider on West Ham's website. This discussed transfer targets and fees and was pulled from the club's official website on the orders of West Ham's managing director, Karren Brady after she had been inundated with complaints from supporters.
Following this Sullivan was engaged by The Sun tabloid newspaper, to write a twice monthly column.[6]
West Ham United Women[edit]
Sullivan was appointed as managing director of West Ham Women, by his father, in 2017. He had been involved with the women's team since leaving school aged 16.[7] During his first year, he played an integral part in helping the club reach the Women's Super League. After an application led by Sullivan, West Ham United women’s team leap-frogged two divisions from the part-time third tier into the newly-revamped Women’s Super League to compete, for the first time, at the highest level of the sport.[8] In 2018 he was the subject of a BBC Three programme, Britain's Youngest Football Boss, focussing on his running of the club and on the lives of female footballers.[9]
Personal life[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Jack Sullivan: West Ham unlikely to do any deals". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ↑ "West Ham sign Marouane Chamakh - to the dismay of owner's son". 4 January 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2019 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ Sport, Telegraph (7 January 2015). "Kevin Nolan slammed by son of West Ham co-owner". Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ Mondal, Subhankar (8 October 2017). "Graeme Souness outlines what he finds unacceptable at West Ham". Here Is The City. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ↑ 161385360554578 (9 November 2017). "Sam Allardyce slams 'disgusting' West Ham leak and criticises Jack Sullivan". Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ↑ Lucas, Damien (13 April 2017). "'Embarrassing' - West Ham fans react to Jack Sullivan writing about the club in national newspaper". Here Is The City. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Now there are two Sullivans with big plans for West Ham". Evening Standard. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ↑ "Sullivan leads West Ham revolution". womenscompetitions.thefa.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ↑ Mapstone, Lucy. "BBC Three documentary to follow West Ham Ladies' teenage boss". Newham Recorder. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
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