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And down they went, their fans screaming and shouting and pointing fingers of blame. For a while, David Sullivan sat there and absorbed the hate, but before long he was gone from his seat, vanished, just like West Ham from the Premier League.
In the end, not even David Moyes could save this crumbled relic of an institution from afar. Not this time. And nor could a thumping win within the confines of their own home, rare as that was.