West Ham Joint Chairman David Gold visited the Dubai Hammers supporters club to watch the team take on Watford in their Premier League match on Saturday.

“It was fantastic to be with hard core fans in a pub enjoying the game,” Gold said. “It took me back to the days on the terraces. It was brilliant. I am out here on business and this was just a little bit special for me.”

The club’s leader, Dave Leader, has previously spoken about the supporters group to West Ham’s official TV channel, West Ham TV. “Everybody is passionate about their Club and and we didn’t realise that there were actually so many. On our Facebook page, we have over 500 members who are signed up, so everybody is passionate and we are out here for West Ham.”

“When we came up to the Premier League, there were pockets of West Ham supporters all over Dubai, so we decided to all get together to have one place to meet, That’s what we did, we organised a Supporters’ Club and here we are.”

“We see every single game, every kick, every week. There is normally a nucleus of around 40 to 50 guys who get together in the Nelsons Pub and they deck it out in flags and memorabilia and every game is shown live here so we are very fortunate.”