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Jeremy Nicholas - who has been the Club's match day announcer for 16 years - has tendered his resignation after being ordered to take a 60 per cent pay cut.

Nicholas, who started at West Ham back in 1997 - the same year as KUMB.com first went online - announced via his website today that he was leaving the Club after his position was made untenable.

"With great sadness, I have resigned as the stadium announcer at West Ham United after sixteen seasons on the microphone," he said. "The club asked me to take a 60 per cent cut in my wages, to less than half of last season’s salary.

"While I would do anything to help the team I love, this just wouldn’t work for my family and me at this time.

"My wife has been diagnosed with Lyme Disease and has been off-work and housebound for the past eighteen months. I have had to stop my freelance work as a BBC TV reporter, to stay at home and look after her.

"While it was a tough decision for me to resign from West Ham, I had to put my family first. Without the TV work my main sources of income are now as a conference host and an after-dinner speaker.

"By committing myself to West Ham for the lower fee, I would have effectively been making a loss on being the announcer; because of the twenty days it ruled me out of speaking work."




West Ham are yet to comment on the matter but are understood to be preparing a statement. Whilst a replacement for Nicholas is yet to be found, the Club have confirmed to KUMB that they are looking at a number of options ahead of this weekend's visit fo Everton.

To read Jeremy's full statement, visit his website.

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