conspicuous due to several incidents. In August 2010 his Rolls-Royce Phantom car was attacked by Aston Villa fans outside a pub near Villa Park after West Ham's 3–0 defeat. The car sustained £8,500 worth of damage. He described the incident as "the most frightening experience of my football life". In November 2010 Gold criticised Birmingham City's new owners for reneging on their promise to keep him on as chairman following the sale of the club. Birmingham City and their acting chairman, Peter Pannu, responded by banning Gold from their ground St Andrew's for Birmingham City's game against West Ham on 6 November. Gold later issued a personal apology to Pannu on West Ham's own website. After the campaign against Malcolm Glazer's increase in the debt of Manchester United and Portsmouth going into administration in 2010, Gold advocated regulating football clubs' debts. He felt it is "cheating" for a team to take on debts which they could never pay off without external assistance and that he "fears for the league". Personal life and death In 1957, Gold married Beryl Hunt. They divorced in 1972 after Gold found her cheating on him with his best friend in his swimming pool, on the same day he caught his father stealing his shares. Hunt died in 2003. They had two children: Jacqueline Gold (b. 1960) is CEO of Ann Summers and Knickerbox Ltd Vanessa Gold (b. 1966) is the managing director of Ann Summers and Knickerbox Ltd. In 2005, Gold wrote his autobiography Pure Gold with co-writer Bob Harris. This dwells on his early childhood poverty, ascent in business and involvement with Birmingham City. , he lived with his fiancée Lesley Manning, in Caterham, Surrey. Following West Ham's move from the Boleyn Ground to the London Stadium in 2016, Gold was subjected to protests from groups of West Ham supporters who were unhappy with the move and who accused Gold of having taken money from the club and of being a "liar". According to the Sunday Times Rich List in 2020, Gold and his family were worth £460 million. Gold died on the morning of 4 January 2023, at the age of 86. References External links – official site – official site 1936 births 2023 deaths Adult magazine publishers (people) Association footballers not categorized by position Birmingham City F.C. directors and chairmen British businesspeople in retailing British newspaper publishers (people) English autobiographers English businesspeople