them overall operational and commercial control. At the end of May 2010, Gold and Sullivan purchased a further 10% stake in the club at a cost of £8 million. Taking their controlling stake to 60%, they announced that they could open up shares for fans to purchase. On 9 August 2010, Gold and Sullivan increased their shares up to 30.6% each with "minority investors", (which included former owner Terry Brown, purchasing a further 3.8% of the club at a cost of around −4 million) leaving Icelandic Straumur Investment Bank owning 35% of the club. On 2 July 2013, Sullivan acquired a further 25% of shares after restructuring the debt of the club, leaving Straumur Bank with just 10%. In order to clear club debts before a move to the Olympic Stadium in 2016, in December 2014 Sullivan announced the availability for sale of 20% of the club. The clearing of club debts, given in July 2013 as £70 million, was given as a pre-condition to a move to the Olympic Stadium. On 10 November 2021, the club announced Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský had acquired 27% of the shares of the club, reducing Gold and Sullivan's shares at the club. Co-chairman David Gold passed away on 4 January 2023, leaving Sullivan as the sole chairman. European and international record Honours Domestic Leagues First Division/Premier League (Tier 1) Highest placing: 3rd, 1985–86 Second Division/Championship (Tier 2) Champions (2): 1957–58, 1980–81 Runners-up: 1922–23, 1990–91, 1992–93 Play-off winners: 2005, 2012 Southern League First Division: Highest placing: 3rd, 1912–13 Western Football League: Champions: 1906–07 Section A champions: 1906–07 Cups FA Cup Winners (3): 1963–64, 1974–75, 1979–80 Runners-up: 1922–23, 2005–06 League Cup Runners-up: 1965–66, 1980–81 FA Charity Shield: Winners: 1964 (shared) Runners-up: 1975, 1980 Football League War Cup: Winners: 1940 Southern Floodlit Cup: Winners: 1956 Runners-up: 1960 London Challenge Cup Winners (9): 1924–25, 1925–26, 1929–30, 1946–47, 1948–49, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1967–68, 1968–69 Essex Professional Cup: Winners (3): 1951, 1955 (shared), 1959 Runners-up: 1952, 1958 London Charity Cup Runners-up: 1902 Wartime London Combination: Champions: 1916–17 Runners-up: 1915–16 (Supplementary Tournament), 1917–18 League South A: Runners-up: 1939–40 League South C: Runners-up: 1939–40 Regional League South: Runners-up: 1940–41 League South: Runners-up: 1943–44, 1944–45 As Thames Ironworks F.C. Southern League Division Two Winners: 1898–99 London champions: 1898–99 London League Winners: 1897–98 Runners-up: 1896–97 West Ham Charity Cup Winners: 1896 Runners-up: 1897 European European Cup Winners' Cup Winners: 1964–65 Runners-up: 1975–76 UEFA Intertoto