AS former Scotland boss Alex McLeish starts to ponder managerial life in the Championship, his Birmingham co-owner David Sullivan has vowed to quit the club.

Sullivan and chairman David Gold were subjected to taunts and boos as the Blues thrashed Blackburn 4-1... but were still relegated after Fulham beat Portsmouth to avoid the drop.

Fans chanted the the board must go' and Sullivan's two young sons, David Junior and Jack, were moved for their own safety.

Now Sullivan is urging Gold to buy out his stake in the midlands club so he can end a 15-year association.

"These fans don't know anything about business and nothing about football. I've had enough. I don't want to be here next season," Sullivan said. "All those out there who want to buy the club, they can.

"Please buy me out David Gold. There are five or six clubs out there who would welcome me with open arms. It is time for me to go to a new club."

Sullivan and Gold were willing to sell last summer but the protracted and ultimately failed bid by Carson Yeung has contributed to the turmoil which has engulfed Blues for much of the season.

It cost them gaffer Steve Bruce, who has since saved Wigan from relegation.

Gold was visibly stressed and shocked by the extent of the fans' anger with many of them believing a lack of investment has led to Birmingham's second relegation in three years.

He said: "I am distressed by the fans' reaction. I understand the disappointment of relegation. Together we have been there on a number of occasions going all the way back to Barry Fry getting us relegated to the old Third Division.

"But never, in all the time I've been at the club, have I seen a large section of fans being abusive. I am very disappointed.

"Is it six? A hundred? Is it a thousand? Or is it the majority because, if it is the majority, I will be left with no alternative but to resign as chairman of the football club."