West Ham United F. C.
Full name	West Ham United Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Hammers,The Irons The Academy of Football
Founded	1895 as Thames Ironworks
Ground	Boleyn Ground (Upton Park) (Capacity 35,304[1])
Chairman	Björgólfur Guðmundsson[2]
Manager	Alan Curbishley
League	Premier League
2007–08	Premier League, 10th
Home colours 　 Away colours
Current season

West Ham United Football Club is an English football club based in Upton Park, London Borough of Newham, East London, and have played their home matches at the 35,303 capacity Boleyn Ground stadium since 1904. Football club names are a part of the sport 's culture reflecting century-old traditions This is a of lists of the use of Nicknames in football (soccer. The Academy of Football, or just The Academy, is a nickname of the English football club West Ham United. The following are the Association football events of the year 1892 throughout the world Thames Ironworks Football Club, the club that would later become West Ham United, was founded by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co For the football team see Upton Park FC The Boleyn Ground is the official name of Upton Park, the football Stadium The following is a list of Association football stadia. They are ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the Björgólfur Guðmundsson (born 1941-01-02 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is the chairman and owner of West Ham United FC. Llewellyn Charles 'Alan' Curbishley (born 8 November 1957 in Forest Gate, East London) is a former football manager and former professional player The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs This article shows statistics of individual players for the football club West Ham United F England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Upton Park is an area in the London Borough of Newham. Upton Park is centred upon Green Street a High street that runs north-south between the The London Borough of Newham ( is a London borough in East London, within Greater London. East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the River Thames. For the football team see Upton Park FC The Boleyn Ground is the official name of Upton Park, the football Stadium The following are the Football (soccer events of the year 1904 throughout the world

The club was originally founded as Thames Ironworks F.C. in 1895 and later reformed, in 1900, as their current incarnation. Thames Ironworks Football Club, the club that would later become West Ham United, was founded by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co The following are the Association football events of the year 1900 throughout the world They initially competed in the Southern League and Western League before joining the full Football League in 1919 and enjoyed their first top flight season in 1923, also featuring in the first FA Cup Final to be held at Wembley. The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs The following are the Football (soccer events of the year 1919 throughout the world The following are the Football (soccer events of the year 1923 throughout the world The club, who have spent their entire league career in the top two divisions, have been FA Cup winners three times: in 1964, 1975 and 1980. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after In 1965, they won the Cup Winners Cup (now defunct), and in 1999 they won the Intertoto Cup. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for They also won the first War Cup in 1940. The Football League War Cup was an English football tournament held during World War II, between 1939 and 1945 in the absence of the FA Cup. The club's best final league position is third place in the 1985-86 (old) First Division. The Football League First Division was the highest division of The Football League between 1993 and 2004 and the highest division of English football overall between West Ham currently holds the dubious distinction of being the only team to breach the 40 point boundary in a 38-game Premier League season and still be relegated (in 2003). The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs ^[3]

They currently compete in the Premier League, after finishing in 10th position in the 2007-08 season. The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs ^[4] The club's current manager is Alan Curbishley who was appointed on 13 December 2006^[5]; the club's current captain is Australian Lucas Neill. Llewellyn Charles 'Alan' Curbishley (born 8 November 1957 in Forest Gate, East London) is a former football manager and former professional player Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Lucas Edward Neill (born June 30, 1978 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian Football (soccer player who is the captain of

Contents 1 History 2 Crest 3 Colours 4 Supporters, and hooliganism and rivalries 4.1 Supporters 4.2 Hooliganism 4.3 Rivalries 5 Nicknames 6 Trivia 7 Stadium 8 The Academy of Football 9 Players 9.1 Current squad 9.2 Out on loan 9.3 Reserves and Youths 9.4 West Ham dream team 9.5 Hammer of the Year 10 Current staff 11 Managers 12 Ownership 13 Shirt sponsors and kit suppliers 13.1 Shirt sponsors 13.2 Kit suppliers 14 Honours 15 Statistics and records 15.1 Attendance 15.2 Transfers 15.3 Record results and performances 15.4 Victories 15.5 Defeats 15.6 Club League highs and lows 15.7 Club goal records 15.8 Player records 16 See also 17 References 17.1 Books 17.2 Websites 18 External links

History

Main article: History of West Ham United F.C.

See also: West Ham United F.C. timeline

The earliest generally accepted incarnation of West Ham United was founded in 1895 as the Thames Ironworks works team by foreman and local league referee Dave Taylor and owner Arnold Hills^[6] and was announced in the Thames Ironworks Gazette of June 1895. The Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company Limited was a Shipyard and Iron works based at Leamouth, the junction of Bow Creek and the Dave Taylor was one of the co-founders of Thames Ironworks FC Arnold Hills ( March 12 1857 &ndash March 7 1927) was an English Businessman, Sportsman Philanthropist

The team played on a strictly amateur basis for 1895 at least, with a team featuring a number of works employees including Thomas Freeman (ships fireman), Walter Parks (clerk), Johnny Stewart, Walter Tranter and James Lindsay (all boilermakers), William Chapman, George Sage, and William Chamberlain and apprentice riveter Charlie Dove. Charles Dove was born in 1879 in East Ham, England. He was regarded as a super-fit footballer who in 1895 stood at nearly 6 feet and weighed 12 stone considered ^[6]

The club, Thames Ironworks F.C.^[7] were the first ever winners of the West Ham Charity Cup in 1895 contested by clubs in the locality, then won the London League in 1897. Thames Ironworks Football Club, the club that would later become West Ham United, was founded by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co The West Ham Charity Cup was an amateur football tournament known to have existed between 1895 and 1902 The London League was a football competition that was held in the London and surrounding areas of south-east England from 1896 until 1964 The following are the Association football events of the year 1897 throughout the world They turned professional in 1898 upon entering the Southern League Second Division, and were promoted to the First division at the first attempt. The following are the Association football events of the year 1898 throughout the world History Professional football (and Professional sport in general developed more slowly in Southern England than in the north. ^[8] The following year they came second from bottom, but had established themselves as a fully fledged competitive team. They comfortably fended off the challenge of local rivals Fulham F.C. in a relegation play-off, 5-1 in late April 1900 and retained their First Division status. Fulham Football Club is an English football team based in Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The following are the Association football events of the year 1900 throughout the world ^[8]

See also: Thames Ironworks F.C.

The team initially played in full dark blue kits, as inspired by Mr. Thames Ironworks Football Club, the club that would later become West Ham United, was founded by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co Hills, who had been an Oxford University "Blue", but changed the following season by adopting the sky blue shirts and white shorts combination worn through 1897 to 1899. A University Sporting Blue is an award earned by sportsmen and sportswomen at Cambridge, Oxford, and some other universities for competing at the highest level of The following are the Association football events of the year 1897 throughout the world The following are the Association football events of the year 1899 throughout the world In 1899 they acquired their now traditional home kit combination of claret shirts and sky blue sleeves in a wager involving Aston Villa F.C. players.

See also: Colours of West Ham Utd F.C.

Following growing disputes over the running and financing of the club in June 1900 Thames Ironworks F. } West Ham United Football Club is an English football club based in Upton Park, London Borough of Newham, East London, who have played C. was wound up,^[7] then almost immediately relaunched on 5 July 1900 as West Ham United F. Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. C. with Syd King^[7] as their manager and future manager Charlie Paynter as his assistant. Ernest Sydney "Syd" King (born Chatham, Kent, 1873 died 1933 was a footballer and manager and one of the most important figures in the early history of Charlie Paynter (1883 in Swindon – 1971 was manager of West Ham United from 1932-1950 Because of the original "works team" roots and links (still represented upon the club badge), they are still known to this day as 'the Irons' or 'the Hammers' amongst fans and the media. ^[7][9][10]

The reborn club continued to play their games at the Memorial Ground in Plaistow (funded by Arnold Hills) but moved to a pitch in the Upton Park area when the team officially severed ties with the company (losing their works provisioned offices in the process). Plaistow (ˈplɑːstoʊ or plaa-stow - and not as sometimes heard " play-stow " is a place in the London Borough of Newham in East London After being made groundless in 1901 the team became transient, playing their home games on a number of local teams grounds. However, in 1904 the team moved to its current home of Upton Park in the guise of the Boleyn Ground stadium. Upton Park is an area in the London Borough of Newham. Upton Park is centred upon Green Street a High street that runs north-south between the For the football team see Upton Park FC The Boleyn Ground is the official name of Upton Park, the football Stadium

Their first game in their new home was against local rivals Millwall F.C.^[7] (themselves an Ironworks team, albeit for a rival company) drawing a crowd of 10,000 and with West Ham running out 3-0 winners,^[11] and as the Daily Mirror wrote on September 2, 1904:

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"Favoured by the weather turning fine after heavy rains of the morning, West Ham United began their season most auspiciously yesterday evening; when they beat Milwall by 3 goals to 0 on their new enclosure at Upton Park. Millwall Football Club are an English professional football team based at The New Den, referred to by fans as The Den in Bermondsey, The Daily Mirror, often referred to simply as The Mirror, is a British Tabloid daily Newspaper founded in 1903 Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on "

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West Ham Utd F. C. had joined the Western League for the 1901 season^[12] in addition to continuing playing in the Southern Division 1. In 1907 West Ham were crowned the Western League Division 1B Champions, and then defeated 1A champions Fulham 1-0 to become the Western Leagues Overall Champions. The following are the Football (soccer events of the year 1907 throughout the world ^[12]

In 1919, still under King's leadership, West Ham gained entrance to the Football League Second Division and were promoted to Division One in 1923, making the FA Cup final at the same time. The following are the Football (soccer events of the year 1919 throughout the world From 1892 until 1992 the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football. The Football League First Division was the highest division of The Football League between 1993 and 2004 and the highest division of English football overall between The following are the Football (soccer events of the year 1923 throughout the world The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The team enjoyed mixed success in Division 1 but retained their status for 10 years and reached an FA Cup semi final in 1927, 4 years later. The following are the Football (soccer events of the year 1927 throughout the world

In 1932 the club was relegated to Division Two and long term custodian Sydney King was sacked after serving the club in the role of Manager for 32 years, and as a player from 1899 to 1903. The following are the Football (soccer events of the year 1932 throughout the world He was replaced with his assistant manager Charlie Paynter who himself had been with West Ham in a number of roles since 1897 and who went on to serve the team in this role until 1950 for a total of 480 games. Charlie Paynter (1883 in Swindon – 1971 was manager of West Ham United from 1932-1950

The club spent most of the next 30 years in this division, first under Paynter and then later under the leadership of former player Ted Fenton. Edward Fenton (born 7 November 1914 in Forest Gate, London) was manager of English football club West Ham United Fenton succeeded in getting the club once again promoted to the top level of English football in 1958 and in helping develop both the initial batch of future West Ham stars and West Ham's approach to the game.

Ron Greenwood was appointed as Fenton's successor in 1961 and he soon led the club to two major trophies, winning the FA Cup in 1964 and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1965. Ronald 'Ron' Greenwood CBE ( 11 November 1921 — 9 February 2006) was an English football player and manager The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The 1965 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match between West Ham United of England and TSV 1860 München of West Germany During the 1966 World Cup, an important part of the England national football team was composed of West Ham players, including the captain, Bobby Moore, Martin Peters (who scored in the final), and Geoff Hurst, who scored the only ever hat-trick to-date in a World Cup final. The 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth staging of the World Cup was held in England from 11 July to 30 July The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football Robert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore, OBE (12 April 1941 - 24 February 1993 was an English footballer. Martin Stanford Peters MBE, (born 8 November 1943 in Plaistow, London) was a football player and member of the victorious Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst, MBE (born 8 December 1941 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire) is a former footballer of A hat-trick in Sports is associated with succeeding at anything three times in three consecutive attempts The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international Association football After a difficult start to the 1974-75 season, Greenwood moved himself "upstairs" to become General Manager and without informing the board, appointed his assistant John Lyall to the role of Team manager. The result was instant success as the team went on an incredible goalscoring run hitting the net no fewer than 20 times in their first 4 games under the new Manager who then led them on to win the FA Cup in his first season.

Lyall then guided West Ham to another European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1976, though the team lost the match 4-2 to Anderlecht. The 1976 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match between West Ham United of England and Anderlecht of Belgium. This article is about the region of Belgium for the football club see R Greenwood's new role within the club lasted less than three years as he was appointed to manage England in the wake of Don Revie's resignation in 1977.

In 1978, the club were again relegated to Division Two but the board stuck by their manager and Lyall was able to lead West Ham to another FA Cup win in 1980. No team since has won the trophy from outside the top division. They were promoted to Division One in 1981, having spent only 3 years in the lower league, although they were relegated after 8 seasons in 1989 This relegation resulted in John Lyall's sacking, in spite of the fact that this stay in Division One saw West Ham achieve their highest ever placing in the top division, finishing 3rd in 1986.

Very briefly, they were led by Lou Macari, though he resigned after less than a single season in order to clear his name of allegations of illegal betting whilst manager of Swindon Town, and former player Billy Bonds was the next West Ham manager in charge. Luigi "Lou" Macari (born 4 June 1949 in Largs William Arthur "Billy" Bonds MBE (born September 17, 1946) was a professional footballer and manager, who is most often In his first full season, 1990-91, West Ham again secured promotion to Division One. The following season, 1991-92, they were relegated, to the newly christened Division One (formerly Division 2), missing out on the inaugural Premier league season. The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs West Ham again only spent one year in Division One, before finishing 2nd and gaining promotion to the Premier League in May 1993.

After a more stable season in the Premier League, Bonds acrimoniously and controversially quit, and was replaced by Harry Redknapp in August 1994. Henry James "Harry" Redknapp (born 2 March 1947 is an English former footballer who has had a long career in football management and is the current Redknapp was active in the transfer market, and gained a reputation as a "wheeler-dealer" especially with foreign players being more available following the Bosman ruling. The Transfer market and Transfer list are common Slang terms for the virtual arena in which football players are available for transfer to clubs The Bosman ruling (Union Royal Belges des Sociétés de Football Association ASBL & others v He led West Ham to 5th place in 1998/99 but they missed out on automatic qualification for the UEFA Cup (despite seasons prior to and since where 5th was good enough), but did indeed qualify for that competition as winners of the Intertoto Cup. The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for Despite consolidating the league placings for a handful of seasons, a disagreement with the board of directors during the close of the 2000-01 season, found Redknapp replaced with Glenn Roeder, promoted from Youth team coach. Glenn Victor Roeder (born December 13 1955 in Woodford, Essex) is an English football manager and former

In Roeder's first season the team finished 7th (an improvement on Redknapp's last finish of 15th. ), but there were worrying signs as West Ham lost 7-1 to Blackburn and 5-0 and 5-1 to Everton and Chelsea respectively. The subsequent season started poorly and eventually resulted in relegation. Following ill-health and poor results, Roeder was sacked in August 2003 after only 3 games in charge in Division 1. Trevor Brooking (who served as manager during Glenn's ill health the previous season) stepped in as interim manager before being replaced with Alan Pardew in October 2003, headhunted from promotion rivals Reading. Alan Scott Pardew (born 18 July 1961 in Wimbledon London) is an English football manager and former player Pardew led the team to a playoff final, though they were beaten by Crystal Palace. A playoff or final in Sports is a game or series of games played after the regular season is over with the goal of determining a league champion or a similar accolade Crystal Palace FC is an English football club based in South Norwood, London. The club stayed in Division One for another season, when they again reached the playoff final, but this time won and gained re-entry to the Premiership.

On their return to the Premiership, West Ham finished in 9th place,^[13] restoring pride to many West Ham supporters. The highlight of the 2005-06 season, however, was reaching the FA Cup final, and taking favourites Liverpool to a penalty shootout where they lost, but gained entry to the UEFA Cup as Liverpool had qualified for the Champions League through league position. The 2006 FA Cup Final was the final and deciding match of the FA Cup 2005-06. Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England.

West Ham completed a major coup by the end of the 2006 transfer window, after completing the signings of Carlos Tévez and Javier Mascherano. Carlos Alberto Tévez (born Carlos Alberto Martínez, 5 February 1984 in Ciudadela, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine Javier Alejandro Mascherano (pronounced ˌmaskeˈɾano (born 8 June 1984 in Santa Fe) is an Argentine football player who currently ^[14] The club was eventually bought by an Icelandic consortium, led by Eggert Magnússon in November 2006. Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland ( ( Ísland or Lýðveldið Ísland ( Eggert Magnússon (born February 20 1947) is an Icelandic businessman and former President of the Football Association of Iceland and ex-chairman Events in November All Saints' Day (formerly All Hallows Day a Christian holy day is celebrated on November 1, the day after Halloween Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[15] Manager Alan Pardew was sacked after poor form during the season^[16] and was replaced by former Charlton manager Alan Curbishley. Llewellyn Charles 'Alan' Curbishley (born 8 November 1957 in Forest Gate, East London) is a former football manager and former professional player ^[5]

The signings of Mascherano and Tévez were investigated by the Premier League, who were concerned that details regarding the transfers had been omitted from official records and the club was found guilty and in April 2007 fined 5. 5 million pounds. ^[17] However, the Club was lucky to avoid any points deduction which ended up being critical in their fight to avoid relegation at the end of the 2006/07 Season. Following on from this event, the Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan threatened legal action supported by other sides facing possible relegation, including Fulham and Sheffield Utd. David Whelan born in Bradford on 24 November, 1936, and raised in Wigan, is a former professional football player with Blackburn ^[18]

West Ham ultimately escaped relegation by winning seven of their last nine games, including a 1-0 win over Arsenal, and on the last day of the season defeating newly crowned League Champions Manchester United 1-0 with a goal by Carlos Tevez to finish outside the relegation zone in 15th. Carlos Alberto Tévez (born Carlos Alberto Martínez, 5 February 1984 in Ciudadela, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine The contribution of Carlos Tevez ended up being critical to the survival of the club in the Premiership as he scored seven goals, five of them crucial, in the last couple of months of the season to enable the team to stay up. Carlos Alberto Tévez (born Carlos Alberto Martínez, 5 February 1984 in Ciudadela, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs

In the 2007/08 season West Ham had a reasonably consistent place in the top half of the league table despite new signings Craig Bellamy and Kieron Dyer missing most of the campaign. Craig Douglas Bellamy (born July 13 1979 in Rumney, Cardiff) is a Welsh international footballer He plays for West Kieron Courtney Dyer (born 29 December 1978 in Ipswich, England) is an English footballer, of Antiguan descent The last game of the season, at the Boleyn Ground, saw West Ham draw 2-2 against Aston Villa; ensuring their spot in tenth place, finishing three points ahead of rivals Tottenham Hotspur. For the football team see Upton Park FC The Boleyn Ground is the official name of Upton Park, the football Stadium Tottenham Hotspur, ˈtɒʔnəm is an English professional football club which currently plays in the Premier League.

Crest

The original club crest was a crossed pair of rivet hammers; tools commonly used in the iron and shipbuilding industry. A castle was later (circa 1903/4) added to the crest and represents a prominent local building, Green Street House, which was known as "Boleyn Castle" through an association with Anne Boleyn. Anne Boleyn (1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536 was the Queen of England as the second wife of Henry VIII of England. The manor was reportedly one of the sites at which Henry VIII courted his second queen, though in truth there is no factual evidence other than the tradition of rumour. Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of ^[19]

The castle may have also been added as a result of the contribution made to the club by players of Old Castle Swifts, or even the adoption (in 1904) of Boleyn Castle FC^[20] as their reserve side when they took over their grounds on the site. Old Castle Swifts Football Club, the first professional football club in Essex, was formed by Scottish shipowner Donald Currie in September

The crest was redesigned and updated by London design agency Springett Associates in the late 1990s, featuring a wider yellow castle with fewer cruciform "windows" along with the peaked roofs being removed the tops of the towers that had previously made it appear more akin to Disneyland Sleeping Beauty's Castle than a functioning fortress. Disneyland, marketed as the happiest place on Earth, is an American Theme park in Anaheim, California, owned and operated by the Walt The designer also altered shape of the hammer heads, border and other small changes in order to give a more substantial feel to the iconography.

When the club redesigned the facade of the stadium (construction finished 2001/02) the 'castle' from the later badge was incorporated into the structure at the main entrance to the ground. A pair of towers are now prominent features of the grounds appearance, both bearing the clubs modern insignia (which is also located in the foyer, and other strategic locations).

Colours

1895-1896: First kit.

The original colours of the team were dark blue, due to Thames Ironworks chairman Arnold Hills being a former student of Oxford University. The Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company Limited was a Shipyard and Iron works based at Leamouth, the junction of Bow Creek and the Arnold Hills ( March 12 1857 &ndash March 7 1927) was an English Businessman, Sportsman Philanthropist The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the However the team used a variety of kits including the claret and sky blue house colours of Thames Ironworks, as well as sky blue or white uniforms. ^[21][22]

The Irons permanently adopted claret and blue for home colours in the summer of 1899. Thames Ironworks right-half Charlie Dove received the kit from his father William Dove, who was a professional sprinter of national repute, as well as being involved with the coaching at Thames Ironworks. Thames Ironworks Football Club, the club that would later become West Ham United, was founded by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co Charles Dove was born in 1879 in East Ham, England. He was regarded as a super-fit footballer who in 1895 stood at nearly 6 feet and weighed 12 stone considered Bill Dove had been at a fair in Birmingham, close to Villa Park, the home ground of Aston Villa and was challenged to a race against four Villa players, who wagered money that one of them would win. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um Villa Park is a football Stadium in the district of Aston, in Birmingham, England

Bill Dove defeated them and, when they were unable to pay the bet, one of the Villa players who was responsible for washing the team's kit offered a complete side's 'uniforms' to Dove in payment. The Aston Villa player subsequently reported to his club that the kit was 'missing'.

Thames Ironworks, and later West Ham United, retained the claret yoke/blue sleeves design, but also continued to use their previously favoured colours for their away kits, and indeed, in recent years the club have committed to a dark blue-white-sky blue rotation for the away colours.

West Ham announced on 2 March 2007 their new kit supplier will be Umbro for the next 3 seasons and on 7 June 2007 announced their new kit sponsor will be XL.com. Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Umbro ( is a British sportswear and equipment supplier based in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The XL Leisure Group (XLLG was a major tour operating company in the UK, consisting of charter and scheduled airlines holiday companies and flight-only tour operators ^[23][24]

Supporters, and hooliganism and rivalries

Supporters

“	I'm forever blowing bubbles, Pretty bubbles in the air. They fly so high, nearly reach the sky, And like my dreams they fade and die. Fortune's always hiding, I've looked everywhere. . . I'm forever blowing bubbles, pretty bubbles in the air.	”
—original lyrics to "Bubbles", from John Helliar[25]

The team's supporters are well known for their rendition of the chorus of their team's anthem, "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" introduced to the club by former manager Charlie Paynter in the late 1920s. " I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles " is a popular song which debuted in 1918 and was first published in 1919 At the time, a Pears soap commercial featuring the curly haired child in the Millais "Bubbles" painting who resembled a player Billy J. Pears transparent soap is an old brand of soap first produced commercially in 1789 by Andrew Pears at a factory just off Oxford Street in London England Bubbles, originally entitled A Child's World, is a painting by Sir John Everett Millais that became famous when it was used over many generations "Bubbles" Murray in a local schoolboy team of Park School for whom the headmaster Cornelius Beal coined singing the tune "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" with amended lyrics. " I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles " is a popular song which debuted in 1918 and was first published in 1919

Beal was a friend of Paynter, whilst Murray was a West Ham trialist and played football at schoolboy level with a number of West Ham players such as Jim Barrett. James William Barrett ( 19 January 1907 — 25 November 1970) was an English footballer who played for West Ham United Through this contrivance of association the clubs fans took it upon themselves to begin singing the popular music hall tune before home games, sometimes reinforced by the presence of a house band requested to play the refrain by Charlie Paynter. ^[25]

There is a slight change to the lyrics sung by the Upton Park faithful. The second line's "nearly reach the sky" is changed to "they reach the sky", "Then like my dreams" is also changed to "And like my dreams". In addition the fans begin a chant of "United, United!" to cap it off.

“	Bow Bells are ringing, for the Claret and Blue, Bow Bells are ringing, for the Claret and Blue, When the Hammers are scoring, and the South Bank are roaring, And the money is pouring, for the Claret and Blue, Claret and Blue, No relegation for the Claret and Blue, Just celebration for the Claret and Blue, One day we'll win a cup or two, or three, Or four or more, for West Ham and the Claret and Blue.	”
—Supporters song to the tune of 'The Bells are Ringing', circa 1960[26]

The 1975 FA Cup version - which contains the original lyrics, and features vocals from the teams then current players - is always played before home games, with the home crowd joining in and carrying the song on after the music stops at the verse line "Fortune's always hiding". This article is about the stage musical For the 1960 film see Bells Are Ringing Bells Are Ringing is a musical with The 1975 FA Cup Final was contested by West Ham United and Fulham at Wembley. The song was originally released as a single by the 1975 Cup Final squad and has been covered on occasion by such as the Cockney Rejects. Cockney Rejects are an Oi! punk band that formed in the East End of London in 1979

Like other teams (such as Liverpool F. C. 's adoption of "You'll Never Walk Alone") the team also have a history of adopting or adapting popular songs of the day to fit particular events, themes, players or personas. " You'll Never Walk Alone " is a Show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel. These have included serious renditions of theatre and movie classics such as "The Bells are Ringing", along with more pun laden or humorous efforts such as chanting former player Paolo di Canio's name to the canzone La donna è mobile by Verdi, or D.I.Canio to the tune of Ottawans D.I.S.C.O., or singing That's Zamora to the tune of Dean Martins 1953 classic That's Amore in honour of Bobby Zamora. Me and My Girl is a musical with book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L Paolo Di Canio (born July 9, 1968) is a retired Italian footballer. " La donna è mobile " (" Woman is fickle " is the cynical Duke of Mantua's Canzone from Giuseppe Verdi 's Opera Paolo Di Canio (born July 9, 1968) is a retired Italian footballer. Ottawan were a Disco duo in the late 1970s and early 1980s Career They were fronted by lead Singer Jean Patrick (born 6 " DISCO " is a Disco song by the French band Ottawan, written by Daniel Vangarde and Jean Kluger Robert Lester "Bobby" Zamora (born January 16, 1981 in Barking, London) is a native born English footballer of Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7 1917 &ndash December 25 1995 was an American Singer, Film Actor, television personality " That's Amore " is a 1952 Song by composer Harry Warren and lyricist Jack Brooks.

On the fans' darker side, they gained national attention after giving a torrid time to David Beckham in his first away match of 1998-9 the season after the England midfielder was sent off for a petulant foul on Diego Simeone. David Robert Joseph Beckham, and is also a member of the England national team. |- International career For the Argentine team, Simeone amassed 106 caps the first coming in 1988 ^[27] Coinciding with the game there were claims (and an image taken) that fans, organised by a hardcore, had hung an effigy of the player outside a local pub. Although it was later revealed that the pub was in South-East London, the heartland of West Ham's greatest rivals Millwall. South East London may refer to SE postcode area eastern part of South London Millwall Football Club are an English professional football team based at The New Den, referred to by fans as The Den in Bermondsey, The West Ham fans did boo Beckham's every touch of the ball during the game, however. ^[28]

They have also displayed a particular zeal when it comes to abusing former players particularly those who are perceived to have abandoned the club, or performed some disservice. Famously Paul Ince ("Judas, Judas"^[29]), Frank Lampard("Fat Lumpolard"^[30]) Jermain Defoe ("You're just a small Paul Ince"^[31]) and Nigel Reo-Coker^[32] have born the brunt of verbal assaults and a guaranteed hostile reception at Upton Park. Paul Emerson Herbert Carlyle Ince (born 21 October 1967 in Ilford, London) is an English football manager who is currently Frank James Lampard Jr (born 20 June 1978 in Romford, London) is an English football Midfielder currently playing for Premier Jermain Colin Defoe (born 7 October 1982 in Beckton, London is an English footballer of Saint Lucian and Dominican descent Nigel Shola Andre Reo-Coker (born May 14, 1984 in Croydon, Greater London) is an English footballer. However, players such as Joe Cole, Michael Carrick, Rio Ferdinand and Carlos Tevez receive applause and even standing ovations in honour of their contributions during their time at the club. Joseph John "Joe" Cole (born 8 November 1981 in Islington, London) is a professional footballer who plays for Chelsea of the English Michael Adrian Carrick (born 28 July 1981 in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear) is an English footballer who currently plays for Manchester United as a Rio Gavin Ferdinand (born 7 November 1978 in Peckham, London) is an English footballer. Carlos Alberto Tévez (born Carlos Alberto Martínez, 5 February 1984 in Ciudadela, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine .

Hooliganism

The origins of West Ham's links with organised football-related violence starts in the 1960s with the establishment of The Mile End Mob (named after a particularly tough area of the East End of London). Football hooliganism such as brawls vandalism and intimidation carried out by Association football club supporters and fans ^[33]

During the 1970s and 1980s (the main era for organised football-related violence) West Ham gained further notoriety for the levels of hooliganism in their fan base and antagonistic behaviour towards both their own and rival fans, and the police. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Football hooliganism such as brawls vandalism and intimidation carried out by Association football club supporters and fans

The Inter City Firm were one of the first "casuals" (so called because they avoided police supervision by not wearing football-related clothing) and travelled to away matches on regular "Inter City" trains, rather than on the cheap and more tightly-policed "football special" charter trains). The Inter City Firm ('ICF' is a UK football hooligan firm active in the 1970s and 1980s linked to West Ham United. Casuals are a Subculture of football support that developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United Kingdom, and is typified by Football hooliganism The group were an infamous West Ham-aligned gangs. As the firm's name suggests violent activities were not confined to local derbies - the hooligans were content to cause trouble at any game, though nearby teams often bore the brunt.

During the 1990s, and to the present day, sophisticated surveillance and policing coupled with club supported promotions and community action has reduced the level of violence, though the intense rivalry and association with Millwall, Chelsea and other major players in the 'firm' scheme remains.

The 2005 film "Green Street" (an allusion to the road on which the Boleyn Ground stands) depicted an American student played by Elijah Wood becoming involved with a fictional firm associated with West Ham, with an emphasis on the rivalry with Millwall. Green Street is a 2005 Drama film about Football hooliganism in England. Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28 1981) is an American Actor. Millwall Football Club are an English professional football team based at The New Den, referred to by fans as The Den in Bermondsey, The two teams and their Chairmen moved to distance the clubs from the movie.

Rivalries

West Ham have strong rivalries with several other clubs. Most of these are with other London clubs, especially with their neighbours Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal and also with Chelsea, which sublimates the age-old East versus West London rivalry. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Tottenham Hotspur, ˈtɒʔnəm is an English professional football club which currently plays in the Premier League. East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the River Thames. West London is the area of Greater London to the west of Central London.

The strongest and oldest rivalry is with Millwall. Millwall Football Club are an English professional football team based at The New Den, referred to by fans as The Den in Bermondsey, The two sides are local rivals, having both formed originally around the works sides Thames Ironworks and Millwall Ironworks shipbuilding companies. See also Shipbuilding (song. Shipbuilding is the construction of Ships It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a They were rivals for the same contracts and the players lived in the same locality. The early history of both clubs are intertwined, with West Ham proving to be the more successful in a number of meetings between the two teams, resulting in West Ham being promoted at the expense of Millwall. Millwall later declined to join the fledgling Football League while West Ham went on to the top division and an FA Cup final. The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs Later in the 1920s the rivalry was intensified during strike action started by the East End (perceived to be West Ham fans) which Isle Of Dogs-based companies (i. The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal by Employees to perform work. The Isle of Dogs is a former island in the East End of London that is surrounded on three sides (east south and west by one of the largest Meanders in e. Millwall fans) refused to support, breeding ill will between the two camps.

The rivalry between West Ham and Millwall has involved considerable violence and is one of the most notorious within the world of football hooliganism. However, the two clubs have not played each other in 4 years.

Another rivalry which has recently developed is with Sheffield United. Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The Blades have tried to sue West Ham and the Premier League for damages, over their claim that West Ham had an unfair advantage by playing Carlos Tevez when he was supposedly not a Premier league registered player. The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs Carlos Alberto Tévez (born Carlos Alberto Martínez, 5 February 1984 in Ciudadela, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine The FA fined West Ham a record £5. 5 million for a third party contract agreement (illegal in the English Premier League) in the deal that brought Tevez to Upton Park, but ruled that the player was registered to play and had always been registered. Upton Park is an area in the London Borough of Newham. Upton Park is centred upon Green Street a High street that runs north-south between the The FA has sat twice on the matter and have thrown the case out twice. Sheffield United still continue to pursue damages, as they think that West Ham should have been docked points instead of fined.

The day after West Ham were fined, they continued their fight to stay in the Premier League by defeating Wigan Athletic 3-0. In their last 9 games West Ham picked up 21 points by winning 7 of their last 9 games. Sheffield United only won 2 of their last 9 games, one of which was by defeating West Ham 3-0 at home to initially go 5 points above them. Their 2-1 defeat by Wigan on the last day of the season sealed their relegation. Meanwhile, West Ham won 1-0 away to Manchester United, with Carlos Tevez scoring the only goal, to ensure that they remained in the Premier league. This action by Sheffield United has increased fan and club rivalry and they are now seen as fierce rivals.

Nicknames

The fans and club alike are known as "The Hammers" by the media, partly because of the club's origins as Thames Ironworks company football team (see club crest) and also (incorrectly) due to the club's name. However, they are also known as "The Irons" by their own supporters (again, from the club's origins at the Thames Ironworks). The Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company Limited was a Shipyard and Iron works based at Leamouth, the junction of Bow Creek and the They are also known as "The Cockney Boys" from their history of being a cockney team. Yet another nickname is "The Academy of Football", or just "The Academy", a nickname given, then adopted by West Ham United by the media.

Trivia

• The first ever FA Cup final to be held at the old Wembley stadium, in 1923, featured West Ham United vs Bolton Wanderers. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after original Wembley Stadium was a football Stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football club based in Horwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater This was also known as the White Horse Final. Route to the final FA Cup 1922-23 Match summary Build-up Such was the eagerness of fans and casual observers to attend the final at the new National This is because so many people turned up to the game, (estimated at 200,000), that they spilled out on to the pitch. The pitch had to be cleared prior to kick-off, by Billie, a giant white horse (actually grey) being ridden by P. C. George Scorey. The cup final match itself ended at 2-0 to Bolton Wanderers. Some West Ham supporters felt because of crowd encroachment the game should have been postponed. It was not postponed because King George V was in attendance to present the Cup and it was thought too impolite to ask the King to return. It was considered that it was very appropriate that West Ham United appeared at the first Wembley final on the basis that the club name is an anagram of "The New Stadium". Had the new Wembley Stadium been completed on schedule for the 2006 FA Cup final West Ham would also have featured in the opening of the new stadium.

• West Ham are the most recent team to win the FA Cup with an all English side, and the last team to win the competition whilst outside of the top flight of English football. Both of these occurred when they beat Arsenal 1-0 in the 1980 FA Cup Final.

• West Ham are the last team to ever win at Arsenal's old ground Highbury, and became the first team to win at Arsenal's new Emirates Stadium on April 7th 2007 winning 1-0. In that same season West Ham did the league 'double' over Arsenal and Manchester United winning all four games 1-0.

• There is a "Champions" statue in Barking Road, opposite The Boleyn pub, commemorating West Ham's three sons who helped win the 1966 World Cup: Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters. The A124 road is a road in East London linking Canning Town with Upminster. The 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth staging of the World Cup was held in England from 11 July to 30 July Robert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore, OBE (12 April 1941 - 24 February 1993 was an English footballer. Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst, MBE (born 8 December 1941 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire) is a former footballer of Martin Stanford Peters MBE, (born 8 November 1943 in Plaistow, London) was a football player and member of the victorious Also included on the statue is Everton's Ray Wilson. Ramon (Ray Wilson MBE (born 17 December 1934) was a footballer who played at left back

• The character Alf Garnett in the TV series Till Death Us Do Part is a West Ham supporter. Alf Garnett is a Fictional character in the British sitcoms Till Death Us Do Part, Till Death Till Death Us Do Part is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1965 to 1975 Episodes of the series^[34][35] featured Bobby Moore and other members of the team.

• Also, the character Dean Thomas in the Harry Potter series is a West Ham supporter. Dumbledore's Army (the DA for short is a fictional student organisation in J Harry Potter is a series of seven Fantasy novels written by British author J Dean keeps a poster of the West Ham team in the dormitory he shares with Harry and others in his year.

• A 2005 film entitled Green Street is based around the exploits of a fictional West Ham firm (loosely based on the ICF). Green Street is a 2005 Drama film about Football hooliganism in England. The Inter City Firm ('ICF' is a UK football hooligan firm active in the 1970s and 1980s linked to West Ham United.

• Iron Maiden founder and bassist Steve Harris is a die-hard fan of the team, and it shows on his bass guitar, which sports the Ham United crest. For other uses see Iron maiden. Stephen Percy Harris (born March 12, 1956 in Leytonstone, London, England) is the Bassist, band leader and primary During the mid 1970s he was a youth team footballer for West Ham United. He still is a talented amateur football player, and he has stated his first ambition in life before music was to become a professional footballer.

• Leading candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 United States presidential election Barack Obama has been a fan of West Ham since a trip to the UK. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the ^[36]

Stadium

See also: Boleyn Ground

West Ham are currently based at the Boleyn Ground, commonly known as Upton Park, in Newham, East London. For the football team see Upton Park FC The Boleyn Ground is the official name of Upton Park, the football Stadium Upton Park is an area in the London Borough of Newham. Upton Park is centred upon Green Street a High street that runs north-south between the The London Borough of Newham ( is a London borough in East London, within Greater London. East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the River Thames. The capacity of the Boleyn Ground is 35,303. ^[37] This has been West Ham's ground since 1904. Prior to this, in their previous incarnation of Thames Ironworks F.C., they played at Hermit Road in Canning Town and briefly at Browning Road in East Ham, before moving to the Memorial Grounds in Plaistow in 1897. Thames Ironworks Football Club, the club that would later become West Ham United, was founded by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co Hermit Road was the first home stadium of London football club Thames Ironworks, the team that would become West Ham United, and was located in Canning Town ---- Canning Town is an area of East London, England. It is part of the London Borough of Newham and is situated in the area of the former London docks on Browning Road was the home ground of London football club Thames Ironworks, the team that would become West Ham United, towards the end of the 1896-97 season East Ham is a place in the London Borough of Newham. It is a built-up district located 8 miles (12 Memorial Grounds was the home stadium of East London football club Thames Ironworks from the beginning of the 1897-98 season until the end of the Plaistow (ˈplɑːstoʊ or plaa-stow - and not as sometimes heard " play-stow " is a place in the London Borough of Newham in East London They retained the stadium during their transition to becoming West Ham United and were there for a further four seasons before moving to the Boleyn Ground in 1904.

Former chairman Eggert Magnússon made clear his ambition for West Ham United to move to the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Olympics. Eggert Magnússon (born February 20 1947) is an Icelandic businessman and former President of the Football Association of Iceland and ex-chairman The London Olympic Stadium will be the centrepiece of the 2012 Summer Olympics. However, the move to the Olympic Stadium was abandoned when it was revealed that the stadium would have a reduced capacity from the current Boleyn Ground, and would have to remain primarily an athletics venue. ^[38]

As the move is no longer possible, Magnússon is eager to find another venue, and insists West Ham will preferably move from the Boleyn Ground in the future. ^[39]

Magnusson along with Legal and Commercial Director,- Scott Duxbury, have said that a move to a new ground is likely by approximately 2011, with the site for the new stadium likely to be the current Royal Mail depot next to West Ham station. ^[40]

The Academy of Football

Main article: The Academy of Football

The club promotes the popular idea of West Ham being "The Academy of Football", with the monicker adorning the ground's new stadium façade. The Academy of Football, or just The Academy, is a nickname of the English football club West Ham United. The Academy of Football, or just The Academy, is a nickname of the English football club West Ham United. The comment predominantly refers to the club's youth development system which was established by Manager Ted Fenton during the 1950s, that has seen a number of international players emerge through the ranks. ^[41] Most notably the club contributed three players to the World Cup winning England side of 1966 including club icon Bobby Moore, as well as Martin Peters and Geoff Hurst who between them scored all of England's goals in the eventual 4-2 victory. The 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth staging of the World Cup was held in England from 11 July to 30 July Robert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore, OBE (12 April 1941 - 24 February 1993 was an English footballer. Martin Stanford Peters MBE, (born 8 November 1943 in Plaistow, London) was a football player and member of the victorious Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst, MBE (born 8 December 1941 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire) is a former footballer of Other academy players that have gone on to play for England have included Trevor Brooking, Alvin Martin, Tony Cottee and Paul Ince. Sir Trevor David Brooking CBE (born 2 October 1948 in Barking London) is a football player turned manager on-air analyst and Alvin Edward Martin (born 29 July 1958 in Bootle) is a retired English footballer who spent most of his career with West Ham Anthony Richard "Tony" Cottee (born 11 July 1965 in Plaistow) is an English former football player Paul Emerson Herbert Carlyle Ince (born 21 October 1967 in Ilford, London) is an English football manager who is currently More recently, Rio Ferdinand, Joe Cole, Michael Carrick, Glen Johnson, and Frank Lampard have begun their careers at the club. Rio Gavin Ferdinand (born 7 November 1978 in Peckham, London) is an English footballer. Joseph John "Joe" Cole (born 8 November 1981 in Islington, London) is a professional footballer who plays for Chelsea of the English Michael Adrian Carrick (born 28 July 1981 in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear) is an English footballer who currently plays for Manchester United as a Glen McLeod Cooper Johnson (born 23 August 1984 in Dartford, London is an English footballer who plays for Portsmouth in the English Premier League Frank James Lampard Jr (born 20 June 1978 in Romford, London) is an English football Midfielder currently playing for Premier Frustratingly, for the fans and managers alike,^[42] the club has struggled to retain many of these players due to (predominantly) financial^[43] reasons. West Ham, during the 2007/08 season, had an average of 6. 61 English players in the starting line up, higher than any other Premiership club^[44], which cemented their status as one of the few Premier League clubs left that were recognised to be bringing through young English talent and were recognised as having 'homegrown players'.

Players

Current squad

As of May 13, 2008. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common ^[45]

No. Position Player 1 GK Robert Green 2 DF Lucas Neill (captain) 3 DF George McCartney 4 DF Daniel Gabbidon 5 DF Anton Ferdinand 6 DF Matthew Upson 7 MF Fredrik Ljungberg 8 MF Scott Parker 9 FW Dean Ashton 10 FW Craig Bellamy 11 MF Matthew Etherington 12 FW Carlton Cole 14 DF John Pantsil 16 MF Mark Noble 17 MF Hayden Mullins

No. In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports Robert Paul Green (born 18 January 1980 in Chertsey, Surrey) is an English professional footballer who currently plays for West Ham United as In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Lucas Edward Neill (born June 30, 1978 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian Football (soccer player who is the captain of In team sports a captain is a title given to the member of the team In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring George McCartney (born 29 April 1981 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an international footballer for Northern Ireland. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Daniel Leon "Danny" Gabbidon (born August 8, 1979 in Cwmbran, Wales) is a Welsh professional footballer In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Anton Julian Ferdinand (born February 18, 1985 in Peckham, London) is an English footballer. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Matthew James Upson, (born 18 April 1979 in Hartismere, Suffolk) is an English football player who currently plays for West Ham United. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Karl Fredrik " Freddie " Ljungberg (ˈfreːdrɪk ˈjɵŋˌbærj (born 16 April 1977 in Vittsjö Hässleholm) is a professional For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Scott Matthew Parker (born 13 October 1980) is an English footballer who currently plays for West Ham United. Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Dean Ashton (born 24 November 1983 in Swindon, Wiltshire) is an English professional footballer who plays for West Ham United as a forward Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Craig Douglas Bellamy (born July 13 1979 in Rumney, Cardiff) is a Welsh international footballer He plays for West For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Matthew Etherington (born August 14 1981 in Truro, Cornwall) is an English footballer. Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Carlton Michael Cole Okirie (born November 12, 1983, He made his first senior start three weeks later scoring a goal as Chelsea beat Middlesbrough at the In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring John Paintsil (born June 15, 1981 in Berekum) is a Ghanaian international football player who is currently under contract to the English For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Mark James Noble (born May 8 1987 in Canning Town, London) is an English professional football player who currently For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Hayden Ian Mullins (born March 27, 1979 in Reading, Berkshire) is a English professional footballer currently playing for Position Player 18 DF Jonathan Spector 19 DF James Collins 20 MF Julien Faubert 21 GK Richard Wright 22 MF Tony Stokes 23 GK James Walker 25 FW Bobby Zamora 26 MF Nigel Quashie 27 DF Calum Davenport 29 MF Lee Bowyer 30 DF James Tomkins 32 MF Kieron Dyer 34 MF Luís Boa Morte 39 MF Jack Collison 40 FW Freddie Sears

Out on loan

No. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Jonathan Michael Paul Spector (born March 1, 1986) is an American professional football player who plays for English Premier League In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring James Michael Collins (b August 23 1983, Newport) is a professional footballer currently playing for West Ham United and a Welsh For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Julien Faubert (born August 1 1983 in Le Havre) is a French football player who plays as a Midfielder for West Ham In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports Richard Ian Wright (born 5 November 1977) is an English Goalkeeper, currently playing for Ipswich Town, his second spell with the For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Tony Ronald Stokes (born January 7, 1987 in London) is an English footballer who graduated from the prestigious West Ham United In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports James Barry "Jimmy" Walker (born July 9, 1973 in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire) is a professional English footballer Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Robert Lester "Bobby" Zamora (born January 16, 1981 in Barking, London) is a native born English footballer of For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Nigel Francis Quashie, (ˈnaɪdʒəlˈkwɑːziː pronounced "kwah-zee" born July 20, 1978 in London Borough of Southwark) is an English-born In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Calum Raymond Paul Davenport (born 1 January, 1983 in Bedford) is an English football player who plays for West Ham United For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Lee David Bowyer (born 3 January 1977 in Canning Town, London) is an English professional footballer who currently plays In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring James Oliver Charles Tomkins (born March 29, 1989 in Basildon) is an English football player currently playing for West Ham United. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Kieron Courtney Dyer (born 29 December 1978 in Ipswich, England) is an English footballer, of Antiguan descent For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Luís Boa Morte Pereira, pron lu'iʃ 'boɐ 'mɔɾt(ɨ (born August 4 1977 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese footballer, currently For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Jack David Collison (born 2 October 1988) is an English-born professional footballer who plays for West Ham United as a midfielder Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Frederick David "Freddie" Sears (born November 27, 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a Striker for West Ham United. Position Player 28 MF Kyel Reid (on loan to Crystal Palace)

Reserves and Youths

No. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Kyel Romaine Reid (born November 26, 1987 in South London, England) is a professional footballer who plays as a Midfielder Crystal Palace FC is an English football club based in South Norwood, London. Position Player 35 GK Marek Štěch GK Adam Street DF Ashley Miller DF Jordan Spence DF Joe Widdowson DF Tony Brooks DF Josh Payne DF Matthew Fry DF Anthony Ashman DF Ryan O'Neill MF Bondz Ngala MF Junior Stanislas MF Tom Harvey MF Oliver Lee MF Daniel Kearns MF Anthony Edger FW Ben Hunt MF Lee Hales FW Jack Jeffery DF Robbie Blackwell FW Zavon Hines FW Isaac Kensell

West Ham dream team

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Parkes Stewart Martin Moore Dicks Peters Bonds Brooking Hurst Di Canio Devonshire

1		GK	Phil Parkes
2		DF	Ray Stewart
3		DF	Julian Dicks
4		MF	Billy Bonds
5		DF	Alvin Martin
6		DF	Bobby Moore
7		MF	Martin Peters
8		MF	Trevor Brooking
9		FW	Geoff Hurst
10		FW	Paolo Di Canio
11		MF	Alan Devonshire

See also Category:West Ham United F.C. players

Hammer of the Year

Year Winner 1958 Andy Malcolm 1959 Ken Brown 1960 Malcolm Musgrove 1961 Bobby Moore 1962 Lawrie Leslie 1963 Bobby Moore 1964 Johnny Byrne 1965 Martin Peters 1966 Geoff Hurst 1967 Geoff Hurst 1968 Bobby Moore 1969 Geoff Hurst 1970 Bobby Moore

Year Winner 1971 Billy Bonds 1972 Trevor Brooking 1973 Bryan 'Pop' Robson 1974 Billy Bonds 1975 Billy Bonds 1976 Trevor Brooking 1977 Trevor Brooking 1978 Trevor Brooking 1979 Alan Devonshire 1980 Alvin Martin 1981 Phil Parkes 1982 Alvin Martin 1983 Alvin Martin

Year Winner 1984 Trevor Brooking 1985 Paul Allen 1986 Tony Cottee 1987 Billy Bonds 1988 Stewart Robson 1989 Paul Ince 1990 Julian Dicks 1991 Luděk Mikloško 1992 Julian Dicks 1993 Steve Potts 1994 Trevor Morley 1995 Steve Potts 1996 Julian Dicks

Year Winner 1997 Julian Dicks 1998 Rio Ferdinand 1999 Shaka Hislop 2000 Paolo Di Canio 2001 Stuart Pearce 2002 Sebastian Schemmel 2003 Joe Cole 2004 Matthew Etherington 2005 Teddy Sheringham 2006 Danny Gabbidon 2007 Carlos Tevez 2008 Robert Green

Current staff

Position	Name
Technical Director	Gianluca Nani[46]
Manager	Alan Curbishley
Assistant Manager	Mervyn Day
First-Team Coach	Glynn Snodin
Reserve Coach	Kevin Keen
Head of Sports Science	Nick Davies
Head of Physiotherapy	George Cooper
Reserve Team Physiotherapist	Dave Singleton
Conditioning Coach	Alex Dyer
Youth Academy Director	Tony Carr
Goalkeeping Coach	Luděk Mikloško
Chief Scout	Roger Cross
Kit Manager	Steve Rigby

Managers

West Ham have had only 12 managers in their history, fewer than any other major English club. Philip Benjamin Neil Frederick "Phil" Parkes (born 8 August 1950, Sedgley, Staffordshire, England) is a former football Raymond "Ray" Strean McDonald Stewart ( 7 September 1959 in Stanley, Perthshire) was a Scottish International footballer Alvin Edward Martin (born 29 July 1958 in Bootle) is a retired English footballer who spent most of his career with West Ham Robert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore, OBE (12 April 1941 - 24 February 1993 was an English footballer. Julian Andrew Dicks (born August 8 1968 in Bristol) is a retired football player Martin Stanford Peters MBE, (born 8 November 1943 in Plaistow, London) was a football player and member of the victorious William Arthur "Billy" Bonds MBE (born September 17, 1946) was a professional footballer and manager, who is most often Sir Trevor David Brooking CBE (born 2 October 1948 in Barking London) is a football player turned manager on-air analyst and Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst, MBE (born 8 December 1941 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire) is a former footballer of Paolo Di Canio (born July 9, 1968) is a retired Italian footballer. Alan Devonshire (born 13 April 1956 in Park Royal, Wembley) is a retired English footballer. 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Andy Malcolm (born 4 May 1933 in Upton Park, London) is a former professional footballer Malcolm joined West Ham in 1948 from Kenneth Brown (born February 16, 1934 in Forest Gate, London) is an English former footballer and manager who played professionally Malcolm Musgrove ( 8 July 1933 − 14 September 2007) was an English professional football player and manager Robert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore, OBE (12 April 1941 - 24 February 1993 was an English footballer. Lawrence "Lawrie" Grant Leslie (born 17 March 1935 in Edinburgh) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper Robert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore, OBE (12 April 1941 - 24 February 1993 was an English footballer. 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William Arthur "Billy" Bonds MBE (born September 17, 1946) was a professional footballer and manager, who is most often Sir Trevor David Brooking CBE (born 2 October 1948 in Barking London) is a football player turned manager on-air analyst and Bryan Stanley Robson, better known as Pop Robson (born November 11 1945, Sunderland) was a much travelled footballer, playing William Arthur "Billy" Bonds MBE (born September 17, 1946) was a professional footballer and manager, who is most often William Arthur "Billy" Bonds MBE (born September 17, 1946) was a professional footballer and manager, who is most often Sir Trevor David Brooking CBE (born 2 October 1948 in Barking London) is a football player turned manager on-air analyst and Sir Trevor David Brooking CBE (born 2 October 1948 in Barking London) is a football player turned manager on-air analyst and Sir Trevor David Brooking CBE (born 2 October 1948 in Barking London) is a football player turned manager on-air analyst and Alan Devonshire (born 13 April 1956 in Park Royal, Wembley) is a retired English footballer. Alvin Edward Martin (born 29 July 1958 in Bootle) is a retired English footballer who spent most of his career with West Ham Philip Benjamin Neil Frederick "Phil" Parkes (born 8 August 1950, Sedgley, Staffordshire, England) is a former football Alvin Edward Martin (born 29 July 1958 in Bootle) is a retired English footballer who spent most of his career with West Ham Alvin Edward Martin (born 29 July 1958 in Bootle) is a retired English footballer who spent most of his career with West Ham Sir Trevor David Brooking CBE (born 2 October 1948 in Barking London) is a football player turned manager on-air analyst and Paul Allen (born August 28 1962 in Aveley, Thurrock, Essex) was an English footballer in the 1980s and 1990s Anthony Richard "Tony" Cottee (born 11 July 1965 in Plaistow) is an English former football player William Arthur "Billy" Bonds MBE (born September 17, 1946) was a professional footballer and manager, who is most often Stewart Ian Robson (born November 6, 1964 in Billericay, Essex, England) is an English former football player Paul Emerson Herbert Carlyle Ince (born 21 October 1967 in Ilford, London) is an English football manager who is currently Julian Andrew Dicks (born August 8 1968 in Bristol) is a retired football player Luděk "Ludo" Mikloško (born 9 December, 1961 in Prostějov) is a former Czech football goalkeeper Julian Andrew Dicks (born August 8 1968 in Bristol) is a retired football player Steven 'Steve' Potts (born 7 May 1967 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA) is an American -born English former professional Trevor Morley (born 20 March 1961 in Nottingham) is an English former professional footballer who played as a Striker Steven 'Steve' Potts (born 7 May 1967 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA) is an American -born English former professional Julian Andrew Dicks (born August 8 1968 in Bristol) is a retired football player Julian Andrew Dicks (born August 8 1968 in Bristol) is a retired football player Rio Gavin Ferdinand (born 7 November 1978 in Peckham, London) is an English footballer. Neil Shaka Hislop CM (born 22 February 1969) is a former professional football goalkeeper. Paolo Di Canio (born July 9, 1968) is a retired Italian footballer. Stuart Pearce MBE (born 24 April 1962 in Hammersmith, London) is an English football manager and Sébastien Schemmel (born 2 June 1975 in Nancy) is a French former footballer Joseph John "Joe" Cole (born 8 November 1981 in Islington, London) is a professional footballer who plays for Chelsea of the English Matthew Etherington (born August 14 1981 in Truro, Cornwall) is an English footballer. Edward Paul 'Teddy' Sheringham MBE (born 2 April 1966 in Highams Park, London is a retired English professional footballer, and the father of footballer Daniel Leon "Danny" Gabbidon (born August 8, 1979 in Cwmbran, Wales) is a Welsh professional footballer Carlos Alberto Tévez (born Carlos Alberto Martínez, 5 February 1984 in Ciudadela, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine Robert Paul Green (born 18 January 1980 in Chertsey, Surrey) is an English professional footballer who currently plays for West Ham United as Gianluca Nani (born 1 October 1962) is a Italian sporting and football technical director Llewellyn Charles 'Alan' Curbishley (born 8 November 1957 in Forest Gate, East London) is a former football manager and former professional player Mervyn Day (born Chelmsford, Essex, 26 June, 1955) is a former professional Football (soccer goalkeeper. Glynn Snodin (born Thrybergh, Rotherham 14 February 1960) is a former professional footballer who was recently a first-team coach at West Kevin Keen (born February 25 1967) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Wycombe Wanderers, West Ham United, Tony Carr (born 1950 is the current Director of Youth Development at West Ham United FC. Luděk "Ludo" Mikloško (born 9 December, 1961 in Prostějov) is a former Czech football goalkeeper Roger Cross (born October 20 1948 in East Ham, London) is an English former footballer who played as a forward Up until 1989 the club had only had five different managers. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The club have never had an overseas manager, with the only non-Englishman being Lou Macari, who is Scottish. Former Hammers player and board member Trevor Brooking was briefly in charge during two separate spells as caretaker manager in 2003, first during the illness of Glenn Roeder and again between Roeder's sacking and the appointment of Alan Pardew. Sir Trevor David Brooking CBE (born 2 October 1948 in Barking London) is a football player turned manager on-air analyst and

Manager	Period
Alan Curbishley	2006 - present
Alan Pardew	2003- 2006
Glenn Roeder	2001-2003
Harry Redknapp	1994-2001
Billy Bonds	1990-1994
Lou Macari	1989-1990
John Lyall	1974-1989
Ron Greenwood	1961-1974
Ted Fenton	1950-1961
Charlie Paynter	1932-1950
Syd King	1901-1932

Ownership

West Ham United was owned by Terry Brown until 2006, when Eggert Magnússon and an associated consortium bought the club, sacked manager Alan Pardew, and employed ex-Charlton Athletic Manager Alan Curbishley. Llewellyn Charles 'Alan' Curbishley (born 8 November 1957 in Forest Gate, East London) is a former football manager and former professional player Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Alan Scott Pardew (born 18 July 1961 in Wimbledon London) is an English football manager and former player Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Glenn Victor Roeder (born December 13 1955 in Woodford, Essex) is an English football manager and former Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Henry James "Harry" Redknapp (born 2 March 1947 is an English former footballer who has had a long career in football management and is the current Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) William Arthur "Billy" Bonds MBE (born September 17, 1946) was a professional footballer and manager, who is most often Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Luigi "Lou" Macari (born 4 June 1949 in Largs Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) John Angus Lyall ( 24 February 1940 &ndash 18 April 2006) was an English footballer and manager of Scottish Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Ronald 'Ron' Greenwood CBE ( 11 November 1921 — 9 February 2006) was an English football player and manager Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edward Fenton (born 7 November 1914 in Forest Gate, London) was manager of English football club West Ham United Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charlie Paynter (1883 in Swindon – 1971 was manager of West Ham United from 1932-1950 Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Ernest Sydney "Syd" King (born Chatham, Kent, 1873 died 1933 was a footballer and manager and one of the most important figures in the early history of Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Terence "Terry" Brown is the former Chairman of English Premier League football club West Ham United F Eggert Magnússon (born February 20 1947) is an Icelandic businessman and former President of the Football Association of Iceland and ex-chairman Alan Scott Pardew (born 18 July 1961 in Wimbledon London) is an English football manager and former player Charlton Athletic Football Club (also known as The Addicks) is a professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of In a bizarre twist of fate, the two managers met each other in a relegation battle where the Hammers lost 4-0 to their South East London rivals. However, West Ham eventually stayed up and Charlton were relegated. Terry Brown was criticised by some sections of the fans (including pressure group Whistle specifically formed for this purpose) due to a perception of financial and staff mis-management. Whistle is a supporter's Pressure group, created by fans of West Ham United that were critical of its Chairman Terry Brown, following the clubs relegation

Shirt sponsors and kit suppliers

Shirt sponsors

Years	Sponsor
1983-89	AVCO Trust
1989-93	BAC Windows
1993-97	Dagenham Motors
1998-2003	Dr. Martens
2003-07	JobServe
2007-present	XL.com

Kit suppliers

Years	Kit Supplier
1976-80	Admiral
1980-87	Adidas
1987-89	Scoreline
1989-93	Bukta
1993-99	Pony
1999-2003	Fila
2003-07	Reebok
2007 - present	Umbro

Honours

Senior European European cup winners (1962-1963) European Cup Winners' Cup Winners: 1964-65 Runners-up (1) 1976 UEFA Intertoto Cup Winners: 1999 League First Division (1934-1935)(1955-1956)(1959-1960)(1964-1965) Division Two Champions: 1954-1955, 1980-81 International Soccer League (1960-1965) Champions: 1963 Football League Championship Play-Off Winners: 2005 Western Football League Champions 1907/8 Cup FA Cup Winners: 1964, 1975, 1980 Runners-up (2) 1923, 2006 League Cup Runners-up (2) 1966, 1981 Charity Shield: 1964 (shared) Football League War Cup Winners: 1940 Milk Cup Winners: 1996 (Junior) & 1997 (Junior) Other BBC Sports Personality of the Year Team Award: 1965 Follow link to Official West Ham United Honours Page[1]

Youth FA Youth Cup Winners: 1963, 1981, 1999 South-East Counties Champions: 1984-85, 1995-96, 1997-98 FA Premier Youth Academy Under-19 Champions: 1998-99, 1999-2000 Antiquated As Thames Ironworks F. For the ITV Comedy/Drama series click here Dr Martens is a Footwear, clothing and accessories brand and the footwear products are most often known JobServe claims to be the world's first internet-based recruitment service or Job search engine publishing adverts for jobs and vacancies on behalf of agencies and employers The XL Leisure Group (XLLG was a major tour operating company in the UK, consisting of charter and scheduled airlines holiday companies and flight-only tour operators Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks of the highest Naval officers WikipediaManual of Style (trademarks, which says "Lowercased trademarks with no internal Bukta is a sports clothing brand which was founded in 1879 History Edward Buck and Sons founded the company in 1879 mainly producing shorts for soldiers fighting Pony International (commonly referred to as merely Pony) is an American brand of footwear and other apparel This article refers to the clothing corporation for other uses see FILA. Reebok International Limited is a British producer of athletic footwear, apparel and accessories and is currently a subsidiary of Adidas. Umbro ( is a British sportswear and equipment supplier based in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England. West Ham's greatest triumph as they beat TSV Munich 1860 in the Cup Winners Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for New West Ham United signings for the 1999-2000 season included full-backs Gary Charles, for £1 From 1892 until 1992 the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football. The International Soccer League was a US based Soccer league which was formed in 1960 and collapsed in 1965 The Football League Championship (often referred to as The Championship for short or the Coca-Cola Football League Championship for sponsorship reasons During the 2004-2005 season Rob Lee, Brian Deane, Wayne Quinn and Shaun Byrne were all released from West Ham United List of current clubs Premier Division Barnstaple Town | Bideford | Bishop Sutton | Bitton | The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after West Ham win the FA Cup Final for the first time coming from behind to beat Preston North End 3-2 West Ham won the FA Cup Final for the second time recording a 2-0 result against a Fulham side captained by former Upton Park Legend Bobby Moore. A Second Division West Ham side beat an Arsenal side that had been in the previous two FA Cup Finals had just finished 4th in the First Division Route to the final FA Cup 1922-23 Match summary Build-up Such was the eagerness of fans and casual observers to attend the final at the new National The 2006 FA Cup Final was the final and deciding match of the FA Cup 2005-06. The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup, is an English football competition The 1966 Football League Cup Final, the sixth Football League Cup final to be staged since the competition's inception was contested between West Bromwich Albion West Ham's greatest triumph as they beat TSV Munich 1860 in the Cup Winners Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. The Football League War Cup was an English football tournament held during World War II, between 1939 and 1945 in the absence of the FA Cup. For sponsorship reasons the English Football League Cup was also named "Milk Cup" between 1982 and 1986 The Football Association Youth Challenge Cup is an English football competition run by The Football Association for under-18 sides C. Southern League Division Two Champions: 1898-99 London League Champions: 1897-98 West Ham Charity Cup Winners: 1895-96

Statistics and records

Attendance

• Highest league attendance: 42,322 v Tottenham Hotspur, Division One, 17 October 1960
• Lowest league attendance: 4,373 v Doncaster Rovers, Division Two, 24 February 1955

Transfers

• Biggest Transfer fee paid: £7. History Professional football (and Professional sport in general developed more slowly in Southern England than in the north. The London League was a football competition that was held in the London and surrounding areas of south-east England from 1896 until 1964 The West Ham Charity Cup was an amateur football tournament known to have existed between 1895 and 1902 Tottenham Hotspur, ˈtɒʔnəm is an English professional football club which currently plays in the Premier League. The Football League First Division was the highest division of The Football League between 1993 and 2004 and the highest division of English football overall between Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Doncaster Rovers Football Club (or informally Donny) are an English football club based at the Keepmoat Stadium in the town of Doncaster From 1892 until 1992 the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football. Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) 50 million to Liverpool FC for Craig Bellamy (July 2007)
• Biggest Transfer fee received: £18 million from Leeds United for Rio Ferdinand (November 2000)

Record results and performances

Victories League: Premiership: Home: 6-0 v Barnsley, 1998 Away: 5-0 v Derby County, 10/11/2007 Division One: Home: 8-0 v Sunderland, 19/10/68 Away: 6-1 v Manchester City, 8/9/62 Division Two: Home: 8-0 Rotherham United, 8/3/58 Away: 6-0 Leicester City, Home: 5-0 Plymouth Argyle, FA Cup: Home: 8-1 v Chesterfield (Rd 1), 10/1/14 Away: 5-0 v Chatham (Rd 5 Q), 28/11/1903 League Cup: Home: 10-0 v Bury (Rd 2 leg 2), 25/10/83 Away: 5-1 v Cardiff City (sf leg 2), 2/2/66 & 5-1 v Walsall (Rd 2), 13/9/67 Europe: Home: 5-1 v Castilla (Rd 1 leg 2) Cup-Winners' Cup, 1/10/80

Defeats League: Premiership: Home: 0-4 v Arsenal 1997 Home: 0-4 v Sheffield Wednesday 1996 Home: 0-4 v Chelsea 2008 Away: 0-6 v Reading 01/01/07 Division One: Home: 2-8 v Blackburn Rovers 26/12/63 Away: 0-7 Everton 22/10/27 & 0-7 v Sheffield Wednesday 28/11/59 Division Two: Home: 0-6 v Sheffield Wednesday 8/12/51 Away: 0-7 v Barnsley 1/9/19 FA Cup: Home: 1-5 v Huddersfield Town (Rd 3 Replay) 13/1/60 Away: 0-6 v Manchester United (Rd 4) 26/1/03 League Cup: Home: 2-5 v Barnsley (Rd 2 leg 2) 6/10/87 Away: 0-6 v Oldham Athletic (SF leg 1) 14/2/90

• UEFA Cup:
  • Home:0-1 v Palermo (1st leg)
  • Away:0-3 v palermo (2nd leg) lost 4-0 on agrregate

Club League highs and lows

See also West Ham United F.C. by season

Home: Most: Most Home Wins: 19 (1980-81) Most Home Draws: 10 (1981-82) Most Home Defeats: 10 (1988-89) Most Home Goals Scored: 59 (1958-59) Most Home Goals Conceded: 44 (1930-31) Fewest: Fewest Home Wins: 3 (1988-89) Fewest Home Draws: 1 (1934-35, 1980-81) Fewest Home Defeats: 1 (1957-58, 1980-81) Fewest Home Goals Scored: 19 (1988-89) Fewest Home Goals Conceded: 11 (1920-21, 1922-23)

Away: Most: Most Away Wins: 11 (1922-23, 1957-58) Most Away Draws: 10 (1968-69) Most Away Defeats: 17 (1932-33) Most Away Goals Scored: 45 (1957-58) Most Away Goals Conceded: 70 (1931-32) Fewest: Fewest Away Wins: 1 (1925-26, 1932-33, 1937-38, 1960-61) Fewest Away Draws: 1 (1982-83) Fewest Away Defeats: 3 (1980-81) Fewest Away Goals Scored: 12 (1996-97) Fewest Away Goals Conceded: 16 (1990-91)

Total: Most: Most Total Wins: 28 (1980-81) Most Total Draws: 18 (1968-69) Most Total Defeats: 23 (1931-32) Most Total Goals Scored: 101 (1957-58) Most Total Goals Conceded: 107 (1931-32) Fewest: Fewest Total Wins: 9 (1987-88, 1991-92) Fewest Total Draws: 4 (1934-35, 1964-65, 1982-83) Fewest Total Defeats: 4 (1980-81) Fewest Total Goals Scored: 37 (1988-89, 1991-92) Fewest Total Goals Conceded: 29 (1980-81)

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Player records Appearances 793 Billy Bonds 1967-88 674 Frank Lampard Sr. 1967-85 646 Bobby Moore 1958-74 635 Trevor Brooking 1967-84 601 Alvin Martin 1977-96 548 Jimmy Ruffell 1921-37 505 Steve Potts 1985-2002 505 Vic Watson 1920-35 502 Geoff Hurst 1959-72 467 Jim Barrett 1924-43 West Ham United F.C. appearance records   Goals 326 Vic Watson 1920-35 252 Geoff Hurst 1959-72 166 John Dick 1953-63 166 Jimmy Ruffell 1921-37 146 Tony Cottee 1983-88/1994-96 107 Johnny Byrne 1961-67 104 Bryan 'Pop' Robson 1970-74/1976-79 102 Trevor Brooking 1967-84 100 Malcolm Musgrove 1953-63 100 Martin Peters 1962-70 West Ham United F.C. goal records

See also

• Richest football clubs
• West Ham United L.F.C., the affiliated women's team. Victor Martin Watson (b 10 November 1897 Girton Cambridgeshire, d Leeds United Association Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Leeds United or informally Leeds, are an English professional football Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst, MBE (born 8 December 1941 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire) is a former footballer of Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional Association football team based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, which plays in Brian "Stag" Dear (born 18 September 1943 in Plaistow, London) is an English former footballer who played as West Bromwich Albion Football Club (also known as West Brom, The Baggies, Albion, The Albion, The Throstles or WBA) are William Arthur "Billy" Bonds MBE (born September 17, 1946) was a professional footballer and manager, who is most often Frank Richard George Lampard (born 20 September 1948 in East Ham, London) is a former English football player Robert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore, OBE (12 April 1941 - 24 February 1993 was an English footballer. Sir Trevor David Brooking CBE (born 2 October 1948 in Barking London) is a football player turned manager on-air analyst and Alvin Edward Martin (born 29 July 1958 in Bootle) is a retired English footballer who spent most of his career with West Ham Jimmy Ruffell ( August 8 1900 &ndash September 6 1989) was an English footballer who played for West Ham United Steven 'Steve' Potts (born 7 May 1967 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA) is an American -born English former professional Victor Martin Watson (b 10 November 1897 Girton Cambridgeshire, d Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst, MBE (born 8 December 1941 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire) is a former footballer of James William Barrett ( 19 January 1907 — 25 November 1970) was an English footballer who played for West Ham United This is a list of FA Premier League team West Ham United's appearance records featuring their most loyal servants Victor Martin Watson (b 10 November 1897 Girton Cambridgeshire, d Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst, MBE (born 8 December 1941 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire) is a former footballer of Johnny Dick (born March 19 1930 in Govan, died 2000 was a Scottish footballer. Jimmy Ruffell ( August 8 1900 &ndash September 6 1989) was an English footballer who played for West Ham United Anthony Richard "Tony" Cottee (born 11 July 1965 in Plaistow) is an English former football player John Joseph (Johnny "Budgie" Byrne (born 13 May 1939 in West Horsley, England, died 27 October 1999 in Bryan Stanley Robson, better known as Pop Robson (born November 11 1945, Sunderland) was a much travelled footballer, playing Sir Trevor David Brooking CBE (born 2 October 1948 in Barking London) is a football player turned manager on-air analyst and Malcolm Musgrove ( 8 July 1933 − 14 September 2007) was an English professional football player and manager Martin Stanford Peters MBE, (born 8 November 1943 in Plaistow, London) was a football player and member of the victorious This page is a record of all-time top goalscorers for English football club West Ham United F West Ham United Ladies Football Club is an English women's football club affiliated with West Ham United F

References

Books

• Belton, Brian (2007). "BROWN OUT": The Biography of West Ham Chairmen, Terence Brown. Pennant Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-906015112.  
• Belton, Brian (2006). West Ham United Miscellany. Pennant Books. ISBN 0-9550394-4-4.  
• Blows, Kirk & Hogg, Tony (2000). The Essential History of West Ham United. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7036-8.  
• Hellier, John & Leatherdale, Clive (2000). West Ham United: The Elite Era - A Complete Record. Desert Island. ISBN 1-874287-31-7.  
• Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. ISBN 1-903135-50-8.  
• Kerrigan, Colm (1997). Gatling Gun George Hilsdon. Football Lives. ISBN 0-9530718-0-4.  
• Nawrat, Chris & Hutchings, Steve (1996). The Sunday Times Illustrated History of Football. Hamlyn. ISBN 1-85613-341-9.  
• Pickering, David (1994). The Cassell Soccer Companion. ISBN 0-304-34231-9.  
• Redknapp, Harry With Derek McGovern (1998). Harry Redknapp - My Autobiography. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00-218872-4.  
• Ward, Adam & Smith, Dave (2003). The Official West Ham United Dream Team. Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-60835-2.  

Websites

External links

Official

• West Ham United F. C. on BBC Sport: Club News - Recent results - Upcoming fixtures - Club stats
• West Ham United FC Official Website
• Premierleague.com - West Ham United

Unofficial

• Knees Up Mother Brown (Fans Forum, Match Reports, Statistics, Articles)
• Westhamonline (Match Reports and the fans forum from hell...)
• Hammers Mad
• West Ham Blog (Previews and reports

External references

• West Ham players, past and present
• West Ham Memorabilia Collection - Claret & Blue Reference Source: Steve Marsh

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