West Ham United

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The earliest generally accepted incarnation of West Ham United was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks F.C. is the working team of the biggest and last remaining shipbuilder in the Thames, Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company led by the foreman and referee for the local league Dave Taylor and owner Arnold Hills and was officially announced within the Thames Ironworks Gazette in June 1895. Thames Ironworks was headquartered at Leamouth Wharf in Blackwall and Canning Town, both on the shores of River Lea, where the Lea connects with the Thames. Thames Ironworks built many ships as well as other structures, the most well-known being the HMS Warrior. The last vessel built by the yard was the Dreadnought HMS Thunderer which was completed in the year 1912, and the yard was shut down shortly after.

The repair yard of the Castle Shipping Line was a very near neighbour and their work team, initially known as the Castle Swifts, who would later be merged with Thames Ironworks own team.

The team was only on an amateur basis in 1895 or so and included workers from various companies. Thomas Freeman was a ships fireman, and Walter Parks, a clerk. Johnny Stewart, Walter Tranter and James Lindsay were all boilermakers. Others employed comprised William Chapman, George Sage and Fred Chamberlain, as well as the apprentice riveter Charlie Dove, who would later have a significant influence on the future of the club at a later time.

Thames Ironworks won the West Ham Charity Cup which was contested by clubs from the West Ham locality in 1895. Then, they was awarded the London League in 1897. The club became professional in 1898 when they joined in the Southern League Second Division and were elevated into the First Division at the first attempt. In the following year, they were third from last however they had established themselves as a fully-fledged professional team. They comfortably fended off the challenge of local rivals Fulham in a play-off for relegation 5-1 in the late part of April 1900, and they maintained the First Division status.

The team started out playing in dark blue uniforms in the style of M. Hills, who had been an Oxford University " Blue," but changed in the next season, adopting the sky blue uniform of white shorts and white shirts in 1897 and 1899.

After a series of disputes regarding the organization and finances of the club The club was disbanded in June of 1900. Thames Ironworks F.C. was disbanded. It was immediately relaunched West Ham United F.C. (reflecting its roots to the West Ham, London district in which they played on the 5th of July, 1900 and with Syd King as their manager, and later director Charlie Paynter as his assistant. Because of their origins of the "works team" roots and connections (still visible on the badge of the club) the club is recognized in the name "the Irons" or "the Hammers" in the eyes of the media and fans.

West Ham United joined the Western League for the 1901 season, but also continued playing in Southern Division 1. in 1907. West Ham were crowned the Western League Division 1B Champions after which they defeated 1A champions Fulham 1-1 to become The Western League Overall Champions. The newly-formed team continued playing matches in the Memorial Grounds in Plaistow (funded by Arnold Hills) but moved to an actual field within the Upton Park area in the form of Boleyn Ground stadium in 1904. West Ham's first game in their new home was against fierce rivals Millwall (themselves is an Ironworks team, though for a rival business) with a capacity of 10,000 people and West Ham running out 3-0 winners. The Daily Mirror wrote on 2 September 1904 "Favoured by the mild weather following the heavy rains that fell in the early dawn, West Ham United began their season with a flurry of optimism last night, when they defeated Millwall 3-to-0. This was in their new Upton Park enclosure." Upton Park."

In 1919, still under King's leadership, West Ham gained entrance to the Football League Second Division, their first game being a 1-1 draw with Lincoln City, and they were elevated up to Division One in 1923, and also made the first FA Cup Final to be played at the former Wembley stadium. Their opponents were Bolton Wanderers. It was also known in"the White Horse Final which was named after the estimated 200,000 spectators came to watch the game; they poured onto the pitch, which needed need to be cleared ahead of kick-off with the help of "Billie," a giant white horse (actually grey) riding by PC George Scorey. It was a Cup Final match itself ended at a score of 2-0 in favor of Bolton. The team experienced mixed success in Division 1, however they remained in the division for 10 years before they reached their FA Cup semi-final in 1933.

In 1932 the club was demoted to Division Twoand the long-term custodian Syd King was fired after serving the club in the position director for 32 consecutive years as well as as a player from 1899 until 1903. Following his relegation, King suffered mental health issues. King was drunk during the board meeting, and shortly after took his own life. He was replaced by an Assistant Manager Charlie Paynter, who had also been at West Ham in a number of roles from 1897, and went on to work for in this position until 1950 in an average of 480 games. The club played for the majority of the following three decades in this league, initially under the leadership of Paynter and later under the direction that of former teammate Ted Fenton.

Fenton was able to get the club back to the top that is English football in the year 1958. Through the extensive input by Malcolm Allison, a player Malcolm Allison, Fenton played a role in developing both the first batch of potential West Ham stars and West Ham's philosophy towards the game.

Ron Greenwood was appointed Fenton's successor in 1961 . Greenwood shortly was able to lead the team to two major titles including the 1964 FA Cup Final. The team was coached by the young Bobby Moore. West Ham also won the European Cup Winners Cup. In the 1966 FIFA World Cup, key players of the tournament winning England included West Ham players such as captain Bobby Moore; Martin Peters (who scored in the final) as well as Geoff Hurst, who scored the first ever, and sole, hat-trick, in the male World Cup final. All three players were part of their youth teams at West Ham.

There is an "Champions" statue located in Barking Road, in front of The Boleyn Tavern to commemorate West Ham's "three brothers" who were instrumental in winning the 1966 World Cup: Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters. Also included on the statue is Everton's Ray Wilson. They also won the FA Cup in 1975 by defeatingFulham 2-0. The Fulham team was comprised of ex- England captains Alan Mullery and West Ham legend Bobby Moore.

After a rocky beginning to the season of 1974-75, Greenwood moved himself "upstairs" to become the general manager. He did not inform the board who hired his assistant John Lyall as manager of the team. The result was immediate success as West Ham scored 20 goals over the initial four games and took home the FA Cup, becoming the only team to take home the FA Cup with an all-English team when they defeated Fulham by 2-0 in the final in 1975. Lyall later led West Ham to another European Cup Winners Cup final in 1976 but the team fell in the game by 4-2 to Belgian team Anderlecht. Greenwood's time as the general manager lasted only three years. He was appointed to run England following the resignation of Don Revie's resignation in 1977.

In 1978, West Ham were again relegated to Division Two, but Lyall was retained as manager and led the team to an FA Cup Final win against Arsenal in the year 1980, their final major award. They made it to the final after beating Everton during the semi-final.  The Hammers defeated Everton 1-0. the goal coming from a header scored by Trevor Brooking in the 13th minute. This is an important win since no other team from in the premier division ever won the award since. West Ham were promoted to Division One in 1981, and ended up in the top ten in the premier division over the following three seasons until they achieved their highest ever league position of third in 1985-86. the group of players that became known as  the Boys of 86. But, they were relegated once more in the year 1989 resulting in the sacking of Lyall. Lyall was awarded an ex-gratia payment of P100,000 but quit the club due to the Lyall called "upsetting" circumstances. He was awarded only 73 words of an unwritten acknowledgment of his services in the club's program. Lyall quit West Ham after 34 years of service.

After Lyall, Lou Macari briefly led the team, though he resigned after less than a single season in order to clear his name of allegations of illegal betting while manager of Swindon Town. He was substituted by the former teammate Billy Bonds. In Bonds the debut full-time season in the 1990-91 season, West Ham again secured promotion to Division One. The club is now back in the top division, Bonds saw West Ham through one of their most controversial seasons. The club was planning to launch the bonds scheme the fans were in discontent. West Ham finished last and were sent again to Division Two after only one season. But, they resurfaced with a vengeance in 1992-93. With Trevor Morley and Clive Allen scoring 40 goals, they guaranteed themselves second place on the last day of the season with a 2-0 home win against Cambridge United and, with it, an increase to Premier League.

In the Premier League, there was the necessity to build a new team. Oxford United's player Joey Beauchamp was recruited for the sum that was PS1.2 million. After his arrival at the club but he began to become unsatisfied, citing his homesickness for his home town of Oxford for the cause. Bonds especially did not grasp when compared with his own steadfast and never-say-die attitude; providing an argument for Bonds another example of the degeneration in the game today and the modern-day player. After fifty-eight days, Beauchamp was appointed with Swindon Town for a club-record total of PS800,000 that included the defender Adrian Whitbread moving opposite direction. Whitbread is valued at 750,000 PS during the signing.

The assistant manager Harry Redknapp is also playing a greater part in the making of transfers for players with the approval of the club. There were rumors of his former team AFC Bournemouth being ready to give him a job in the future, The West Ham board and their managing director, Peter Storrie took a decision that was viewed as controversial. The board was concerned not to lose Redknapp's services , and provided Bonds an opportunity to be away from the day-today activities of the club - on the West Ham board. This would have enabled them to choose Redknapp for the role of managing. Bonds declined the position offered and quit the club. The allegations of fraud as well as manipulation of the board as well as Redknapp continue to create feelings of resentment. Peter Storrie claimed that they did everything right by saying, "If Harry had gone to Bournemouth it was a high chance that Bill was going to resign in the first place, and we're in a losing situation. We're devastated that Bill is leaving and it's a huge hit, but it's now time to go on and we've selected a top manager." Redknapp was appointed manager on 10 August 1994.

Redknapp's tenure as manager of West Ham was notable for the players' turnover during his tenure as well as the quality of football and the success that has not been experienced since the time that was held by John Lyall. Over 134 players passed through the club while he was manager, producing a net transfer fee deficit of PS16 million, despite the PS18 million sale of Rio Ferdinand to Leeds United. Certain were extremely successful, like those who signed Stuart Pearce, Trevor Sinclair, Paolo Di Canio, John Hartson, Eyal Berkovic and Ian Wright. However, there were some costly, international players who didn't succeed in their time at West Ham, such as Florin Raducioiu. Davor Suker who made the same amount of wages as the income from an entire stadium, and made only eight appearances for the club; Christian Bassila, who cost PS720,000 and only played an hour of football Titi Camara Gary Charles, whose earnings were PS4.4 million but only played three appearances at the club; Rigobert Song Paulo Futre; and Marco Boogers, a player frequently mentioned as being one of the greatest mistakes within the Premier League. His first season as manager was a struggle with West Ham fighting the threat of being relegated for the final couple of weeks, and his third season would see another battle for relegation. Always ready to join the market for transfers, Redknapp bought in the winter transfer window John Hartson and Paul Kitson to give the club the momentum needed towards the season's conclusion.

As of 1999, West Ham finished fifth the highest spot in the top league since 1986. They also took home the Intertoto Cup beating French club Metz to be qualified for 1999 and 2000 UEFA Cup. Things started to go downhill for Redknapp after the sale of PS18 millions to Leeds from Rio Ferdinand in November 2000. Redknapp utilized the money badly, making purchases like Ragnvald Soma which cost him PS800,000 and played just 7 league matches, Camara, and Song. Redknapp believed he required more money to take on his transfer business. Chairperson Brown was irritated with Redknapp because of his demands for additional transfer funds. In June of 2001, when Brown was invited to an interview with Brown in hopes of discussing the possibility of a contract, he was dismissed. His assistant  Frank Lampard left too, making the sale of his son Frank Lampard Jr., inevitable; in the summer of 2001, he joined Chelsea in exchange for PS11 million.

With a variety of names, including ex-player Alan Curbishley who is now linked to the position Chairman Brown was able to recruit players from the team and appointed the reserve manager Glenn Roeder as manager on May 9th, 2001. He had already failed in management with  Gillingham, where he lost 22 of the 35 games he managed, and  Watford. His first major signings included returning Don Hutchison for PS5 million as well as Czech centre-back Tomas Repka. He finished seventh in his first season, Roeder working in the office of Upton Park, was struck by a blockage of a blood vessel within his head.  As Roeder required medical assistance and rehabilitation, the team's former captain Trevor Brooking stood in as interim manager. Despite not losing another game, the Hammers were relegated on the last day of the season at  Birmingham City boasts the record for a relegated club of 42 points in 38 games. Ten seasons of top-of-the-line football ended. Numerous top players, including Joe Cole, Di Canio and Kanoute all went to other clubs.

The following season, which was in the second division, Roeder resumed his stint as manager. Results were still poor, however, and after an away defeat to  Rotherham United. He was dismissed on August 24, 2003. Brooking returned to the position of the caretaker. He lost only one game, a 2-0 away defeat to Gillingham also known for being "the most successful manager that West Ham never had."

Former  Crystal Palace player and manager of  Reading Alan Pardew was lined for the position of the following bench manager. Reading along with their chair John Madejski However, Reading and their chairman, John Madejski, were not keen to let the manager go. After a period that included notice as well as gardening leave as well as West Ham paying Reading PS380,000 in compensation the manager was appointed on the 18th of October, 2003. This was their 10th manager. Pardew was determined to build the team by and brought in Nigel Coo-Coker, Marlon Harewood and Brian Deane. In his first year in control, the club made it to the playoffs, but be defeated by Crystal Palace. His signings of Bobby Zamora, Matthew Etherington and veterans Chris Powell and Teddy Sheringham saw West Ham finishing sixth and subsequently beat  Preston North End 1-1 due an Zamora strike in the final of the playoffs in 2005 and ensuring their promotion in the Premier League. After being promoted Pardew stated "It's an effort of the whole team. We played well and are returning to where we are."

On their return to the top division, West Ham finished in ninth place, The highlight of the 2005-06 season, however, was reaching the FA Cup final and taking favourites Liverpool to the penalty shootout following the match ended in a 3-3 draw. West Ham lost the shootout however, they were able to gain access to the next year's UEFA Cup as Liverpool had already been selected for Champions League. In August of 2006, West Ham completed a significant coup on the final day of the window for transfers after signing Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano. The club was later bought from the Icelandic group that was led by Eggert Magnusson in November of 2006. Manager Alan Pardew was sacked after poor form during the season and was replaced by former Charlton Athletic manager Alan Curbishley.

It was reported that the signings by Mascherano along with Tevez were scrutinized through the Premier League and the Premier League, who were worried that the details of the transactions were not included in official documents. West Ham was found to be guilty and punished PS5.5 million back in April. However, West Ham avoided a points deduction, which was essential in their fight against being relegated at the conclusion in the 2007-06 season. Following on from this event, Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan, supported by other sides facing possible relegation, including Fulham and Sheffield United, threatened legal action.West Ham 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 defeated newly crowned League Champions Manchester United 1-0, thanks to a goal scored by Tevez in 15th place.

For the the 2007-08 campaign, West Ham remained relatively regularly in the top quartile in the table of league standings having Freddie Ljungberg in the squad, despite several injuries. New signing Craig Bellamy missed much of the campaign and Kieron Dyer was absent from August 2007. The last game of the season, at the Boleyn Ground, saw West Ham draw 2-2 against Aston Villa, ensuring a tenth-place finish three points ahead of rivals Tottenham Hotspur. This was an improvement of five places from the previous season and, most importantly, West Ham were never under any real threat of being relegated.

After a row with the board over the sale of defenders Anton Ferdinand and George McCartney to Sunderland manager Alan Curbishley left the club on the 3rd of September, 2008. His successor was the former Chelsea striker Gianfranco Zola who was appointed manager on the 11th of September, 2008 to be the club's first non-British manager. The year 2008/09, West Ham finished ninth, which was a single position improvement.

In the 2009-10 season, West Ham started strongly with a 2-0 win over newly promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers, with goals scored by Mark Noble and newly appointed captain Matthew Upson. A League Cup match against old rivals Millwall was the cause of violent riots at the stadium and crowd disturbances and pitch invasions within Upton Park. On August 9, 2009 the financial woes of Icelandic owners' parent companies caused the current owners without the ability to pay for any money until an owner identified. The shirt sponsor of the club SBOBET offered the club assistance in purchasing a wanted striker named that of Italian Alessandro Diamanti.

West Ham had a poor season that was accompanied by a long fight against demotion. They were able to save their existence in the final two games when they defeated Wigan 3-1. The club was able to collect 35 points out of 38 games, seven points less than what they earned been stripped of seven years ago. On May 11, 2010, just two days after the conclusion of the 2009-10 campaign, West Ham announced the termination of Zola's contract, with immediate beginning. On June 3, 2010 Avram Grant agreed to sign the four-year contract to become the next manager at West Ham subject to a work permission. West Ham's performance continued to be subpar, and the team was rarely beyond the relegation zone making Grant's future as manager at risk. A 4-1 Football League Cup quarter-final victory against Manchester United was an otherwise positive highlight of a miserable season. West Ham's performance during its performance during the Premier League did not affect their performances in the domestic cup competitions. The Hammers reached the semi-final of the League Cup before being eliminated by eventual winners Birmingham City as well as the quarter final of the FA cup before a 2-1 defeat at Stoke City.

On the 15th of May, 2011, West Ham's drop in the Championship was confirmed following a comeback victory by Wigan on Wigan's DW Stadium. The game was a stalemate as West Ham leading 0-2 at half-time, thanks to 2 Demba Ba goals, Wigan battled back to take the win 3-2 with an added-time strike by Charles N'Zogbia. After the defeat, West Ham announced the dismissal of their manager Avram Grant, who was only one season into his time. On June 1, 2011, the manager Sam Allardyce was appointed manager to replace Grant.

The team finished third at the 2011-12 Football League Championship with the score of 86 points. They also took part in play-offs. They beat Cardiff City played in the play off semi final 5-1 on aggregate to make Final against Blackpool in the final at Wembley on May 19th, 2012. Carlton Cole opened scoring. Despite Blackpool were equalized at the beginning of the second period, Ricardo Vaz Te scored the winning goal in the 87th minute for West Ham in the 87th minute.

West Ham, on their return to the Premier League, signed former players James Colllins and George McCartney on permanent contracts in addition to record signings Matt Jarvis and Andy Carroll on loan. They won their first game of the season, on 18 August 2012, 1-0 against Aston Villa because of Aston Villa after a Kevin Nolan goal. The highlight of the first half of the season was a 3-1 home win against reigning European champions Chelsea on the 1st of December 2012, which put them in the eighth spot in the table and 13th when they reached the close of the season. On March 22, the 22nd of March, 2013, West Ham secured a 99-year lease for the Olympic Stadium, and it was planned to use it as their home stadium starting for to the season 2016-17. The team finished in tenth place at the close of the season, with nine home victories and just 3 away. There were only 11 goals away recorded, which was the lowest score of the entire league.

The 2013-14 season saw West Ham finished 13th in the Premier League. They also reached the semi-finals of the League Cup before losing 9-0 on aggregate to eventual cup-winners Manchester City. The most notable aspect of the season were criticisms directed at coach Sam Allardyce by supporters relating to his perceived bad playing strategies. West Ham finished 12th in the 2014-15 Premier League, one position higher than last season. After the final match of the year on the 24th of May, 2015 the club announced that Allardyce's contract wouldn't be renewed and they were looking for the services of a new manager. After securing the Premier League Fair Play table for 2014-2015, West Ham qualified for the 2015-16 UEFA Europa League, beginning in the initial qualifying round.

On June 9, 2015 the an ex West Ham player Slaven Bilic was appointed manager for three years on a contract. In Bilic's final game as manager the team won at Anfield at Anfield for the first time since 1952, defeating Liverpool 3-1, with goals of Manuel Lanzini, Mark Noble and Diafra Sakho. In the final stages of the season West Ham finished 7th in the Premier League. The club broke numerous records set by the club during the Premier League era, including the most points (62) and the highest number of goals scored during the course of a season (65) as well as the smallest number of games that were lost during an entire period (8) as well as the least amount of home loss (5). It was also the final season in which players played in Boleyn Ground. Boleyn Ground, and they will be shifting to London Stadium from next season and ending their 112-year tenure in the venue.

Following Manchester United's victory at the 2016 FA Cup Final, West Ham took their Europa League position and were able to qualify for the third round of qualifying for the 2016-17 season. After a difficult debut season in the London Stadium, the team was 11th in the league, with having to contend loss of the team's star player Dimitri Payet. The team however, suffered poor results in the next season, registering only two victories in the opening 11 games. After a loss of 4-1 to Liverpool at home and the team at risk of being relegated, Bilic was sacked on 6 November 2017. Bilic was replaced by the former Sunderland manager David Moyes on an agreement until the final day this season. The team was plagued by in a shaky form throughout the remainder of the season, but they managed to stay out of relegation and finish 13th. Moyes was not given a new contract and quit the club at the day of its expiration, 16 May 2018.

On the 22nd of May, 2018 the team announced the former Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini as the new manager, on an agreement for three years. In his first season under his charge the Hammers were 10th in the league, yet experiencing a lack of consistency. But, following a disastrous start to the next campaign, Pellegrini was sacked in December, with the team just one point clear of the zone of relegation. His final game as manager was a loss at home 2-1 against Leicester City. He was substituted with David Moyes, who returned to take over the club for a second time as manager a day later.

On the 22nd of July, 20th, 2020 the team was able to secure the club's Premier League status for another season after an 1-1 draw against Manchester United. Prior to the start of the season 2020-21 the ownership of West Ham drew criticism, particularly the club's manager Mark Noble who publicly criticized the transfer of the academy's graduates Grady Diangana. Despite losing the first two matches of the campaign West Ham's performance improved and at October's close the club was in fifth position. West Ham would not be pushed out of an European position for the remainder of the season. They was able to be selected to participate in next season's 2021-22 UEFA Europa League group stages following a 6th place finish. which was more than many expected. Moyes agreed to a new 3 year contract on June 12, 2021.

On the 26th of August, 2021 West Ham were drawn into group H of the Europa League, alongside Dinamo Zagreb, Genk and Rapid Wien. 2021 ended with West Ham sitting fifth in the Premier League, having reached the fifth round of the EFL Cup and winning group H of the Europa League. West Ham won their first three matches of 2022, bringing the club's ranking to fourth on the Premier League. On March 10, 2022, West Ham lost 1-0 away to Sevilla in the Europa League round of 16 and a 2-0 victory in additional time seven days following ensured West Ham's spot in the European quarterfinal for only the second time in the last 41 years. On April 14, 2022 following an 1-1 draw one week earlier in the London Stadium, West Ham defeated French club Lyon with a 3-0 win in The Parc Olympique Lyonnais to ensure the first European semi-final in the tournament since 1976. The same opponent they faced in the semi-final in the Champions of Europe cup semi-final match, Eintracht Frankfurt, the Hammers were eliminated from the Europa League, following a 3-1 aggregate defeat to the German team. The final game of 2021-22 Premier League season, West Ham confirmed a second consecutive season of European football by being selected for their place in the UEFA Europa Conference League after finishing in seventh place. The 2021-22 season is also notable as it was Mark Noble's last as the final West Ham player, with the midfielder resigning from the club after 18 years of being a premier league player at the club. playing 550 times in all competitionsand scoring at least 62 times. In the 7th position during the 2021-22 Premier League, West Ham were able to participate in the 2022-23 Europa Conference League entering into the play-off stage..

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The Thames Ironworks Team (1895–1900) used the Union Flag as its badge.

The main component in the emblem is the cross set of rivets hammers. They were tools employed in the shipbuilding industry. In the Blackwall as well as Canning Town neighbourhoods that were located around the Thames Ironworks echoed to the sound of hammers. steam hammers as well as sledge hammers, and rivet the hammers.

Seven steam hammers could punch tiny holes in to the edge of iron plates, which were joined to construct the vessels. The plates would then be placed in position and then fixed to each other with rivets. The teams consisted of five, with three inside the newly formed vessel with two outside.

Within the ship, one of the members of the team would cook the rivets until they became white hot and then, by using iron fingers ( blacksmith's tongs) and then throw the rivets to a third person, referred to as a "catch-boy or a 'putter' who would grab the rivet and put it into inside the hole, with tongs. Third person referred to as the 'holder-on' , and they would then smash the rivet with a sledgehammer weighing 16 pounds and then use the sledgehammer in order to hold the rivet while the men on the opposite side flattened the opposite end of the rivet.

The ship was outside, open for the weather, two people who were equipped with hammers to rivets left-handed and one left-handed - would smash the protruding , but still glowing rivet flat, thus making sure that one of the many points needed to join every one of the ship's huge plates.

The hammers with crossed lines were included in that of the coats of arms belonging to the County Borough of West Ham as well as its successor, the current London Borough of Newham. It was the Thames Ironworks lay partly within the present-day London Borough of Tower Hamlets The blacksmith's tongs that are in the Borough's coat of arms symbolize Saint Dunstan, the patron saint of the town. Dunstan The patron saint of Stepney and the metalworkers not the Ironworks.

A white or yellow tower was addedto the structure, sporadically until the 1950s. The main reason is believed to be that it represents Anna Boleyn's Tower which is the most prominent aspect that is the centerpiece of Green Street House which was a Tudor collection of buildings that was located next to Boleyn Ground. Boleyn Ground until destroyed in 1955. Green Street House was also named Boleyn Castle due to the connection to Anne Boleyn. The manor was believed to be one of the places in which Henry VIII was courting as his queen second, but there is no evidence to confirm the legend.

There are many other elements that could have contributed to the introduction of the castle design For instance:

• to acknowledge the contribution to the club made by players from Old Castle Swifts
• The towering roofs, towers and the entranceway in the Engineering Department of the Thames Ironworks bore a striking resemblance to the castle motif in earlier versions of this badge.
• The very first verse of the club's song I'm always blowing bubbles starts with "I'm thinking about dreams I'm planning my plans I'm building castles in the sky".
• The White Tower of the Tower of London as an emblematic symbol for East London. For a long time up to 1900 the east and inner East London had been known as the Tower Division an area that was a part of the military support to the Tower of London. It was the (originally White Tower, originally whitewashed) White Tower was used as an emblem for the region, such as on the badges on caps of local army units.
• In recognition of the "West Ham Pals The 13th Battalion of the Essex Regiment which was formed at Stratford during 1915, saw significant action and massive defeats in the Western Front in the course of World War I. The Battalion was formed of members of West Ham and East London generally. Their motto included "Up the Hammers". Cap badges of Essex Regiment. Essex Regiment was the castle and the key of Gibraltar although the unit failed to make a demand to War Office that crossed Hammers could be substituted.
• It was the adoption (in 1904) of Boleyn Castle FC as the reserve team of the club after Boleyn Castle FC took control of their facilities in the area.

The shield has been utilized in various variations for the emblem of the club and the form of the one used in 2016 is a resemblance to the cross-section of the ship's hull HMS Warrior, the most famous vessel constructed at Thames Ironworks. Thames Ironworks. But a look at the diagrams drawn by draughtsman of the ship raises doubt about the connection to the shield as well as the vessel.

The crest was revamped and modernized in the 1990s, with a larger yellow castle, with less circular "windows" and the roofs that were peaked being removed. The high towers earlier made the castle look more like Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty's Castle instead of a real fortress. The designer also modified the details of the castle to create an overall more robust feel in the icons.

The club was able to rebuild the West Stand at the Boleyn Ground (construction was completed in 2001-2002) it was the "castle" of the newly designed badge was added to the structure of the main entry point to the stadium. Two towers were prominent elements of the grounds' appearance and both wore large badges of the club.

The new badge was launched after the conclusion of the 2015-16 season after the club relocated to the Olympic Stadium. It has removed the Boleyn Castle as a result of the club's departure to the Olympic Stadium. It is now just the crossed hammers that the club claims is an inspiration from the crest prior to and during the time that of Bobby Moore. The term "London" was added below to "establish the club's place in the international arena" while the simpler method is to make the club a "strong declaration that instantly West Ham United". The shape of the crest resembles similar to the hull of HMS Warrior, the first ironclad warship of the Royal Navy, which was constructed at the Thames Ironworks. Thames Ironworks.

The initial colors of this team was dark blue because Thames Ironworks chairman Arnold Hills being a former student at Oxford University (see Oxford blue). The team however, used various kits, such as the claret and sky blue colors of Thames Ironworks, as well as white or sky blue kit.

The Irons forever adopted blue and claret for their the colors of their home in 1903.

One story suggests that Thames Ironworks right-half Charlie Dove received the Aston Villa kit by William Belton, who was professional sprinter with national fame as well as associated with the coaching of Thames Ironworks. Belton was at an event at Birmingham just a few miles from Villa Park Aston Villa's home stadium for Aston Villa and was challenged to a race with four Villa players, who bet on the possibility that one would be the winner. Belton beat them, and in the event that they could not pay the wager one of the Villa players who were responsible for washing the team's uniform provided the entire kit of the team's "football equipment" to Belton in exchange for payment. Aston Villa's Aston Villa player subsequently reported to his club that the kit was "missing." However, this is not always confirmed.

Thames Ironworks, and later West Ham United, retained the blue/clear yoke design however, they used their previously preferred colours for their away kits.

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The team's fans are known for their rendition of the team's anthem " I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" Introduced at the time of their club's the former Manager Charlie Paynter in the late 1920s. The pear soap commercial featuring a curly-haired boy in Millais' " Bubbles" was popular in the 1920s. The child was akin to a football player, Billy J. "Bubbles" Murray, from the local schoolboys team Park School, where the headmaster was Cornelius Beal. Beal was well-known in the local community for his music and rhymes, and also wrote songs with the melody of "I'm Always Blowing Bubbles" whenever a participant was having a great game.

Beal was a friend of Paynter, while Murray was a West Ham trialist and played football at schoolboy level with a number of West Ham players such as Jim Barrett. Through this ruse of association, the fans of the club were able to sing the well-known music hall tune prior to home games. Sometimes, it was reinforced with the help of house bands who were asked to play the song of Charlie Paynter.

Its 1975 FA Cup version - that has the original lyrics and includes vocals by players from the team's current roster and is played prior to home games and the home crowd taking part and carrying the tune when the music ends at the line "Fortune's always in hiding". Bubbles was originally released as a waltz, and during the game , the crowd sings the song in regular time.

In the 50s and 60s the fans have also performed songs from the East London pub song Knees Up Mother Brown. The title of the song is the name of the online forum associated with the club.

Similar to others, this players have a tradition of incorporating or reworking popular songs to suit specific occasions, themes and players. This has included serious renditions of classic films and theatre songs like "The Bells Are Ringing," along with more humorous or pun-laden performances, such as singing the former Paolo DiCanio's name to the song "La Donna e mobile" by Giuseppe Verdi or D.I. Canio to the tune of Ottawan's " D.I.S.C.O." Or the"Who Let The Dogs Out?" chant, or the "Who Let the Potts out?" to the tune of Baha Men's "Who let the dogs out?" when Steve Potts might be warm-up to come in as a substitute later in his career. He could also be seen singing "That's Zamora" to the tune of Dean Martin's 1953 "That's Amore" to honor the former player Bobby Zamora. Other former players who are entertained include Christian Dailly with vastly-altered lyrics to Frankie Valli's "Can't Keep My Eyes Off You", Joe Cole and Carlton Cole with Spandau Ballet's "Gold" song's title being sung in the form of "Cole" as well as Ludek Miklosko. A song for West Ham favourite Bobby Moore, "Viva Bobby Moore", is also sung based on The Business's " Oi!" rendition of the song, which is based the song's lyrics, based on The Equals' 1969 release "Viva Bobby Joe". In 2016, fans adapted the lyrics from Billy Ray Cyrus' " Achy Breaky Heart" in honor of Dimitri Payet..

When players take to the pitch, and during other occasions of celebration during the time that they sing the tune I'm constantly blasting out balloons is being played the bubble machines release a lot of bubbles that rise up to the surface of the stadium. The public was captivated by the spectacle following a tense performance for David Beckham in his first game away in 1998-99, the season following Beckham was sent off. England midfielder was dismissed for a vicious foul on Diego Simeone. In the same match it was reported (and an image) that the fans, led by a hardcore placed an effigy in the shape of the player in the local pub. Although it was later revealed that the pub was in South-East London, the heartland of West Ham's greatest rivals Millwall. It was the West Ham fans did, however, boo Beckham's each move of the ball throughout the match.

They also have displayed the most ferocious attitude in slandering former players, especially those who appear to have left the club or done a wrong to. Paul Ince, Frank Lampard, Jermain Defoe and Nigel Coker have been known to take some of the most verbal abuse and the dreadful reception they receive from the crowd at Upton Park. However, players like Joe Cole, Michael Carrick, Rio Ferdinand, Bobby Zamora and Carlos Tevez receive applause and standing ovations for their contribution in their playing time with the club. Joe Cole subsequently rejoined West Ham from Liverpool in the middle of this season.

The genesis of West Ham's ties to violent incidents involving football began in the 1960s , with the formation of the Mile End Mob (named after an area in that is located in the East End of London). The 1970s and the 1980s (the principal era of organized violent football), West Ham gained more recognition for the level of hooliganism within their fan base as well as hostile behavior towards their own fans and those of rival clubs and police. In the 1970s specifically the 1970s, teams of rival West Ham fans from neighbouring areas frequently fought one another during games, usually teams from neighbouring areas that included Barking as well as Dagenham.

It is believed that the Inter City Firm were among early " casuals" known as casuals due to the fact that they escaped police oversight by not wearing any football-related clothes and traveling to away matches using normal InterCity train instead of on the more expensive and tightly controlled "football particular" chartered trains. The group was known as a West Ham-based group. According to the name of the firm "inter city" indicates, violence was not limited to local derbies. The group of gangsters could disrupt any sporting event however, teams in the vicinity often took the brunt of the blame.

The 1989 feature film The Firm (starring Gary Oldman) as well as the film from 2005 Green Street (starring Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam) are based on West Ham hooligan firms.

West Ham have strong rivalries with a variety of other clubs. Most of these are with other London clubs, especially with Tottenham Hotspur in an East versus North London derby and with Chelsea in the East against West London rivalry. This rivalry among West Ham and Tottenham has been caused by players such as Michael Carrick, Martin Peters, Paul Allen, Jermain Defoe, and Scott Parker leaving the Hammers to join Tottenham. The rivalry grew stronger with the appointment of the former Hammers director Harry Redknapp as the Tottenham manager. Since the 2006-07 Premier League season, West Ham have developed a strong rivalry with Yorkshire club Sheffield United because of the ambiguous circumstances surrounding the departure to Carlos Tevez, who helped West Ham avoid relegation at Sheffield United's cost.

The oldest and fiercest rivalry is with Millwall. Both teams are rivals in the local area and were both established by local firms, and with players from the same areas. The beginnings of both clubs is interspersed and West Ham proving to be the more successful team in the numerous meetings between both teams at the moment, leading to West Ham being promoted at the cost of Millwall. Millwall decided to stay out of the then-new Football League while West Ham went on to the top division and to an FA Cup final. In the 1920s, the rivalry grew more intense through strikes that Isle of Dogs-based businesses (i.e., Millwall fans) did not back, causing a rift between the two clubs and the bitterness of this betrayal persisting for decades. In 1972 the year 1972, a Millwall fan died on the New Cross station after falling off a train in the course of a dispute between West Ham fans and West Ham fans.

Rivalry between West Ham and Millwall has caused a lot of violence, and is one of the most well-known in the realm of football hooliganism. The two teams faced each one in Round 2 of the 2009-10 League Cup and met on the 25th of August 2009 in Upton Park. It marked the very first time in the past four decades that these two clubs played one another, and the first time ever that they played each other at the League Cup. Fights between fans took place outside the stadium, which led to violent eruptions that could last for up to an hour away from the stadium. The violence resulted in serious injuries and stabbings of an Millwall supporter, destruction to property , and several arrests reported by the police. There were several pitches invaded caused by West Ham supporters which brought an end to the match. In January of 2010, West Ham were fined after being found guilty of violent, intimidating offensive, vulgar and violent behaviour and for failing to stop their fans from entering the playing field. Millwall were free of all accusations.

The club and its supporters are referred to in the form of The Hammers, in part because of their origins in the form of Thames Ironworks. They also have the nicknames The Irons or The Cockney Boys. Other names include The Academy of Football or The Academy.

Up to the year the year 2016, West Ham were based at the Boleyn Ground, also known in the United Kingdom as Upton Park, in Newham, East London. Its capacity at Boleyn Ground was Boleyn Ground is 35,016, it it had been West Ham's stadium since 1904. Prior to this, in their previous incarnation of Thames Ironworks was their home stadium. They were based on Hermit Road in Canning Town and for a short time in Browning Road in East Ham before moving towards the Memorial Grounds in Plaistow in 1897. They remained at the stadium throughout their transition to West Ham United and were there for another four seasons before changing towards Boleyn Ground in 1904. Boleyn Stadium in 1904.

Chairman Eggert Magnusson stated his intention to see West Ham to move to the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Summer Olympics, a desire reiterated by the current chairmen Gold and Sullivan as they took control of the club, stating that they believed it was the right decision for the Government because it was within the Borough of Newham.

In February of 2010 However The British Olympic Minister stated that West Ham would not get the stadium, and that it could instead be used to run tracks and fields. On the 17th of May, 2010 West Ham together with Newham London Borough Council submitted a formal request for the Olympic Park Legacy Company for the use of the Olympic Stadium following the 2012 Summer Olympics. The idea was for the stadium to have capacity of 60,000, which will include a competition track for athletics. The idea was embraced from the chair of UK athletics, Ed Warner, who declared, "I think it will be a fantastic football stadium, and I'm speaking as a fan of football and also the head of UK Athletics. I believe that West Ham would cover the track during winter which means it wouldn't look like you had a track running between you and the field."

On the 30th of September, 2010, the club officially presented its bid for Olympic Stadium. Olympic Stadium with a presentation at 10 Downing Street, and on the 8th of October, 2010, the largest live entertainment firm, Live Nation has endorsed their Club's Olympic Stadium plans. Within three days of the Live Nation approval, UK Athletics has confirmed its support in writing to West Ham United and Newham Council in their bid to acquire the Olympic Stadium in its legacy state. In November of 2010, West Ham began a hunt for developers to be considered to hold "informal discussions" regarding what could be done to the stadium in the event of winning its bid to acquire the Olympic Stadium following the 2012 Games. According to West Ham, the stadium could be vacant and open for redevelopment before the end of summer 2014. On the 11th of February, 2011 The Olympic Park Legacy Committee chose West Ham as the preferred club to be relocated to the Olympic Stadium following the 2012 Games.

The decision to support West Ham's proposal was unanimous though it was a bit controversial because nearby rivals Tottenham Hotspur had also been interested in the stadium. Hopes of moving to the stadium, however, were since placed under doubt following a legal challenge by Tottenham and title="Leyton the Orient F.C. ">Leyton Orient Leyton Orient Leyton Orient fearful that having West Ham playing less than one mile of Leyton Orient's Brisbane Road ground could steal the support of the club and cause them to go off the market. The appeals of both clubs for a judicial review however, were denied on June 23rd, 2011. The 3rd March of 2011 West Ham's transfer to London's Olympic Stadium was formally approved by the British government as well as the the Mayor Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London Boris Johnson.

On June 8, 2011 it was announced that Westfield Shopping Centre was involved in discussions about talks West Ham for naming rights for the new Olympic stadium that could be named"the" Westfield Stadium. West Ham announced plans to relocate from the Boleyn Stadium from this season. In August of 2011 an independent investigation launched by the Olympic Park Legacy Company upheld the decision to grant West Ham the Olympic Stadium following the 2012 Games. On June 29, 2011 However, Tottenham declared that they were going back before the High Court again to fight the decision to grant West Ham their stadium during an oral hearing in order to challenge the initial High Court appeal being rejected. On August 25, 2011, Tottenham and Leyton Orient were granted an appeal to the High Court into the Olympic Stadium bidding procedure. On October 11, 2011, the agreement to grant West Ham the Olympic Stadium ended in a stalemate due to concerns about legal pressure. The government making the decision that the stadium should remain in public ownership. Six days after, Tottenham and Leyton Orient announced they had withdrawn their legal fight after the agreement fell apart.

When the original agreement fell through then a new procedure to select a new tenant initiated. West Ham immediately announced plans to be the new tenants of the stadium. In the end of March, West Ham was one of the bidders who bid for the Stadium. The decision was to be made by the Olympic Park Legacy Company in May 2012 the London's Mayor London Boris Johnson delayed the final decision on the future tenant until the conclusion in 2012 Summer Olympics declaring the odds were "overwhelmingly probable" that the tenant will end up being West Ham.

On the 22nd of March 2013. West Ham had signed a 99-year lease on the Olympic Stadium following the announcement that the government had agreed to invest in an additional PS1 million to cover the cost of renovating the stadium. The intention of the club was to relocate to the stadium before the start in the year 2016-17. The supporters from rival teams had asked to hold an investigation into the grant West Ham's tenancy insisting they believed that West Ham were being given an unfair advantage due to the arrangement. In September of 2015, the government ruled out holding an inquiry.

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• 6  Bobby Moore, Defender (1958–74) – posthumous honour
• 38  Dylan Tombides, Striker (2010–14) – posthumous honour

In the 2003 book The Official West Ham United Dream Team, 500 fans were quizzed for who would be in their all time Hammers Eleven. The voting was restricted to players from the modern era.

The following is a list of recipients of the 'Hammer of the Year' award. The first award, to Andy Malcolm in 1957–58, was nominated by a journalist at The Stratford Express. Subsequent recipients would be awarded the title after a vote by supporters. Trevor Brooking was the first player for West Ham United to have been honoured with the title of Hammer of the Year three times in a row in 1976, 1977 and 1978. Scott Parker repeated this feat between 2009 and 2011. Brooking has won the award the most times, on five occasions: 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1984. Bobby Moore, Billy Bonds and Julian Dicks have each won it four times.

Bobby Moore has been runner-up four times, while Billy Bonds and Tony Cottee have both been runners-up three times.

Billy Bonds and Trevor Brooking's wins are notable in the amount of time between first and last Hammer of the Year award. Bonds has 16 years separating his wins whilst Brooking has 12.

Year Winner Runner-up 1958  Andy Malcolm – 1959  Ken Brown – 1960  Malcolm Musgrove – 1961  Bobby Moore – 1962  Lawrie Leslie  John Dick 1963  Bobby Moore  Jim Standen 1964  Johnny Byrne  Bobby Moore 1965  Martin Peters  Bobby Moore 1966  Geoff Hurst  Martin Peters 1967  Geoff Hurst  Bobby Moore 1968  Bobby Moore  Trevor Brooking 1969  Geoff Hurst  Billy Bonds 1970  Bobby Moore  Billy Bonds 1971  Billy Bonds  Bobby Moore 1972  Trevor Brooking  Bobby Ferguson 1973  Pop Robson  Trevor Brooking 1974  Billy Bonds  Mervyn Day 1975  Billy Bonds  Mervyn Day 1976  Trevor Brooking  Graham Paddon 1977  Trevor Brooking  Alan Devonshire 1978  Trevor Brooking – 1979  Alan Devonshire  Pop Robson 1980  Alvin Martin  Ray Stewart 1981  Phil Parkes  Geoff Pike 1982  Alvin Martin  Trevor Brooking 1983  Alvin Martin  Phil Parkes 1984  Trevor Brooking  Tony Cottee 1985  Paul Allen  Tony Cottee 1986  Tony Cottee  Frank McAvennie 1987  Billy Bonds  Mark Ward 1988  Stewart Robson  Billy Bonds 1989  Paul Ince  Julian Dicks

Year Winner Runner-up 1990  Julian Dicks  Stuart Slater 1991  LudÄ›k Mikloško  George Parris 1992  Julian Dicks  Steve Potts 1993  Steve Potts  Kevin Keen 1994  Trevor Morley  Steve Potts 1995  Steve Potts  Tony Cottee 1996  Julian Dicks  Iain Dowie 1997  Julian Dicks  Slaven Bilić 1998  Rio Ferdinand  Steve Lomas 1999  Shaka Hislop  Ian Pearce 2000  Paolo Di Canio  Trevor Sinclair 2001  Stuart Pearce  Paolo Di Canio 2002  Sébastien Schemmel  Joe Cole 2003  Joe Cole  Jermain Defoe 2004  Matthew Etherington  Michael Carrick 2005  Teddy Sheringham  Mark Noble 2006  Danny Gabbidon  Marlon Harewood 2007  Carlos Tevez  Bobby Zamora 2008  Robert Green  George McCartney 2009  Scott Parker  Robert Green 2010  Scott Parker  Alessandro Diamanti 2011  Scott Parker  Robert Green 2012  Mark Noble  James Tomkins 2013  Winston Reid  Jussi Jääskeläinen 2014  Mark Noble  Adrián 2015  Aaron Cresswell  Adrián 2016  Dimitri Payet  Michail Antonio 2017  Michail Antonio  Manuel Lanzini 2018  Marko Arnautović  Declan Rice 2019  Åukasz FabiaÅ„ski  Declan Rice 2020  Declan Rice  Angelo Ogbonna 2021  Tomáš Souček  Vladimír Coufal 2022  Declan Rice  Jarrod Bowen

In 2013, West Ham United introduced a new annual award, the West Ham United Lifetime Achievement Award.

The first award was presented to club-record appearance maker Billy Bonds, who picked up the award on the pitch at Upton Park before kick-off against Cardiff City on the opening day of the 2013–14 season.

The 2014 award was presented to Sir Trevor Brooking, a record five-time winner of the Hammer of the Year award. Brooking received the award before the 2014–15 season curtain-raiser against Tottenham Hotspur on 16 August 2014. Brooking had already had the Centenary Stand at the Boleyn ground named after him in 2009.

The 2015 award was awarded to Martin Peters.

On 3 May 2016, it was announced via the club's official website that the fourth recipient of the award would be Sir Geoff Hurst, the club's second all-time leading goalscorer, and scorer of a hat-trick in the 1966 World Cup Final. Hurst would be honoured at the club's 2015/16 Player Awards Ceremony. Ken Brown became the sixth recipient of the award, in April 2018. The 2019 honour was awarded to midfielder Ronnie Boyce who made his debut for West Ham in 1960.

As of 10 November 2021

West Ham United have had 17 permanent managers in their history and an additional three caretaker managers.

In January of 2010, David Sullivan and David Gold acquired the 50% stake within West Ham, given them the overall control of commercial and operational. The end of May the year 2010, Gold and Sullivan purchased a additional 10 percent part of the team for an amount in the region of PS8 million. The stake they control was increased to 60 percent, they announced they would be able to open shares to fans who wanted to buy. The 9th August of 2010 Gold and Sullivan increased their shares by 30.6 percent each. They also added "minority shareholders", (which included former owner Terry Brown, purchasing a additional 3.8 percent of the club for the cost of about four millions) and left Icelandic Straumur Investment Bank holding 35% of the team.

2 July 2013 Sullivan bought an additional 25% stake following the restructuring of the club's debt which left Straumur Bank with just 10 percent. To clear the club's debts prior to moving towards the Olympic Stadium in 2016, in December 2014, Sullivan declared the possibility of the sale of 20 percent part of the company. The payment of club debts that was announced in July 2013 in the amount of PS70 million was granted as a precondition for moving towards the Olympic Stadium.

On the 10th of November, 2021, 2021's club released a statement that Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky had purchased 27% of the stake in the club. This was decreasing the shares of Gold and Sullivan in the club.

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• Football League First Division/Premier League (first tier)
  • Highest placing: 3rd, 1985–86
• Football League Second Division/Football League Championship (second tier)
  • Champions (2): 1957–58, 1980–81
    • Runners-up: 1922–23, 1990–91, 1992–93
    • Play-off winners: 2005, 2012
• Southern League First Division:
  • Highest placing: 3rd, 1912–13
• Western Football League:
  • Champions: 1906–07
  • Section A champions: 1906–07
• FA Cup
  • Winners (3): 1963–64, 1974–75, 1979–80
    • Runners-up: 1922–23, 2005–06
• League Cup
  • Runners-up: 1965–66, 1980–81
• FA Charity Shield:
  • Winners: 1964 (shared)
  • Runners-up: 1975, 1980
• Football League War Cup:
  • Winners: 1940
• Southern Floodlit Cup:
  • Winners: 1956
  • Runners-up: 1960
• London Challenge Cup
  • Winners (9): 1924–25, 1925–26, 1929–30, 1946–47, 1948–49, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1967–68, 1968–69
• Essex Professional Cup:
  • Winners (3): 1951, 1955 (shared), 1959
  • Runners-up: 1952, 1958
• London Charity Cup
  • Runners-up: 1902

• London Combination:
  • Champions: 1916–17
  • Runners-up: 1915–16 (Supplementary Tournament), 1917–18
• League South A:
  • Runners-up: 1939–40
• League South C:
  • Runners-up: 1939–40
• Regional League South:
  • Runners-up: 1940–41
• League South:
  • Runners-up: 1943–44, 1944–45

• Southern League Division Two
  • Winners: 1898–99
  • London champions: 1898–99
• London League
  • Winners: 1897–98
  • Runners-up: 1896–97
• West Ham Charity Cup
  • Winners: 1896
  • Runners-up: 1897

• European Cup Winners' Cup
  • Winners: 1964–65
  • Runners-up: 1975–76
• UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • Winners: 1999
• Anglo-Italian League Cup
  • Runners-up: 1975

• International Soccer League
  • Winners: 1963
• American Challenge Cup
  • Runners-up: 1963

• London Fives
  • Winners: 1967, 1970, 1984
  • Runners-up: 1955, 1957, 1960, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1981

• BBC Sports Personality of the Year Team Award: 1965
• Honorary Degree (awarded to the club) in 2009 by the University of East London

The club has promoted the popular notion that West Ham being " The Academy of Football" and the moniker is affixed to the new stadium's façade. The phrase is primarily referring to the club's youth development program which was developed by the manager Ted Fenton in the 1950s which has seen a variety of international players rise through the ranks. The club, in particular, provided three of the players in the World Cup winning England team in 1966, which included club legend Bobby Moore, as well as Martin Peters and Geoff Hurst who together played all the England goals in the final 4-2 win. Other academy players who went to play for England include Trevor Brooking, Alvin Martin, Tony Cottee and Paul Ince.

Since the end of the 90s, Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole, Michael Carrick and Glen Johnson started their professional careers with West Ham and all went to play for larger clubs. Recently, players like of first-team players Mark Noble and James Tomkins, along with Welsh International Jack Collison, have emerged from the Academy. It is a source of frustration for both managers and fans alike the club has been unable to keep some of these players because of (predominantly) financial concerns. West Ham, during the 2007-08 campaign, had the highest average number of 6.61 English players in the starting line-up, more than the average of any Premier League club, which made them among the very few Premier League clubs left that could be considered to have brought young English talent . They were also regarded by the media as being "homegrown player." Between 2000 between 2000 and in 2011, West Ham had 8 England players, the same than Manchester United and one fewer than Arsenal. A large part of the accomplishments of the Academy is attributable by Tony Carr, who was the West Ham youth coach between 1973 until 2014.

Leading first class goalscorers

• As of 22 January 2022

Rank	Nat.	Player	West Ham Career	First Class Goals	Sth. League Goals	War-time Goals	Total Goals
1		Vic Watson	1920–1935	326			326
2		Geoff Hurst	1959–1972	252			252
3		John Dick	1953–1962	166			166
		Jimmy Ruffell	1921–1937	166			166
5		Tony Cottee	1983–1988 1994–1996	146			146
6		Johnny Byrne	1961–1967	107			107
7		Pop Robson	1970–1974 1976–1979	104			104
8		Trevor Brooking	1967–1984	102			102
9		Malcolm Musgrove	1953–1963	100			100
		Martin Peters	1962–1970	100			100

Other top goalscorers

• Record attendance: 59,988 vs Everton, Premier League, 30 March 2019
  • At the Boleyn Ground: 42,322 v Tottenham Hotspur, Division One, 17 October 1970
• Lowest league attendance: 4,373 v Doncaster Rovers, Division Two, 24 February 1955

• Biggest Transfer fee paid: £45 million to Eintracht Frankfurt for Sébastien Haller, 17 July 2019
• Biggest Transfer fee received: £25 million from Marseille for Dimitri Payet, 29 January 2017

Victories

• League:
• Premier League:
  • Home: 6–0 v Barnsley, 10 January 1998
  • Away: 5–0 v Derby County, 10 November 2007
• Division One:
  • Home: 8–0 v Sunderland, 19 October 1968
  • Away: 6–1 v Manchester City, 8 September 1962
• Division Two:
  • Home: 8–0 v Rotherham United, 8 March 1958
  • Away: 6–0 v Leicester City, 15 February 1923
• FA Cup:
  • Home: 8–1 v Chesterfield (Rd 1), 10 January 1914
  • Away: 5–0 v Chatham Town (5th qualifying rd), 28 November 1903
• League Cup:
  • Home: 10–0 v Bury (Rd 2 leg 2) (12–1 aggregate scoreline), 25 October 1983
  • Away: 5–1 v Cardiff City (SF leg 2) (10–3 aggregate scoreline), 2 February 1966
  • Away: 5–1 v Walsall (Rd 2), 13 September 1967
• European Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Home: 5–1 v Castilla CF (Rd 1 leg 2) (6–4 aggregate scoreline), 1 October 1980
  • Away: 2–1 v Lausanne (QF leg 2), (6–4 aggregate scoreline) 16 March 1965
• UEFA Cup/Europa League:
  • Home: 3–0 v Osijek (Rd 1 leg 1), 16 September 1999
  • Home: 3–0 v Lusitanos (Qual Rd 1 leg 1), 2 July 2015
  • Away: 3–1 v Osijek (Rd 1 leg 2), 30 September 1999

Defeats

• League:
• Premier League:
  • Away: 0–6 v Everton, 8 May 1999
• Division One:
  • Home: 2–8 v Blackburn Rovers, 26 December 1963
  • Away: 0–7 v Sheffield Wednesday, 28 November 1959
• Division Two:
  • Away: 0–7 v Barnsley, 1 September 1919
• FA Cup:
  • Away: 0–6 v Manchester United (Rd 4), 26 January 2003
• League Cup:
  • Away: 0–6 v Oldham Athletic (SF leg 1), 14 February 1990
  • Away: 0–6 v Manchester City (SF leg 1), 8 January 2014
• European Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Home: 1–4 v Dinamo Tbilisi (QF leg 1) (2–4 aggregate scoreline), 4 March 1981
  • Away: 2–4 v FC Den Haag (QF leg 1) (5–5 aggregate scoreline, West Ham won on away goals), 3 March 1976
  • Neutral: 2–4 v Anderlecht (Final), 5 May 1976
• UEFA Cup:
  • Home: 0–1 v Palermo (Rd 1 leg 1), 14 September 2006
  • Away: 0–3 v Palermo (Rd 1 leg 2), 28 September 2006

• Most league goals in a season:
  • 101, Division Two (1957–58)
• Top league scorer in a season:
  • Vic Watson (42) Div. One (1929–30)
• Top scorer in a season:
  • Vic Watson (50) Div. One (1929–30)
• Most goals in one match:
  • Vic Watson (6) v Leeds United (h) 9 February 1929
  • Geoff Hurst (6) v Sunderland (h) 19 October 1968