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West Ham’s original club crest was a crossed pair of riveting hammers, tools which were commonly used in the shipbuilding industry. The club were formed in 1895 from workers of the “Thames Ironworks”.
A castle was added to the crest around 1903 and represents the prominent local building, Green Street House, which was known as "Boleyn Castle" through an association with Anne Boleyn. The manor was reportedly one of the sites at which Henry VIII courted his second queen, though in truth there is no factual evidence.
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 as their reserve side when they took over their grounds on the site.
Players Blazier Badge's
(circa. early 1950's)
Players Blazier Badge's
(circa. late 1950's)
1958 - 59
Players Blazier Badge's
(circa. 1960's)
Centenary Crest 1995
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. 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.
NICKNAME:
"The Irons" or " The Hammers"
MANAGERS:
(1902-32)
(1932-50)
(1950-61)
(1961-77)
(1977-89)
(1989-90)
(1990-94)
(1994-01)
(2001-03)
(2003-06)
(2006-08)
(2008- )
Syd King
Charlie Paynter
Ted Fenton
Ron Greenwood
John Lyall
Lou Macari
Billy Bonds
Harry Redknapp
Glenn Roeder
Trevor Brooking - Caretaker
Alan Pardew
Alan Curbishley
Gianfranco Zola
HONOURS, STATISTICS & RECORDS
DOMESTIC
Premier League
First Division (Top tier)
First Division (Second tier)
Second Division
Football League Championship Play-Off
Southern League First Division
Highest placing : 5th 1998-99
Highest placing : 3rd 1985-86
Runners-up : 1992-93
Champions : 1957-58, 1980-81
Runners-up: 1922-23, 1990-91
Winners : 2005 v. Preston North End
Runners-up : 2004 v. Crystal Palace
1980-81 Second Division Championship Cup
1957-58 Second Division Championship Shield
Highest placing 3rd : 1912-13
CUP
F.A. Cup Winners
F.A. Cup Runners-up
Football League Cup
F.A. Charity Shield
F.A. Charity Shield Runners-up
Football League War Cup
1964 v. Preston North End 3-2
1975 v. Fulham 2-0
1980 v. Arsenal 1-0
1923 v. Bolton Wanderers 0-2
2006 v. Liverpool 3-3 (Millennium Stadium, Cardiff)
lost on penalties
1966 v. West Bromwich Albion (1st leg: 2-1 Upton Park, 2nd leg: 1-4 The Hawthorns)
1981 v. Liverpool (Wembley 1-1, Replay at Villa Park 1-2)
1964 v. Liverpool 2-2 (Anfield) shared
1975 v. Derby County 0-2 (Wembley)
1981 v. Liverpool 0-1 (Wembley)
1940 v. Blackburn Rovers 1-0 (Wembley)
EUROPE
European Cup Winners Cup
Runners-up
UEFA Intertoto Cup Winners
1964-65 v. T.S.V. Munich 1860 2-0 (Wembley Stadium)
1975-76 v. Anderlecht 2-4 (Heysel Stadium, Brussels)
1999 v. F.C. Metz
TRANSFERS
Biggest Transfer fee paid:
£7.50 million to Liverpool for Craig Bellamy (July 2007)
Biggest Transfer fee received:
£18 million from Leeds United for Rio Ferdinand (November 2000)
ATTENDANCE
Highest league attendance:
42,322 v Tottenham Hotspur Division One, 17 October 1970
Lowest league attendance:
4,373 v Doncaster Rovers, Division Two, 24 February 1955
RECORD VICTORIES
RECORD DEFEATS
Premiership:
Home: 6-0 v. Barnsley - 10th January 1998
Away: 5-0 v. Derby County - 10th November 2007
Division One:
Home: 8-1 v. Newcastle - 21st April 1986
Home: 8-0 v. Sunderland - 19th October 1968
Away: 6-1 v. Manchester City - 8th September 1962
Division Two:
Home: 8-0 v. Rotherham United - 8th March 1958
Away: 6-0 v. Leicester City - 15th February 1923
FA Cup:
Home: 8-1 v. Chesterfield (1st Round) 10th January 1914
Away: 5-0 v. Chatham (5th Qualifying Round) 28th November 1903
League Cup:
Home: 10-0 v. Bury (2nd Round - 2nd leg) 25th October 1983
Away: 5-1 v. Cardiff City (Semi-Final 2nd leg) 2nd February 1966
Away: 5-1 v. Walsall (2nd Round) 13th September 1967
European Cup Winners Cup:
Home: 5-1 v. Castilla (1st Round - 2nd leg) 1st October 1980
UEFA Cup:
Home: 3-0 v. NK Osijek (1st Round - 1st leg) 16th September 1999
Away: 3-1 v. NK Osijek (1st Round - 2nd leg) 30th September 1999
Premiership:
Home:
Away:
Division One:
Home: 2-8 v. Blackburn Rovers - 26th December 1963
Away: 0-7 v. Everton - 22nd October 1927
Away: 0-7 v. Sheffield Wednesday - 28th November 1959
Division Two:
Home: 0-6 v. Sheffield Wednesday - 8th December 1951
Away: 0-7 v. Barnsley - 1st September 1919
FA Cup:
Home: 1-5 v. Huddersfield Town (3rd Round replay) 13th January 1960
Away: 0-6 v. Manchester United (4th Round) 26th January 2003
League Cup:
Home: 2-5 v. Barnsley (2nd Round - 2nd leg) 6th October 1987
Away: 0-6 v. Oldham Athletic (Semi-Final 1st leg) 14th February 1990
European Cup Winners Cup:
Home: 1-4 v. Dinamo Tbilsi (3rd Round - 1st leg) 4th March 1981
Away: 1-3 v. Borussia Dortmund (Semi-Final 2nd leg) 13th April 1966
Away: 1-3 v. Castilla (1st Round - 1st leg) 17th September 1980
UEFA Cup:
Home: 0-1 v. Palermo (1st Round - 1st leg) 14th September 2006
Away: 0-3 v. Palermo (1st Round - 2nd leg) 28th September 2006
VIC WATSON v. Leeds United (H) 9th Februay 1929
GEOFF HURST v. Sunderland (H) 19th October 1968
5 Goals in a game
BRIAN DEAR v. West Bromwich Albion - 16th April 1965
SYD PUDDEFOOT v. Chesterfield - 10th January 1914 (FA Cup)
4 Goals in a game
DANNY SHEA v. Plymouth Argyle - 28th December 1908
DANNY SHEA (Away) v. Southend United - 31st December 1910
SYD PUDDEFOOT v. Nottingham Forest - 2nd April 1920
SYD PUDDEFOOT v. Sheffield Wednesday - 13th November 1920
SYD PUDDEFOOT v. Coventry City - 1st January 1921
VIC WATSON (Away) v. Crystal Palace - 31st March 1923
VIC WATSON v. Leeds United - 25th January 1930 (FA Cup)
VIC WATSON v. Liverpool - 1st September 1930
JOHNNY DICK v. Rotherham United - 8th March 1958
VIC KEEBLE v. Blackburn Rovers - 4th October 1958
GEOFF HURST v. Fulham - 5th November 1966
GEOFF HURST v. Bolton Wanderers - 11 th October 1967 (League Cup)
DAVID CROSS (Away) v. Grimsby Town - 11th April 1981
DAVID CROSS (Away) v. Tottenham Hotspur - 2nd September 1981
TONY COTTEE v. Bury - 25th October 1983 (League Cup)
LEROY ROSENIOR v. West Bromwich Albion - 9th November 1988 (Zenith Data Systems Cup)
BILLY GRASSAM (Away) v. Clapton - 12th December 1900 (FA Cup)
CHARLES SATTERTWAITE (Away) v. Chatham - 28th November 1903 (FA Cup)
JACK FLETCHER v. Wellingborough - 22nd October 1904
CHRIS CARRICK v. Luton Town - 28th January 1905
LIONEL WATSON v. Luton Town - 22nd September 1906
BILLY GRASSAM (Away) v. Portsmouth - 27th October 1906
LIONEL WATSON (Away) v. Fulham - 22nd December 1906
ARTHUR WINTERHALDER v. Tottenham Hotspur - 29th December 1906
JACK FOSTER v. Portsmouth - 10th October 1908
DANNY SHEA v. Swindon Town - 8th March 1909
DANNY SHEA v. Brentford - 11th September 1909
THOMAS CALDWELL v. Bristol Rovers - 4th October 1909
GEORGE WEBB (Away) v. Wolverhampton Wanderers - 5th February 1910 (FA Cup)
GEORGE WEBB v. Preston North End - 4th February 1911 (FA Cup)
GEORGE WEBB v. Exeter City - 18th March 1911
DANNY SHEA v. Brentford - 21st October 1911
WILLIAM KENNEDY v. Brentford - 21st October 1911
DANNY SHEA v. Norwich City - 5th April 1912
ALF LEAFE (Away) v. Coventry City - 1st November 1913
SYD PUDDEFOOT v. Bristol Rovers - 3rd January 1914
SYD PUDDEFOOT v. Exeter City - 2nd January 1915
SYD PUDDEFOOT v. Bury - 31st January 1920 (FA Cup)
SYD PUDDEFOOT v. Port Vale - 7th February 1920
ALF LEAFE v. Stockport County - 27th November 1920
SYD PUDDEFOOT v. Leeds United - 5th February 1921
VIC WATSON (Away) v. Coventry City 30th December 1922
BILLY MOORE (Away) v. Leicester City - 15th February 1923
STANLEY EARLE v. Aston Villa - 25th December 1925
VIC WATSON v. Aston Villa - 13th November 1926
VIC WATSON v. Tottenham Hotspur - 8th January 1927 (FA Cup)
VIC WATSON v. Arsenal - 7th March 1927
VIVIAN GIBBINS v. Newcastle United - 24th December 1927
VIC WATSON v. Leicester City - 12th March 1928
VIVIAN GIBBINS (Away) v. Everton - 10th April 1929
VIC WATSON v. Aston Villa - 21st December 1929
VIC WATSON v. Leeds United - 22nd March 1930
VIC WATSON (Away) v. Aston Villa - 26th April 1930
VIVIAN GIBBINS v. Manchester United - 11th October 1930
JIMMY RUFFELL v. Grimsby Town - 7th February 1931
JIMMY RUFFELL v. Everton - 5th December 1931
FRED NORRIS v. Oldham Athletic - 15th October 1932
VIC WATSON v. Burnley - 29th October 1932
LEN GOULDEN (Away) v. Plymouth Argyle - 30th August 1933
VIC WATSON v. Preston North End - 23rd September 1933
VIC WATSON v. Lincoln City - 28th October 1933
TED FENTON v. Bury - 17th March 1934
VIC WATSON v. Fulham - 31st March 1934
VIC WATSON v. Notts County - 1st December 1934
DAVE MANGNALL v. Nottingham Forest - 7th September 1935
DAVE MANGNALL v. Norwich City - 28th December 1935
HARRY LEWIS v. Bury - 1st February 1936
TUDOR MARTIN (Away) v. Newcastle United - 9th September 1936
ARCHIE MACAULAY v. Tranmere Rovers - 24th September 1938
SAM SMALL (Away) v. Norwich City - 11th March 1939
FRANK NEARY v. West Bromwich Albion - 15th March 1947
KEN TUCKER v. Chesterfield - 4th October 1947
BILL STEPHENS (Away) v. Cardiff City - 26th March 1948
BILL ROBINSON v. Leicester City - 15th April 1949
BILL ROBINSON v. Sheffield United - 30th September 1950
TERRY WOODGATE v. Leeds United - 25th December 1950
BERT HAWKINS v. Queens Park Rangers - 15th December 1951
KEN TUCKER v. Sheffield United - 19th January 1952
FRED KEARNS v. Bury - 3rd January 1953
FRED KEARNS v. Leicester - 22nd August 1953
DAVE SEXTON v. Rotherham United - 3rd September 1953
TOMMY DIXON v. Swansea Town - 14th September 1953
JOHNNY DICK v. Bury - 7th November 1953
JOHNNY DICK (Away) v. Bristol Rovers - 22nd January 1955
Hat-trick Heroes
DAVE SEXTON v. Plymouth Argyle - 5th February 1955
KEN TUCKER v. Plymouth Argyle - 8th October 1955
HARRY HOOPER v. Doncaster Rovers - 22nd October 1955
ALBERT FOAN v. Preston North End - 7th January 1956 (FA Cup)
JOHNNY DICK v Tottenham Hotspur - 3rd March 1956 (FA Cup)
BILLY DARE (Away) v. Bristol Rovers - 31st August 1957
VIC KEEBLE v. Stoke City - 16th November 1957
JOHN SMITH v. Bristol Rovers - 28th December 1957
VIC KEEBLE v. Blackpool - 4th January 1958 (FA Cup)
JOHNNY DICK v. West Bromwich Albion - 7th March 1959
JOHNNY DICK v. Wolverhampton Wanderers - 21st November 1959
JOHN BOND v. Chelsea - 6th February 1960
MALCOLM MUSGROVE v. Preston North End - 22nd October 1960
DAVE DUNMORE v. Arsenal - 5th November 1960
JOHNNY BYRNE v. Plymouth Argyle - 26th September 1962 (League Cup)
JOHNNY BYRNE v. Workington - 16th December 1963 (League Cup)
JOHNNY BYRNE v. Sheffield Wednesday - 22nd February 1964
JOHNNY BYRNE v. Tottenham Hotspur - 12th September 1964
GEOFF HURST v. Newcastle United - 11th December 1965
JOHN SISSONS v. Leeds United - 7th November 1966 (League Cup)
GEOFF HURST v. Leeds United - 7th November 1966 (League Cup)
GEOFF HURST v. Swindon Town - 28th January 1967 (FA Cup)
BRIAN DEAR v. Leicester City - 26th December 1967
TREVOR BROOKING v. Newcastle United - 6th April 1968
MARTIN PETERS v. West Bromwich Albion - 31st August 1968
GEOFF HURST v. Bolton Wanderers - 4th September 1968 (League Cup)
GEOFF HURST v. Burnley - 3rd October 1970
BRYAN ROBSON v. Sheffield United - 17th November 1971 (League Cup)
GEOFF HURST v. Hereford United - 14th February 1972 (FA Cup)
BRYAN ROBSON v. Southampton - 20th April 1973
BILLY BONDS v Chelsea - 2nd March 1974
BOBBY GOULD v. Tranmere Rovers - 18th September 1974 (League Cup)
BILLY JENNINGS v. Stoke City - 20th December 1975
DAVID CROSS v. Ipswich Town - 24th March 1978
DAVID CROSS v. Notts County - 19th August 1978
BRYAN ROBSON v. Millwall - 7th October 1978
BILLY LANSDOWNE Jnr. v. Southend United - 8th October 1979 (League Cup)
DAVID CROSS (Home) v. Castilla 1st October 1980 (ECWC)
PAUL GODDARD v. Queens Park Rangers - 21st April 1981
PAUL GODDARD v. Southampton - 22nd September 1981
FRANCOIS Van Der ELST (Away) v. Notts County - 7th December 1982 (League Cup)
DAVID SWINDLEHURST v. Coventry City - 10th September 1983
PAUL GODDARD v. Port Vale - 5th January 1985 (FA Cup)
TONY COTTEE v. Wimbledon - 6th march 1985 (FA Cup)
ALVIN MARTIN v. Newcastle United - 21st April 1986
TONY COTTEE (Away) v. Queens Park Rangers - 13th September 1986
TONY COTTEE v. Preston North End - 7th October 1986 (League Cup)
JIMMY QUINN v. Sheffield United - 21st March 1990
FRANK McAVENNIE v. Nottingham Forest - 2nd May 1992
TONY COTTEE v. Manchester City - 17th December 1994
PAUL KITSON v. Sheffield Wednesday - 3rd May 1997
JOHN HARTSON v. Huddersfield Town - 30th September 1997 (League Cup)
FRANK LAMPARD v. Walsall - 19th November 1997 (League Cup)
PAUL KITSON (Away) v. Charlton Athletic - 19th November 2001
JERMAIN DEFOE (Away) v. Cardiff City - 23rd September 2003 (League Cup)
MATTHEW ETHERINGTON v. Wimbledon - 9th March 2004
MARLON HAREWOOD v. Aston Villa - 12th September 2005
Record Appearances
Successive Appearances
Billy Bonds (781/12 (1967 - 1988)
League: 655/8, FA Cup: 46/2, League Cup: 65/2, Europe: 15
Joe Cockroft (208) 1932-33 to 1937-38
WEST HAM UNITED v. DERBY COUNTY - 19th April 2008
West Ham United and Derby County created a Premier League Record by fielding a combined SHIRT VALUE total of 392 between them in the Hammers 2-1 victory at the Boleyn Ground 19th April 2008.
Derby County however beat us hands-down by 226 to a mere 166
WEST HAM UNITED - 166
DERBY COUNTY - 226
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Dean LEACOCK
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Alan STUBBS
Kenny MILLER
Eddie LEWIS
Andy TODD
Mile STERJOVSKI
Tyrone MEARS
Roy CARROLL
Hossam GHALY
Robbie SAVAGE
Robert GREEN
Lucas NEILL
George McCARTNEY
Fredrik LJUNGBERG
Scott PARKER
John PANTSIL
Mark NOBLE
Julien FAUBERT
Bobby ZAMORA
James TOMKINS
Freddie SEARS
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WEST HAM UNITED v. MILLWALL - Carling Cup Second Round 25th August 2009
West Ham's highest SHIRT VALUE starting line-up was 219 for the Carling Cup game against Millwall. Matthew Upson (15) replacing Carlton Cole and Frank Nouble (24) coming on for Radoslav Kovac the Hammers finished the game with a combinded shirt value of 232
WEST HAM UNITED - 219
Robert GREEN
Daniel GABBIDON
Scott PARKER
Carlton COLE
Radoslav KOVAC
Jonathan SPECTOR
Julien FAUBERT
James TOMKINS
Jack COLLISON
Josh PAYNE
Junior STANISLAS
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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!
