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West Ham Facts And Figures
Record Attendance Record Victories FA Cup: League Cup: Europe: Record Defeats FA Cup: League Cup: Most League Goals In A Season Top League Scorer In A Season Top Scorer In A Season Most Goals In One Match Most League Goals In Total Most Goals In Career Most Capped Player Record Transfer Fee Paid Record Transfer Fee Received Record Appearances Successive Appearances Ernie Gregory made 383 league appearances from 1946/47 onwards, including every game in 1947/48, 1949/50 and 1952/53. Charles Bicknell made 224 apps for Bradford City before joining West Ham United in November 1936. He then played in every League match but missed one in 1937/38 and 1938/39, a total of 111 before the outbreak of World War Two, followed by a further 36 in 1939/40 in the League South before being re-posted as a war-time policeman. Colours League Highs and Lows Least Home Wins: 3 (1988/89) Most Away Wins: 11 (1922/23, 1957/58) Least Away Wins: 1 (1925/26, 1932/33, 1937/38, 1960/61, 2009/10) Most Total Wins: 28 (1980/81) Least Total Wins: 8 (2009/10) Year Formed Turned Professional Limited Company Former Name Club Nicknames Previous Grounds Pitch measurements Managers since 1902 Football League & Premier League Record
42,322 v Tottenham Hotspur, Division One 17/10/70
League:
Division One:
Home: 8-0 v Sunderland, 19/10/68
Away: 6-1 v Manchester City, 8/9/62, 5-0 v Derby County 10/11/07
Division Two:
Home: 8-0 Rotherham Utd, 8/3/58
Away: 6-0 Leicester City, 15/2/23
Home: 8-1 v Chesterfield (Rd 1), 10/1/14
Away: 5-0 v Chatham (Rd 5 Q), 28/11/03
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
5-1 v Castilla (Rd 1 leg 2) UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, 1/10/80
League:
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
Home: 1-5 v Huddersfield Town (Rd 3 rep) 13/1/60
Away: 0-6 v Manchester United (Rd 4) 26/1/03
Home: 2-5 v Barnsley (Rd 2 leg 2) 6/10/87
Away: 0-6 v Oldham Athletic (sf leg 1) 14/2/90
101, Division Two 1957/58
Vic Watson (42) Div. One 1929/30
Vic Watson (50) Div. One 1929/30
Vic Watson (6) v Leeds United (h) 9/2/29
Geoff Hurst (6) v Sunderland (h) 19/10/68
Brian Dear (5) v WBA (h) 16/4/65*
*Dear scored all 5 goals in 20 mins either side of half-time which equalled the national record
Vic Watson (298) 1920-35
Vic Watson (326) 1920-35 (Lge: 298, FA Cup 28)
Bobby Moore (England) 108 full caps
£7.5m to Liverpool for Craig Bellamy, July 2007
£18m from Leeds United for Rio Ferdinand, November 2000
Billy Bonds 781/12 (1967/88)
(League: 655/8, FA Cup: 46/2, League Cup: 65/2, Europe: 15)
Joe Cockcroft (208) 1932-33 to 1937-38
Home
Claret shirts with sky blue sleeves, white shorts and socks.
Away
Navy Blue shirts, blue shorts and socks.
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)
Least Home Draws: 1 (1934/35, 1980/81)
Least Home Defeats: 1 (1957-58, 1980/81)
Least Home Goals Scored: 19 (1988/89)
Least Home Goals Conceded: 11 (1920-21, 1922/23)
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)
Least Away Draws: 1 (1982/83)
Least Away Defeats: 3 (1980/81)
Least Away Goals Scored: 12 (1996/97)
Least Away Goals Conceded: 16 (1990/91)
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)
Least Total Draws: 4 (1934/35, 1964/65, 1982/83)
Least Total Defeats: 4 (1980/81)
Least Total Goals Scored: 37 (1988/89, 1991/92)
Least Total Goals Conceded: 29 (1980/81)
1895 as Thames Iron Works FC
1900 as West Ham United FC
1898 as Thames Iron Works FC
1900
Thames Iron Works FC (1895-1900)
Irons or Hammers
1895-96 Hermit Road Ground
1896-97 Browning Road
1897-1904 Memorial Grounds
1904- Boleyn Ground, Upton Park
112 x 72 yards
1902-32 Syd King
1932-50 Charlie Paynter
1950-61 Ted Fenton
1961-77 Ron Greenwood
1977-89 John Lyall
1989-90 Lou Macari
1990-94 Billy Bonds
1994-2001 Harry Redknapp
2001-03 Glenn Roeder
2003-06 Alan Pardew
2006-08 Alan Curbishley
2008-10 Gianfranco Zola
Southern League: 1898-1915
Division Two: 1919-23, 1932-58, 1978-81, 1989-91, 1992-93
Division One: 1923-32, 1958-78, 1981-89, 1991-92
Division One (formerly Div. Two): 1992-93, 2003-04
FA Premier League: 1993-03: 2005-
FL Championship (formerly Division One): 2004-05
West Ham Celebrity Fans......................
Ross Kemp
Russell Brand
Sally Gunnell
Ray Winstone
Danny Dyer
Nick Berry
David Essex
Richard Digance
Leslie Grantham
Todd Carty
John Cleese
Scott Maslen
Alfred Hitchcock
Lennox Lewis
Graham Gooch
Matt Lorenzo
Richard Digence
Richard E Grant
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