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West Ham Facts And Figures 

Record Attendance 
42,322 v Tottenham Hotspur, Division One 17/10/70

Record Victories 
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

FA Cup: 
Home: 8-1 v Chesterfield (Rd 1), 10/1/14 
Away: 5-0 v Chatham (Rd 5 Q), 28/11/03

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: 
5-1 v Castilla (Rd 1 leg 2) UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, 1/10/80

Record Defeats 
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

FA Cup: 
Home: 1-5 v Huddersfield Town (Rd 3 rep) 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

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) 9/2/29 
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

Most League Goals In Total 
Vic Watson (298) 1920-35

Most Goals In Career 
Vic Watson (326) 1920-35 (Lge: 298, FA Cup 28)

Most Capped Player 
Bobby Moore (England) 108 full caps

Record Transfer Fee Paid 
£7.5m to Liverpool for Craig Bellamy, July 2007

Record Transfer Fee Received 
£18m from Leeds United for Rio Ferdinand, November 2000

Record Appearances 
Billy Bonds 781/12 (1967/88) 
(League: 655/8, FA Cup: 46/2, League Cup: 65/2, Europe: 15)

Successive Appearances 
Joe Cockcroft (208) 1932-33 to 1937-38

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 
Home 
Claret shirts with sky blue sleeves, white shorts and socks. 
Away 
Navy Blue shirts, blue shorts and socks.

League Highs and Lows 
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 Wins: 3 (1988/89) 
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 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)

Least Away Wins: 1 (1925/26, 1932/33, 1937/38, 1960/61, 2009/10) 
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 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)

Least Total Wins: 8 (2009/10) 
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)

Year Formed
1895 as Thames Iron Works FC 
1900 as West Ham United FC

Turned Professional
1898 as Thames Iron Works FC

Limited Company 
1900

Former Name 
Thames Iron Works FC (1895-1900)

Club Nicknames
Irons or Hammers

Previous Grounds
1895-96 Hermit Road Ground 
1896-97 Browning Road 
1897-1904 Memorial Grounds 
1904- Boleyn Ground, Upton Park

Pitch measurements
112 x 72 yards

Managers since 1902 
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 

Football League & Premier League Record
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

Keira Knightley
Barrack Obama
Billy Murray
Chesney Hawkes
Glen Murphy
Graham Gooch

John Cole (Fmr BBC Political Editor)
Frank Dobson MP
Lee Evans
Frank Bruno
Leslie Grantham
Martin Samuel
Matt Lorenzo
Martin Kelner (TalkSport)
Reg Varney
Richard Digence
Richard E Grant
Tommy Walsh (Ground Force)
Sebastian Faulks
James Corden

The West Ham Celebs page will be updated every day

If you know of any celebs who are west ham fans please leave your names in the forum or comments page and they will be added to this page...... 

 

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