West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United F.C.

Full name	West Ham United Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Irons/The Hammers
Founded	1895
Ground	London Stadium
Capacity	60,000
Chairman	David Sullivan
Manager	David Moyes
League	Premier League
2021–22	Premier League, 7th of 20
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

West Ham United Football Club is an English football club.

The club plays in the Premier League. It was started in 1895 and its home stadium is the London stadium East London. The club is also called "the Hammers" and "the Irons" because it was started in a London Ironworks. Their main rivals are Millwall and other rivals are Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Arsenal

West Ham currently are managed by David Moyes, their former care-taker manager for the 2017/18 season in Premier League.

Joint chairman David Gold has died aged 87 on 4 January 2023.

Name

• 1895-1900 Thames Ironworks F.C.
• 1900-present West Ham United F.C.

League position

Former position

Notable players

• Sir Bobby Moore, captain of England when they won the FIFA World Cup in 1966.
• Sir Geoff Hurst, who scored three goals for England in the World Cup final.
• Sir Trevor Brooking, a good player for England in the 1970/1980s.
• Paulo Di Canio an entertaining player and hero for West Ham fans.
• Carlos Tevez, Helped keep West Ham in the Premiership with a great run of form 2006/2007.
• Mark Noble, West Ham's Long time captain and Player of the decade (2009-2019)

Other websites

• Non official Hammer blog