West Ham Football Club

London has been always proud to have famous football teams. Generally, you can find four to five teams in the Premier League. Here you will find exclusive information about the famous West Ham football club. West Ham football club is in Upton Park, East London. This club was established in 1895 and playing on the Boleyn Ground since 1904. This club first featured in 1923 during first FA Cup final at Wembley. West Ham Football Club has bagged FA Cup three times (1964, 1975 and 1980). In 1923 and 2006, they have been runners-up. In 1965 and 1999, they won the European Cup and InterToto respectively. In 1966, West Ham’s players performed exclusively in the world cup. At that time, West Ham had Bobby Moore as their captain along with top goal scorers Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters. In 1998-99, West Ham acquired 5th place in the Premier League championship. The most recent achievement of the West Ham Football Club in the Premier League was 17th position in 2009-10.

West Ham’s current manager Avram Grant with four year’s contract replaced Gianfranco Zola in June 2010 due to his dismissal. In 1940, West Ham won the inaugural Football League War Cup. Ron Greenwood succeeded Fenton in 1961 and soon acquired two major trophies, FA Cup in 1964 and The European’s Winner Cup in 1965. In 1966 World Cup, West Ham players were the key members of the tournament winners including the captain Bobby Moore; Geoff Hurst (who registered the only hat trick in a world cup final); Martin Peters.

You will notice Champions Statue on the Barking Road opposite to Boleyn Pub. The statue commemorates West Ham’s three sons Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters. After difficult start in 1974-75, Greenwood moved to become General Manager along with John Lyell as team manager. This resulted to meteoric success of team acquiring 20 goals and won the FA Cup.