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West Ham United Football
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The
club was originally founded as Thames
Ironworks F.C. in 1895 and later reformed,
in 1900, as their current incarnation.
They initially competed in the Southern
League and Western League before joining
the full Football League in 1919 and
enjoyed their first top flight season
in 1923.
They also featuring in the first FA
Cup Final to be held at Wembley.
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The
club's best league position was a third place
finish in 1986 ( old top flight) & holds
the distinction for being the only team in
the history of the Premiership to breach the
40 point boundary and still be relegated (in
2003).
The first ever FA Cup final to be held at
the old Wembley stadium, in 1923, featured
West Ham United vs Bolton Wanderers.
It was considered that it was very appropriate
that West Ham United appeared at the first
Wembley final on the basis that the club name
is an anagram of "The New Stadium".
Had the new Wembley Stadium been completed
on schedule for the 2006 FA Cup final West
Ham would also have featured in the opening
of the new stadium.
Honours
Domestic
FA Cup Winners:
1964, 1975, 1980
Charity Shield:
1964 (shared)
Football League War Cup Winners:
1940
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European
European
Cup Winners' Cup Winners:
1964-65
UEFA Intertoto Cup Winners:
1999
Boleyn
Ground (Upton Park)
Upton Park, The Foundry,
The Castle, Green (or Mean) Street
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Starting
in 1904 with coverage of the opening
game at the new Stratford stadium,
beating Millwall 3-0, this book charts
a glorious history of great games
and League and Cup titles through
the decades of the 20th century.
Top
stories include coverage of the first
ever FA Cup Final at Wembley against
Bolton, winning the War Cup in 1940,
Division 2 Champions 1958 and with
record points in 1981, winning the
FA Cup in 1964, 1975 and 1980 and
the Cup Winners Cup in 1965, and Finalists
in 1976.
Read about the 17 year old Bobby Moore's
1st Division debut in 1958, Geoff
Hurst's 6 goals in the 8-0 win over
Sunderland in 1968, the signing of
Jimmy Greaves in 1970, Trevor Brooking's
farewell game in 1984, Harry Redknapp's
appointment in 1989, Rio Ferdinand's
departure in 2000 and much much more.
Find
out more about the West Ham Football
Book HERE
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