West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United F.C.
Full name	West Ham United Football Club
Founded	1895
Ground	Boleyn Ground (Capacity 35,303)
Chairman	David Gold and David Sullivan
Manager	Sam Allardyce
League	The Championship
2010/11	Premier League, 20th
Home colours 　 Away colours

West Ham United Football Club is an English football club.

The club plays in the Premiership. It was started in 1895 and its home stadium is Upton Park in 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, and Chelsea.

Their current manager is Sam Allardyce.

Name

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

League position

Season	League	Position
2000/01	Premier League	15th
2001/02	Premier League	7th
2002/03	Premier League	18th
2003/04	First Division	4th
2004/05	League Championship	6th
2005/06	Premier League	9th
2006/07	Premier League	15th
2007/08	Premier League	10th
2008/09	Premier League	9th
2009/10	Premier League	17th
20010/10	Premier League	20th

Former position

1919/20 : Second Division - 7th 1920/21 : Second Division - 5th 1921/22 : Second Division - 4th 1922/23 : Second Division - 2nd 1923/24 : First Division - 13th 1924/25 : First Division - 13th 1925/26 : First Division - 18th 1926/27 : First Division - 6th 1927/28 : First Division - 17th 1928/29 : First Division - 17th 1929/30 : First Division - 7th 1930/31 : First Division - 18th 1931/32 : First Division - 22nd 1932/33 : Second Division - 20th 1933/34 : Second Division - 7th 1934/35 : Second Division - 3rd 1935/36 : Second Division - 4th 1936/37 : Second Division - 6th 1937/38 : Second Division - 9th 1938/39 : Second Division - 11th 1939/40 : Second Division - - 1946/47 : Second Division - 12th 1947/48 : Second Division - 6th 1948/49 : Second Division - 7th 1949/50 : Second Division - 19th 1950/51 : Second Division - 13th 1951/52 : Second Division - 12th 1952/53 : Second Division - 14th 1953/54 : Second Division - 13th 1954/55 : Second Division - 8th 1955/56 : Second Division - 16th 1956/57 : Second Division - 8th 1957/58 : Second Division - Champions 1958/59 : First Division - 6th 1959/60 : First Division - 14th 1960/61 : First Division - 16th 1961/62 : First Division - 8th 1962/63 : First Division - 12th 1963/64 : First Division - 14th 1964/65 : First Division - 9th 1965/66 : First Division - 12th 1966/67 : First Division - 16th 1967/68 : First Division - 12th 1968/69 : First Division - 8th 1969/70 : First Division - 17th 1970/71 : First Division - 20th 1971/72 : First Division - 14th 1972/73 : First Division - 6th 1973/74 : First Division - 18th 1974/75 : First Division - 13th 1975/76 : First Division - 18th 1976/77 : First Division - 17th 1977/78 : First Division - 20th 1978/79 : Second Division - 5th 1979/80 : Second Division - 7th 1980/81 : Second Division - Champions 1981/82 : First Division - 9th 1982/83 : First Division - 8th 1983/84 : First Division - 9th 1984/85 : First Division - 16th 1985/86 : First Division - 3rd 1986/87 : First Division - 15th 1987/88 : First Division - 16th 1988/89 : First Division - 19th 1989/90 : Second Division - 7th 1990/91 : Second Division - 2nd 1991/92 : First Division - 22nd 1992/93 : First Division - 2nd 1993/94 : Premier League - 13th 1994/95 : Premier League - 14th 1995/96 : Premier League - 10th 1996/97 : Premier League - 14th 1997/98 : Premier League - 8th 1998/99 : Premier League - 5th 1999/00 : Premier League - 9th

Notable players

• 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, kept West Ham in the Premiership with a great run of form 2006/2007.