West Ham United Football Club

West Ham United is an English football club that currently plays in Premier League . The club is also well-know as: The Hammers, The Irons, The Academy of Football, West ham Utd. It is situated in West Ham, London Borough of Newham, East London.

The home ground of the team is Boleyn Ground (also well-know as Upton Park). It is the club’s stadium from 1904. The capacity of the stadium is 35,146 all seated. Upton Park consists of four main stands: The Centenary Stand, The Bobby Moore Stand, The East Stand and The Dr. Martens Stand.

The current chairman is Australian Lucas Neill. He is an Icelandic businessman and former President of the Football Association of Iceland. The club’s present manager is Alan Curbishley. He was appointed on 13 December 2006. Curbishley is a former professional footballer, who played for such teams as: West Ham United (1975–1979), Birmingham City (1979–1983), Aston Villa (1983–1984), Charlton Athletic (1984–1987), Brighton & Hove Albion (1987–1990), Charlton Athletic (1990–1993). He began his career of manager from Charlton Athletic (1991-2006).

West Ham United Football Managers:

• 1902 – 1932 – Syd King
• 1932 – 1950 – Charlie Paynter
• 1950 – 1961 - Ted Fenton
• 1961 – 1974 – Ron Greenwood
• 1974 – 1989 – John Lyall
• 1989 – 1990 – Lou Macari
• 1990 - 1994 – Billy Bonds
• 1994 – 2001 – Harry Redknapp
• 2001 – 2003 – Glenn Roeder
• 2003 – 2006 – Alan Pardew
• 2006 – Alan Curbishley

In 1895 the club was founded under the name of Thames Ironworks F.C., but in 1900 they became West Ham United Football Club. In 1923 was the first top flight of the team. Their best finish in the top flight was a third place in 1986. Through its history the Hammers has won the FA Cup three times and has never fallen outside the top two divisions. The club were awarded the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Team Award in honour of their UEFA Cup Winners Cup win. The complete list of theirs honors for the present moment includes:

Division 2		Western Football League	FA Cup		League Cup	Cup Winners Cup		Intertoto Cup
Winners	Runners-Up	Winners	Winners	Runners-Up	Runners-Up	Winners	Runners-Up	Winners
1957-58	1922-23	1907 -08	1964	1923	1966	1964-65	1975-76	1999
1980-81	1990-91		1975		1981
			1980

Due to the reputation for coaching talented young players from an early age, and for playing a free-flowing, passing game West Ham got the nickname – The Academy of Football. Among famous players are: Bobby Moore, Sir Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters, Frank Lampard Sr., Sir Trevor Brooking, Alan Devonshire, Alvin Martin, Tony Cottee, Paul Ince, Chris Cohen, Anton Ferdinand, Elliott Ward, Mark Noble. The Hammers provide quality players to other clubs for profit and of course enrich their own first team. The present squad of the club consists of:

Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfielder	Striker
Robert Green	James Collins	Lee Bowyer	Dean Ashton
James Walker	Christian Dailly	Kieron Dyer	Craig Douglas Bellamy
Richard Wright	Calum Davenport	Matthew Etherington	Luis Boa Morte
	Anton Ferdinand	Julien Faubert	Henri Camara
	Daniel Gabbidon	Fredrik Ljungberg	Carlton Cole
	Hayden Mullins	Mark Noble	Hogan Ephraim
	George Mccartney	Scott Parker	Bobby Zamora
	Lucas Neill	Nigel Quashie
	John Pantsil	Kyle Reid
	Jonathan Spector	Nolberto Solano
	Matthew Upson