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See also List of West Ham United F.C. seasons. West Ham United Football Club are based in Stratford, Newham, east London.They played home matches at the Boleyn Ground in Upton Park between 1904 and 2016, and moved to the London Stadium for the start of the 2016–17 season.
1900 (now West Ham United) Ground: Hermit Road 1895–1896 Browning Road 1896 Memorial Grounds 1897–1900 and until 1904 as West Ham Utd. Capacity: 17,000: Chairman: Francis Payne: Club Secretaries: Dave Taylor 1895 Ted Harsent 1895–1897 Francis Payne 1897–1899 George Neil 1899–1900: League: London League 1896–1898 Southern League 1898 ...
West Ham's first game in their new home was against fierce rivals Millwall (themselves an Ironworks team, albeit for a rival company) drawing a crowd of 10,000 and with West Ham running out 3–0 winners, [13] and as the Daily Mirror wrote on 2 September 1904, "Favoured by the weather turning fine after heavy rains of the morning, West Ham ...
West Ham is a district in East London, England and is in the London Borough of Newham.It is an inner-city suburb located 6.1 mi (9.8 km) east of Charing Cross.. The area was originally an ancient parish formed to serve parts of the older Manor of Ham, and it later became a County Borough.
He played his first game at Upton Park for West Ham Boys against Liverpool in the English Shield Final of 1920–21. He signed professional forms with the east London club in 1923 at the age of 16, but didn't play his first senior game until 28 March 1925, against Spurs at White Hart Lane .
Born in Shoreditch, Lansdowne attended Shoreditch Secondary School and played junior football with Loughton Town. [2] He began his career in non-league football with Woodford Town, before making his professional debut in the Football League with West Ham United, making 57 league appearances for them between 1956 and 1963. [3]
In an interview with Colin Benson, Chapman recalls one of his first experiences in the West Ham first team, in a war-time game against London rivals Arsenal. "I played outside right against Arsenal and it was truly a marvellous thing to be on the same field as the likes of George Swindin , Eddie Hapgood , the Compton brothers and the rest.
"On 5 July 1900 they reformed under the new name of West Ham United F.C. and accepted an offer of the Southern League place left vacant by Thames Ironworks F.C.. Len Bowen, a Welsh clerk at the Iron Works Company was appointed as the first West Ham United club secretary.