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West Ham United Football Club is a professional football club based in Stratford, East London, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, having moved from their former home, the Boleyn Ground, in 2016.
In June 1900, Thames Ironworks was wound up but was immediately relaunched on 5 July 1900 as West Ham United Football Club. Potential names of Canning Town, West Ham and Borough of West Ham were all considered, before West Ham United was decided upon. [31] The club secretary was Lew Bowen.
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.
Since the founding of West Ham United in 1900 as a Limited company and then a Public limited company, until the sale to an Icelandic consortium in 2006, they were known as a "family owned" club. Martin Cearns , chairman from 1990 until 1992 and a board member until 2006, was the third member of the family to be chairman. [ 1 ]
The meaning and origin of name of Latvian people is unclear, however the root lat-/let- is associated with several Baltic hydronyms and might share common origin with the Liet-part of neighbouring Lithuania (Lietuva, see below) and name of Latgalians – one of the Baltic tribes that are considered ancestors of modern Latvian people.
It is not uncommon for a club to be known in common usage by a name other than its official name, or the name on the badge. Other clubs are more usually known by nicknames or contractions of their full names, for instance, Vasco da Gama is usually called simply Vasco, F.C. Internazionale Milan is contracted to Inter or Inter Milan, Sporting Clube de Portugal is often called Sporting or ...
West Ham Charity Cup: W: George Gresham: 10 1896–97: LL: 12 7 2 3 17 17 16 2nd 1Q West Ham Charity Cup RU George Gresham: 2 1897–98: 16 12 3 1 47 15 27 1st: 2Q George Gresham: 12 1898–99: SL Div 2: 22 19 1 2 64 16 39 1st: 2Q David Lloyd: 14 1899–1900: SL Div 1: 28 8 5 15 30 45 21 14th 5Q Bill Joyce: 18 1900–01: 28 14 5 9 40 28 33 6th ...
West Ham players, staff and supporters celebrate their Europa Conference League final win. Declan Rice and David Moyes with the UEFA Europa Conference League trophy at Stratford Town Hall, 8 June 2023. West Ham were paired against Italian team, Fiorentina in the final to take place at the Fortuna Arena in Prague, Czech Republic on 7 June 2023 ...