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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.
The West Ham Pals were assigned to the 6th Infantry Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division and served on the Western Front. [8] The battalion were locally nicknamed The Butterflies due to the name of their popular leader, Lieutenant Colonel Pelham Rawston Papillon (Papillon was of Huguenot ancestry, with Papillon meaning 'butterfly' in French). [9]
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.
On 5 July 1900 they reformed under the new name of West Ham United and accepted an offer of the Southern League place left vacant by Thames Ironworks. Lew Bowen , a Welsh clerk at the Iron Works Company was appointed as the first West Ham United club secretary.
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 ]
Memorial Grounds was the home stadium of East London football club Thames Ironworks from the beginning of the 1897–98 season, until the end of the 1899–1900 season. The team continued to play at the stadium, under its new name of West Ham United, until they moved to the Boleyn Ground in 1904.
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West Ham Career England Caps England Goals First cap as WHU player 1 George Webb: 1909–1912 2 1 Wales, 13 March 1911 2 Vic Watson: 1920–1935 5 4 Wales, 5 March 1923 3 Jack Tresadern: 1914–1924 2 0 Scotland, 14 April 1923 4 Billy Moore: 1922–1929 1 2 Sweden, 24 May 1923 5 Billy Brown: 1921–1924 1 1 Belgium, 1 November 1923 Ted Hufton