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Following a poor run of form that left the club in 17th position, despite the signing of big name players Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez, the new owners sacked Alan Pardew, [2] replacing him with former West Ham player Alan Curbishley [3] who had recently ended a 15-year spell in charge of Charlton Athletic.
West Ham had barely scraped into the top six of the Championship the previous season before gaining promotion via the play-offs, so few gave the Hammers much hope of Premiership survival. However, West Ham surprised their naysayers to stand fourth at the end of October after 11 points from their opening six games.
West Ham lost the shootout, but nonetheless gained entry to the following season's UEFA Cup as Liverpool had already qualified for the Champions League. In August 2006, West Ham completed a major coup on the last day of the transfer window after completing the signings of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano. [76]
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 ]
West Ham's owners have "messed" David Moyes around and could have shown him "more respect", says former Premier League striker Chris Sutton.
When Tevez was instrumental in West Ham's avoiding relegation at the end of the 2006–7 season the position was legally challenged by the relegated club, Sheffield United, on the ground that Tevez should have been ineligible to play. The claim was eventually settled out of court in March 2009 with West Ham paying Sheffield United £20 million ...
On 21 November 2006, West Ham announced that they had reached an agreement with a consortium headed by Icelandic businessman Eggert Magnússon for the sale of the club worth £85 million. On 26 November 2006, The Guardian reported that West Ham may move to the Olympic Stadium in 2012, with the running track left intact. [97]
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