The Cockney Boys
Written By Oli
WestHam was founded in 1895 they were called Thames Ironworks FC. In the 1900s they named the club WestHam United. Nine years after they moved to the Boleyn Ground where they played 112 years before moving to the London Stadium in 2016.
During their time at the Boleyn Ground WestHam celebrated some successes. Our first big trophy was the Fa Cup in 1964 which was followed by the English Supercup and European Cup winners cup in 1965 . Those years were described as the glory years with legendary players like Geoff Hurst and Bobby Moore. WestHam also impressed the nation with two FA Cup win in 1975 and 1980.
“The Academy of Football”
WestHam are known as one of the most successful talent development programmes in England. WestHam contributed to the national squad of the three lions that became world champions in 1966. The most memorable player of the team was club legend Bobby Moore.
Rivals
The fans at WestHam are described as passionate fans, during the 1970s and 1980s their was very high levels of hooliganism in our fan base. To this day WestHam still has strong rivals with other clubs. The most hot tempered matches are against Millwall and Spurs.
Nicknames at the club
WestHam is known as The Hammers and The Irons. We also get referred as the Cockney Boys a nickname that describes to a certain type of Londoner.
The stadium
In 2016 WestHam moved to the London Stadium where they play their home matches. When moving to the stadium there was mixed emotions and there still is. The venue was used as a stadium in the 2012 Olympics and is located in Stratford. The stadium has 60,000 seats during football matches which is double the amount at the Boleyn Ground. The stadium has been rebuilt a few times throughout the years to suit football fans and is also rumoured to have an extra 6,500 seats in the season 2025 making the total to around 68,000 capacity.
Statistics and records at the club
Every year the fans of WestHam choose the Hammer of the year. Trevor Brooking won the award five times which is one more than Billy Bonds, Julian Dicks and Bobby Moore. The legend Billy Bonds is the player with the most appearances in the league with 663 games and Bobby Moore is the most capped player with 108 games.
Vic Watson is the player with the most goals at WestHam with 326 goals between 1920 and 1935, followed by Geoff Hurst another club legend.
The highest paid transfer fee was in 2022when we signed midfielder Lucas Paqueta for £51,000,000. The second highest paid transfer fee was in 2019 when we signed Sebastian Haller for £45,000,000
We are also have been In Europe three times in the row (2021,2022,2023)
To finish off the records WestHam won a number of trophies but the one that stands out for me is last year when we won the UEFA Europa Conference League trophy.
WestHam players to look out for in the future.
Divin Mubama - The player has got a total of 57 goals and he is only 19 years old. He played the full 90 minutes and won 5-1 against Arsenal in the FA Youth Cup Final and he also scored 8 goals in the whole tournament and was the top scorer. He has played some games in the first team but not enough to show his full potential but it’s coming in the few years the boy has got talent.
Mohammed Kudus - Kudus joined WestHam in summer of 2023 and has already got 6 goals and 1 assist and more to come. The day before coming to WestHam he scored a hat trick for Ajax in the Europa league qualifying round. He is a very flexible player for WestHam he can play RW, CF and CAM. He has the total of 63 goals in his career and his only 23 years old
Callum Marshall 🇮🇪 - Last player is Callum Marshall who is 19 years old he joined Westham in 2021 and has settled down very well he has a total of 16 goals already in this season while playing in the Premier League 2 for Westham U21s in total this season he has got 19 goals in all competitions this season. He hasn’t made his mark in the first team yet but will be ready very soon. In his career he has 50 goals.