West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London.
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29 Facts About West Ham United
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West Ham have been winners of the FA Cup three times and runners-up twice .
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West Ham adopted their claret and sky blue colour scheme in the early 1900s, with the most common iteration of a claret shirt and sky blue sleeves first emerging in 1904.
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West Ham United joined the Western League for the 1901 season while continuing to play in the Southern Division 1.
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West Ham United appeared drunk at a board meeting and soon after committed suicide.
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West Ham United was replaced with his assistant manager Charlie Paynter, who himself had been with West Ham in a number of roles since 1897 and who went on to serve the team in this role until 1950 for a total of 480 games.
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In 1978, West Ham were again relegated to Division Two, but Lyall was retained as manager and led the team to an FA Cup Final win against Arsenal in 1980, their last major honour.
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West Ham finished last and were relegated back to Division Two after only one season.
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Redknapp's time at West Ham was notable for the turnover of players during his tenure and for the level of attractive football and success which had not been seen since the managership of John Lyall.
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In 1999, West Ham finished fifth, their highest position in the top flight since 1986.
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West Ham United had already failed in management with Gillingham, where he lost 22 of the 35 games he managed, and Watford.
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West Ham United's successor was former Chelsea striker Gianfranco Zola, who took over on 11 September 2008 to become the club's first non-British manager.
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West Ham had a poor season which involved a prolonged battle against relegation.
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West Ham United was replaced by former Sunderland boss David Moyes on a contract till the end of the season.
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West Ham United was replaced by David Moyes, who returned for a second spell in charge a day later.
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On 26 August 2021, West Ham were drawn in group H in the Europa League, alongside Dinamo Zagreb, Genk and Rapid Wien.
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West Ham won their first three games of 2022, temporarily elevating the club to fourth place in the Premier League.
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The early history of both clubs are intertwined, with West Ham proving to be the more successful in a number of meetings between the two teams at the time, resulting in West Ham being promoted at the expense of Millwall.
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Millwall later declined to join the fledgling Football League while West Ham went on to the top division and an FA Cup final.
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In January 2010, West Ham were fined after being found guilty of violent, threatening, obscene and provocative behaviour and of failing to prevent their fans entering the field of play.
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Until 2016, West Ham were based at the Boleyn Ground, commonly known as Upton Park, in Newham, East London.
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Former chairman Eggert Magnusson made clear his ambition for West Ham to move to the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Summer Olympics, a desire reiterated by current chairmen Gold and Sullivan when they assumed control of the club stating that they felt it was a logical move for the Government as it was in the borough of Newham.
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In November 2010, West Ham began a search for potential developers for "informal discussions" about what would happen to the ground if it were to win its bid to take over the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games.
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On 3 March 2011, West Ham's proposed move to the Olympic Stadium was formally approved by the British government and Mayor of London Boris Johnson.
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West Ham immediately announced plans to become tenants of the stadium.
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Club promotes the popular idea of West Ham being "The Academy of Football", with the moniker adorning the ground's new stadium facade.
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In 2013, West Ham United introduced a new annual award, the West Ham United Lifetime Achievement Award.
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West Ham United have had 17 permanent managers in their history and an additional three caretaker managers.
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