NICKNAME: Hammers

FOUNDED: 1895

MANAGER: Alan Pardew

GROUND: Upton Park

LAST SEASON:

League Fourth FA Cup Fifth Round Carling Cup Third Round

HONOURS:

Division Two Champions (2) 1957-58, 1980-81

FA Cup Winners (3) 1964, 1975, 1980

European Cup Winners' Cup Winners (1) 1964-65

RECORD VICTORY:

League 8-0 v Rotherham, Division Two, 08-03-1958 Cup 10-0 v Bury, League Cup Second Round Second Leg, 25-10-1983

RECORD DEFEAT: 2-8 v Blackburn, Division One, 26-12-1963

RECORD ATTENDANCE: 42,322 v Tottenham, Division One, 17-10-1970

RECORD TRANSFER PAID: £5.5m, Tomas Repka from Fiorentina, January 1999

RECORD TRANSFER RECEIVED: £18m, Rio Ferdinand to Leeds, October 2000

TOP LEAGUE GOALSCORER: Season Vic Watson, 42, 1929-30 All-time Vic Watson, 298, 1920-35

MOST LEAGUE APPEARANCES Billy Bonds, 663, 1967-88