NICKNAME: Hammers

FOUNDED: 1895

MANAGER: Gianfranco Zola

GROUND: Upton Park

LAST SEASON:

League Ninth FA Cup Fifth Round Carling Cup Third Round

HONOURS:

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

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

FA Cup Winners (3) 1964, 1975, 1980

Intertoto Cup Winners (1) 1999

RECORD VICTORY: League 8-0 v Rotherham, Division Two, 08-03-1958 and 8-0 v Sunderland, Division One, 19-10-1968 Cup 10-0 v Bury, League Cup Second Round, 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: Undisclosed (thought to be around £9m), Savio Nsereko to Brescia, January 2009

RECORD TRANSFER RECEIVED: £18m, Rio Ferdinand from Leeds, November 2000

TOP LEAGUE GOALSCORER: Season Vic Watson, 41, 1929-30 All-time Vic Watson, 298, 1920-35

MOST LEAGUE APPEARANCES: Billy Bonds, 663, 1967-88