NICKNAME: Hammers
FOUNDED: 1895
MANAGER: Alan Curbishley
GROUND: Upton Park
LAST SEASON:
League 10th
FA Cup Third Round
Carling Cup Quarter-finals
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: £7.5m, Craig Bellamy to Liverpool, July 2007.
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
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