Irons Through The Ages - A Brief History of West Ham Utd

Let us know what you think so far The 1930s bring rupture and renewal. West Ham are relegated from the First Division in 1932 after conceding 107 goals, and the club's long-serving manager Syd King dies in tragic circumstances the following year. Under new manager Charlie Paynter, the club begins a slow rebuild — and finds an unlikely interlude in the form of a professional baseball team. The decade ends with the Second World War and West Ham's first ever trophy: the Football League War Cup, ...

Let us know what you think so far After the war, West Ham spend fifteen years in the Second Division — but these are not wasted years. In the cafés and training grounds of East London, a group of players and coaches are quietly developing football ideas that will transform the English game. Manager Ted Fenton, Malcolm Allison, Noel Cantwell, Dave Sexton, and Frank O'Farrell hold conversations at Cassettari's café that lay the intellectual foundations of what will become the West Ham Academy. ...

Let us know what you think so far West Ham enter the Football League for the first time in 1919 and, within four years, find themselves in an FA Cup Final at the brand new Wembley Stadium — the famous White Horse Final, played in front of an estimated 200,000 people. They lose to Bolton Wanderers, but two days later they win promotion to the First Division. This episode also covers the club's all-time record goalscorer Vic Watson and how 'I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles' became the Upton Park ant...

Let us know what you think so far West Ham United FC is officially incorporated on 5 July 1900. This episode covers the early years of the new club: how they came to wear claret and blue, the move to the Boleyn Ground in Upton Park in 1904, and the long managerial reign of Syd King, who built the club from the ground up. It ends with the First World War and the West Ham Pals — the battalion of supporters and players who left Green Street for the Western Front, and did not all come back. Res...

Let us know what you think so far Episode 1: Thames Ironworks — The Birth of the Hammers (1895–1900) Before there was West Ham United, there was a shipyard. In June 1895, workers at Thames Ironworks — one of Britain's largest shipbuilders — formed a football club on the banks of the River Thames in East London. This episode tells the story of those origins: the industrial landscape of Victorian Canning Town, the visionary owner Arnold Hills, the foreman Dave Taylor who first organised the pla...