Record Attendance
42,322 v Tottenham Hotspur, Division One 17/10/70

Record Victories
League:
Division One:
Home: 8-0 v Sunderland, 19/10/68
Away: 6-1 v Manchester City, 8/9/62, 5-0 v Derby County 10/11/07
Division Two:
Home: 8-0 Rotherham Utd, 8/3/58
Away: 6-0 Leicester City, 15/2/23

FA Cup:
Home: 8-1 v Chesterfield (Rd 1), 10/1/14
Away: 5-0 v Chatham (Rd 5 Q), 28/11/03

League Cup:
Home: 10-0 v Bury (Rd 2 leg 2), 25/10/83
Away: 5-1 v Cardiff City (sf leg 2), 2/2/66 & 5-1 v Walsall (Rd 2), 13/9/67

Europe:
5-1 v Castilla (Rd 1 leg 2) Cup-Winners' Cup, 1/10/80

Record Defeats
League:
Division One:
Home: 2-8 v Blackburn Rovers 26/12/63
Away: 0-7 Everton 22/10/27 & 0-7 v Sheffield Wednesday 28/11/59
Division Two:
Home: 0-6 v Sheffield Wednesday 8/12/51
Away: 0-7 v Barnsley 1/9/19

FA Cup:
Home: 1-5 v Huddersfield Town (Rd 3 rep) 13/1/60
Away: 0-6 v Manchester United (Rd 4) 26/1/03

League Cup:
Home: 2-5 v Barnsley (Rd 2 leg 2) 6/10/87
Away: 0-6 v Oldham Athletic (sf leg 1) 14/2/90
Most League Goals In A Season
101, Division Two 1957-58

Top League Scorer In A Season
Vic Watson (42) Div. One 1929/30

Top Scorer In A Season
Vic Watson (50) Div. One 1929/30

Most Goals In One Match
Vic Watson (6) v Leeds United (h) 9/2/29
Geoff Hurst (6) v Sunderland (h) 19/10/68
Brian Dear (5) v WBA (h) 16/4/65*
*Dear scored all 5 goals in 20 mins either side of half-time which equalled the national record

Most League Goals In Total
Vic Watson (298) 1920-35

Most Goals In Career
Vic Watson (326) 1920-35 (Lge: 298, FA Cup 28)

Most Capped Player
Bobby Moore (England) 108 full caps

Record Transfer Fee Paid
£7.5m to Liverpool for Craig Bellamy, July 2007

Record Transfer Fee Received
£18m from Leeds United for Rio Ferdinand, November 2000

Record Appearances
Billy Bonds 781/12 (1967-88)
(League: 655/8, FA Cup: 46/2, League Cup: 65/2, Europe: 15)

Successive Appearances
Joe Cockcroft (208) 1932-33 to 1937- 38

Ernie Gregory made 383 League apps from 1946-47 onwards, including every game in 1947-48, 1949-50 and 1952-53.

Charles Bicknell made 224 apps for Bradford City before joining West Ham United in November 1936. He then played in every League match but missed one in 1937-38 and 1938-39, a total of 111 before the outbreak of World War Two, followed by a further 36 in 1939-40 in the League South before being re-posted as a war-time policeman.

Colours
Home
Claret shirts with sky blue sleeves, white shorts and socks.
Away
Navy Blue shirts, blue shorts and socks.

League Highs and Lows
Most Home Wins: 19 (1980-81)
Most Home Draws: 10 (1981-82)
Most Home Defeats: 10 (1988-89)
Most Home Goals Scored: 59 (1958-59)
Most Home Goals Conceded: 44 (1930-31)

Least Home Wins: 3 (1988-89)
Least Home Draws: 1 (1934-35, 1980-81)
Least Home Defeats: 1 (1957-58, 1980-81)
Least Home Goals Scored: 19 (1988-89)
Least Home Goals Conceded: 11 (1920-21, 1922-23)

Most Away Wins: 11 (1922-23, 1957-58)
Most Away Draws: 10 (1968-69)
Most Away Defeats: 17 (1932-33)
Most Away Goals Scored: 45 (1957-58)
Most Away Goals Conceded: 70 (1931-32)

Least Away Wins: 1 (1925-26, 1932-33, 1937-38, 1960-61)
Least Away Draws: 1 (1982-83)
Least Away Defeats: 3 (1980-81)
Least Away Goals Scored: 12 (1996-97)
Least Away Goals Conceded: 16 (1990-91)

Most Total Wins: 28 (1980-81)
Most Total Draws: 18 (1968-69)
Most Total Defeats: 23 (1931-32)
Most Total Goals Scored: 101 (1957-58)
Most Total Goals Conceded: 107 (1931-32)

Least Total Wins: 9 (1987-88, 1991-92)
Least Total Draws: 4 (1934-35, 1964-65, 1982-83)
Least Total Defeats: 4 (1980-81)
Least Total Goals Scored: 37 (1988-89, 1991-92)
Least Total Goals Conceded: 29 (1980-81)

Year Formed
1895 as Thames Iron Works FC
1900 as West Ham United FC

Turned Professional
1898 as Thames Iron Works FC

Limited Company
1900

Former Name
Thames Iron Works FC (1895-1900)

Club Nicknames
Irons or Hammers

Previous Grounds
1895-96 Hermit Road Ground
1896-97 Browning Road
1897-1904 Memorial Grounds
1904- Boleyn Ground, Upton Park

Pitch measurements
112 x 72 yards

Managers since 1902
1902-32 Syd King
1932-50 Charlie Paynter
1950-61 Ted Fenton
1961-77 Ron Greenwood
1977-89 John Lyall
1989-90 Lou Macari
1990-94 Billy Bonds
1994-2001 Harry Redknapp
2001-03 Glenn Roeder
2003-06 Alan Pardew
2006-08 Alan Curbishley
2008- Gianfranco Zola 

Football League & Premier League Record
Southern League: 1898-1915
Division Two: 1919-23, 1932-58, 1978-81, 1989-91, 1992-93
Division One: 1923-32, 1958-78, 1981-89, 1991-92
Division One (formerly Div. Two): 1992-93, 2003-04
FA Premier League: 1993-03: 2005-
FL Championship (formerly Division One): 2004-05