West Ham United Affiliated Supporters' Clubs
UK AND IRELAND
England
Bristol Hammers
Brian Corbett
71 Parade Court
Speedwell
Bristol
BS5 7TB
Tel: 01179 352951
email: [email protected]
Website: http://bristolirons.createmybb2.com/index.php
Burton and South Derbyshire Supporters' Club (Midlands Hammers)
Club Secretary: Stacey Ash
Tel: 07810 514891
email: [email protected]
Website: www.midlandshammers.org.uk
Cambridge Hammers
email: [email protected]
Essex West Ham United Supporters
17 Avenue Road, Westcliff, Essex SS0 7PN
Tel: 07400 612601
email: [email protected]
twitter: www.twitter.com/essexwhu
Facebook: www.facebook.com/WHUFCESSEX
Great Yarmouth Hammers
F. Brockton
46 Market Place
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR30 1LY
Tel: 01493 851679
Harlow Hammers
BRONZE Level Official Supporters' Club
Chairman: Neil Coster
Contact: [email protected]
Kings Lynn Irons Club
BRONZE Level Official Supporters' Club
Mark Steele
1 Rosecroft
South Wootton
Kings Lynn
Norfolk
PE30 3WX
Tel: 07788 153954
email: [email protected]
North West Hammers:
Doug Barrett
email: [email protected]
Website: www.northwesthammers.co.uk
Northern Hammers
Norman Collins
17 Kings Court
Kings Mill Lane
Huddersfield
HD1 3AW
Tel: 07932 056269
email: [email protected]
Oxford Hammers
Chris Ellse
email: [email protected]
Reading Hammers
Mark Harris
email: [email protected]
Suffolk Hammers
Tony Howard
email: [email protected]
Willowherb Hammers
BRONZE Level Official Supporters' Club
Chairman: Matthew Jones
[email protected]
Channel Islands
Jersey Hammers Supporters' Club
Address: 3 Jubilee Villas, Hansford Lane, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, JE2 3JL
Chairman; Dave Lehan-Port
Treasurer: John Medcalf
Social Secretary: Stephen Lehan-Port
Membership Secretary: Noella O'Connor
email; [email protected] or [email protected]
Northern Ireland
Belfast Hammers
Chairman: Ronan Muldoon
Tel: 07714 765379
email: [email protected]
Republic of Ireland
Cork Hammers
Chairman: Stephen McCarthy
Sir Geoff Hurst Room
Telecom Eireann Social Club
8 MacCuratin Street
Cork
Tel: (021) 508888
Dublin Hammers
Charlie O'Reilly
Tel: 00353 18205188
106 Huntstown Rise, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15, Ireland
Website: www.dublinhammers.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dublinhammers
Mayo Hammers
Michael Heneghan
email: [email protected]
Wexford Hammers
Declan Kearney
email: [email protected]
Scotland
Scottish Hammers
Brian Johnston
Tel: 01651-842713
66 Keithleigh Gardens
Pitmedden
Udny
Aberdeenshire
AB41 7GB
email: [email protected]
Wales
Gwent Hammers
BRONZE Level Official Supporters' Club
Marc Attreed
12 Cae Morfa
Skewen
Neath
SA10 6EH
Website: www.gwenthammers.com
email: [email protected]
Facebook: http://on.fb.me/GwentHammers
Twitter: @SWalesHammers
Welsh Hammers
Contact: Greg Shearman
Church Cottage
Church Lane
Abergavenny
Wales
email: [email protected]
REST OF EUROPE
Austria
Austrian Hammers
Norbert Raimund
A-1050 Wien
Schusswall 2/3
Website: www.austrianhammers.com
Balkans
Hammers Balkan
Chairman: Haris Junicic
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.hammersbalkan.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hammers-Balkan/130683560422305
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hammer_Balkan
Belgium
Belgian Irons
Guy Buelens
46 Boerenkrijgstraat
2800 Mechelen
Belgium
email: [email protected]
Website: www.belgianirons.be
The Belgian Hammers
President: Franky Sarrasin
Halfuurdreef 47
8210 Veldegem
Belgium
Tel: +32478360766
email: [email protected]
Website: www.belgianhammers.be
Wallonia Hammers
Chairman: Jonathan Langenscheid, Guillaume Fourdin, Christophe André
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: Wallonia Hammers United
Croatia
Hammers Croatia
Chairman: Stipe Serdarusic
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hammerscroatia
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hammerscroatia
Denmark
Scandinavian Hammers
Chairman: Tore Soeyland
email: [email protected]
Website: www.westhamunited.no
Twitter: @toredicanio
Germany
German Hammers
Mark Theising
Oberstr 62
D-45468
Mulheim/Rhur
Germany
Sauerland Hammers
Chairman: Thomas Tigges
Talstrasse 104
D 57399 Kirchhundem
Germany
Website: http://www.sauerlandhammers.de
Hammer Hearts Germany
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.Hammer-Hearts.de
Cologne Hammers
Thorsten Bock
Email Address: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cologne.hammers
Gibraltar
Gibraltar Hammers
Tim Reoch (Chairman)
The Victoria Stadium Bar
Bayside Road
Gibraltar
email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.gibraltarhammers.webs.com/
Iceland
Icelandic Hammers
Sigthor Eriksson
Gardarsbraut 20
IS-300 Arkanes
Iceland
Israel
Hammers Israel
Chairman:Gary Kurlander
Website: www.HammersIsrael.com
email: [email protected]
Facebook: www.facebook.com/HammersIsrael
Twitter: @HammersIsrael
Italy
Martelli D'Italia (Italian Hammers)
GOLD Level Official Supporters' Club
Nicola Morosini
Website:www.martelliditalia.it
Facebook Group: Martelli D'Italia Quelli del West Ham
Twitter: @martelliditalia
Station 936 - West Ham United Italian supporters
Giampiero Vola
Website: www.station936.it
Facebook: www.station936.it/facebook
Twitter: @station936
YouTube: www.station936.it/youtube
Malta
West Ham United Fan Club - Malta/Gozo
Norman Galea
Tel: 00 356 21 432 863
Fax: 00 356 21 419 282
99 Lapsi Street
St. Julian's
Malta
email: [email protected]
West Ham Supporters Club Malta
Chairman: Justin Mifsud
email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HammersMalta
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/westhammaltese
Netherlands
Dutch Hammers
Patrick Stapper
email: [email protected]
Website: www.dutchhammers.nl
Hammers Army Holland
Peter Bos
Website: www.hammersarmyholland.nl
Norway
Scandinavian Hammers
Chairman: Tore Soeyland
email: [email protected]
Website: www.westhamunited.no
Twitter: @toredicanio
Poland
West Ham Poland
Chairman: Lukasz Papuda
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.whufc.pl
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whufcpl
Twitter: https://twitter.com/whufc_pl
Russia
West Ham United in Russia
Chairman: Ivan Ryabov
Website: http://westhamunited.ru/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/westhamunited.ru
Twitter: https://twitter.com/whuru
Serbia
Hammers Serbia
email: [email protected]
Website: www.hammers-serbia.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/HammersSerbia
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Hammers.Serbia.Official
Sweden
Scandinavian Hammers
Chairman: Tore Soeyland
email: [email protected]
Website: www.westhamunited.no
Twitter: @toredicanio
West Ham Fans Sweden
Chairman: Peter Larsson
email: [email protected]
Website: www.svenskafans.com/england/westhamutd
Spain
Lanzarote Hammers
Rob Shard
Tel: (0034) 660021308
Jo Shard
(0034) 679737016
email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/7639428693/
Twitter: @22r0bert0shard
Tenerife Hammers
Sean Murphy
Tel: 0034619088521
Barry Murphy
Tel: 0034664319356
Tony Smith
Tel: 0034617289952
email: [email protected]
Website: www.tenerifehammers.com
AFRICA
Sierra Leone
Sierre Leone Hammers
Chairman: Steve Downton
Contact: [email protected]
South Africa
Cape Town Hammers
The Royal Oak, Blouberg, Cape Town, South Africa
Barrie Smith
email: [email protected]
NORTH AMERICA
United States
Boston Hammers
Chairman: David Lang
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HammersBoston,
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BostonHammers
Chicago Hammers
Chairman: Matt Gregory
email: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chicago-Hammers/460919043976173
Twitter: @Chicagohammers
Cincinnati Hammers
Chairman: Jake Slagle
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cincinnatihammers
Twitter: @Cincy_Hammers
Cleveland Hammers
Chairpeople: Matt Murphy, Gary Dominski, Chris Maresco, Cody Vidmar
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/clevelandhammers
DC Hammers (short for Washington DC Hammers)
Chair: Eric Mann
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: www.facebook.com/WashingtonDCHammers
New Orleans Hammers
Jarod Armstrong
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: www.facebook.com/NewOrleansHammers
Twitter: www.twitter.com/nola_hammers
New York Hammers
Jamie Noone or Dennis Martin
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: http://idt.net/~denzil1/NYHammers/index.html
Pittsburgh Hammers
Chair People: Robert Miller, Jesse Marshall
Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Twitter: @PGH_Hammers
Facebook: Pittsburgh Hammers
Canada
Toronto Hammers
Chairperson: Travis Reidy
Email Address: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Toronto-Hammers/346031972145496
Twitter: @TorontoHammers
OCEANIA
Australia
Oz Hammers
President: David Lewis
email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.ozhammers.com
Brisbane Hammers
Dave Rhodes
email: [email protected]
Website: http://whu-au.blogspot.com
Canberra Hammers
Danny Brosnan or Micky
email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Melbourne Hammers
Glenn Barrett, Paul Hindmarsh, or Katrina Webb
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/groups/melbournehammers/
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/groups/177421045753736/
Perth Hammers
Chairman: Nick Ellis
Secretary: Peter Hamersley
email: [email protected]
Sydney Hammers
Chairman: Robert Byrne
Website: www.sydneyhammers.com.au
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @SydneyHammers
New Zealand
Kiwi Hammers
Chairman: Nick Daly
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/kiwihammers
Twitter: @KiwiHammers
New Zealand Hammers
Pete Wilkinson
Tel: (09) 473 6076
1150 East Coast Road
Redvale
R.D. 4 Albany
Auckland
New Zealand
ASIA
China
China Hammers
Chairman: David McMullan
Contact: [email protected]
Website: www.englishmaninchina.org
Dubai
Dubai (DXB) Hammers
Nelsons, Media Rotana Hotel, Tecom, Dubai
Chairman - Stuart Bell and Dave Leader
Contact: [email protected]
Indonesia
Jakarta Hammers - West Ham United Indonesia
Geoffrey Gold and Richard Christy
email: (English-language) [email protected]
email: (Bahasa Indonesia) [email protected]
Website: www.facebook.com/JakartaHammersWHUIndonesia .
Twitter: www.twitter.com/#!/JakartaHammers
Hammers Indonesia
Teguh Sutasman
email: [email protected]
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/335597449829272/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/HammersIDN
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan & Central Asia Supporters Club
Chairperson: David Cronin
Contact Email Address: [email protected]
Facebook: Kaz Hammers
Meeting Point: TBC
Malaysia
West Ham United Malaysia Supporters' Club
Rueben's Bistro & Pub
No 41, Jalan USJ 9/5Q,
Subang Business Centre,
Taipan, Subang Jaya,
Malaysia
Tel: 03-80241446
An international history
West Ham United have travelled far and wide spreading the Hammers gospel, visiting more than 30 countries for competitive, challenge and friendly matches.
The Hammers have played in nations as diverse as the Australia, China, Egypt, Japan, Kuwait and the United States, as well as a number of countries that no longer exist, including the German Democratic Republic, Southern Rhodesia, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia.
A squad representing West Ham first ventured on to foreign soil as long ago as 1921, when Syd King took the club on a summer tour to Spain for four matches against teams representing Madrid, Vigo, Bilbao and Corunna.
Netherlands, Austria, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway were all visited before the 1920s were out, while the 1930s saw France, Switzerland and Czechoslovakia all host the Hammers.
The squad outside the Royal Palace in Madrid in May 1926
In a move that was decades ahead of its time, West Ham also welcomed international opposition to the Boleyn Ground, hosting Dutch side Haarlem in 1922 and a combined Peru/Chile XI in 1933.
The onset of the Second World War curtailed the club's travel plans, but they were off to neutral Switzerland again soon after hostilities had ceased in 1946.
The early 1950s saw a wide variety of sides visit east London, with the likes of Italian giants AC Milan, Brazilan club Olaria and Czech outfit Sparta Prague among those to showcase their talents at the Boleyn Ground.
The appointment of Ron Greenwood as manager in 1961 only served to increase West Ham's participation in international football.
After travelling to southern and west Africa in 1962, the Hammers took part in the International Soccer League in the United States in the summer of 1963. There, Greenwood's side topped a group including the likes of Italian club Mantova, Mexican side Deportivo Oro, Brazilian club SC Recife and Scottish outfit Kilmarnock before securing the title with a 2-1 aggregate victory over Gornik Zabrze of Poland.
The same trip also saw West Ham defeated by Czechoslovakian side Dukla Prague for the American Challenge Cup over two legs played in Chicago and New York.
The 1964/65 season saw the club compete in European competition for the first time with great success. Greenwood led his team to victory over La Gantoise (Belgium), Sparta Prague (Czechoslovakia), Lausanne (Switzerland) and Real Zaragoza (Spain) before lifting the European Cup Winners' Cup courtesy of a 2-0 win over German side TSV 1860 Munich at Wembley.
The Hammers won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1965
The late 1960s saw West Ham continue to travel far and wide, most notably to Egypt to take on Cairo-based Zamalek, Houston to face Real Madrid CF and New York to lock horns with Pele's Santos.
Into the 1970s and the Hammers visited Israel before embarking on another European Cup Winners' Cup odyssey in 1975/76, defeating Reipas Lahden (Finland), Ararat Erevan (USSR), Den Haag (Netherlands) and Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany) before being edged out in the final by Belgian side RSC Anderlecht in their home city of Brussels.
Italian club Fiorentina formed the opposition as West Ham reached the final of the Anglo-Italian Cup in 1975, a competition they would compete in again in the early 1990s.
West Ham United faced Fiorentina in the 1975 Anglo-Italian Cup final
After hosting the Kuwait national team at the Boleyn Ground in 1977, the Hammers got their passports out again throughout the 1980s, despite the five-year ban that denied them a place in the UEFA Cup in 1986/87.
The decade's most exotic trip saw John Lyall take his squad to Japan in 1984, where they took on Santos, Japanese club Yomiuri and national sides representing Japan, Malaysia and Uruguay.
Eleven years later, the Hammers travelled even further afield when Harry Redknapp took his squad to Australia for four challenge matches in 1995, two of which saw them take on the Olyroos - Australia's 1996 Atlanta Olympic team.
The squad toured Australia for the first time in the summer of 1995
The final year of the last century saw West Ham win their second European trophy in the shape of the UEFA Intertoto Cup. Redknapp's side qualified for the UEFA Cup by defeating FC Jokerit (Finland), SC Heerenveen (Netherlands) and FC Metz (France), only to be knocked out at the first-round stage of the latter competition by Romanian side Steaua Bucharest.
Since 2000, the Hammers have continued to pit their wits against foreign opposition regularly, whether it be during pre-season trips to Sweden, the United States, Canada, China and Switzerland or by facing Italian club Palermo in the UEFA Cup first round in September 2006.
Always looking for opportunities to boost the club's profile abroad, West Ham travelled to North America in 2008, taking on Major League Soccer side Columbus Crew before being edged out 3-2 by the MLS All-Stars in Toronto.
The Hammers took on the MLS All-Stars in Toronto in July 2008
The following year, the Hammers joined Hull City, Tottenham Hotspur and local club Beijing Guoan at the Barclays Asia Trophy in China.
With the Boleyn Ground hosting an annual pre-season friendly that has seen clubs from Netherlands, Spain and Italy visit in recent years, the West Ham way continues to be spread far and wide.
The full list of countries where West Ham United have contested matches is as follows - Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany), German Democratic Republic (East Germany), German Reich, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Southern Rhodesia, Soviet Union (USSR), Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, United States of America, Wales and Yugoslavia.