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In recognition of the 'West Ham Pals', the 13th Battalion of the Essex Regiment which was raised in Stratford in 1915 and saw extensive action and heavy losses on the Western Front in the World War I. The Battalion was formed from volunteers from West Ham and East London generally. Their war cry was "Up the Hammers". The cap badge of the Essex Regiment was the castle and key of Gibraltar, though the unit made an unsuccessful request to the War Office that crossed hammers could be used instead. [149] Bobby Moore has been runner-up four times, while Billy Bonds and Tony Cottee have both been runners-up three times. Billy Bonds and Trevor Brooking's wins are notable in the amount of time between first and last Hammer of the Year award. Bonds has 16 years separating his wins whilst Brooking has 12. The crest was redesigned and updated in the late 1990s, featuring a wider yellow castle with fewer cruciform "windows" along with the peaked roofs being removed; the tops of the towers had previously made the castle appear more akin to Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty's Castle than a functioning fortress. The designer also altered other details to give a more substantial feel to the iconography. [153]

Hann, Michael (24 March 2014). "My guilty pleasure: Green Street". The Guardian . Retrieved 6 January 2019.Sam's the man". West Ham United F.C. 1 June 2011. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011 . Retrieved 1 June 2011. Marsh, Steve. "Playing Kit: West Ham United 1900 to 1999". theyflysohigh.co.uk . Retrieved 22 January 2018. Former chairman Eggert Magnússon made clear his ambition for West Ham to move to the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Summer Olympics, a desire reiterated by current chairmen Gold and Sullivan when they assumed control of the club stating that they felt it was a logical move for the government as it was in the borough of Newham. Nawrat, Chris & Hutchings, Steve (1996). The Sunday Times Illustrated History of Football. Hamlyn. ISBN 978-1-85613-341-8.

Hills, Dave (6 August 2000). "The 10 worst foreign signings of all time". The Guardian . Retrieved 18 August 2013. The significant increase is another positive step forward for the Club in ultimately reaching the stadium’s full capacity, which would see West Ham United’s home in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park become the biggest Premier League ground in London. West Ham United has won five major honours in its history. Domestically, it has been winner of the FA Cup three times (1964, 1975 and 1980) and runner-up twice (1923 and 2006). In European competitions, the club has reached three major European finals winning the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1965, finishing runner-up in the same competitions in 1976, and winning the second edition of the Europa Conference League in 2023. The club has also won one minor European trophy by winning the Intertoto Cup in 1999. West Ham United is one of eight club never to have fallen below the second tier of English football, spending 66 of 98 league seasons in the top flight, up to and including the 2023–24 season. The club's highest league position to date came in 1985–86, when it achieved third place in the then First Division. Thames Ironworks won the West Ham Charity Cup, contested by clubs in the West Ham locality, in 1895, then won the London League in 1897. They turned professional in 1898 upon entering the Southern League Second Division, and were promoted to the First Division at the first attempt. [8] The following year they came second from bottom, but had established themselves as a fully-fledged competitive team. They comfortably fended off the challenge of local rivals Fulham in a relegation play-off, 5–1 in late April 1900 and retained their First Division status. [8]Ronnie Boyce: The Hammers legend who debuted 58 years ago today | West Ham United F.C." www.whufc.com. Davies, Christopher (19 September 2003). "Madejski fury as Pardew is released". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022 . Retrieved 18 August 2013. West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, having moved from their former home, the Boleyn Ground, in 2016.

There is no parking available at London Stadium and parking restrictions will be in place and enforced in the local area. Stadium Store Opening Times Parked at the nearby Westfield Stratford Shopping Centre as this was known to me, having parked there before. Plenty of room and not too much delay leaving the car park afterwards. West Ham United sign Brazil star Lucas Paquetá for record fee". West Ham United F.C. 29 August 2022 . Retrieved 29 August 2022.The oldest and fiercest rivalry is with Millwall. The two sides are local rivals, having both been founded by employees of local companies, with players living in the same localities. The early history of both clubs are intertwined, with West Ham proving to be the more successful in a number of meetings between the two teams at the time, resulting in West Ham being promoted at the expense of Millwall. Millwall later declined to join the fledgling Football League while West Ham went on to the top division and an FA Cup final. Later in the 1920s, the rivalry was intensified during strike action which Isle of Dogs-based companies (i.e., Millwall fans) refused to support, breeding ill will between the two camps, the bitterness of this betrayal enduring for years. In 1972, a Millwall supporter died at New Cross station after falling out of a train during a fight with West Ham fans. [191] THE LONDON LEAGUE". Sporting Life. 28 April 1902 . Retrieved 3 February 2023– via British Newspaper Archive. Colm Kerrigan (1997). "Gatling Gun" George Hildson. Football Lives. ISBN 978-0-9530718-0-7. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007.