West Ham United
Name: West Ham United
Founded: 1895 (as Thames Ironworks, became West Ham United in 1900)
Home ground: London Stadium
League Titles: 0
Instagram: @westham
Club based in east London which provided England's 1966 World Cup-winning triumvirate of Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters. The Hammers' highest league placing was third, in 1986, and they have won the FA Cup three times - in 1964, 1975 and 1980 - as well as being runners-up twice, in the first Wembley final in 1923 and to Liverpool on penalties in 2006.
Other notable former players include Trevor Brooking, Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole, Carlos Tevez and Dmitri Payet.
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Tate Ferdinand has worked his way through the academy system and has now penned his first senior contract

Sixty years on: Was England's 1966 winning XI destiny, fate, or a chance affair?
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By James Roberts Published
The former Manchester United striker is the club's first-ever signing

From debut challenges to record scorer: Michail Antonio recalls his West Ham highlights
By Joe Mewis Published
EXCLUSIVE The forward spent 10 years at the club and remains their leading Premier League goalscorer

“I sat on the bench for two months, so someone tweeted a picture of me to David Gold saying 'Missing person' and he retweeted. It was hilarious” Michail Antonio on a curious incident from his early West Ham days
By Joe Mewis Published
EXCLUSIVE The former Hammers forward struggled for game time after joining the club

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EXCLUSIVE The former West Ham man always had a host of brilliant celebrations in his locker

‘At West Ham, I told Slaven Bilic ‘I’ll never play at right-back!’ Mark Noble argued with me, so I stormed off and got a taxi home’ Michail Antonio on his shifting roles at West Ham
By Joe Mewis Published
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