Honours and records


Honours and records

>>League
  • Premier League:
    Highest placing: 5th 1998–99
  • First Division (Top tier)
    Highest placing: 3rd 1985–86
  • First Division (Second tier)
    Runners-up: 1992–93
  • Second Division: 2
    Champions: 1957–58, 1980–81
    Runners-up: 1922–23, 1990–91
  • Football League Championship Play-Off: 1
    Winners: 2005
    Runners-up: 2004
  • Southern League First Division:
    Highest placing: 3rd 1912–13
>>Cups
  • FA Cup: 3
    Winners: 1964, 1975, 1980
    Runners-up 1923, 2006
  • League Cup
    Runners-up 1966, 1981
  • FA Charity Shield:: 1
    Winners: 1964 (shared)
  • Football League War Cup: 1
    Winners: 1940
  • Bobby Moore Cup: 1
    Winners: 2008 (Shared)
>>European
  • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1
    Winners: 1965
    Runners-up: 1976
  • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1
    Winners: 1999
>>International
  • International Soccer League: 1
    Champions: 1963
>>Other
  • BBC Sports Personality of the Year Team Award: 1965
  • Honorary Degree (Awarded to the club) in 2009 by the University of East London
>>Youth
  • FA Premier Academy Under-19 League: 2
    Champions: 1998–99, 1999–2000
  • FA Youth Cup: 3
    Winners: 1963, 1981, 1999
    Runners-up: 1957, 1959, 1975, 1996
  • South East Counties League: 3
    Champions: 1984–85, 1995–96, 1997–98
  • Milk Cup Junior: 2
    Winners: 1996, 1997
>>Reserve
  • Western Football League: 1
    Champions: 1907–08
  • London League Premier Division: 1
    Champions: 1901–02
>>As Thames Ironworks F.C.
  • Southern League Division Two: 1
    Champions: 1898–99
  • London League: 1
    Champions: 1897–98
    Runners-up: 1896–97
  • West Ham Charity Cup: 1
    Winners: 1896
    Runners-up: 1897
>>Statistics and records
  • Attendance
    Highest league attendance: 42,322 v Tottenham Hotspur Division One, 17 October 1970
    Lowest league attendance: 4,373 v Doncaster Rovers, Division Two, 24 February 1955
  • Transfers
    Biggest Transfer fee paid: £7.5 Millon to Liverpool for Craig Bellamy, July 2007
    Biggest Transfer fee received: £18 million from Leeds United for Rio Ferdinand, November 2000
Record results and performances
>>Defeats
  • League:
    Premier League:
    Away: 1–7 v Manchester United 2000
    Away: 1–7 v Blackburn Rovers 2001
    Away: 0–6 v Everton 1999
    Away: 0–6 v Reading 2007
  • Division One:
    Home: 2–8 v Blackburn Rovers 26 December 1963
    Away: 0–7 Everton 22 October 1927 and 0–7 v Sheffield Wednesday 28 November 59
  • Division Two:
    Home: 0–6 v Sheffield Wednesday 8 December 1951
    Away: 0–7 v Barnsley 1 September 1919
  • FA Cup:
    Home: 1–5 v Huddersfield Town (Rd 3 Replay) 13 January 1960
    Away: 0–6 v Manchester United (Rd 4) 26 January 2003
  • League Cup:
    Home: 2–5 v Barnsley (Round 2 leg 2) 6 October 1987
    Away: 0–6 v Oldham Athletic (SF leg 1) 14 December 1990
  • UEFA Cup:
    Home:0–1 v Palermo 2006
    Away:0–3 v Palermo 2006
Club league highs and lows

>>Home:
  • Most:
    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)
  • Fewest:
    Fewest Home Wins: 3 (1988–89)
    Fewest Home Draws: 1 (1934–35, 1980–81)
    Fewest Home Defeats: 1 (1957–58, 1980–81)
    Fewest Home Goals Scored: 19 (1988–89)
    Fewest Home Goals Conceded: 11 (1920–21, 1922–23)
>>Away:
  • Most:
    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)
  • Fewest:
    Fewest Away Wins: 1 (1925–26, 1932–33, 1937–38, 1960–61)
    Fewest Away Draws: 1 (1982–83)
    Fewest Away Defeats: 3 (1980–81)
    Fewest Away Goals Scored: 12 (1996–97)
    Fewest Away Goals Conceded: 16 (1990–91)
>>Total:
  • Most:
    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)
  • Fewest:
    Fewest Total Wins: 9 (1987–88, 1991–92)
    Fewest Total Draws: 4 (1934–35, 1964–65, 1982–83)
    Fewest Total Defeats: 4 (1980–81)
    Fewest Total Goals Scored: 37 (1988–89, 1991–92)
    Fewest Total Goals Conceded: 29 (1980–81)
>>Club goal records
  • 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 West Brom (h) 16/4/65
    Follow link to Official West Ham United Records Page
>>Player records
  • Appearances
    793 Billy Bonds 1967–88
    674 Frank Lampard Sr. 1967–85
    646 Bobby Moore 1958–74
    635 Trevor Brooking 1967–84
    601 Alvin Martin 1977–96
    548 Jimmy Ruffell 1921–37
    505 Steve Potts 1985–2002
    505 Vic Watson 1920–35
    502 Geoff Hurst 1959–72
    467 Jim Barrett 1924–43
  • Goals
    326 Vic Watson 1920–35
    252 Geoff Hurst 1959–72
    166 John Dick 1953–63
    166 Jimmy Ruffell 1921–37
    146 Tony Cottee 1983–88/1994–96
    107 Johnny Byrne 1961–67
    104 Bryan 'Pop' Robson 1970–74/1976–79
    102 Trevor Brooking 1967–84
    100 Malcolm Musgrove 1953–63
    100 Martin Peters 1962–70