|
1895 |
Thames Ironworks founded. |
|
1900 |
Renamed West Ham United. Elected to Southern
League. |
|
1904 |
First game played at the Boleyn Ground. Beat Millwall 3-0. |
|
1919 |
Elected to Football League Division Two. |
|
1923 |
Reached FA Cup Final at Wembley, losing 0-2 to Bolton Wanderers. |
|
1923 |
Promoted to Football League Division One. |
|
1932 |
Relegated to Football League Division Two. |
|
1940 |
Won Football League Wartime Cup Final at Wembley, beating Blackburn
Rovers 1-0. |
|
1958 |
Won Football League Division Two. |
|
1964 |
Won FA Cup Final at Wembley, beating Preston North End 3-2. Became first
all-English XI to win the competition at Wembley Stadium. |
|
1965 |
Won European Cup Winners Cup Final at Wembley, beating TSV Munich 1860
2-0. |
|
1966 |
Reached Football League Cup Final, losing 3-5 on aggregate to West
Bromwich Albion in a two-legged contest. |
|
1966 |
Three West Ham players make a dramatic impact in England's 4-2 World Cup
Final victory over West Germany at Wembley, Bobby Moore captaining the
side, Geoff Hurst scoring 3 of the goals and Martin Peters netting the
other. |
|
1975 |
Won FA Cup Final at Wembley, beating Fulham 2-0. |
|
1976 |
Reached European Cup Winners Cup Final at the ill-fated Heysel Stadium,
Belgium, losing 2-4 to Anderlecht. |
|
1978 |
Relegated to Football League Division Two. |
|
1980 |
Won FA Cup Final at Wembley, beating Arsenal 1-0. No side outside the
top division has since won the FA Cup. |
|
1981 |
Reached Football League Cup Final at Wembley, holding Liverpool to a 1-1
draw, then losing the replay at Villa Park 1-2. |
|
1981 |
Won Football League Division Two with a then-record points total. |
|
1986 |
Achieved highest-ever League placing of third in Football League
Division One. |
|
1989 |
Relegated to Football League Division Two. |
|
1991 |
Promoted to Football League Division One. |
|
1992 |
Relegated to Football League Division One. * |
|
1993 |
The club's most famous player, Bobby Moore, passes away after a
long battle against bowel cancer. |
|
1993 |
Promoted to Premier League.
|
|
1999 |
Won Inter Toto Cup beating Metz 3-2 on aggregate in a two-legged contest.
The result meant qualification for the UEFA Cup, and the club reached
the second round. |
|
2003 |
Relegated to Football League Division One. |
|
2004 |
Reached Division One Play-Off Final at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, losing 0-1 to Crystal Palace. |
|
2004 |
One of the club's finest and longest-serving players, Trevor Brooking, receives a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. |
|
2005 |
Promoted to the Premier League after beating Preston North End
1-0 in the Coca-Cola Championship Play-Off Final at The
Millennium Stadium. # |
|
2006 |
The club's two most successful managers, Ron Greenwood and John Lyall
both passed away during the year. |
|
2006 |
Reached FA Cup Final at the Millennium Stadium, losing in a
penalty shoot-out after a 3-3 draw aet. The game has been widely
described as one of the best-ever FA Cup Finals. Reaching the final
meant that the club qualified for next season's UEFA Cup. |
|
2007 |
The controversial "Tevez" season ends with
West Ham pulling off an incredible escape from relegation, but
the financial losses to fines and law suits cost the club in
excess of £20m |
|
2009 |
The club is saved from financial disaster by
the "Porn Barons", multi-millionaire businessmen David Sullivan
and David Gold. |
