West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United Football Club are a professional English football club based in East London. They play their home matches at Upton Park. They are nicknamed "The Hammers" and "The Academy of Football" by the media, but are better known as "The Irons" by their own fans (due to the club's origins at the Thames Ironworks - see below). The club has a training facility at Chadwell Heath, adjacent to the railway line from which the team may occasionally be viewed at practice during the week. The club has recently been promoted to the Premiership for the 2005/06 season.

Managers

West Ham have only had ten managers in their history, fewer than the majority of large English clubs have had. Indeed, up until 1989 the club had only had five different managers.

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• 2003-present - Alan Pardew
• 2001-2003 - Glenn Roeder
• 1994-2001 - Harry Redknapp
• 1990-1994 - Billy Bonds
• 1989-1990 - Lou Macari
• 1974-1989 - John Lyall
• 1961-1974 - Ron Greenwood
• 1950-1961 - Ted Fenton
• 1932-1950 - Charlie Paynter
• 1902-1932 - Syd King