Australian midfielder Robbie Slater’s West Ham career may only have lasted one season, but it was one that wrote his name in the record books and has helped him maintain a high profile in his
In life, some people choose to start at the bottom and work their way up, and others just choose to make life difficult for themselves by starting at the top. Tony Gale seems to fall
If any sentimental West Ham fan should ever take a trip down memory lane by way of a trip down Green Street, in search of long-lost memories of legends like Bobby Moore, Billy Bonds or
The Sealey family play a prominent role in West Ham history. Alan Sealey wrote his name in club folklore when he scored both goals in 1965’s Cup Winners’ Cup final triumph, and is immortalised in one
How must it feel to leave behind your dream career as a professional footballer after eighteen years at your boyhood club? That was the unknown territory that Mark Noble was stepping into when he finally
In the currency of fan praise, the chant ‘he’s one of our own’ is as high as it gets. And in Tony Cottee, West Ham fans have someone who was one of them on the
Every player’s path to the top of the professional game is different, but few have taken quite as roundabout a route as former West Ham defender Hayden Foxe. Born in New South Wales, trained in
To be told a manager has signed you to replace one of your new club’s all-time living legends is a daunting enough way to get bedded in, but to find yourself filling the manager’s seat
Before it was the Academy of Football, life for trainees at West Ham was the School of Hard Knocks — and one who knows this more than most is former Irons striker Brian Dear. Stag,
If you are only going to score one 35-yard top corner screamer past one of the world’s most famous goalkeepers in your career, it helps if you do it when a club that wants to