West Ham United Logo — The West Ham United Football Club is a club of football in England , the city of London . It was founded in 1895 and plays in the Football League Championship .West Ham United FC (also known under the names The Irons , The Hammers (Hammers) and The Academy of Football ) was founded in 1895 under the name Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co. Ltd . In 1900 he changed his name to the present . In 1919 the West Ham was selected to participate in the Football League Second Division , reaching the First Division in the year 1923 , the same year the club reached the final of the FA Cup , the first to be played in the Wembley Stadium , in the end called the end of the white horse , which won the Bolton Wanderers by 2:0.
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In the 60’s the British press club called The Academy of Football , due to the amount of young talent that came from his quarry. In 1964 he won his first title, the FA Cup . In 1965 won its first continental title: the Cup Winners Cup , winning the final against Germany Munich 1860 . He republished his national laurels, in 1975 , winning the FA Cup again. Just one season later, he reached the final of the Cup Winners Cup, but lost to RSC Anderlecht Belgian . More