26 May: Striker Freddie Sears scores both goals in a 2-0 win for England Under 19s against Poland U19s.
29 May: Midfielder Jack Collison makes his debut for Wales in a 1-0 away win against Iceland.
2 June: Striker Dean Ashton makes his England debut in a 3-0 win away to Trinidad and Tobago.
4 June: Dean Ashton signs a new five-year contract.
12 June: Midfielder Nolberto Solano becomes a free agent after his contract with West Ham expires.
27 June: Attacking Midfielder Freddie Ljungberg retires from playing international football for Sweden to concentrate on playing for West Ham.
3 July: Freddie Sears and Defender James Tomkins are selected in the England Under 19s squad for the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.
4 July: Czech Republic youth international Goalkeeper Marek Štěch signs a new five-year contract with West Ham.
4 July: Iceland under-21 Defender Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson signs from HK for an undisclosed fee.
15 July: Striker Bobby Zamora and Defender John Paintsil join Fulham from West Ham for a combined fee of £6.3million.
21 July: Goalkeeper Richard Wright signs for Ipswich for £0.5million.
23 July: Swiss International Defender and Midfielder Valon Behrami signs from Lazio for £ 5million.
25 July: Despite a pair of goals from Dean Ashton, West Ham lose 3-2 in the Major League Soccer All-Star Game.
4 August: West Ham sign former Czech Republic Under-21 Goalkeeper Jan Laštůvka from Shakhtar Donetsk in a loan deal to last until the end of the season.
4 August: West Ham sign Austrian Under 19 Midfielder Georg Grasser from Grazer AK for an undisclosed fee.
6 August: West Ham part company with Freddie Ljungberg on undisclosed terms by mutual consent.
9 August: In honour of the 50th anniversary of Bobby Moore's début, West Ham permanently retire the No. 6 shirt. Matthew Upson is last player to ever wear the number.
16 August: West Ham defeat Wigan Athletic in their first game of the Premier League season 2-1.
19 August: Midfielder Mark Noble is handed the captain's armband for the second half as the England Under 21 team finish 2-1 winners against Slovenia.
24 August: Just five days after captaining the England Under 21 team, Mark Noble receives West Ham's first red card of the season against Man City.
25 August: After being named as an unused substitute in West Ham's first two games, Jordan Spence receives a call-up to the England Under-19 squad. Spence had previously captained both the Under-17 and Under-18 teams.
27 August: Defender Anton Ferdinand completes an £ 8million move to Sunderland.
1 September: Left back George McCartney also signs for Sunderland in an £6 million deal.
1 September: Goalkeeper Robert Green and Centre Back Matthew Upson are named in the England squad to face Andorra and Croatia
2 September: Hungarian Under 19 Striker Bálint Bajner signs from Liberty Oradea on a season long loan.
2 September: West Ham announce the signings of Italy Striker David Di Michele and Congolese Left back Hérita Ilunga, arriving on season-long loans from Torino and Toulouse respectively. Both deals are with a view to possible permanent transfers.
3 September: Alan Curbishley resigns as West Ham manager, disillusioned by the lack of transfers funds and the enforced loss of key players Freddie Ljungberg, Bobby Zamora, Anton Ferdinand and George McCartney.
3 September: Reserve team boss Kevin Keen is named as caretaker manager.
4 September: West Ham draw up a six-man short-list for the job of new manager. They are Slaven Bilić, Gérard Houllier, Gianfranco Zola, Roberto Donadoni and Roberto Mancini, with the sixth "remaining confidential."
5 September: West Ham sign Uruguay and former River Plate left back Walter López on a one-year deal.
11 September: Gianfranco Zola is officially confirmed as West Ham's new manager.
15 September: Chelsea assistant manager Steve Clarke becomes first team coach at West Ham.
24 September: West Ham decide to appeal to the CAS after a Football Association arbitration panel rules in favour of Sheffield United over the Carlos Tevez affair.
3 October: After coming on as a half-time substitute, 14-year-old striker Robert Hall gets two assists as England Under-16s cruise to a 6-0 win against Northern Ireland.
5 October: Goalkeeper Robert Green and centre back Matthew Upson are selected in the England squad to face Kazakhstan and Belarus.
8 October: Winger Matthew Etherington is voted player of the month for September by users of whufc.com.
8 October: Defender Jordan Spence captains the England Under 19s, in their opening European Under-19 Championship qualifier, to a 3-0 win against Albania U19s.
11 October: Matthew Upson wins his tenth cap for England as they win 5-1 at home to Kazakhstan.
14 October: After a two-week trial, Spanish striker Diego Tristán signs on a one-year deal.
14 October: Mark Noble plays as an England Under-21 2-2 home draw against a Wales team featuring Jack Collison sees them win 5-4 on aggregate and reach the 2009 European Under-21 Championship in Sweden.
15 October: Australia captain Lucas Neill leads his team to a 4-0 home victory against Qatar.
15 October: Matthew Upson plays the full 90 minutes as England record a 3-1 win against Belarus.
8 January: Matthew Etherington signs for Stoke on a 3 1⁄2-year deal for an undisclosed figure, thought to be around £3 million.
19 January: Craig Bellamy signs for Manchester City on a 4 1⁄2-year deal for an undisclosed figure, thought to be around £14 million.
22 January: Nigel Quashie is loaned to Wolves for the rest of the season.
26 January: Hayden Mullins signs for Portsmouth for an undisclosed fee, thought to be £2m, on a 3 1⁄2-year deal.
26 January: Savio Nsereko signs for West Ham, which is thought to have been in the region of £9 million (depending on appearances), on a four-and-a-half-year contract.
30 January: Radoslav Kováč is loaned from Spartak Moscow for the rest of the season. Zola has the option of making it a permanent switch in the summer if he so wishes.
31 January: Julien Faubert is loaned to Real Madrid for the rest of the season with a view to a permanent move.
2 February: Calum Davenport is loaned to Sunderland for the rest of the season.
2 February: Scott Parker wins E.ON Player of the Round award after his man-of-the-match display against Hartlepool United in the 4th round of the FA cup.
2 February: West Ham end a run of 8 unbeaten matches in all competitions, by losing to Manchester United 1-0 at Upton Park
9 February: Hungary Under-21 goalkeeper Peter Kurucz is loaned from Ujpest until the end of the season with a view to a possible permanent transfer.
11 February: Highly rated Republic of Ireland youth international striker Terry Dixon on a three-year contract. Dixon was released by Tottenham Hotspur after hampering his potential with injuries.
11 February: All 3 West Ham United players that are called up to the England squad to play a friendly against Spain, play a part. Matthew Upson and Robert Green were second-half substitutes, while Carlton Cole got his first full international cap and came close to scoring with a great move which just ends with his shot being cleared off the line after Cole had taken the ball around Pepe Reina. Spain eventually win 2-0.
1 March: Valon Behrami gets injured against Man City and is expected to be out for six months with an anterior cruciate ligament injury in his left knee.
4 March: Welsh international Jack Collison is injured playing against Wigan Athletic and is expected to be out for 6 to 8 weeks after dislocating his kneecap.
12 March: Highly rated Czech Goalkeeper Marek Štěch joins Wycombe Wanderers on loan until the end of the season.
Last updated: 20 December 2008
Source: Competitive matches
Ordered by start team and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank
Last updated: 20 December 2008
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.
Last updated: 1 December 2008
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
Last updated: 8 December 2008
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.
Last updated: 1 December 2008
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).
Last updated: 27 November 2008
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.
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Source: Wikipedia West Ham United Article
Source: West Ham United F.C. article on 22 July 2008
Last updated: 22 March 2009
Source: Competitions
West Ham–Wigan 2-1
1-0 Dean Ashton (3)
2-0 Dean Ashton (10)
2-1 Amr Zaki (47)
Manchester City–West Ham 3-0
1-0 Daniel Sturridge (65)
2-0 Elano (70)
3-0 Elano (76)
West Ham–Blackburn 4-1
1-0 Calum Davenport (12)
2-0 Christopher Samba (20 og)
2-1 Jason Roberts (22)
3-1 Craig Bellamy (90)
4-1 Carlton Cole (90)
West Bromwich–West Ham 3-2
1-0 James Morrison (3)
1-1 Mark Noble (29)
1-2 Lucas Neill (35)
2-2 Roman Bednář (37)
3-2 Chris Brunt (83)
West Ham–Newcastle 3-1
1-0 David Di Michele (8)
2-0 David Di Michele (37)
3-0 Matthew Etherington (53)
3-1 Michael Owen (67)
Fulham–West Ham 1-2
0-1 Carlton Cole (43)
0-2 Matthew Etherington (45)
1-2 Danny Murphy (59 pen)
West Ham–Bolton 1-3
0-1 Kevin Davies (30)
0-2 Gary Cahill (34)
1-2 Carlton Cole (69)
1-3 Matthew Taylor (86)
Hull–West Ham 1-0
1-0 Michael Turner (51)
West Ham–Arsenal 0-2
0-1 Julien Faubert (75 og)
0-2 Emmanuel Adebayor (90)
Manchester United–West Ham 2-0
1-0 Cristiano Ronaldo (14)
2-0 Cristiano Ronaldo (30)
Middlesbrough–West Ham 1-1
0-1 Hayden Mullins (21)
1-1 Mido (83)
West Ham–Everton 1-3
1-0 Jack Collison (63)
1-1 Joleon Lescott (83)
1-2 Louis Saha (85)
1-3 Louis Saha (87)
West Ham–Portsmouth 0-0
Sunderland–West Ham 0-1
0-1 Valon Behrami (20)
Liverpool–West Ham 0-0
West Ham–Tottenham 0-2
0-1 Ledley King (68)
0-2 Jamie O'Hara (90)
Chelsea–West Ham 1-1
0-1 Craig Bellamy (33)
1-1 Nicolas Anelka (51)
West Ham–Aston Villa 0-1
0-1 Lucas Neill (78 og)
Portsmouth–West Ham 1-4
1-0 Nadir Belhadj (8)
1-1 Jack Collison (20)
1-2 Carlton Cole (67)
1-3 Craig Bellamy (70)
1-4 Craig Bellamy (83)
West Ham–Stoke 2-1
0-1 Abdoulaye Faye (4)
1-1 Carlton Cole (51)
2-1 Diego Tristán (88)
Newcastle–West Ham 2-2
1-0 Michael Owen (19)
1-1 Craig Bellamy (29)
1-2 Carlton Cole (55)
2-2 Andy Carroll (78)
West Ham–Fulham 3-1
1-0 David Di Michele (7)
1-1 Paul Konchesky (22)
2-1 Mark Noble (60 pen)
3-1 Carlton Cole (76)
West Ham–Hull 2-0
1-0 David Di Michele (33)
2-0 Carlton Cole (51)
Arsenal–West Ham 0-0
West Ham–Manchester United 0-1
0-1 Ryan Giggs (62)
Bolton–West Ham 2-1
1-0 Matthew Taylor (10)
2-0 Kevin Davies (11)
2-1 Scott Parker (66)
West Ham–Manchester City 1-0
1-0 Jack Collison (71)
Wigan–West Ham 0-1
0-1 Carlton Cole (34)
West Ham–West Bromwich 0-0
Blackburn–West Ham 1-1
0-1 Mark Noble (35)
1-1 Keith Andrews (51)
West Ham–Sunderland 2-0
1-0 Junior Stanislas (42)
2-0 James Tomkins (53)
Tottenham–West Ham 1-0
1-0 Roman Pavlyuchenko (65)
Aston Villa–West Ham 1-1
1-0 Emile Heskey (11)
1-1 Diego Tristán (85)
West Ham–Chelsea 0-1
0-1 Salomon Kalou (55)
Stoke–West Ham 0-1
0-1 Diego Tristán (33)
West Ham–Liverpool 0-3
0-1 Steven Gerrard (2)
0-2 Steven Gerrard (38)
0-3 Ryan Babel (84)
Everton–West Ham 3-1
0-1 Radoslav Kováč (24)
1-1 Louis Saha (38 pen)
2-1 Joseph Yobo (48)
3-1 Louis Saha (76)
West Ham–Middlesbrough 2-1
1-0 Carlton Cole (33)
1-1 Gary O'Neil (50)
2-1 Junior Stanislas (58)
Updated to games played on 22 March 2009.
Source: Premier League 2008-09
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Last updated: 21 March 2009.
Source: Premier League 2008-09
Last updated: 21 March 2009.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Last updated: 5 March 2009
Source:
1West Ham goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of West Ham.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.
Last updated: 25 November 2008
1West Ham United goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of West Ham United.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference
Last updated: 25 November 2008
Source: Reserve matches
Ordered by Reserve start team and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank
Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); GS = Game Started; App = Appearances.
Last updated: 2 December 2008
1West Ham United goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of West Ham United.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference
Last updated: 2 December 2008
Source: Under 18 matches
Ordered by West Ham United Under-18 start team and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank
Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); GS = Game Started; App = Appearances.
Matches
Last updated: 9 August 2008
1West Ham United goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of West Ham United.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference
Stats
Last updated: 11 August 2008
Source: Pre-season Friendly matches
Ordered by Friendly start team, West Ham United Reserve XI and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank
Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); GS = Game Started; App = Appearances.
Matches
Last updated: 11 August 2008
1West Ham United goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of West Ham United.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference
Stats
Last updated: 11 August 2008
Source: Pre-season Friendly matches
Ordered by Friendly start team, West Ham United Reserve XI and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank
Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); GS = Game Started; App = Appearances.
