West Ham(from a WHU fan)

[niamh at robo4.freeserve.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 19529

OK, since you asked here are the real facts from a dedicated Hammers 
fan. If you need more let me know but by the time I'm finished here 
you may have already wished you hadn't asked.

West Ham United Football Club (WHUFC) nickname the Hammers (or Irons) 
are located in EAST LONDON (London has 12 other professional Football 
teams) and to confuse things if you find a map of london (there are 
some online) you will find the stadium 'Upton Park' located in East 
Ham not West Ham.

The club has been professional for over 100 years and was origionally 
a works team attached to the Thames Iron works, hence the 
nickname 'Irons' or 'Hammers' i.e. the large hammers used to work the 
iron.

The Fans come almost exclusively from a 5-10 mile radius around the 
ground (mainly East London and Essex). 

The club has NEVER won the league title and last won the other major 
domestic competition (The FA Cup) in 1980. In short we suck, hence 
the fervent support from the local population but nothing outside of 
that.

The team play in claret & Blue you can find their website at 
www.whufc.com

Their song is 'I'm forever blowing bubbles' can supply the words if 
needed (or even an mp3).

Rgds-

Mark 'The Happy Hammer'

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., irbohlen at e... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Jennifer" <jennifer.k at l...> wrote:
> > So,
> > Is it a real team?
> 
> yes.
> 
> > Where are they located? ("west ham" really doesn't tell me 
> anything)
> 
> in London.
> 
> > How long have they played?
> 
> don't know
> 
> > Where are their fans (for the most part) located? (might give 
> some 
> > eventually indications to where Dean lives)
> 
> Probably mostly London...although Manchester United have 
> loads of fans in Ireland, so I suppose it's possible West Ham 
> might have fans outside London.
> 
> > Is there any homepage of theirs?
> 
> http://www.whufc.com
> 
> Good luck.  I would guess that Dean is from London. And wasn't 
> it list consensus that Dean comes from a Muggle background, 
> some evidence for it being his support of West Ham?
> 
> Ivis