2008–09 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United F.C.

2008–09 season
Chairman	Björgólfur Guðmundsson
Premier League	9th
FA Cup	Fifth Round Replay (vs Middlesbrough (a) 0-2)
League Cup	Third Round (vs Watford (a) 0-1)
Top goalscorer	Carlton Cole 10
Highest home attendance	34,802 (v Arsenal)
Lowest home attendance	10,055 (v Macclesfield)
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This article shows statistics of individual players for the football club West Ham United F.C. It also lists all matches that West Ham United F.C. has played in the 2008-09 season. There is also other information including stadium, kits and staff sections.

Contents 1 Events 2 Players 2.1 Squad information 2.1.1 Senior 2.2 Squad stats 2.3 Top scorers 2.4 Disciplinary record 2.5 Start formations 2.6 Most frequent start 2.7 Transfers & loans in / out 2.7.1 In 2.7.2 Out 3 Club 3.1 Management 3.2 Kit 3.3 Other information 4 Competitions 4.1 Overall 4.2 Premier League 4.2.1 Matches 4.2.2 Classification 4.2.3 Results summary 4.2.4 Results by round 5 Matches 5.1 First team 5.1.1 Competitive 5.2 Reserves 5.2.1 Matches 5.2.2 Stats 5.3 Under 18 5.3.1 Matches 5.3.2 Stats 5.4 Pre-season 5.4.1 First team 5.4.1.1 Matches 5.4.1.2 Stats 5.4.2 Reserves 5.4.2.1 Matches 5.4.2.2 Stats 6 External links 7 References

Events

• 26 May: Striker Freddie Sears scores both goals in a 2-0 win for England Under 19s against Poland U19s.^[1]
• 29 May: Midfielder Jack Collison makes his debut for Wales in a 1-0 away win against Iceland.^[2]
• 2 June: Striker Dean Ashton makes his England debut in a 3-0 win away to Trinidad and Tobago.^[3]
• 4 June: Dean Ashton signs a new five year contract with West Ham.^[4]
• 12 June: Midfielder Nolberto Solano becomes a free agent after his contract with West Ham expires.^[5]
• 27 June: Attacking Midfielder Freddie Ljungberg retires from playing international football for Sweden to concentrate on playing for West Ham.^[6]
• 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.^[7]
• 4 July: Czech Republic youth international Goalkeeper Marek Štěch signs a new five year contract with West Ham.^[8]
• 4 July: Iceland under-21 Defender Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson signs from HK for an undisclosed fee.^[9]
• 15 July: Striker Bobby Zamora and Defender John Paintsil join Fulham from West Ham for a combined fee of £ 6.3million.^[10]
• 21 July: Goalkeeper Richard Wright signs for Ipswich for £ 0.5million.^[11]
• 23 July: Swiss International Defender and Midfielder Valon Behrami signs from Lazio for £ 5million.^[12]
• 25 July: Despite a pair of goals from Dean Ashton, West Ham lose 3-2 in the Major League Soccer All-Star Game.^[13]
• 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.^[14]
• 4 August: West Ham sign Austrian Under 19 Midfielder Georg Grasser from Grazer AK for an undisclosed fee.^[14]
• 6 August: West Ham part company with Freddie Ljungberg on undisclosed terms by mutual consent.^[15]
• 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]
• 16 August: West Ham defeat Wigan Athletic in their first game of the Premier League season 2-1.^[17]
• 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.^[18]
• 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.^[19]
• 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.^[20]
• 27 August: Defender Anton Ferdinand completes an £ 8million move to Sunderland.^[21]
• 1 September: Left back George McCartney also signs for Sunderland in an £6 million deal.^[22]
• 1 September: Goalkeeper Robert Green and Centre Back Matthew Upson are named in the England squad to face Andorra and Croatia^[23]
• 2 September: Hungarian Under 19 Striker Bálint Bajner signs from Liberty Oradea on a season long loan.^[24]
• 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.^[25]
• 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.^[26]
• 3 September: Reserve team boss Kevin Keen is named as caretaker manager.^[27]
• 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."^[28]
• 5 September: West Ham sign Uruguay and former River Plate left back Walter López on a one year deal.^[29]
• 11 September: Gianfranco Zola is officially confirmed as West Ham's new manager.^[30]
• 15 September: Chelsea assistant manager Steve Clarke becomes first team coach at West Ham.^[31]
• 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 Tévez affair.^[32]
• 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.^[33]
• 5 October: Goalkeeper Robert Green and centre back Matthew Upson are selected in the England squad to face Kazakhstan and Belarus.^[34]
• 8 October: Winger Matthew Etherington is voted player of the month for September by users of whufc.com.^[35]
• 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.^[36]
• 11 October: Matthew Upson wins his tenth cap for England as they win 5-1 at home to Kazakhstan.^[37]
• 14 October: After a two-week trial, Spanish striker Diego Tristán signs on a one year deal.^[38]
• 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.^[39]
• 15 October: Australia captain Lucas Neill leads his team to a 4-0 home victory against Qatar.^[40]
• 15 October: Matthew Upson plays the full 90 minutes as England record a 3-1 win against Belarus.^[41]
• 8 January: Matthew Etherington signs for Stoke on a 3 and a half year deal for an undisclosed figure, thought to be around £3 million.^[42]
• 19 January: Craig Bellamy signs for Manchester City on a 4-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed figure, thought to be around £14 million.^[43]
• 22 January: Nigel Quashie is loaned to Wolves for the rest of the season.^[44]
• 26 January: Hayden Mullins signs for Portsmouth for an undisclosed fee, thought to be £2m, on a 3-and-a-half-year deal.^[45]
• 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.^{[citation needed]}
• 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.^{[citation needed]}
• 31 January: Julien Faubert is loaned to Real Madrid for the rest of the season with a view to a permanent move.^[46]
• 2 February: Calum Davenport is loaned to Sunderland for the rest of the season.^[47]
• 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.^{[citation needed]}
• 2 February: West Ham end a run of 8 unbeaten matches in all competitions, by losing to Manchester United 1-0 at Upton Park^{[citation needed]}
• 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.^{[citation needed]}
• 11 February: Highly-rated Republic of Ireland youth international striker Terry Dixon on a three-year contract. Dixon was released by Tottenham Hotspurs after hampering his potential with injuries.^{[citation needed]}
• 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.^{[citation needed]}
• 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.^{[citation needed]}
• 4 March: Welsh international Jack Collison gets injured playing against Wigan and is expected to be out for 6 to 8 weeks after dislocating his kneecap. It is hoped he could return before the end of the season.^{[citation needed]}
• 12 March: Highly-rated Czech Goalkeeper Marek Štěch joins Wycombe Wanderers on loan until the end of the season.^[48]

Players

Squad information

Senior

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	ENG	Green	28	EU	2006	86	0	2012	£2,000,000
23	GK	ENG	Walker	34	EU	2004	20	0		Bosman ruling
24	GK	CZE	Laštůvka	25	EU	2008	1	0	2009	Loaned
34	GK	CZE	Štěch	18	EU	2006	0	0	2013	Undisclosed
43	GK	ENG	Blackmore		EU	2008	0	0	2010	Youth system
2	RB	AUS	Neill (captain)	30	Non-EU	2007 (Winter)	68	1	2009	£1,500,000
18	RB	USA	Spector	22	Non-EU	2006	56	0	2010	£500,000
20	RB	FRA	Faubert	24	EU	2007	25	0	2012	£6,100,000
48	RB	ENG	Miller	18	EU	2008	0	0	2011	Youth system
4	CB	WAL	Gabbidon	28	EU	2005	75	0	2011	£3,500,000 combined
15	CB	ENG	Upson (VC)	29	EU	2007 (Winter)	54	1	2012	£6m
19	CB	WAL	Collins	24	EU	2005	48	2	2011	£3,500,000 combined
27	CB	ENG	Davenport	25	EU	2007 (Winter)	23	1	2010	£3,000,000
30	CB	ENG	Tomkins	19	EU	2005	6	0	2011	Youth system
36	CB	ISL	Eyjólfsson	17	Non-EU	2008	0	0		Undisclosed
44	CB	ENG	N'Gala	18	EU	2008	0	0	2011	Youth system
45	CB	ENG	Spence	18	EU	2007	0	0		Youth system
3	LB	COD	Ilunga	26	Non-EU	2008	14	0	2009	Loaned
5	LB	URU	López	22	Non-EU	2008	1	0	2009	Free agent
40	LB	ENG	Widdowson	19	EU	2008	0	0	2011	Youth system
7	RM	ENG	Dyer	29	EU	2007	3	0	2011	£6,000,000
21	RM	SUI	Behrami	23	Non-EU	2008	15	0	2013	£5,000,000
46	RM	ENG	Stanislas	18	EU	2008	0	0	2011	Youth system
8	CM	ENG	Parker	27	EU	2007	36	1	2012	£7,000,000
16	CM	ENG	Noble	21	EU	2003	85	7	2011	Youth system
17	CM	ENG	Mullins	29	EU	2003	207	7	2010	£800,000
22	CM	ENG	Stokes	21	EU	2005	1	0		Youth system
26	CM	SCO	Quashie	29	EU	2007 (Winter)	8	0	2010	£1,750,000
29	CM	ENG	Bowyer	31	EU	2006	60	5		Free
31	CM	WAL	Collison	19	EU	2007	8	1	2013	Youth system
13	LM	POR	Boa Morte	30	EU	2007 (Winter)	62	2	2010	£5,000,000
28	LM	ENG	Reid	20	EU	2004	9	1	2009	Youth system
9	CF	ENG	Ashton	24	EU	2006 (Winter)	56	20	2013	£7,000,000
10	CF	WAL	Bellamy	28	EU	2007	22	6	2012	£7,500,000
12	CF	ENG	Cole	24	EU	2006	73	12	2013	Undisclosed
25	CF	ESP	Tristán	32	EU	2008	2	0	2009	Free agent
32	CF	ITA	Di Michele	32	EU	2008	11	2	2009	Loaned
33	CF	ENG	Sears	18	EU	2007	19	1	2013	Youth system
41	CF	ENG	Hines	19	EU	2008	1	1	2011	Youth system
42	CF	ENG	Jeffery	18	EU	2008	0	0	2011	Youth system

Last updated: 20 December 2008
Source: whufc.com, players' Wikipedia articles, ESPN (for appearances and goals) and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport, contract ending and transfer fee)
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Squad stats

238				Total			Premier League		FA Cup		Football League Cup
No.	P	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK	ENG	Green	19	19		18				1
20	RB	FRA	Faubert	16	18		16				2
2	CB	AUS	Neill	17	17	1	16	1			1
15	CB	ENG	Upson	20	20		18				2
3	LB	COD	Ilunga	15	15		15
21	RM	SUI	Behrami	16	16	1	15	1			1
8	CM	ENG	Parker	16	17		16				1
16	CM	ENG	Noble	11	12	1	11	1			1
(11)	LM	ENG	Etherington	9	14	2	13	2			1
10	CF	WAL	Bellamy	11	14	2	14	2
12	CF	ENG	Cole	15	16	4	15	3			1	1
19	CB	WAL	Collins	8	8		8
17	CM	ENG	Mullins	7	16	1	14	1			2
27	CB	ENG	Davenport	7	7	1	6	1			1
32	FW	ITA	Di Michele	6	12	2	11	2			1
13	LM	POR	Boa Morte	5	14		12				2
33	CF	ENG	Sears	5	12		10				2
29	CM	ENG	Bowyer	5	7	1	6				1	1
9	CF	ENG	Ashton	5	5	2	4	2			1
31	CM	WAL	Collison	4	6	1	6	1
(3)	LB	NIR	McCartney	1	2		1				1
24	GK	CZE	Laštůvka	1	1						1
5	LB	URU	López	1	1						1
28	LM	ENG	Reid		2	1					2	1
25	CF	ESP	Tristán		2		2
41	CF	ENG	Hines		1	1					1	1
45	CB	ENG	Spence
30	CB	ENG	Tomkins
23	GK	ENG	Walker
40	LB	ENG	Widdowson
46	RM	ENG	Stanislas
		Own goals			1		1
4	CB	WAL	Gabbidon
7	RM	ENG	Dyer
18	RB	USA	Spector
22	CM	ENG	Stokes
26	CM	SCO	Quashie
34	GK	CZE	Štěch
36	CB	ISL	Eyjólfsson
42	CF	ENG	Jeffery
43	GK	ENG	Blackmore
44	CB	ENG	N'Gala
48	RB	ENG	Miller

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

Top scorers

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League Goals	FA Cup Goals	League Cup Goals	Total Goals
1		12	Carlton Cole	3		1	7
2		10	Craig Bellamy	2			2
=		9	Dean Ashton	2			2
=		32	David Di Michele	2			2
=		(11)	Matthew Etherington	2			2
6		2	Lucas Neill	1			1
=		16	Mark Noble	1			1
=		17	Hayden Mullins	1			1
=		27	Calum Davenport	1			1
=		31	Jack Collison	1			1
=		21	Valon Behrami	1			1
=		29	Lee Bowyer			1	1
=		41	Zavon Hines			1	1
=		28	Kyel Reid			1	1

Last updated: 20 December 2008
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name	Y	YY	R	Notes
12	CF	ENG	Cole			1
16	CM	ENG	Noble	3	1
8	CM	ENG	Parker	4
10	CF	WAL	Bellamy	3
20	RB	FRA	Faubert	2
2	CB	AUS	Neill	2
31	CM	WAL	Collison	2
13	LM	POR	Boa Morte	2
27	CB	ENG	Davenport	1
21	RM	SUI	Behrami	1
32	CF	ITA	Di Michele	1
3	LB	COD	Ilunga	1
19	CB	WAL	Collins	1
(11)	LM	ENG	Etherington	1
29	CM	ENG	Bowyer	1
17	CM	ENG	Mullins	1

Last updated: 1 December 2008
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches
Y = Number of bookings; YY = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; R = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
8	4-4-2	1-5, 16-18
9	4-3-3	6-12, 14-15
1	4-4-1-1	13

Last updated: 8 December 2008
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Most frequent start

No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 1 GK ENG Green 38 2 RB AUS Neill 34 19 CB WAL Collins 17 15 CB ENG Upson 37 3 LB COD Ilunga 35 21 RM SUI Behrami 24 8 CM ENG Parker 28 31 LM WAL Collison 16 16 CM ENG Noble 28 12 CF ENG Cole 26 32 CF ITA Di Michele 22

Green Neill Collins Upson Ilunga Behrami Parker Noble Collison Cole Di Michele

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).

Transfers & loans in / out

In

N	P	Name	EU	Country	Age	Type	Moving from	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
36	CB	Eyjólfsson	Non-EU	ISL	17	Transferred Y	HK	Summer		Undisclosed
	CF	Bajner	EU	HUN	17	Transferred Y	Liberty Oradea	Summer		Undisclosed
21	RB	Behrami	Non-EU	SUI	23	Transferred Y	Lazio	Summer		£ 5m
24	GK	Laštůvka	EU	CZE	25	Loaned Y	Shakhtar Donetsk	Summer	July 2009	N/A
	CM	Grasser	EU	AUT	17	Transferred Y	Grazer AK	Summer		Undisclosed
3	LB	Ilunga	Non-EU	COD	26	Loaned Y	Toulouse	Summer		N/A
32	CF	Di Michele	EU	ITA	32	Loaned Y	Torino	Summer		N/A
5	LB	López	Non-EU	URU	22	Transferred Y	River Plate	Summer		Free agent
25	CF	Tristán	EU	ESP	32	Transferred Y	Livorno			Free agent

Out

N	P	Name	EU	Country	Age	Status	Moving to	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
15	RM	Solano	Non-EU	PER	33	Transferred Y	Released	Summer	Free
25	CF	Zamora	EU	ENG	27	Transferred Y	Fulham	Summer	£4.8m
14	RB	Paintsil	Non-EU	GHA	24	Transferred Y	Fulham	Summer	£1.5m
21	GK	Wright	EU	ENG	30	Transferred Y	Ipswich Town	Summer	£0.5m
7	RM	Ljungberg	EU	SWE	31	Transferred Y	Released	Summer	Free
5	CB	Ferdinand	EU	ENG	23	Transferred Y	Sunderland	Summer	£8m
3	LB	McCartney	EU	NIR	27	Transferred Y	Sunderland	Summer	£6m
43	GK	Blackmore	EU	ENG	20	Loaned Y	Thurrock	Summer	N/A
42	CF	Jeffery	EU	ENG	18	Loaned Y	Leyton Orient		N/A
	CM	Payne	EU	ENG	17	Loaned Y	Cheltenham Town		N/A
26	CM	Quashie	EU	SCO	29	Loaned Y	Birmingham City		N/A
48	RB	Miller	EU	ENG	18	Loaned Y	Bishop's Stortford		N/A
44	CB	N'Gala	EU	ENG	18	Loaned Y	MK Dons		N/A
45	CB	Spence	EU	ENG	18	Loaned Y	Leyton Orient		N/A
28	LM	Reid	EU	ENG	20	Loaned Y	Blackpool		N/A
23	GK	Walker	EU	ENG	34	Loaned Y	Colchester United		N/A
30	CB	Tomkins	EU	ENG	19	Loaned Y	Derby County		N/A
46	RM	Stanislas	EU	ENG	18	Loaned Y	Southend		N/A
11	LM	Etherington	EU	ENG	26	Transferred Y	Stoke	Winter	Undisclosed

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.

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Gianfranco Zola
Assistant coach	Steve Clarke
First team coach	Kevin Keen
Goalkeeping coach	Luděk Mikloško
Fitness coach	Antonio Pintus
Reserve & Conditioning Coach	Alex Dyer
Director Of Youth Academy	Tony Carr
Chief scout	Roger Cross
Head of Sports Science	Nick Davies
Head of Physiotherapy	George Cooper
Reserve Team physiotherapist	Dave Singleton
Medical Officers	Ges Steinbergs MBBS, MRCGP
	Sean Howlett MBBS, MRCGP
Kit manager	Steve Rigby
Technical Director	Gianluca Nani

Last updated: 15 September 2008
Source: West Ham United F.C.#Current staff

Kit

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): SBOBET

Home

Away

Source: Wikipedia West Ham United Article

Other information

Chairman	Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Boleyn Ground (Upton Park) (35,146 / 112x72 yards)

Source: West Ham United F.C. article on 22 July 2008

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Premier League	—	8		16 August 2008	17 May 2009
FA Cup	3rd round	—	5th round	3 January 2009	25 February 2009
Football League Cup	2nd round	—	3rd round	27 August 2008	23 September 2008

Last updated: 22 March 2009
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Matches

• 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 Jaroslav 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)

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Fulham	37	14	11	12	39	32	+7	53	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
8	Tottenham Hotspur	37	14	9	14	44	42	+2	51
9	West Ham United	38	14	9	15	30	34	−4	51

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; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	11	8	11	35	35	0	41	7	2	5	19	16	+3	4	6	6	16	19	−3

Last updated: 21 March 2009
Source: Premier League 2008-09

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	D

Last updated: 21 March 2009.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

First team

Competitive

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
1	16 August 2008	Premier League	1	H	Wigan Athletic	2 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 BST 32,758 Steve Bennett                                               West Ham United  3'  10' Ashton Parker Davenport Wigan Athletic  47' Zaki
2	24 August 2008	Premier League	2	A	Manchester City	0 – 3	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 16:00 BST 36,635 Howard Webb                                               West Ham United Behrami Noble Manchester City  65' Sturridge  70'  76' Elano
3	27 August 2008	Football League Cup	2nd Round	H	Macclesfield Town	4 – 1 (aet)	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 BST 10,055 Clive Penton                                               West Ham United  74' Bowyer  100' Cole  105+1' Hines  117' K. Reid Boa Morte Macclesfield Town  5' Evans F. Green I. Reid Yeo
4	30 August 2008	Premier League	3	H	Blackburn Rovers	4 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 BST 32,905 Mike Riley                                               West Ham United  12' Davenport  20' o.g. Samba  90+3' Bellamy  90+5' Cole Bellamy Blackburn Rovers  22' Roberts Grella Roberts Emerton Nelsen Ooijer
5	13 September 2008	Premier League	4	A	West Bromwich Albion	2 – 3	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 BST 26,213 Lee Probert                                               West Ham United  29' Noble  35' Neill Di Michele West Brom  3' Morrison  37' (pen) Bednář  83' Brunt Kim
6	20 September 2008	Premier League	5	H	Newcastle United	3 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 BST 34,743 Phil Dowd                                               West Ham United  7'  36' Di Michele  52' Etherington Neill Newcastle United  66' Owen Taylor N'Zogbia
7	23 September 2008	Football League Cup	3rd Round	A	Watford	0 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 BST 12,914 Peter Walton                                               West Ham United Watford  70' o.g. Mullins Jenkins
8	27 September 2008	Premier League	6	A	Fulham	2 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 BST 23,946 Andre Marriner                                               West Ham United  43' Cole  45+1' Etherington Parker Fulham  66' (pen) Murphy Johnson Konchesky Murphy Hangeland
9	5 October 2008	Premier League	7	H	Bolton Wanderers	1 – 3	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 BST 33,715 Mike Dean                                               West Ham United  69' Cole Noble Faubert Bellamy Parker Bolton Wanderers  30' Davies  34' Cahill  86' Taylor Nolan Taylor O'Brien
10	19 October 2008	Premier League	8	A	Hull City	0 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 BST 24,896 Chris Foy                                               West Ham United Ilunga Hull City  51' Turner Zayatte Dawson
11	26 October 2008	Premier League	9	H	Arsenal	0 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 16:00 GMT 34,802 Phil Dowd                                               West Ham United Faubert Parker Cole Arsenal  75' (og.) Faubert  90' Adebayor Song Clichy Fàbregas
12	29 October 2008	Premier League	10	A	Manchester United	0 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:00 GMT 75,397 Peter Walton                                               West Ham United Collison Collins Manchester United  14',  30' Ronaldo Evra
13	1 November 2008	Premier League	11	A	Middlesbrough	1 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 25,164 Andre Marriner                                               West Ham United  21' Mullins Neill Collison Boa Morte Bellamy Middlesbrough  83' Mido Wheater Riggott Arca
14	8 November 2008	Premier League	12	H	Everton	1 – 3	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 33,961 Mark Halsey                                               West Ham United  63' Collison Etherington Everton  83' Lescott  85',  87' Saha Lescott
15	15 November 2008	Premier League	13	H	Portsmouth	0 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 32,328 Martin Atkinson                                               West Ham United Portsmouth Pamarot
16	23 November 2008	Premier League	14	A	Sunderland	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 16:00 GMT 35,222 Mike Dean                                               West Ham United  20' Behrami Bowyer Sunderland Reid Bardsley
17	1 December 2008	Premier League	15	A	Liverpool	0 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:00 GMT 41,169 Peter Walton                                               West Ham United Mullins Liverpool Alonso
18	8 December 2008	Premier League	16	H	Tottenham Hotspur	0 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:00 GMT 34,277 Chris Foy                                               West Ham United Behrami Noble Tottenham Hotspur  68' King  90' O'Hara
19	14 December 2008	Premier League	17	A	Chelsea	1 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 16:00 GMT 41,675 Mike Riley                                               West Ham United  33' Bellamy C. Cole Bellamy Chelsea  51' Anelka A Cole Mikel Ballack
20	20 December 2008	Premier League	18	H	Aston Villa	0 – 1	Kick off Attendance GMT 31,353                                               West Ham United Aston Villa
21	26 December 2008	Premier League	19	A	Portsmouth	1 – 4	Kick off Attendance GMT 20,102                                               West Ham United Portsmouth
22	28 December 2008	Premier League	20	H	Stoke City	2 – 1	Kick off Attendance GMT 20,102                                               West Ham United Stoke City
23	10 January 2009	Premier League	21	A	Newcastle United	2 – 2	Kick off Attendance GMT 20,102                                               West Ham United Newcastle United
24	18 January 2009	Premier League	22	H	Fulham	3 – 1	Kick off Attendance GMT 32m838                                               West Ham United Fulham
25	28 January 2009	Premier League	23	H	Hull City	2 – 0	Kick off Attendance GMT 34,340                                               West Ham United Hull City
26	28 January 2009	Premier League	24	A	Arsenal	0 – 0	Kick off Attendance GMT 60,109                                               West Ham United Arsenal
27	8 February 2009	Premier League	25	H	Manchester United	0 – 1	Kick off Attendance GMT 34,958                                               West Ham United Manchester United
28	21 February 2009	Premier League	26	A	Bolton Wanderers	1 – 2	Kick off Attendance GMT 21,245                                               West Ham United Bolton Wanderers
29	1 March 2009	Premier League	27	H	Manchester City	1 – 0	Kick off Attendance GMT 34,562                                               West Ham United Manchester City
30	3 March 2009	Premier League	28	A	Wigan Athletic	1 – 0	Kick off Attendance GMT 14,169                                               West Ham United Wigan Athletic

Last updated: 5 March 2009
Source: [1]
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.

Reserves

Matches

Match	Date	Competition or tour	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Scorers	GD
1	15 September 2008	FA Premier Reserve League South	A	Chelsea Reserves	0 - 2		-2
2	30 September 2008	FA Premier Reserve League South	H	West Bromwich Albion Reserves	4 - 3	Sears 4	1
3	7 October 2008	FA Premier Reserve League South	A	Fulham Reserves	1 - 4	Eyjolfsson	-3
4	21 October 2008	FA Premier Reserve League South	H	Arsenal Reserves	1 - 0	Stanislas	1
5	3 November 2008	FA Premier Reserve League South	A	Tottenham Reserves	0 - 2		-2
6	25 November 2008	FA Premier Reserve League South	H	Portsmouth Reserves	2 - 0	Di Michele, Reid	2

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

Stats

				Total			Premier Reserve League South		Reserve Friendly

Country	N	P	Name	GS	App		App		App		Notes
CZE	24	GK	Laštůvka	3	3		3
NIR		RB	O'Neill	3	4		4
ENG	27	CB	Davenport	3	3		3
ENG	44	CB	N'Gala	3	5		5
URU	5	LB	López	4	4		4
ENG	46	RM	Stanislas	4	4	1	4	1
WAL	31	CM	Collison	2	2		2
ENG		CM	Harvey	2	3		3
ENG	28	LM	Reid	4	4	1	4	1
ENG	22	CF	Stokes	5	6		6
ENG	33	CF	Sears	4	4	4	4	4
ENG	48	RB	Miller	3	3		3
ENG		LM	Edgar	2	3		3
ISL	35	CB	Eyjólfsson	2	2	1	2	1
CZE	34	GK	Štěch	2	2		2
WAL	19	CB	Collins	2	2		2
ENG	40	LB	Widdowson	2	2		2
45	DF	ENG	Spence	2	2		2
POR	13	LM	Boa Morte	2	2		2
25	CF	ESP	Tristán	2	2		2
ENG		CM	Lee	1	3		3
ENG		MF	Kearns	1	3		3
HUN		CF	Bajner	1	3		3
32	CF	ITA	Di Michele	1	1	1	1	1
CAN		GK	Street	1	1		1
ENG	30	CB	Tomkins	1	1		1
ENG	17	CM	Mullins	1	1		1
ENG	29	CM	Bowyer	1	1		1
ENG		CM	Payne	1	1		1
AUT		CM	Grasser	1	1		1
ENG		DF	Fry		1		1
ENG		FW	Montano		1		1
ENG		GK	Loveday
ENG		DF	Brown
ENG		DF	Brookes
SAU		FW	Abdulla

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.

Under 18

Matches

Match	Date	Competition or tour	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Scorers	GD
1	23 August 2008	Premier Academy League	H	Manchester United Under 18s	0 - 0		0
2	30 August 2008	Premier Academy League	A	Leeds United Under 18s	2 - 2	Payne, Edgar	0
3	6 September 2008	Premier Academy League	H	Reading Under 18s	1 - 1	Bajner	0
4	13 September 2008	Premier Academy League	H	Aston Villa Under 18s	3 - 0	Sears 2, Abdulla	3
5	20 September 2008	Premier Academy League	A	Birmingham Under 18s	0 - 2		-2
6	27 September 2008	Premier Academy League	H	Arsenal Under 18s	1 - 2	Edgar	-1
7	4 October 2008	Premier Academy League	A	Portsmouth Under 18s	0 - 2		-2
8	11 October 2008	Premier Academy League	H	Crystal Palace Under 18s	0 - 0		0
9	18 October 2008	Premier Academy League	H	Chelsea Under 18s	2 - 4	Abdulla, Hall	-2
10	1 November 2008	Premier Academy League	A	Southampton Under 18s	6 - 1	Kearns, Bajner 3, Lee, Edgar	5
11	8 November 2008	Premier Academy League	H	Ipswich Under 18s	2 - 4	Edgar, Bajner	-2
12	16 November 2008	Premier Academy League	A	Charlton Athletic F.C. Under 18s	1 - 2	Christie o.g.	-1
13	22 November 2008	Premier Academy League	A	Fulham Under 18s	2 - 0	Edgar, Bajner	2
14	2 December 2008	FA Youth Cup 3rd round	A	Nottingham Forest Under 18s	1 - 3	Abdulla	-2

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

Stats

				Total			Premier Academy League		FA Youth Cup

Country	N	P	Name	GS	App		App		App		Notes
CAN		GK	Street	12	12		11		1
ENG		RB	Brookes	8	9		8		1
ENG		CB	McNaughton	8	10		9		1
ENG		CB	Fry	14	14		13		1
ENG		LB	Brown	11	13		12		1
NIR		RM	Kearns	12	13	1	12	1	1
ENG		CM	Lee	14	14	1	13	1	1
ENG		CM	Okus	7	10		9		1
ENG		LM	Edgar	14	14	5	13	5	1
SAU		CF	Abdulla	12	14	3	13	2	1	1
HUN		CF	Bajner	8	10	6	9	6	1
AUT		CM	Grasser	5	12		11		1
ENG		CM	Payne	5	5	1	5	1
ENG		CF	Montano	4	9		8		1
ISL	35	DF	Eyjólfsson	4	4		4
ENG	48	RB	Miller	3	3		3
POL		RB	Modelski	2	4		3		1
ENG	44	DF	N'Gala	2	2		2
ENG		DF	O'Neill	2	2		2
ENG		CF	Hall	1	4	1	4	1
ENG		MF	Barrett	1	3		3
CZE	34	GK	Štěch	1	2		2
ENG	33	FW	Sears	1	1	2	1	2
ENG		GK	Loveday	1	1		1
ENG	45	RB	Spence	1	1		1
ENG		MF	Harvey	1	1		1
ENG		MF	Driver
ENG		MF	Mehmet
ENG		DF	Ashman
ENG		FW	Subuola

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.

Pre-season

First team

Matches

Match	Date	Competition or tour	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Scorers	GD
1	17 Jul 2008	Friendly	A	Hampton & Richmond	4 - 2	Bellamy 37' & 60', Noble 41', Hines 81'	2
2	20 Jul 2008	Friendly	A	Columbus Crew	3 - 1	Ashton 6', Evans og 26', Reid 53'	2
3	24 Jul 2008	Major League Soccer All-Star Game	A	Major League All Stars	2 - 3	Ashton 26' & 67'	-1
4	29 Jul 2008	Friendly	A	Peterborough United	2 - 0	Bellamy 3' & 42'	2
5	1 Aug 2008	Friendly	A	Southampton	2 - 2	Davenport 45', Hines 65'	0
6	4 Aug 2008	Friendly	A	Ipswich Town	5 - 3	Ashton 4', 57' & 74', Bellamy 10', Noble 79'	2
7	9 Aug 2008	The Bobby Moore Cup	H	Villarreal	1 - 1	Cole 1'	0

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

				Total			Friendly		Reserve Friendly

Country	N	P	Name	GS	App		App		App		Notes
ENG	1	GK	Green	6	6		6
AUS	2	FB	Neill	7	7		7
ENG	5	CB	Ferdinand	5	6		6
ENG	27	CB	Davenport	5	6	1	6	1
ENG	40	LB	Widdowson	6	9		6		3
FRA	20	RM	Faubert	5	6		6
ENG	8	CM	Parker	6	7		7
ENG	16	CM	Noble	5	6	2	6	2
ENG	28	LM	Reid	4	7	1	7	1
WAL	10	CF	Bellamy	5	5	5	5	5
ENG	9	CF	Ashton	5	5	6	5	6
ENG	12	CF	Cole	4	6	1	6	1
SUI	21	RB	Behrami	4	4		4
ENG	6	CB	Upson	5	5		4		1
ENG	17	CM	Mullins	4	6		5		1
ENG	11	LM	Etherington	4	4		3		1
CZE	34	GK	Štěch	3	5		3		2
WAL	14	LB	Thatcher	2	2		1		1
ENG	46	MF	Stanislas	3	10	1	6		4	1
WAL	31	CM	Collison	3	8	1	5		3	1
ENG	22	MF	Stokes	1	7		4		3
ENG	41	CF	Hines	4	7	5	3	2	4	3
ENG	23	GK	Walker	1	3		2		1
ENG	45	DF	Spence	4	6		2		4
ENG	33	CF	Sears	3	5	1	2		3	1
ENG	48	RB	Miller	3	5		1		4
ENG	44	CB	N'Gala	3	5		1		4
POR	13	LM	Boa Morte	1	2	1	1		1	1
ENG	29	MF	Bowyer	2	3		1		2
			Own goals			2		1		1
USA	18	RB	Spector
WAL	4	CB	Gabbidon
WAL	19	CB	Collins
ENG	30	CB	Tomkins
NIR	3	LB	McCartney
ENG	32	RM	Dyer
SCO	26	CM	Quashie

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.

Reserves

Matches

Match	Date	Competition or tour	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Scorers	GD
1	19 Jul 2008	West Ham Reserve XI Friendly	A	Billericay Town	1 - 0	Hines 70'	1
2	26 Jul 2008	West Ham Reserve XI Friendly	A	Thurrock	3 - 0	Hines 15', Sears 51', Clark og 64'	3
3	30 Jul 2008	West Ham Reserve XI Friendly	A	Cambridge United	0 - 0		0
4	2 Aug 2008	West Ham Reserve XI Friendly	A	Grays Athletic	1 - 2	Hines 37'	-1
5	5 Aug 2008	West Ham Reserve XI Friendly	A	Bishop's Stortford	2 - 0	Collison 3', Boa Morte 20'	2
6	11 Aug 2008	West Ham Reserve XI Friendly	A	Tilbury	3 - 0	Jeffrey 38', Stanislas 64', Edgar 82'	3

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

				Total			Reserve Friendly		Friendly

Country	N	P	Name	GS	App		App		App		Notes
CZE	34	GK	Štěch	2	5		2		3
ENG	48	RB	Miller	3	5		4		1
ISL	35	CB	Eyjólfsson	4	5		5
ENG	45	CB	Spence	4	6		4		2
NIR		LB	O'Neill	3	5		5
WAL	31	MF	Collison	3	8	1	3	1	5
ENG	46	MF	Stanislas	3	10	1	4	1	6
ENG		MF	Payne	3	5		5
ENG		MF	Harvey	3	5		5
ENG	41	CF	Hines	4	7	5	4	3	3	2
ENG	42	CF	Jeffery	5	6	1	6	1
ENG	44	CB	N'Gala	3	5		4		1
ENG	33	CF	Sears	3	5	1	3	1	2
ENG		LM	Edgar	2	4	1	4	1
ENG	40	LB	Widdowson	2	9		3		6
ENG		CB	Brookes	2	2		2
ENG	29	MF	Bowyer	2	3		2		1
ENG		RM	Kearns	1	4		4
ENG	22	RM	Stokes	1	7		3		4
ENG		CM	Lee	1	3		3
CAN		GK	Street	1	2		2
POR	13	LM	Boa Morte	1	2	1	1	1	1
ENG	43	GK	Blackmore	1	1		1
ENG		LB	Brown	1	1		1
ENG	6	CB	Upson	1	5		1		4
ENG	23	GK	Walker	1	3		1		2
ENG	11	LM	Etherington	1	4		1		3
CYP		CF	Konstantinou	1	1		1
WAL	14	LB	Thatcher	1	2		1		1
ENG	17	CM	Mullins	1	6		1		5
CZE	24	GK	Laštůvka	1	1		1
HUN		CF	Bajner	1	1		1
ENG		FW	Abdulla		2		2
ENG		FW	Okus		1		1
ENG		CF	Montano		1		1
ENG		RB	McNaughton		1		1
ENG		DF	Fry		1		1
CZE		GK	Miklosko
ENG		GK	Loveday
			Own goals			2		1		1

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.

External links

• West Ham United FC official website
• West Ham United FC on Soccerbase

References

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