"also scored his first West Ham goal. Sakho was sent-off in the 14th minute for violent conduct and there was a first full start for Josh Cullen and a first team debut for Amos Nasha. In the second qualifying round, West Ham were drawn against Maltese side Birkirkara, who had beaten Armenian side Ulisses in the first round. Having played with several youth team players in the first leg, manager Slaven Bilić brought in more first-team players for the second round, including captain Kevin Nolan, Mark Noble, Winston Reid and Aaron Cresswell. Although they dominated possession, West Ham had to"
"helped to improve the team from their 10th-place finish the season and then to a sixth-placed finish in the 2014–15 season, along with a London FA Capital Women's Cup Final date against Charlton Athletic Ladies. In March 2015, John Hunt and his son Stephen Hunt were appointed Joint Chairman. On 5 June 2015 the club announced the creation of the West Ham Ladies Learning Academy. In July 2015, Marc Nurse became manager replacing ex-professional footballer Julian Dicks, who was promoted to work with the men's first team. Under Nurse, West Ham go on to finish 10th for the 2015/16 season."
"the referee. Beşiktaş President Fikret Orman announced on 21 May 2015 that Bilić would leave the club at the end of the 2014–15 season. Bilić was appointed manager of English Premier League club West Ham United on 9 June 2015 on a three-year contract. In his first Premier League game on 9 August, his team beat Arsenal 2–0 at the Emirates Stadium. Three weeks later, he became the first manager to lead West Ham to victory against Liverpool at Anfield since 1963. On 19 September, Bilić led West Ham to a third successive away win 1–2 against Manchester City. It"
"in June 2011, leading the club to promotion out of the Championship via the play-offs in 2012, before leaving West Ham in May 2015 after criticism from fans over his playing style. He was appointed Sunderland manager in October 2015 and saved the club from relegation. He was appointed as manager of the English national team for a brief spell in July 2016, before taking charge at Crystal Palace five months later. After helping Palace to avoid relegation that season, he announced his resignation in May 2017. He took charge at Everton in November 2017 and remained in charge for"
"Nolan joined West Ham United on a five-year contract, joining up again with Sam Allardyce, his former manager at Bolton. He was appointed captain soon after his arrival and led the team to an instant return to the Premier League. Nolan left West Ham United by mutual consent in August 2015, and the following January he took over as player-manager at Leyton Orient, losing his managerial role in April. In January 2017, he took the same position at Notts County. On 26 August 2018, Nolan parted company with Notts County. Born on 24 June 1982 in Liverpool, Merseyside, Nolan was"
"2014–15 West Ham United F.C. season The 2014–15 season was West Ham Uniteds third campaign in the Premier League since being promoted in the 2011–12 season. It was West Ham's 19th Premier League campaign overall. As well as competing in the Premier League, West Ham took part in the FA Cup and the League Cup entering at the third and second rounds respectively. Sam Allardyce started his fourth full season as West Ham manager, with Kevin Nolan captaining the team for the fourth year. It was to be their penultimate season playing at the Boleyn Ground before moving to the"
"League season, Moyes resigned as Sunderland manager. Moyes was appointed manager of London club West Ham United on 7 November 2017, with the team in the relegation zone. Moyes marked his first game in charge of West Ham, and his 500th Premier League game, with a 2–0 loss away to Watford on 19 November. On 9 December, he won as Hammers manager for the first time, Marko Arnautović scoring the only goal of a win over reigning champions Chelsea at the London Stadium. On 13 January 2018, West Ham registered a 4-1 win away to Huddersfield, which became Moyes's 200th"
"reached the semi-final of the same competition. After completing a report to the club's board of directors, which contained recommendations needed to ""push [the Academy] to the next level"", Westley left the club by mutual consent in February 2011. In July 2014 Westley became academy director at West Ham United, replacing long-term incumbent, Tony Carr. Terry Westley Terry Westley (born 18 September 1959) is an association football coach and manager. Until 2011 he was the Academy Director at Birmingham City and in July 2014 he was appointed to a similar role with West Ham United. He has had brief spells"
"sixth recipient of the award, in April 2018. The 2019 honour was awarded to midfielder Ronnie Boyce who made his debut for West Ham in 1960. Staff and directors Coaching staff West Ham have had 17 permanent managers in their history and an additional three caretaker managers. Manuel Pellegrini was appointed as West Ham's 17th permanent manager on 22 May 2018. As of 15 December 2018, Pellegrini has the best win percentage of the club's permanent managers (45.00%) and the best Premier League win percentage of the club's Premier League era managers (41.18%). In January 2010, David Sullivan and David"
"with a 4–2 home win over fourth placed Tottenham Hotspur. 11 May: Gianfranco Zola is sacked after less than two years as manager of West Ham United. However, Steve McClaren, the former Middlesbrough and England manager whose name had been linked with the West Ham job amid previous speculation about Zola's future, is ruled out as a successor after ending his two-year spell at FC Twente of the Netherlands and accepting an offer to manage German side VfL Wolfsburg. A London-based manager makes the headlines for the right reasons as the League Managers Association votes Fulham's Roy Hodgson as manager"
"attacking playing style"" or ""the statistics [that] show the progress that West Ham have made in the last few months."" Allardyce was awarded the Premier League Manager of the Month for October 2014 after three wins for West Ham out of four games played that month. Allardyce left West Ham on 24 May 2015, the final day of the season, after his contract was not renewed. Allardyce stated that ""I didn't want to stay. I suppose you could say it was mutual if they didn't want me to stay either"". His West Ham side had finished 12th in the 2014–15"
"July 2013. On 19 June 2014, Dicks was appointed as a new manager of the West Ham United Ladies. His first competitive game was against Spurs Ladies. He helped to improve the team from their 10th-place finish that season and then to a sixth-placed finish in the 2014-15 season, along with a London FA Capital Women's Cup Final date against Charlton Athletic Ladies which West Ham ladies lost 5-0. On 29 June 2015, Dicks was appointed first-team coach for his former team, West Ham United, under new manager and former teammate, Slaven Bilic. In June 2016, Dicks signed a contract"
"the FA Cup and League Cup, entering at the third round in the FA Cup and the second round in the EFL Cup. On 7 November 2017 David Moyes was appointed manager on a six-month contract. West Ham were eighteenth in the Premier Division at the time on nine points having played eleven games. West Ham arranged six pre-season friendlies, beginning against Sturm Graz II on 17 July 2017 in Bad Waltersdorf, Austria, before facing fellow London side Fulham on 20 July in Graz. West Ham then travelled to Germany, where they faced Werder Bremen in a two-legged tie over"
"same move by first team manager David Moyes. Woods retained his position when Moyes was sacked, in April 2014, but was replaced by Frans Hoek, when Moyes' permanent successor, Louis van Gaal, was appointed. In June 2015 he became goalkeeping coach at West Ham United. He left the role in May 2018 following the appointment of new manager, Manuel Pellegrini. Parallel to being a club coach, in 2011 Woods was employed by the United States men's national soccer team, linking up with Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard. Nottingham Forest Norwich City Rangers Chris Woods Christopher Charles Eric Woods (born 14 November"
"Manuel Pellegrini Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti (; ; born 16 September 1953) is a Chilean professional football manager and former footballer, who is the manager of Premier League club West Ham United. As a coach, he has managed teams in Spain, England, Argentina, Chile, China and Ecuador. A qualified civil engineer and former footballer, after retiring as a player, he moved into coaching in his native Chile and subsequently Argentina. Pellegrini has won national leagues in four countries. Pellegrini moved to Europe in 2004 to take the manager's post at Villarreal, a club near Valencia. Under Pellegrini, Villarreal achieved a"
"appearances he made. On 26 May 2017, Zabaleta signed for Premier League club West Ham United on a free transfer, agreeing to a two-year contract. He was given number five as his squad number. On 22 May 2018, Manuel Pellegrini was confirmed as manager of West Ham United, reuniting him with his former manager at Manchester City. At the age of 14, Zabaleta was called up by Hugo Tocalli to the Argentina under-15 squad. He took part in many youth tournaments, including the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2003 and 2005, winning the latter in the Netherlands. He received over"
"ever manager. West Ham won the match 1–0 to reach their first FA Cup Final since 1980 when Lyall was their manager. On 5 December 2007 it was announced that the Heritage Foundation charity would be erecting a blue plaque in Lyall's memory at West Ham's Upton Park ground on 20 January 2008. In December 2009, West Ham renamed the main gates to Upton Park, The John Lyall Gates. West Ham announced in May 2015, that as part of their relocation to the Olympic Stadium in 2016, the gates would be relocated to the new site. West Ham United Ipswich"
"later. He was appointed as manager of West Ham United in November 2017 and led the club to a 13th-place finish, with his contract expiring at the end of the season. Born in Glasgow, Moyes started his career at Icelandic club ÍBV, playing half a season with the youth team in 1978. Moyes enjoyed a career that encompassed playing at a number of different clubs, usually as a centre-half, beginning at Celtic, where he won a championship medal and made 24 league appearances, and ending with Preston North End. As a player with Cambridge United, Moyes received abuse from teammate"
"on a three-year contract. After Kevin Nolan left West Ham on 27 August 2015, Mark Noble was the current captain. It was their last season playing at the Boleyn Ground before moving to the Olympic Stadium for the start of the 2016–17 season. The Boleyn Ground was sold to the Galliard group in 2014. A new commemorative, first-team kit was introduced for the season inspired by the kit worn for West Ham's first season at the Boleyn Ground, the 1904–05 season. West Ham finished the season in 7th place with 62 points, a record number for the team in the"
"guided the team to a play-off place with a sixth-place finish, before they were beaten by Southend United 4–2 on aggregate in the semi-finals after conceding two goals in extra-time of the second leg fixture at Roots Hall. On 21 May 2015, Westley was replaced as manager by ex-England striker Teddy Sheringham. In September 2015, Westley was appointed manager of League One club Peterborough United. He was named as League One Manager of the Month for November 2015 after his team secured 12 points and 14 goals from four league games, which earned him praise for his side's open, attacking"
"Premier League. Their top scorer was Dimitri Payet with 12 goals in all competitions. On 30 July 2015, West Ham announced new squad numbers for the 2015–16 season. 2015–16 West Ham United F.C. season The 2015–16 season was West Ham Uniteds fourth campaign in the Premier League since being promoted in the 2011–12 season. It was West Ham's 20th Premier League campaign overall. As well as competing in the Premier League, West Ham United took part in the FA Cup and League Cup, entering at the third round in both competitions. As a result of topping the fair play table"
"Terry Westley Terry Westley (born 18 September 1959) is an association football coach and manager. Until 2011 he was the Academy Director at Birmingham City and in July 2014 he was appointed to a similar role with West Ham United. He has had brief spells as manager at Luton Town in 1995 and Derby County in 2006. Westley previously worked at Rushden & Diamonds, Ipswich Town, Charlton Athletic, Luton Town and Derby County. At these clubs he was responsible for developing young players, who included Matthew Upson, Kieron Dyer, Richard Wright, Titus Bramble and Kevin Lisbie. At Derby, he oversaw"
"Wembley Stadium. Sam Allardyce was appointed as the club's new manager on 1 June 2011, after predecessor Avram Grant was sacked following the club's relegation with a 2-3 defeat at Wigan Athletic. West Ham finished the league campaign in third, after being beaten to automatic promotion by Southampton on the final day of the season, despite a 2-1 win against Hull City. This meant that West Ham faced Cardiff City in the semi-finals of the play-offs, with the Hammers comfortably beating the Bluebirds 5-0 on aggregate. West Ham then sealed their promotion back to the Premier League at the first"
"remainder of the 2014-15 season. On 9 November 2015, Curbishley took charge of Fulham's first-team training following the sacking of Symons. West Ham United Birmingham City Charlton Athletic Brighton & Hove Albion Charlton Athletic Individual Alan Curbishley Llewellyn Charles ""Alan"" Curbishley (born 8 November 1957) is an English former football player and manager. He played as a midfielder for West Ham United, Birmingham City, Aston Villa, Charlton Athletic and Brighton & Hove Albion and has worked in the Premier League in management roles at Charlton Athletic and West Ham United. In December 2013 he was appointed technical director at Fulham"
"months earlier. He was replaced as Wigan Athletic manager by Malky Mackay and then Gary Caldwell as the season ended with relegation. On 20 May 2015, he was appointed as the head coach of Championship side Leeds United on a two-year deal. He had rejected a job offer from 1860 München in February 2015 in hopes of landing another job in England. As part of his backroom staff, he was joined at Leeds by assistant head coach Rob Kelly, goalkeeper coach Richard Hartis and first team coach Julian Darby. On 8 August, on the opening day of the Football League"
"2015, following the appointment of manager Sam Allardyce. He was put in caretaker charge of the team, jointly with Billy McKinlay, in November 2017. After one game in charge, a 1–0 loss against Middlesbrough on 5 November, McKinlay left Sunderland to take a coaching position at West Ham United. Stockdale then oversaw the team as sole caretaker manager for another game, a 2–2 home draw against Millwall on 17 November. Chris Coleman was then appointed manager and Stockdale remained as first team coach. Sunderland were relegated to League One at the end of the 2017–18 season, and Coleman was sacked"
"Husillos joined Málaga CF, then managed by Manuel Pellegrini, as sporting director, with a contract that ran until June 2013. In December 2013, he returned for a second spell in the role. He returned to Málaga, again as sporting director, in October 2017. He came in for criticism for his transfer selections in a season that ended in relegation to the Segunda Division. He left the role on 8 June 2018. The following week, he was appointed director of football for English Premier League club West Ham United. Husillos has worked as a commentator for Punto Radio and written a"
"Alan Pardew Alan Scott Pardew (born 18 July 1961) is an English football manager and former professional footballer. Pardew's highest achievements in the sport include reaching the FA Cup Final three times, as a player with Crystal Palace in 1990 and as a manager with West Ham United in 2006 and in 2016 when his Crystal Palace side lost to Manchester United. He has also achieved promotion three times in his career, as a player with Palace and as a manager with Reading and West Ham. He managed Newcastle United from 2010 to 2014. As manager of Newcastle, Pardew won"
"West Ham were in talks with Alan Curbishley, who played for the Hammers between 1975 and 1979. Former West Ham player and Charlton Athletic manager Alan Curbishley officially took over the vacant West Ham job on 13 December 2006, just 48 hours after Pardew had been sacked by new chairman Eggert Magnússon. Curbishley had been the odds-on favourite for the West Ham job straight after Pardew's departure, so it came as no surprise that Curbishley was unveiled at a press conference on 13 December. Curbishley served as manager of local rivals Charlton for 15 years leading up to May 2006."
"he resigned on 29 November 2015, following a 0–1 away defeat to Sevilla FC. On 1 June 2016, Espírito Santo signed a two-year contract with Porto, replacing former head coach José Peseiro. The following 22 May, however, after a season completely devoid of silverware which included a second place in the league, he was relieved of his duties. On 31 May 2017, Espírito Santo was named as the new head coach of English Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers, signing a three-year deal. He was voted the competition's Manager of the Month in November as his team won all four of their"
"West Ham United. On 2 June 2015, McDonald was appointed as manager of Blackpool on a rolling one-year contract, leaving the post on 18 May 2016. He was previously assistant manager of English League One side Scunthorpe United. McDonald started his playing career at his local youth team Wallsend Boys Club before joining Carlisle United as a schoolboy, where he represented England at schoolboy level. He then joined Newcastle United as an apprentice where he went on to play over 200 league and cup games. He also was an England Youth and England under 21 international while at St. James'."
"lost in a season with eight and the fewest away defeats with five. Following Manchester United's win in the 2016 FA Cup Final, West Ham took their UEFA Europa League place and qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. For the second season in a row they were eliminated in the qualifying rounds by Romanian side, FC Astra Giurgiu. In his second season in charge West Ham finished 11th in the Premier League in a challenging debut season at the London Stadium following the acrimonious departure of star player, Dimitri Payet. After a run of"
"they were in third place in the Premier League. Highlights in the early months had included victories against both the previous season's champions, Manchester City, and runners-up, Liverpool. In the second half of the season, however, the club's form deteriorated, with Allardyce receiving criticism for the team's performances. In February 2015, the side exited the FA Cup in the fifth round following a 4–0 away defeat to West Brom. The season ended with West Ham in 12th position with 47 points. The top scorer was Diafra Sakho, with 12 goals in all competitions. Three minutes after the end of the"