DO YOU KNOW THE BEST POSITION WEST HAM UNITED AS FINISHED IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE SINCE IT STARTED IN 1992/1993 SEASON?

Harry Redknapp

Since the formation of the English Premier League (EPL) in 1992/1993 season where they were relegated from the old first division at the end of the 1991/1992,the best finishing West Ham United had in the new format was in the 1997/1998 season under the management of the mercurial Harry Redknapp where they finished 5th. They are yet to win the league.

DO YOU KNOW THE ONLY CLUB WHERE FRANK LAMPARD PLAYED ON LOAN FOR WHILE AT BOYHOOD CLUB WEST HAM UNITED?

Frank Lampard Sr.

Frank Lampard

Frank Lampard who began his playing career with West Ham United in 1995 for whom his father Frank Lampard Sr. had also played, was sent on loan to Swansea City AFC for the 1995/1996 season where he made 9 appearances and scored a goal as a 17 year old.

DO YOU KNOW THE PLAYER WHO WON HIS FIRST FOUR CAPS FOR ENGLAND WHILST PLAYING FOR FOUR DIFFERENT CLUBS?

                                                 Scott Parker was the player who won his first four caps for England's Three Lions whilst playing for four different club sides which are Charlton Athletic in 2003, Chelsea FC in 2004, Newcastle United in 2006 and West Ham United in 2011.                   

DO YOU KNOW WHO WAS THE ONLY GOALKEEPER TO WIN THE PFA YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR?

 

Mervyn Day at 19 years old in the 1974/1975 old English Division One season for West Ham United, became the only goalkeeper to have won the PFA Young Player of the Year Award. Day also became the youngest goalkeeper ever to appear in an English FA Cup Final, in West Ham victory over Fulham FC in the same season.

 

DO YOU KNOW WHICH FOOTBALL CLUB EVERTON FC HAVE TAKEN THE MOST POINTS OFF DURING THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE ERA?

 

Everton have won 64 points against West Ham United with 18 wins and 10 draws in the 34 English Premier League (EPL) matches played from 1993/1994 to 2012/2013 seasons. 

The Toffees are one of seven teams to have played all 21 seasons of the EPL since its inception in August 1992 - the others being Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur.

DO YOU KNOW THE RECORD SIGNING OF WEST HAM UNITED?

Matt Jarvis

The record signing for West Ham United is Matt Jarvis who cost The Hammers a whopping £10 million from Wolverhampton Wanderers on August 24 2012 on a five year contract with an option for an additional year.   

Jarvis made his debut for West Ham United on August 25 2012 in a 3–0 away defeat to Swansea City AFC. He scored his first goal for the club on October 1 2012, opening the scoring in a 2-1 win away to Queens Park Rangers.

DO YOU KNOW THE CURRENT AND ONLY PLAYER IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE (EPL) NOT TO HAVE SCORED IN 11 YEARS OF COMPETITIVE FOOTBALL FOR HIS CLUB?

Tony Hibbert

Since Tony Hibbert made his first team début for Everton FC in a English Premier League (EPL) match against West Ham United on March 31, 2001, he has not scored a goal in 20,704 mins of EPL football - the most of all current outfield players in the division.

In addition, Hibbert has never scored in a competitive game during his professional career, and in December 2009, when Lloyd Doyley scored for Watford, he became the current player with the longest run of games without scoring. Alongside his commitment to the club, the goal drought has contributed to his cult hero status among Everton FC fans, to the extent that a banner reading "If Hibbert Scores, We Riot" was displayed at the 2009 English FA Cup semi-final. He eventually scored an indirect freekick goal in his Testimonial Game against AEK Athens of Greece at Goodison Park on August 8, 2012.

DO YOU KNOW THE FIRST PLAYER TO RECEIVE HIS FIRST FOUR FULL CAPS FOR ENGLAND'S THREE LIONS WHILST PLAYING FOR FOUR DIFFERENT CLUBS?

On February 9 2011, Scott Parker came on as a second half substitute for Frank Lampard in a friendly against Denmark to become the first player under Fabio Capello to receive his first four full caps whilst playing for four different clubs for the Three Lions of England. The clubs are Charlton Athletic, Chelsea FC, Newcastle United and West Ham United.

DO YOU KNOW THE PLAYER THAT WON THE FIFA FAIR PLAY AWARD IN 2001 FOR CATCHING THE BALL INSTEAD OF SHOOTING IN AN EPL MATCH AGAINST EVERTON?

In 2001 while he was with West Ham United, Italian striker Paolo Di Canio won the FIFA Fair Play Award. The previous December, in a match against Everton in the English Premier League (EPL), in a noteworthy display of sportsmanship.

Di Canio shunned a goal scoring opportunity and caught the ball from a cross instead as the Everton goalkeeper Paul Gerrard was lying injured on the ground after he twisted his knee attempting a clearance on the edge of the box. FIFA described the act as "a special act of good sportsmanship''.

DO YOU KNOW WHICH COUNTRY DEAN ASHTON MADE HIS ONLY FULL ENGLAND APPEARANCE?

On June 1st, 2008 against Trinidad and Tobago, Dean Ashton made his only full international for England's Three Lions in a 3-0 victory at Port of Spain under Italian gaffer, Fabio Capello.

He was highly praised as a talented centre forward, but had a career frustrated by injury. He retired on  December 11, 2009 aged 26, after failing to recover from a long-term ankle injury sustained during international duty with England with his last club West Ham United.

DID YOU KNOW THE THIRD HIGHEST INTERNATIONAL GOALSCORER FOR THE THREE LIONS OF ENGLAND?

Jimmy Greaves who won his first England cap on May 17, 1959 against Peru, scoring England's only goal in a 4-1 defeat. He went on to win 57 caps and became the third highest international goalscorer with 44 goals, which also makes him have the best goals to games ratio for the Three Lions, which is an average of one goal in every 1.3 games.  He is also the highest goalscorer in the history of Tottenham Hotspur and the highest goalscorer in the history of English top flight football with 357 goals for Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United.