DG research shows Irons League status over seven decades

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gold-david-gold-west-ham-co-owner-july-2014_3179990 David Gold has sent a reminder to his relentless critics on Twitter that Rome wasn’t built in a day and nor will West Ham go to the next level overnight.

He’s buried himself into some heavy research centred on Hammers finishing positions over his 70 years as a fan of the club and come up with an averaged finishing position over seven decades .

And what he’s turned up is an averaged Irons league position over that period taking in their time in the old Division Ones and Twos and latterly the Premier League and Championship during the club’s time at the Boleyn.

Speaking exclusively to CandH he said: “There are some who have told me in tweets that they would sooner have stayed at the old ground and be a Championship club which is thinking I can’t begin to understand despite my love for Upton Park.”

With a little help from ourselves the stats were dug out and show that over that 70 years the Irons have spent 30 seasons in the old Division One, 19 in Division Two, 19 in the Premier and two in the Championship.

And the most important stat is that over those season’s with variations made for the lower divisions the Hammers finish with an average league position of approximately 16th.

Gold said: “That is what we were at Upton Park and the move is the first phase in stepping up was to move to the London Stadium. There has been criticism that we aren’t moving forward.

“Well we haven’t been there a season yet so lets’ get a perspective on this thing. Many of the big clubs don’t finish in the position to equal their massive spends – that’s football…money doesn’t automatically buy success.

“But we plan to move forward and that why we are where we are!”

N/A									R4				Almer Hall
1946–47	Div 2	42	16	8	18	70	76	40	12th	R3				Frank Neary
1947–48		42	16	14	12	55	53	44	6th	R3				Eric Parsons
1948–49		42	18	10	14	56	58	46	7th	R3				Ken Wright
1949–50		42	12	12	18	53	61	36	19th	R4				Bill Robinson
1950–51		42	16	10	16	68	69	42	13th	R4				Bill Robinson
1951–52		42	15	11	16	67	78	41	12th	R4				Bert Hawkins
1952–53		42	13	13	16	58	60	39	14th	R3				Fred Kearns
1953–54		42	15	9	18	67	69	39	13th	R4				Tommy Dixon
1954–55		42	18	10	14	74	70	46	8th	R3				John Dick
1955–56		42	14	11	17	74	69	39	16th	QF				Billy Dare
1956–57		42	19	8	15	59	63	46	8th	R4				John Dick
1957–58		42	23	11	8	101	54	57	1st	R5
1958–59	Div 1	42	21	6	15	85	70	48	6th	R3
1959–60		42	16	6	20	75	91	38	14th	R3				Malcolm Musgrove
1960–61		42	13	10	19	77	88	36	16th	R3	R2			John Dick
1961–62		42	17	10	15	76	82	44	8th	R3	R2			John Dick
1962–63		42	14	12	16	73	69	40	12th	QF	R2			Geoff Hurst
1963–64		42	14	12	16	69	74	40	14th	W	SF			Johnny Byrne
1964–65		42	19	4	19	82	71	42	9th	R4	R2	Charity Shield	Shared
1964–65		42	19	4	19	82	71	42	9th	R4	R2	Cup Winners’ Cup	W
1965–66		42	15	9	18	70	83	39	12th	R4	R/U	Cup Winners’ Cup	SF	Geoff Hurst
1966–67		42	14	8	20	80	84	36	16th	R3	SF
1967–68		42	14	10	18	73	69	38	12th	R5	R4
1968–69		42	13	18	11	66	50	44	8th	R5	R3
1969–70		42	12	12	18	51	60	36	17th	R3	R3
1970–71		42	10	14	18	47	60	34	20th	R3	R3
1971–72		42	12	12	18	47	51	36	14th	R5	SF			Clyde Best
1972–73		42	17	12	13	67	53	46	6th	R4	R3			Pop Robson
1973–74		42	11	15	16	55	60	37	18th	R3	R2			Billy Bonds Clyde Best
1974–75		42	13	13	16	58	59	39	13th	W	R3			Billy Jennings
1975–76		42	13	10	19	48	61	36	18th	R3	R4	Charity Shield	R/U	Alan Taylor
1975–76		42	13	10	19	48	61	36	18th	R3	R4	Cup Winners’ Cup	R/U	Alan Taylor
1976–77		42	11	14	17	46	65	36	17th	R4	R4			Pop Robson
1977–78		42	12	8	22	52	69	32	20th	R4	R2
1978–79	Div 2	42	18	14	10	70	39	50	5th	R3	R2
1979–80		42	20	7	15	54	43	47	7th	W	QF			David Cross
1980–81		42	28	10	4	79	29	66	1st	R3	R/U	Charity Shield	R/U
1980–81		42	28	10	4	79	29	66	1st	R3	R/U	Cup Winners’ Cup	QF
1981–82	Div 1	42	14	16	12	66	57	58	9th	R4	R3
1982–83		42	20	4	18	68	62	64	8th	R3	QF			Paul Goddard François Van der Elst
1983–84		42	17	9	16	60	55	60	9th	R5	R4			Tony Cottee
1984–85		42	13	12	17	51	68	51	16th	QF	R3			Tony Cottee
1985–86		42	26	6	10	74	40	84	3rd	QF	R3			Frank McAvennie
1986–87		42	14	10	18	52	67	52	15th	QF	R5			Tony Cottee
1987–88		40	9	15	16	40	52	42	16th	R4	R3			Tony Cottee
1988–89		38	10	8	20	37	62	38	19th	QF	SF			Leroy Rosenior
1989–90	Div 2	46	20	12	14	80	57	72	7th	R3	SF			Julian Dicks
1990–91	Div 2	46	24	15	7	60	34	87	2nd	SF	R3			Trevor Morley
1991–92	Div 1	42	9	11	22	37	59	38	22nd	R5	R4			Mike Small
1992–93	Div 1	46	26	10	10	81	41	88	2nd	R4	R2			Trevor Morley
1993–94	Prem	42	13	13	16	47	58	52	13th	QF	R3			Trevor Morley
1994–95		42	13	11	18	44	48	50	14th	R4	R4			Tony Cottee
1995–96		38	14	9	15	43	52	51	10th	R4	R3			Tony Cottee
1996–97		38	10	12	16	39	48	42	14th	R3	R4			Paul Kitson Julian Dicks
1997–98		38	16	8	14	56	57	56	8th	QF	QF			John Hartson
1998–99		38	16	9	13	46	53	57	5th	R3	R2			Ian Wright
1999–00		38	15	10	13	52	53	55	9th	R3	QF	Intertoto Cup	W	Paolo Di Canio
1999–00		38	15	10	13	52	53	55	9th	R3	QF	UEFA Cup	R2	Paolo Di Canio
2000–01		38	10	12	16	45	50	42	15th	QF	R4			Frédéric Kanouté
2001–02		38	15	8	15	48	57	53	7th	R4	R2			Jermain Defoe
2002–03		38	10	12	16	42	59	42	18th	R4	R3
2003–04	Div 1	46	19	17	10	67	45	74	4th	R5	R3
2004–05	Champ	46	21	10	15	66	56	73	6th	R4	R3			Marlon Harewood
2005–06	Prem	38	16	7	15	52	55	55	9th	R/U	R3			Marlon Harewood
2006–07		38	12	5	21	35	59	41	15th	R4	R3	UEFA Cup	R1	Bobby Zamora
2007–08		38	13	10	15	42	50	49	10th	R3	QF			Dean Ashton
2008–09		38	14	9	15	42	45	51	9th	R5	R3			Carlton Cole
2009–10		38	8	11	19	47	66	35	17th	R3	R4
2010–11		38	7	12	19	43	70	33	20th	QF	SF
2011–12	Champ	46	24	14	8	81	48	86	3rd	R3	R1
2012–13	Prem	38	12	10	16	45	53	46	10th	R3	R3			Kevin Nolan
2013–14		38	11	7	20	40	51	40	13th	R3	SF			Kevin Nolan
2014–15		38	12	11	15	44	47	47	12th	R5	R2			Diafra Sakho
2015–16		38	16	14	8	65	51	62	7th	QF	R3	Europa League	3rd Qual	Dimitri Payet

About Hugh5outhon1895

Hugh Southon is a lifelong Iron and the founding editor of ClaretandHugh. He is a national newspaper journalist of many years experience and was Bobby Moore's 'ghost' writer during the great man's lifetime. He describes ClaretandHugh as "the Hammers daily newspaper!" Follow on Twitter @hughsouthon

8 comments on “DG research shows Irons League status over seven decades”

Hammer64 March 27, 2017 at 6:35 pm Reply

I think that when we had our first post war promotion in 1958 we had been in the second tier for something like 24 years, so if you go further back than DG the average would be an awful lot lower. Keep up the good work boss & ignore the moaners. Personally I miss UP & think it will take a lot of getting over, but it won’t mean as much to most of the younger fans & the future is theirs. You have to look forward & this was the right thing to do. Look forward but remember where you came from.
Radai Lama..Paid up member of Slavs Chavs. March 27, 2017 at 6:42 pm Reply

You never missed a game Pre war did you 64.I bet you tried jumping on the white horse at Wembley in ’23 😂😂
mywhufc March 27, 2017 at 9:33 pm Reply

Its actually 18th to be exact,
Hammer64 March 27, 2017 at 9:47 pm Reply

Now now Radai-people say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit don’t they. As it happens they are wrong. That’s not a bad example of the art I have to admit. No I only got the bug in 1957/58, which was the promotion season. Whenever I moaned at my Dad for not coming with me to a game he would lead off ‘ Call yourself a supporter? I supported that shower for 24 years while they were in Div 2’.
- Radai Lama..Paid up member of Slavs Chavs. March 27, 2017 at 10:06 pm Reply
  
  Lol soooory mate,it was just too tempting.As i was writing it i was saying dont do it but my fingers just took over 😂😂
Hammer64 March 27, 2017 at 9:50 pm Reply

Are you sure mywhufc? Think you should check again. Sorry, just suffering from a touch of that sarcasm Radai Lama is spreading around!
- mywhufc March 27, 2017 at 10:00 pm Reply
  
  17.94 to be exact, but whats .06 between friends.
  DG, came out with this nugget years ago at an SAB meeting, i checked it and it was 24th.
  but that was from when we entered league football in 1919,
  Using the info above it comes out at 18, what may confuse is we were relegated from Div 1 to Div 1 in 1992
Stan The Man March 28, 2017 at 10:07 am Reply

Yes its so West Ham that we could manage to get relegated from Div1 to Div1 lol

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