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Hammers reveal who they want to win the Europa League

Unsurprisingly West Ham fans would rather Arsenal win tonight over Chelsea.

Over 76% of Claret and Hugh readers say they want Arsenal to raise the Europa trophy in Baku tonight with just under 24% preferring  Chelsea to win.

The Europa League final 2019, kicks off at 8pm BST on BT Sport 2 and BT Sport 4K UHD

In 1965, West Ham won the European Cup Winners Cup. They have also competed in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League.

After winning the previous season’s Cup Winners’ Cup West Ham began another campaign in the same competition in 1965-1966 losing in the semi-final to eventual winners, Borussia Dortmund.

Winners of the 1975 FA Cup, West Ham – now managed by John Lyall – again entered the Cup Winners’ Cup, eventually losing in the final to Anderlecht.

Winners of the 1980 FA Cup, West Ham a Second Division team, started another European campaign in the Cup Winners’ Cup. The Hammers lost in the quarter-finals to eventual winners Dynamo Tbilisi.

In more recent times the Hammers played in Europe by winning the Premier League Fair Play table for 2014–15, West Ham qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League entering at the first qualifying round. They were knocked out in the third qualifying round by Romanian side Astra Giurgiu.

Watch the Europa League Final below on Youtube for free

 

About Sean Whetstone

I am Season Ticket Holder in West stand lower at the London Stadium and before that, I used to stand in the Sir Trevor Brooking Lower Row R seat 159 in the Boleyn Ground and in the Eighties I stood on the terraces of the old South Bank. I am a presenter on the West Ham Podcast called MooreThanJustaPodcast.co.uk. A Blogger on WestHamTillIdie.com a member of the West Ham Supporters Advisory Board (SAB), Founder of a Youtube channel called Mr West Ham Football at http://www.youtube.com/MrWestHamFootball, I am also the associate editor here at Claret and Hugh. Life Long singer of bubbles! Come on you Irons! Follow me at @Westhamfootball on twitter

One comment on “Hammers reveal who they want to win the Europa League

  1. You forget to mention the Inter Two Bob we won in 1999

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