The genesis of West Ham United Football Club is probably the most fascinating of any professional side. The team that would become the pride of East London and pioneers of the modern game first came into the world as Thames Ironworks. Its players were the tough hammer-men who burnt and beat rivets into some of the greatest ships ever built, including the mightly Hms Warrior, a seagoing war-machine, which was, like the company that built it and its football club, ahead of its time. This is a tale of how philanthropy, religious beliefs, Corinthian ethics, entrepreneurial enterprise and teh enthusiasm of working people for a game made a sporting institution that would come to embody the culture and history of the Docklands.
Publisher : Tempus
Publication date : 1 May 2003
Language : English
Print length : 128 pages
ISBN-10 : 0752429280
ISBN-13 : 978-0752429281
Item weight : 204 g
Dimensions : 15.6 x 0.74 x 23.5 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 109,598 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) 10 in West Ham United 234 in Company Histories 276 in Sporting Events
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