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On 8 June 2011, it was confirmed that the Westfield Shopping Centre had been in detailed talks with West Ham for naming rights of the new Olympic stadium which could be called the Westfield Stadium. [209] West Ham announced plans to move from the Boleyn Ground from the 2014–15 season. [210] In August 2011, an independent investigation initiated by the Olympic Park Legacy Company upheld the decision to award West Ham the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games. [211] On 29 June 2011, however, Tottenham announced that they were returning to the High Court again to fight the decision to award West Ham the stadium, in an oral hearing, to try to overturn the original High Court appeal being rejected. [212] On 25 August 2011, Tottenham and Leyton Orient were in fact granted a judicial review by the High Court into the Olympic Stadium bidding process. [213] On 11 October 2011, the deal to award West Ham the Olympic Stadium collapsed over concerns of legal pressure, with the government deciding that the stadium will stay in public ownership. [214] Six days later, Tottenham and Leyton Orient announced they had ended their legal challenge after the deal collapsed. [215] Benge, James (3 September 2015). "Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham fan coalition's call for public inquiry into West Ham Olympic stadium deal rejected by government". London Evening Standard . Retrieved 4 September 2015.

Assistant manager Harry Redknapp was also now taking a bigger role in the transfer of players, with the club's approval. With rumours of his old club AFC Bournemouth being prepared to offer him a position, [44] the West Ham board and their managing director, Peter Storrie, made a controversial move. The board were anxious not to lose Redknapp's services and offered Bonds a place away from the day-to-day affairs of the club on the West Ham board. This would have allowed them to appoint Redknapp as manager. Bonds refused the post offered and walked away from the club. [45] His accusations of deceit and manipulation by the board and by Redknapp have continued to cause ill-feeling. [45] Peter Storrie claimed that they had handled the situation correctly, saying, "If Harry had gone to Bournemouth, there was a good chance Bill would have resigned anyway, so we were in a no-win situation. We're sad that Bill is going, and it's a big blow but it's time to move on and we have appointed a great manager." [46] Champions Sculpture". London Borough of Newham. 14 January 2008. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013 . Retrieved 4 October 2013. Repka – Signed and sealed". West Ham United F.C. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013 . Retrieved 19 August 2013. Redknapp, Harry With Derek McGovern (1998). Harry Redknapp – My Autobiography. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-218872-2.I was looking forward to this game as it was the first London derby in West Ham's brand new stadium and Chelsea's first ever visit here. I went to the Paralympics in 2012 and had hoped that it had changed.

The original colours of the team were dark blue, due to Thames Ironworks chairman Arnold Hills being a former student of Oxford University (see Oxford blue). However, the team used a variety of kits including the claret and sky blue house colours of Thames Ironworks, as well as sky blue or white kit. [157] [158] Belton, Brian (2007). "BROWN OUT": The Biography of West Ham Chairmen, Terence Brown. Pennant Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-906015-11-4.Crace, John (18 April 2013). Harry's Games The Biography of H. ISBN 978-1-78033-912-2 . Retrieved 19 August 2013. [ permanent dead link] Wonderful' Ken Brown set to receive Lifetime Achievement Award". West Ham United F.C . Retrieved 20 June 2018.

Hammers appoint Bilic". West Ham United F.C. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015 . Retrieved 9 June 2015. Not having been to a Southampton game so far this season and never having been to the Olympic/London Stadium. I looked forward to the match with a great sense of anticipation. We will always be West Ham United" (PDF). West Ham United F.C. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2014 . Retrieved 19 July 2014.

Beal was a friend of Paynter, while Murray was a West Ham trialist and played football at schoolboy level with a number of West Ham players such as Jim Barrett. Through this contrivance of association the club's fans took it upon themselves to begin singing the popular music hall tune before home games, sometimes reinforced by the presence of a house band requested to play the refrain by Charlie Paynter. [162] Bonds Honoured at the Boleyn". West Ham United F.C. Archived from the original on 19 August 2013 . Retrieved 25 February 2015. Away: 2–4 v FC Den Haag (quarter final first leg) (5–5 aggregate scoreline, West Ham won on away goals), 3 March 1976