The 2014–15 season was

West Ham United West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, hav ...

s third campaign in the

Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Fo ...

since being promoted in the 2011–12 season. It was West Ham's 19th Premier League campaign overall. As well as competing in the Premier League, West Ham took part in the

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and the

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entering at the third and second rounds respectively.

Sam Allardyce Samuel Allardyce (; born 19 October 1954), colloquially referred to as Big Sam, is an English football manager and former professional player. Allardyce made 578 league and cup appearances in a 21-year career spent mostly in the Football Lea ...

started his fourth full season as West Ham manager, with

Kevin Nolan Kevin Anthony Jance Nolan (born 24 June 1982) is an English former professional footballer and current first team coach for Premier League club West Ham United. He has represented England at under-21 level. After growing up in Toxteth, Live ...

captaining the team for the fourth year. It was to be their penultimate season playing at the

Boleyn Ground The Boleyn Ground, often referred to as Upton Park, was a football stadium located in Upton Park, east London. It was the home of West Ham United from 1904 to 2016, and was briefly used by Charlton Athletic in the early 1990s during their years ...

before moving to the

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for the start of the 2016–17 season. West Ham got off to a very good start in the league. The team was 3rd in the Premier League table on Christmas Day but won just 3 matches between Boxing Day and the end of the season as their form collapsed dramatically and they finished in 12th place, one position higher than the previous season. Minutes after the last game of season- a 0–2 defeat away at Newcastle, the club announced that they would not be renewing manager Allardyce's contract.

Key events

* 23 May 2014: The release of players

Joe Cole Joseph John Cole (born 8 November 1981) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or winger in the Premier League, Ligue 1, League One and United Soccer League. He is regarded as on ...

, Jack Collison,

George McCartney George McCartney (born 29 April 1981) is a Northern Irish former footballer who is currently a coach at Linfield. He began his career at Sunderland in 1998 before having two spells each with West Ham United and Leeds United. He won the 2004–0 ...

Callum Driver Callum Charles John Driver (born 23 October 1992) is an English semi-professional footballer who last played as a defender for Leatherhead. Club career Driver was born in Sidcup, London. He joined as a youth team player for West Ham aged 12 ...

and

Jordan Spence Jordan James Spence (born 24 May 1990) is an English professional footballer who most recently played for ADO Den Haag in the Eredivisie. Predominantly as a right-back, Spence can also operate as a centre-back. He has represented and captained E ...

is announced. * 28 May 2014: West Ham announce the signing of Argentine player

Mauro Zárate Mauro Matías Zárate (; born 13 March 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward Argentine Primera División club Club Atlético Platense Zárate started his career with Vélez Sarsfield in his native country, play ...

from Vélez Sarsfield. * 18 June 2014: Cheikhou Kouyaté signs from Belgian champions Andrelecht on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee. * 3 July 2014: Left back

Aaron Cresswell Aaron William Cresswell (born 15 December 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club West Ham United. Cresswell made his first-team debut for Tranmere Rovers in 2008 and made 70 league appearan ...

is signed from

Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn profession ...

on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee. * 8 July 2014:

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Diego Poyet Diego Poyet González (; born 8 April 1995) is a retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. His father is former Uruguay international footballer Gus Poyet. He began his career at Charlton Athletic, where he was their 2013–1 ...

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, south-east London, which compete in . Their home ground is The Valley, where the club have played since 1919. They have also played at The Mount in ...

's Player of the Season for 2013–14, signs on a four-year contract. * 29 July 2014: Ecuadorian

Enner Valencia Enner Remberto Valencia Lastra (born 4 November 1989) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and captains the Ecuador national team. He previously played for Emelec in Ecuador, where ...

signs for an estimated £12 million fee from Mexican club

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on a five-year contract. * 31 July 2014:

Carl Jenkinson Carl Daniel Jenkinson (born 8 February 1992) is an English professional association football, footballer who plays as a right-back for Newcastle Jets FC, Newcastle Jets in the Australian A-League Men, A-League. Jenkinson began his career with C ...

of Arsenal is signed on a season-long loan. * 14 August 2014: Senegalese forward,

Diafra Sakho Diafra Sakho (born 24 December 1989) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Nancy. Sakho began his career in the lower divisions of French football, with Metz and on loan at Boulogne, before joining West Ham ...

, is signed on a four-year contract from French club

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for an undisclosed fee. * 30 August 2014:

Alex Song Alexandre Dimitri Song Billong (born 9 September 1987), better known as Alex Song, is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Djiboutian side Arta/Solar7 as a central or defensive midfielder. He can also play as a central defender. ...

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is signed on a season-long loan and becomes West Ham's eighth signing of the summer transfer window. * 7 November 2014: Manager Sam Allardyce is named Manager of the Month and Diafra Sakho Player of the Month for October 2014. * 28 November 2014: Both West Ham and Everton are fined £20,000 by the FA for failing to control their players, after an on-pitch brawl during the game at

Goodison Park Goodison Park is a association football, football stadium in the Walton, Liverpool, Walton area of Liverpool, England. It has been the home stadium of Premier League club Everton F.C. since its completion in 1892. Located in a residential area ...

on 22 November. * 3 January 2015:

Doneil Henry Doneil Jor-Dee Ashley Henry (born April 20, 1993) is a Canadian professional soccer player who currently plays for Minnesota United of Major League Soccer and the Canada national team. Club career Early career Henry's parents, Beverly an ...

, a

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international defender, is signed for an undisclosed fee. * 17 January 2015:

Ricardo Vaz Tê Ricardo Jorge Vaz Tê (born 1 October 1986) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward. Vaz Tê has previously played for English clubs Bolton Wanderers, Hull City, Barnsley and West Ham United, Greek club Panionios, Scottis ...

has his contract with the club terminated. * 8 February 2015: Ravel Morrison has his contract terminated with immediate effect. * 18 February 2015:

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joins the club until the end of the season with an option on 2015–16. * 6 May 2015:

is named

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Squad

First team squad

Squad statistics

Players who left the club during the season:

Goalscorers

Disciplinary record

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Coaching staff

Pre-season

West Ham played their first ever games in the country, on a pre-season tour of New Zealand. In July 2014 they played

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at Eden Park,

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on 23 July and Sydney FC at

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Westpac Stadium Wellington Regional Stadium (known commercially as Sky Stadium through naming rights) is a major sporting venue in Wellington, New Zealand. The stadium's bowl site size is . The stadium was built in 1999 by Fletcher Construction and is situ ...

on 26 July. While in the country, the squad met with a huge fan base, including many from Australia-based supporters group Sydney Hammers. They also competed in the pre-season 2014 Schalke 04 Cup in August in Germany. Other teams competing were Newcastle United,

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and Málaga. On 28 June, it was announced that West Ham would participate in the inaugural Absolute Sports Travel Cup hosted by

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side

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. They along with the hosts were joined by

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side

Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as Espanyol, is a professional sports club based in Barcelona, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish football league sy ...

and

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League' ...

side

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...

. The fixtures for the pre-season tournament were released on 2 July, West Ham would face Shakhtar Donetsk on 19 July and Espanyol on 20 July.

Absolute Sports Travel Cup

Football United Tour

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Schalke 04 Cup

Matches were played over 90 minutes, with no added time. If the scores were level, then a penalty shoot-out would determine the winner, gaining two points in the process. Winners within 90 minutes received three points. West Ham were successful from the spot in their first meeting against

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Marathonbet Cup

West Ham faced Italian

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side

Sampdoria Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, ...

in their final pre-season friendly at the

. They found themselves 0–1 down approaching half time, but a

Mark Noble Mark James Noble (born 8 May 1987) is an English former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder and is well remembered for his time at English club West Ham United, spending eighteen years with the club. Apart from two sh ...

penalty made it 1–1. A fine individual goal from Mohamed Diamé levelled the game at 2–2 in the second half before the winner in the 90th minute, courtesy of youngster Reece Burke.

Competitions

Premier League

August

West Ham opened the season at home to

Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham () or Spurs, is a professional football club based in Tottenham, London, England. It competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. The team has playe ...

, whom they defeated three times last season in all competitions. It was an eventful game, seeing

miss a penalty for the first time since 2009. Both sides went down to ten men after James Collins picked up two yellow cards, whilst

Kyle Naughton Kyle Naughton (born 17 November 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right back for club Swansea City. Naughton was a product of Sheffield United's academy before breaking into their first team in 2008, transferring to T ...

saw straight red for handling the ball in the penalty area.

Eric Dier Eric Jeremy Edgar Dier (born 15 January 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays for club Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team. A versatile defensive player, Dier has been deployed as a defensive midfielder, a centre-b ...

scored his first competitive goal for Spurs in stoppage time to pick up all three points for the North London club. Next up for the Hammers was an away trip to managerless

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hit a spectacular volley to register his first West Ham goal and there were also goals from

Stewart Downing Stewart Downing (born 22 July 1984) is an English former professional footballer. He played most of his career as a winger, where he operated predominantly on the left-hand side, though he could play on the right and go inside on to his stronge ...

and Carlton Cole.

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ese player

and

, son of

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, also made their debuts.

Southampton Southampton () is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Po ...

was the next challenge and the last game before the international break. The club unveiled

and

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midfielder

before kick off, who joined for a season-long loan.

put West Ham a goal up before half time but Southampton scored two second half goals to take all three points back to the South Coast. They finished the month in 11th place.

September

West Ham played

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in their first game during September. A 2–2 draw at the

KC Stadium The MKM Stadium (also known as the Hull City Stadium due to UEFA sponsorship regulations) is a multi-purpose facility in the city of Kingston upon Hull, England. The stadium was previously called the KC Stadium, but was renamed the KCOM Stadi ...

produced a debut goal for

and club debut's for

and

. The club's second win of the season came at home to

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...

. Morgan Amalfitano scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 win. Despite captain Wayne Rooney seeing red, West Ham could not overcome the ten men of Manchester United, losing 2–1.

October

The first of a three-game winning streak came at home against struggling

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in a 2–0 win that saw the club move up to seventh. Diafro Sakho scored his third consecutive league goal. A second-straight win came against promoted side

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, Lancashire, Preston, at the confluence of the River C ...

. Sakho scored his fourth consecutive league goal and helped move West Ham to fourth in the table on the eve of

's 60th birthday. West Ham secured their third-straight win and a 100% win rate for October in a 2–1 home win against reigning

champions Manchester City. Sakho scored his fifth consecutive league goal and his sixth in a row in all competitions, breaking a club record.

November

West Ham visited Stoke City and salvaged a point after being 2–0 down to draw 2–2, taking their unbeaten run to four games. Sakho was unable to continue his run of scoring in consecutive matches following an injury sustained in the Manchester City match. Aston Villa was next to visit the Boleyn Ground, a match that ended 0–0. This result extended West Ham's unbeaten run to five games and also saw the return of

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following several months out through injury. The club went into the November international break in fourth place.

December

The visit of Swansea City on 7 December produced a 3–1 win for West Ham, placing them in third place in the Premier League. On 20 December, West Ham beat

Leicester City Leicester ( ) is a city, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National ...

2–0 to place them in the top four of the league at Christmas, the first time this has occurred since the 1985–86 season. West Ham lost their next two games, 2–0 away to

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and 1–2 at home to Arsenal to be placed sixth at the end of the calendar year.

January

West Ham won a single game from four played in January; a 3–0 home win against

. Two draws, against

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and Swansea City and a defeat at

Anfield Anfield is a football stadium in Anfield, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, which has a seating capacity of 53,394, making it the seventh largest football stadium in England. It has been the home of Liverpool F.C. since their formation in 189 ...

against

completed the month's results in the league.

February

With no wins, three draws, against Manchester United, Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur, and a defeat, against Crystal Palace, in February, West Ham slipped to ninth in the league.

March

With three league games played in March, West Ham won one, a 1–0 home win against Sunderland with the goal being scored by Diafra Sakho in the 88th minute.

April

West Ham played four games in April and won none of them. The games included two defeats and two draws including an away defeat to

, at the time at the bottom of the league.

Matches

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.

Results by matchday

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Football League Cup

FA Cup

Transfers

Summer

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Under-21s

2014–15 Professional U21 Development League, 2014–15 U21 Premier League

Squad

Players who left the club during the season

Trialists who made U21 appearances

References

External links

West Ham United FC Official Website
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