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Colours
OCS
[Flag/kit colours in Infobox]
TIW
The first, and only, known crest to be featured on a Thames Ironworks kit was the
The original colours of the team were
History
[Various kit boxes]
Old Castle Swifts F.C.
The colours were later re-used by Thames Ironworks for the 1897–98 season. They were inspired by his House Flag[3]
The Castle Swifts colours were re-used on several occasions by the Thames Ironworks team as an alternative to their traditional Oxford Blue kit.[citation needed]
Hills contributed the club's first kit, an all navy blue strip. Hills was a former
WH
The original colours of the team were dark blue, due to Thames Ironworks chairman Arnold Hills being a former student of Oxford University. 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.[4][5]
The Irons permanently adopted claret and blue for home colours in 1903.[6]
One story suggests that
Thames Ironworks, and later West Ham United, retained the claret yoke/blue sleeves design, but also continued to use their previously favoured colours for their away kits.
Crest
TIW
The first, and only, known crest to be featured on a Thames Ironworks kit was the
WH
The original club crest was a crossed pair of rivet hammers; tools commonly used in the iron and shipbuilding industry. A castle was later (circa 1903–04) added to the crest and represents a prominent local building, Green Street House, which was known as "Boleyn Castle" through an association with
The castle may have also been added as a result of the contribution made to the club by players of Old Castle Swifts, or even the adoption (in 1904) of Boleyn Castle FC.[9] as their reserve side when they took over their grounds on the site.
The crest was redesigned and updated by London design agency Springett Associates in the late 1990s, featuring a wider yellow castle with fewer cruciform "windows" along with the peaked roofs being removed; the tops of the towers had previously made the castle appear more akin to
When the club redesigned the facade of the stadium (construction finished 2001–02) the "castle" from the later badge was incorporated into the structure at the main entrance to the ground. A pair of towers were prominent features of the ground's appearance, both bearing the club's modern insignia (which was also located in the foyer and other strategic locations).[11]
A new badge was approved by supporters in July 2014 and was introduced following the end of the
References
- ^ Marsh, Steve. "Club Crest". theyflysohigh.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ a b Belton 2006, pp. 2–4.
- ^ Jan Mertens; Ivan Sache. "Castle Mail Packet Company House Flag". Flags of the World. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011.
- ^ kitclassics.co.uk. "West Ham kits since inception I". Various sources, image of kits. Archived from the original on 25 June 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
- ^ Dave Moor. "West Ham kits since inception II". Various sources, images of kits. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
- ^ Marsh, Steve. "Playing Kit : West Ham United 1900 to 1999". theyflysohigh.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ Marsh, Steve. "Club Crest". theyflysohigh.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ Various. "East Ham: Manors and estates". University of London & History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
- ISBN 0-9530718-0-4. Archived from the originalon 13 October 2007.
- ^ "West Ham". premierskills. Archived from the original on 5 April 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ^ "West Ham". Footballbadgesguide. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ^ "West Ham: Hammers fans vote in favour of new club crest". BBC Sport. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ "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.