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You know what's a joke? Utd's defending.You've gotta be joking Sinner...right?
It's just the name of the area in London where they're based. There's also East Ham but no teams tied obviously. Chelsea has Chelsea blah blah etc etcWhy is West Ham called "West" if they're on the East End of London?
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West Ham is just the name of the borough of London they're in.... from the ever reliable wiki:Why is West Ham called "West" if they're on the East End of London?
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I actually searched this awhile ago as my buddy lives out in that direction and it bugged me too everytime the train to London went by their training groundsA settlement in the area named Ham is first recorded as Hamme in an Anglo-Saxon charter of 958 and then in the 1086 Domesday Book as Hame. The earliest recorded use of West Ham, as distinct from East Ham, is in 1186 as Westhamma. It is formed from Old English 'hamm' and means 'a dry area of land between rivers or marshland', referring to the location of the settlement within boundaries formed by the rivers Lea, Thames and Roding and their marshes.[3]