CLUB HISTORY & BACKGROUND

The Hammers signed up with Football Aid in 2002 and due to an increase in popularity we now host two games at The Boleyn Ground (Upton Park) each year. Club Legends that have been on hand to encourage our lucky players have included the likes of Ray Stewart, Tony Cottee, Paul Brush, George Parris, Tony Gale, Alan McKnight, Mark Robson and Steve Potts. The famous ground also hosted our first ever 'Celebrity Live the Dream' event in 2005, when a Football Aid 'All Stars' side tried their luck against a formidable Celebrity team featuring the likes of Steve Harris (Iron Maiden), WBO boxing champion Colin McMillan, ABA boxing champion Tony Cesay, dub poet Benjamin Zephaniah and Glen Murphy (London's Burning), with the celeb team coming out on top on the night.

2010 POST EVENT UPDATE

This year’s games at Upton Park were a huge success, with both sets of teams doing themselves proud in front of their enthusiastic supporters. We'd like to send a massive thank you to Hammers legend Paul Brush for his fantastic support on the day. For those of you interested there will be full match reports available in our Match Reports section soon.

AVAILABILITY FOR NEXT SEASON'S EVENT

Buy Now & Sponsored to Play positions are likely to be made available for our 2011 matches in August 2010. To be the first to be notified when we launch positions remember to Register on the website. Also remember to keep an eye on our News & Match Reports section for breaking news of all our latest events.

Read our news story on the official West Ham Utd website here