1899–1900 Thames Ironworks F.C. season match sales of any shares one-to-one. At the end of June, Thames Ironworks F.C. resigned from the Southern League and were officially wound up. On 5 July 1900 they reformed under the new name of West Ham United F.C. and accepted an offer of the Southern League place left vacant by Thames Ironworks. Lew Bowen, a Welsh clerk at the Iron Works Company was appointed as the first West Ham United club secretary. Bowen had previously written Thames Ironworks match reports for the "Thames Iron Works Gazette", also known as "TIWG". He would retain twelve Thames Ironworks players for the
Thames Rowing Club others were Leander Club, London Rowing Club, Oxford University Boat Club and Cambridge University Boat Club. Thames is one of the founding clubs of Remenham Club; a social club for rowers, with a clubhouse and grounds on the Henley Royal Regatta course. Thames hosts Cambridge University Women's Boat Club for their winter Tideway training ahead of the Women's Boat Race, and on race day itself. Thames also houses the Boat Race's media centre and administrative office. Thames Rowing Club was founded under the name City of London Rowing Club and according to its first rules, its objects were 'organised pleasure