Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company This club was later renamed West Ham United, whose emblem of the crossed hammers represents the large riveting hammers used in the shipbuilding trade. West Ham are also known as "The Hammers" for this reason. While the media and the general football world commonly refer to the club as The Hammers, the club's own supporters have always referred to their team as 'The Irons', which again comes from the link with Thames Ironworks. The chant 'Come on you Irons' is heard on every match day at West Ham. The shape of the 16th evolution of the club badge, launched after
Thames Club and Cambridge crews at Henley in the four and eight. To achieve this, the London Rowing Club was formed. In 1862, the City of London Boat Club decided to rename itself "Thames Rowing Club" and sought and gained the permission of Frank Playford, the only traceable member of "The Thames Club" at the time. Thames Club The Thames Club was an English rowing club based on the Tideway of the River Thames that competed in the middle of the 19th century. The Thames Club was active in the 1840s and 1850s and its first major success was winning the Grand