Having missed the first season of the new FA Premier League

FA Premier League

The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier...

 following relegation in 1991-92, West Ham made a swift return to the top flight by gaining promotion to Division One as runners-up under manager Billy Bonds

Billy Bonds

William Arthur "Billy" Bonds MBE is a former professional footballer and manager, who is most often associated with West Ham United with whom he spent 27 years as player and manager...

. Promtion was clinched on the last day of the season with a 2-0 home win against Cambridge United

Cambridge United F.C.

Cambridge United Football Club is a professional football club from Cambridge, England. They are currently playing the 2011-2012 season in the Conference National, the fifth tier of the English league system, where they have competed since 2005 following their relegation from the Football League...

 with goals from David Speedie

David Speedie

David Robert Speedie is a retired Scottish footballer who played for several clubs in England during the 1980s and 1990s, most notably Chelsea, Coventry City, Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers. He accumulated more than 500 football league appearances and scored almost 150 goals in a 14 year...

 and Clive Allen

Clive Allen

Clive Darren Allen is a retired English footballer, a prolific scorer for a number of clubs.Allen is the son of ex-Tottenham Hotspur forward Les Allen, who was a member of the legendary team which won the First Division title and FA Cup "double" in 1961...

.

Changes to the West Ham side for this successful campaign included Clive Allen (signed near the end of the following campaign) featuring as Trevor Morley

Trevor Morley

Trevor Morley is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.-Playing career:Morley played for Northampton Town, having previously seen non-league football with Corby Town and Nuneaton Borough...

's strike partner following the departure of Frank McAvennie

Frank McAvennie

Francis "Frank" McAvennie is a former Scottish football striker best known as a player with West Ham United and Celtic, having had two spells with both of these clubs.-Early life:...

 (with the previous season's top scorer Mike Small making nine goalless appearances before leaving the club), and the midfield featured two new players; Peter Butler

Peter Butler (footballer)

Peter James Butler is an English former professional footballer who made more than 450 appearances in the Football League and the Premier League. He then took up coaching, first in England and then in Australia and the Far East. In September 2009 he became technical director and head coach of...

 and Mark Robson

Mark Robson (footballer)

Mark Robson is an English former footballer. He is currently on the coaching staff of Peterborough United.-Playing career:...

.

Left-back Julian Dicks

Julian Dicks

Julian Andrew Dicks , is a retired football player and manager, last attached to Isthmian League Division One North club Grays Athletic.-Playing career:...

 managed twelve goals (eleven of them in the league) but missed a total of twelve games through suspension after being sent off three times during the season and was stripped of the club captaincy. Trevor Morley's return to fitness was a success as he topped the club's goalscoring charts with twenty goals in the league and a further goal in the FA Cup

FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

. Clive Allen was the second highest scorer with fifteen goals (fourteen of them in the league).

Number		|Player	Position	Lge Apps	Lge Gls	FAC Apps	FAC Gls	LC Apps	LC Gls	Date Signed	Previous Club
West Ham United 1992-93 First XI
1	Czechoslovakia	Ludek Miklosko Ludek Mikloško Luděk "Ludo" Mikloško is a Czech retired football goalkeeper.-Career:Mikloško started his career in his native Czechoslovakia with Baník Ostrava...	GK	46		2		2		February 1990	Banik Ostrava FC Baník Ostrava FC Baník Ostrava is a football club from the Silesian part of the city of Ostrava, Czech Republic. It is based in Slezská Ostrava district of the city....
2	Kingdom of England	Tim Breacker Tim Breacker Tim Breacker is an ex-footballer and now football coach with a UEFA Pro A licence.Tim started his career as an apprentice at Luton Town. He eventually graduated to the first team where he had a long and successful spell accumulating 210 appearances...	RB	39	2	2		2		October 1990	Luton Town Luton Town F.C. Luton Town Football Club is an English professional football club based since 1905 at Kenilworth Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. The club currently competes in the fifth tier of English football, the Conference National, for the third consecutive season during the 2011–12 season.Formed in 1885, it was...
3	Kingdom of England	Julian Dicks Julian Dicks Julian Andrew Dicks , is a retired football player and manager, last attached to Isthmian League Division One North club Grays Athletic.-Playing career:...  (Captain)	LB	34	11	1		1		March 1988	Birmingham City Birmingham City F.C. Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
4	Kingdom of England	Steve Potts  (Hammer of the Year)	CB	46		2		2		May 1984	Academy
5	Kingdom of England	Alvin Martin Alvin Martin Alvin Edward Martin is a retired English footballer who played as a defender.Playing most of his footballing career for West Ham United he appeared in 598 games for scoring 34 goals...	CB	23	1	1		2		July 1976	Academy
6	Kingdom of England	Martin Allen	CM	33(1)	4	2		2		August 1989	Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers F.C. Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...
7	Kingdom of England	Mark Robson Mark Robson (footballer) Mark Robson is an English former footballer. He is currently on the coaching staff of Peterborough United.-Playing career:...	LM	41(3)	8	2	1	2		August 1992	Tottenham Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
8	Kingdom of England	Peter Butler Peter Butler (footballer) Peter James Butler is an English former professional footballer who made more than 450 appearances in the Football League and the Premier League. He then took up coaching, first in England and then in Australia and the Far East. In September 2009 he became technical director and head coach of...	CM	39	2	2		2		August 1992	Southend United Southend United F.C. Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...
9	Kingdom of England	Trevor Morley Trevor Morley Trevor Morley is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.-Playing career:Morley played for Northampton Town, having previously seen non-league football with Corby Town and Nuneaton Borough...	CF	41	20	2	1	2		December 1989	Manchester City Manchester City F.C. Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...
10	Kingdom of England	Clive Allen Clive Allen Clive Darren Allen is a retired English footballer, a prolific scorer for a number of clubs.Allen is the son of ex-Tottenham Hotspur forward Les Allen, who was a member of the legendary team which won the First Division title and FA Cup "double" in 1961...	CF	25(2)	14	1	1	2		March 1992	Chelsea Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
11	Kingdom of England	Kevin Keen Kevin Keen Kevin Keen is a football coach, manager and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Wycombe Wanderers, West Ham United, Wolves, Stoke City and Macclesfield Town...	RM	46	7	2		2		1986	Academy
Important Players
4	Kingdom of England	Tony Gale Tony Gale Anthony Peter "Tony" Gale is an English former footballer who is now a regular pundit on Soccer Saturday...	CB	21(2)	1					August 1983	Fulham Fulham F.C. Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...
6	Kingdom of England	Ian Bishop Ian Bishop (footballer) Ian Bishop is a former footballer who played as a midfielder.He was born on the Cantril Farm housing estate in Liverpool and on leaving school in July 1981 he joined Everton, turning professional for the 1983-84 season under the management of Howard Kendall - who had taken over during the same...	M	15(7)	1					December 1989	Manchester City Manchester City F.C. Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...
2	Kingdom of England	Kenny Brown Kenny Brown (footballer) Kenneth James "Kenny" Brown is an English former professional footballer and football manager. His father, also called Ken was also a professional footballer and managed Norwich City and Plymouth Argyle.-Career:...	D	13(2)	2	1				August 1991	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle F.C. Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the...
6	Kingdom of England	George Parris George Parris George Michael R. Parris is an English former professional footballer.-Background:Parris was born in Barking, Greater London. He played district, county and national football for Redbridge, Greater London and England Under 15 as a schoolboy...	D/M	10(6)						1985	Academy
9	Kingdom of Scotland	David Speedie David Speedie David Robert Speedie is a retired Scottish footballer who played for several clubs in England during the 1980s and 1990s, most notably Chelsea, Coventry City, Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers. He accumulated more than 500 football league appearances and scored almost 150 goals in a 14 year...	CF	11	4					1993	Southampton Southampton F.C. Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
12	Kingdom of England	Matty Holmes Matty Holmes Matthew "Matty" Holmes was an English footballer who went in to semi-retirement at the age of 30 due to an injury inflicted by Australian defender Kevin Muscat.-Club career:...	LM	6(12)		1				August 1992	Bournemouth
Other Players
10	Kingdom of England	Mike Small	CF	5 (4)				0 (1)		1991	Brighton Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system....
10	Kingdom of England	Steve Jones	CF	4 (2)	2					November 1992	Billericay Billericay Town F.C. Billericay Town Football Club are an English football club based in Billericay, Essex, who currently play in the Isthmian League Premier Division....
5	Kingdom of England	Colin Foster Colin Foster (footballer born 1964) Colin Foster is a retired English football defender.-Career:Foster made his league debut for Leyton Orient in January 1982 whilst still an apprentice...	CB	3 (3)	1	1				August 1989	Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest F.C. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...
3	Kingdom of England	Mitchell Thomas Mitchell Thomas Mitchell Thomas is a retired English football defender. Whilst at Tottenham Hotspur he started in the 1987 FA Cup Final.-Playing career:...	LB	3				1		1991	Tottenham Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
10	Canada	Alex Bunbury Alex Bunbury Alexander "Alex" Bunbury is a former Canadian professional footballer, who played as a striker.-Club career:Bunbury started playing professionally with the Hamilton Steelers in Canada, also having one-year spells in the Canadian Soccer League with the Toronto Blizzard and Montreal Supra.In 1993,...	CF	2 (2)		0 (1)				1992	Montreal Supra Montreal Impact Montreal Impact was a Canadian professional soccer club based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1992, the team played in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid until the 2011 season. The owner Joey Saputo now operates the MLS team Montreal ImpactThe...
14	Kingdom of England	Simon Clarke	F	0 (1)						1990	Academy