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==The Academy of Football== {{Main|West Ham United F.C. Under-21s and Academy}} [[File:Footballacademy.JPG|200px|right|thumb|"Academy of Football"]] The club promotes the popular idea of West Ham being "[[West Ham United F.C. Under-21s and Academy|The Academy of Football]]", with the moniker adorning the ground's new stadium faΓ§ade. The comment predominantly refers to the club's youth development system which was established by manager [[Ted Fenton]] during the 1950s, that has seen a number of international players emerge through the ranks.<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 February 2001 |title=Hammer house of legends |work=BBC Sport |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/1192517.stm |access-date=6 August 2011}}</ref> Most notably, the club contributed three players to the [[1966 FIFA World Cup|World Cup-winning]] [[England national football team|England]] side of 1966, including club icon [[Bobby Moore]], as well as [[Martin Peters]] and [[Geoff Hurst]] who between them scored all of England's goals in the eventual 4β2 victory. Other academy players that have gone on to play for England have included [[Trevor Brooking]], [[Alvin Martin]], [[Tony Cottee]], [[Paul Ince]], and [[Declan Rice]]. Since the late 1990s, [[Rio Ferdinand]], [[Frank Lampard]], [[Joe Cole]], [[Michael Carrick]] and [[Glen Johnson (English footballer)|Glen Johnson]] began their careers at West Ham and all went on to play for other clubs. Most recently, the likes of first teamers [[Mark Noble]] and [[James Tomkins (footballer)|James Tomkins]], as well as Welsh international [[Jack Collison]], have emerged through the {{not a typo|Academy}}. Frustratingly for fans and managers alike,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rubin |first=Tony |date=19 December 2007 |title=Championship: West Ham's lost generation |url=http://www.squarefootball.net/article/article.asp?aid=1080 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050418151747/http://www.squarefootball.net/article/article.asp?aid=1080 |archive-date=18 April 2005 |access-date=6 August 2011}}</ref> the club has struggled to retain many of these players due to (predominantly) financial reasons.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Howlett |first=Graeme |date=29 May 2006 |title=Terry Brown Q&A |url=http://www.kumb.com/0506_story.php?id=10182 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060529201217/http://www.kumb.com/0506_story.php?id=10182 |archive-date=29 May 2006 |access-date=6 August 2011}}</ref> West Ham, during the 2007β08 season, had an average of 6.61 English players in the starting line up, higher than any other Premier League club,<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 May 2008 |title=England player numbers at new low |work=BBC Sport |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7417746.stm |access-date=6 April 2010}}</ref> which cemented their status as one of the few Premier League clubs left that were recognised to be bringing through young English talent and were recognised as having "homegrown players". Between 2000 and 2011, the club produced eight England players, as many as Manchester United and one fewer than Arsenal.<ref name="Number">{{Cite news |last=Rich |first=Tim |date=27 August 2011 |title=Fergie's four-letter outburst at the FA |work=The Independent |location=London |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/fergies-fourletter-outburst-at-the-fa-2344578.html |access-date=30 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112014006/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/fergies-fourletter-outburst-at-the-fa-2344578.html |archive-date=12 November 2012}}</ref> Much of the success of the academy has been attributed to [[Tony Carr]], who was West Ham youth coach between 1973 and 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pugh |first=William |date=12 March 2019 |title=Tony Carr - the best developer of young talent in English football - keen to rebuild bridges at West Ham |newspaper=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/03/12/tony-carr-best-developer-young-talent-english-football-keen/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/03/12/tony-carr-best-developer-young-talent-english-football-keen/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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