1900–01 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United
1900–01 season
ChairmanCornelius Osborn
Lazzeluer Johnson
Club secretaryLew Bowen
StadiumMemorial Grounds
Southern League First Division6th
FA CupIntermediate round
(knocked out by Liverpool)
Top goalscorerLeague: Billy Grassam (12 goals)
All: Billy Grassam (15 goals)
Highest home attendance10,000
(vs. Clapton, 8 December 1900
Lowest home attendance1,000
(vs. Luton Town, 9 February 1901, and Kettering Town, 5 April 1901)
Average home league attendance3,800

The 1900–01 season was English football club West Ham United’s inaugural season. The club had been founded in 1895 under the name of Thames Ironworks, before being wound up in June 1900 and resigning from the Southern League. On 5 July, West Ham United Football Club Company Limited was registered and the club took the Southern League place vacated by Thames Ironworks. They finished the season sixth in the Southern League Division One. The club also entered the FA Cup, reaching the intermediate round.