The Academy of Football will be celebrated at Tuesday's themed Barclays Premier League match against Aston Villa
West Ham United will honour the Club's world-famous Academy of Football at Tuesday's Barclays Premier League fixture with Aston Villa.
A host of Hammers heroes of days gone by will be in attendance, including 1966 FIFA World Cup winner Martin Peters MBE, long-time Academy Director Tony Carr, FA Cup winners Paul Brush, Paul Allen, Pat Holland and Kevin Lock, FA Youth Cup winners Everald La Ronde, Bobby Barnes and Keith McPherson, as well as Hammer of the Year winners Steve Potts and Tony Cottee.
Kevin Keen, Jack Collison and Peter Grotier will be back for another visit to the Boleyn, as will former player and long-time Assistant Academy Director Paul Heffer, talent developer supreme Jimmy Hampson and long-time physio Rob Jenkins.
The hard work continues, of course, and current Academy Director Terry Westley will be joined at the game by coaches and players from the current crop of young Hammers.
The former players and staff will be introduced to the crowd at half-time, while fans can enjoy plenty of Academy-oriented content across our social and digital media channels, as well as in tonight's bumper 100-page Official Programme.
Inside, fans can read exclusive interviews with Westley, Carr and six other important Academy staff members, take a behind-the-scenes tour of the Academy House and look back on the foundations of what has become one of the world's best producers of young footballers!
Also inside, Academy graduate and current captain Mark Noble looks back on his formative years at the Club, while fans can also enjoy exclusive columns penned by Joint-Chairman David Sullivan and manager Slaven Bilic.
A host of Hammers heroes of days gone by will be in attendance, including 1966 FIFA World Cup winner Martin Peters MBE, long-time Academy Director Tony Carr, FA Cup winners Paul Brush, Paul Allen, Pat Holland and Kevin Lock, FA Youth Cup winners Everald La Ronde, Bobby Barnes and Keith McPherson, as well as Hammer of the Year winners Steve Potts and Tony Cottee.
Kevin Keen, Jack Collison and Peter Grotier will be back for another visit to the Boleyn, as will former player and long-time Assistant Academy Director Paul Heffer, talent developer supreme Jimmy Hampson and long-time physio Rob Jenkins.
The hard work continues, of course, and current Academy Director Terry Westley will be joined at the game by coaches and players from the current crop of young Hammers.
The former players and staff will be introduced to the crowd at half-time, while fans can enjoy plenty of Academy-oriented content across our social and digital media channels, as well as in tonight's bumper 100-page Official Programme.
Inside, fans can read exclusive interviews with Westley, Carr and six other important Academy staff members, take a behind-the-scenes tour of the Academy House and look back on the foundations of what has become one of the world's best producers of young footballers!
Also inside, Academy graduate and current captain Mark Noble looks back on his formative years at the Club, while fans can also enjoy exclusive columns penned by Joint-Chairman David Sullivan and manager Slaven Bilic.
Alternatively, the Digital Official Programme will be available to download to your iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, and Android devices alongside PC and Mac from 9am on matchday.
The Digital Programme comes with all the content you would expect from the print edition, as well as exclusive video footage, meaning fans from all over the globe can get ahead of the action and read their Programme and enjoy exclusive video interviews and highlights.
If you live overseas, that means you can download your Digital Programme before kick-off, with the game being televised live in a large number of countries across the world. The print edition will be available to buy in and around the Boleyn Ground on matchday as usual, packed with all the usual exclusive content.
The Digital Programme offers supporters a number of great additional features, including:
The Digital Programme is available on Apple iPad and iPhone, as well as Android and via the Pocketmags app on kindle fire and Blackberry Playbook.
The Digital Programme comes with all the content you would expect from the print edition, as well as exclusive video footage, meaning fans from all over the globe can get ahead of the action and read their Programme and enjoy exclusive video interviews and highlights.
If you live overseas, that means you can download your Digital Programme before kick-off, with the game being televised live in a large number of countries across the world. The print edition will be available to buy in and around the Boleyn Ground on matchday as usual, packed with all the usual exclusive content.
The Digital Programme offers supporters a number of great additional features, including:
- Easy to use page-turning technology
- Simple content navigation and skip-to-page features
- Interactive content including exclusive video footage
- Our programmes remember the last page you were viewing
- Fans can order back-dated issues
- Apple users will have all their issues hosted in one place on Newsstand for easy access
The Digital Programme is available on Apple iPad and iPhone, as well as Android and via the Pocketmags app on kindle fire and Blackberry Playbook.