About

My dad, John Northcutt, was the inspiration for all of this. Born in Leicester and raised in South London, he saw his first West Ham match as a schoolboy in 1959 and followed the club for the rest of his life, home and away and into Europe. He was at every game of the 1964 FA Cup run, and at Wembley when the Hammers won the European Cup Winners' Cup the following year.

He wrote for the club programme for many years and wrote or co-wrote a string of West Ham books, his stats books alone running to 11 editions. They included The Complete Record, The Illustrated History, The Definitive West Ham United, The Claret and Blue Book of West Ham United, On This Day and West Ham United in the League Cup.

I'm Antony, John's son. I've been a Hammer all my life, so that's 56 years now. I was a regular at Upton Park and now live in Germany.

West Ham in Numbers is here to continue what my dad started with all 11 editions of his stats books, and for me to keep everything up to date in the modern era. I hope you enjoy your time here, and please do consider subscribing to my Substack if you want more!