Fans were left excited earlier this year after one non league club who dissolved in 2001, said they were to make a return, but are they?
East Ham United were a team from Greater London, formed in 1933 but ended up dissolving after merging with Barking to form Barking & East Ham United.
Photo Credit: Tim Lancaster on Facebook
The Hammers completed their last campaign in the Essex Senior League in 2000/01 season winning 12 of their 30 games finishing in 11th place of 16 clubs.
After two good seasons since joining the league in 1978, the club struggled, only finishing in the top ten three times in the next 21 seasons.
The merged club also went under in 2006 and whilst Barking were reformed and still play in the Isthmian League today, East Ham remained defunct.
Well on January the 27th 2020, a Twitter account named under the defunct club had surfaced before tweeting that they were set to rise from the dead.
This captured the attention from fans within the non league community with many wishing them luck on their return.
The East Ham United pin crest
The admin behind the account said that they, East Ham, had plans to get themselves back into the English football pyramid for the 2020/21 season.
Essex Senior League replied to their tweet, revealing they were keen to help them out.
The club’s tweet got over 1,000 likes as well as plenty of shares and comments, many of which ‘East Ham’ replied to sharing their excitement in returning.
Good luck to you. My Dad played for East Ham back in the 70s , Millwall legend Harry Cripps was coach at the time.
— sjm (@smcca8421) January 27, 2020
Be so good to East Ham United back competing in the league. What a club
— Ross Weare (@weareontheball) January 27, 2020
Rumours that the name East Ham United might be back on the scene soon. Saw something recently about an attempt to reform the club.
— Kevin Wilmot (@K_Wilmot66) February 12, 2020
Then weeks later, the account and viral tweet mysteriously vanished despite getting thousands of followers since emerging on the site.
Since then, nothing more has come to light, meaning time will tell whether the club will rise again, we certainly hope they do!
Bill Edwards
8th June 2020 at 6:19 pm
Played for the FB legendary Rueben Gane there in the 80’s. Great club, great times.