Massive charts West Ham's tumultuous 2022-23 season and epic triumph in the Europa Conference League Final in Prague, their first trophy in forty-three years and first European trophy in fifty-eight years. There were plenty of ups and downs during the season, with misfiring signings, three occasions when manager David Moyes was nearly sacked in 'must-win' games and dissent among the fans.
However, West Ham found eventual survival in the Premier League and redemption in the Europa Conference. The Irons played fifteen games in Europe and were unbeaten. At the age of sixty, Moyes won his first major trophy and presented his medal to his 87-year-old father. Captain Declan Rice ended his Hammers career by holding up a trophy, just like Bobby Moore and Billy Bonds before him.
The outpouring of joy at the final whistle in Prague will never be forgotten by West Ham fans - many of whom were too young to have seen their side win its last trophy in 1980.

Pete May's previous books on West Ham include Goodbye to Boleyn, Hammers in the Heart and West Ham: Irons in the Soul. His other books include The Joy of Essex, Summit for the Week¬end, Man About Tarn, What Are Words Worth?, Whovian Dad, There's a Hippo in my Cistern and Sunday Muddy Sunday. As a journalist, he has written for The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent, New Statesman, Loaded, Time Out, Mid¬week and many other publications. He is married with two daughters, a border terrier and a large collection of West Ham programmes in the attic. Once an Essex man, he now lives in north London.