Greatest achievement: Winning the Football League War Cup and earning West Ham respect throughout the football world.
Biggest mistake: Failing to secure promotion to the First Division despite producing some good sides.
West Ham were in the second division of the Football League when Charlie Paynter took over in 1932.
They were still there when he retired 18 years later – yet he was given a send-off befitting an all-conquering hero.
What’s more, he was afforded the almost unheard of opportunity to appoint his own successor.
For followers of the modern game, with its constant pursuit of ‘the next level’, his triumphant departure is little short of astonishing.
Paynter joined the club in its inaugural season, but never got the chance to represent the first team before his playing career was cut short by injury.
He moved on to the coaching staff, initially training the second team and then the first XI when Syd King was promoted to manager in 1902.
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