West Ham United become first Premier League team to 'appear' in The Simpsons In becoming the first Premier League club to get their badge on an episode of the Simpsons, the east London club follow in the famous footsteps of Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckham and the World Cup winning Spanish side as footballing references on the show. Purists might well be upset that the banner that confronts Lisa and Bart when they enter the bedroom of their new neighbour T-Rex in the latest episode, titled 'The day the world stood cool', is not in claret and blue. But no matter, even in yellow and green it is a badge of honour, of sorts. West Ham have enjoyed a bright start to their return to the Premier League, a 3-2 defeat to Liverpool at the weekend notwithstanding, though why they were chosen ahead of other English teams for the character to support is unclear. Regardless, it was a pleasant surprise for the club, who could barely contain their glee in reporting the news via Twitter: Guest appearances are manyfold, with Brits getting in on the act from Tony Blair, to Ricky Gervais to Simon Cowell. Rumours that Sam Allardyce is to star in a forthcoming episode cannot be confirmed at the time of writing. Because they are absolutely untrue.