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William (Billy) Williams is gebore in Leytonstone in Junie 1905. Die gesin het na East Ham verhuis en Williams het die Central Park School bygewoon. Hy was 'n uiters talentvolle sokkerspeler wat ná die Eerste Wêreldoorlog vir Engelse skoolseuns gekies is.
In 1917-1918 en 1918-1919 was Williams lid van die Central Park-span wat die Robert Cook Cup, 'n kompetisie vir skole in Essex, gewen het. Die skoolspan onder leiding van Williams het ook die London Schools 'Championship (Dewar Shield) gewen.
Nadat hy die skool verlaat het, het hy by die Fairbairn House Boys 'Club aangesluit. Williams teken in 1921 by West Ham United aan. Op 15 was hy die jongste professionele speler van die klub ooit. Op 6 Mei 1922 het Syd King hom gekies om teen Blackpool op Bloomfield Road te speel. Die 16-jarige Williams het aangeteken, maar West Ham het die wedstryd met 3-1 verloor.
West Ham United het in die 1922-23-seisoen promosie na die eerste afdeling gewen. Die eerstespan daardie jaar was Edward Hufton, Jack Young, Billy Henderson, George Kay, Jack Tresadern, Sid Bishop, George Carter, Billy Brown, Tommy Hodgson, William Thirlaway, Jack Hebden, Dick Richards, Billy Moore, Vic Watson en Jimmy Ruffell. Williams was 'n doelskieter en kon Moore, Watson of Brown nie in die eerste span los nie, en speel slegs in een wedstryd daardie jaar teen Southampton op 14 Oktober 1922.
West Ham United het gesukkel om doele in die 1923-24-seisoen. Ondanks 'n ernstige besering aan Vic Watson, het Williams egter nie sy eerste wedstryd tot 5 Januarie 1924 teen Liverpool behaal nie. Hy behou sy plek in die span teen Aberdare Athletic in die eerste ronde van die FA Cup. Williams het een van die doele in die sege van 5-0 aangeteken. Williams het ook in die volgende vyf ligawedstryde gespeel, maar nadat hy nie aangeteken het nie, is hy uit die span gehaal.
Syd King onthou Williams eers op 6 Desember 1924 teen Notts County. Williams het twee van die doele aangeteken in West Ham se sege van 3-0. Hy het tot Maart in die span gebly en teen die einde van die seisoen het hy vier doele in 21 liga- en bekerwedstryde aangeteken.
In Maart 1925 is Williams gekies om op 'n toer van die Football Association deur Australië te gaan. Hy het 'n suksesvolle toer gehad en die FA Handbook het gesê dat Williams ''n unieke ervaring gehad het vir so 'n jong speler, nadat hy 'n heerlike tyd in Australië beleef het ... waar hy gereeld die net gevind het'.
Williams het die grootste deel van die 1925-26 seisoen in die reserwes gebly. Die volgende seisoen het hy slegs in een wedstryd teen Sheffield Wednesday gespeel voordat hy hom in Junie 1927 by Chelsea aangesluit het. Williams het 8 doele in 43 wedstryde by West Ham United aangeteken.
Williams kon nie 'n impak op sy nuwe klub maak nie, en nadat hy slegs twee optredes gemaak het, het hy by die nie-liga Dagenham aangesluit. Hy het ook vir Grays Athletic en Ilford gespeel voordat hy in Mei 1935 uit die sokker tree.
William Williams, wat sy eie vervoeronderneming bedryf het en daarna 'n tabakswinkel en banketbakker, is op 8 Maart 1994 in Ilford oorlede.
Billy Williams: West Ham United - Geskiedenis
BOLEYN'S AFSKEID - West Ham United se Upton Park Swansong - deur Danny Lewis
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Toe die eindfluitjie op 10 Mei 2016 op Upton Park blaas, was dit meer as 'n sokkerwedstryd wat geëindig het. West Ham United se oorwinning oor Manchester United was die skouspelagtige swansang van die klub na 112 jaar in sy geestelike tuiste.
The Boleyn's Farewell: West Ham se laaste wedstryd op Upton Park verdiep in een van die klub se mees historiese nagte, met insig van spelers, ondersteuners en ander wat daar was. Alles van die atmosfeer voor die wedstryd, die wenner van Winston Reid en die gedigitaliseerde Bobby Moore wat die stadionligte afskakel, die opbou en die nadraai van die wedstryd, sowel as die aksie op die veld, word op hierdie bladsye vertel en gevier. Dit was 'n aand wat 'n geslag sou definieer en vir baie West Ham -ondersteuners onvergeetlik is. Terwyl die Boleyn Ground nie meer staan nie, sal herinneringe aan die stadion en die glorieryke afskeidsvertoning van die Hamers bly staan.
Die afskeid van Boleyn is die definitiewe verslag van een van die belangrikste wedstryde in West Ham se lang geskiedenis.
OOR DIE SKRYWER
Danny Lewis is 'n vryskut -sportjoernalis met 'n magdom ervaring in sokker skryf. Nadat hy met 'n multimedia -joernalistiek aan die Bournemouth -universiteit gestudeer het, het hy vir afsetpunte soos The Athletic, ESPN, Copa90 en These Football Times geskryf. Dit is sy eerste boek as solo -outeur, wat daartoe bygedra het Iberia Chronicles, nog 'n Pitch Publishing -titel.
BOBBY MOORE - THE MAN IN VOL - deur Matt Dickinson
DIE SONDAGTYD BESTSELLER EN KORTLYS VIR DIE WILLIAM HILL SPORTSBOEK VAN DIE JAAR
“Onberispelike sokkerspeler. Keiserlike verdediger. Onsterflike held van 1966. Meester van Wembley. Kaptein buitengewoon. Heer van alle tye. ”
Met hierdie woorde, ingeskryf onder die standbeeld van Engeland se Wêreldbeker-bekroonde kaptein, onthou die land Bobby Moore. Maar wat weet ons regtig van hierdie ikoniese figuur?
Pelé noem hom die grootste en regverdigste verdediger teen wie hy nog gespeel het. Sy prestasies vir West Ham United en Engeland is legendaries en sy tegniese bemeestering van die speljare voor sy tyd. Maar van die veld af ken Moore skandaal, bankrotskap, egskeiding en drank. Hy het 'n reeks sakemislukkings verduur en bande met die East End -onderwêreld onderhou. Deur die voetbalwêreld na aftrede geïgnoreer, het hierdie groot deel van die spel in die duisternis gedryf en, beroemd, nooit met 'n ridderskap geëer nie.
Die bekroonde voetbalskrywer Matt Dickinson volg die reis van hierdie Essex -seun wat die beskermheilige van Engelse voetbal geword het, die legendariese lae afskil en Moore se lewe van alle kante bekyk - in triomf, in mislukking, ten volle.
“Verwoestend. Geen spook -outobiografie kan ooreenstem met die genuanseerde insig van die nuutste boek oor Bobby Moore, 'n held wat gebrekkig is deur alkohol nie. - Ian Herbert, Onafhanklik
“Hierdie boek is goed nagevors en geskryf, en bring ons die regte Bobby Moore. ” - Matthew Syed, Die tye
“'N Tragiese verhaal, bewonderenswaardig nagevors en aangrypend vertel. ” - Nick Pitt, Sunday Times
DIE GROOTSTE ONTVLUG - Die gekste seisoen in West Ham United se geskiedenis - Daniel Hurley
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As voetbalaanhanger is daar die seisoene wat onuitwisbaar in die geheue ingeskryf bly. Eenvoudig onvergeetlik. Die seisoen 2006/07 bly een van dié vir ondersteuners van West Ham United. 'N Seisoen wat met so 'n belofte begin het: Alan Pardew het twee ware spelers van wêreldgehalte voor die afskop geteken, maar die Argentynse paar Carlos Tevez en Javier Mascherano het min geweet dat hulle by 'n seisoenlange degradasiegeveg aangesluit het. Rol vorentoe tot by die einde van die besigheid, en met nege wedstryde oor om te speel, lyk die Hammers gedoem. Sewe oorwinnings uit die nege het dit waarskynlik die grootste ontsnapping in die Engelse topvluggeskiedenis gemaak.
'N Seisoen wat so onvergeetlik is vir al die verkeerde redes: twee maande sonder 'n doelwit 11 wedstryde sonder 'n oorwinning en 'n nederlaag uit die oorwinningskake teen jou grootste teenstanders. Toe u dit op die laaste dag oorleef het deur op Old Trafford te wen, ekstra tyd in die bane, terwyl die res van die sokker gesê het dat u bedrieg het, en die tafel lê.
Die grootste ontsnapping is die verhaal van die hoogtepunte, laagtepunte en kontroversies wat die seisoen 2006/07 was.
OOR DIE SKRYWER
Daniel Hurley is 'n lewenslange West Ham-aanhanger en seisoenkaartjiehouer, en was die afgelope 27 jaar gereeld by Upton Park en die Londense stadion. Daniël, gebore en getoë in Oos -Londen, woon nou in Portsmouth, waar hy met sy twee kinders, Jack en Adam, en sy vriend Kathryn trots met die vlag van die hamers wapper. Die grootste ontsnapping is sy eerste boek.
'N IRRASIONELE HAT VAN ALLES - deur Robert Banks
'N Irrasionele haat van Luton skrywer Robert Banks is terug met sy laaste aflewering in West Ham se reis deur die sokkerligas om die afgelope vyftien jaar van sy lewe as 'n lankmoedige Hammers-aanhanger te vertel.
Nadat hy in 2003 opgehou het, gee Banks 'n uiteensetting van die verskillende lotgevalle van West Ham United saam met die veranderlike moderne aard van die pragtige spel in 'N Irrasionele haat vir alles. Met die beskrywing van 'n stadionverskuiwing, 'n Yslandse ineenstorting van banke, oornames, aanstellings en aftrede, sowel as promosies en relegasies, volg Banks West Ham se ups en downs in 'n verfrissende, eerlike en humoristiese weergawe van die klub se onlangse geskiedenis.
Deur 'n onderlinge ondersoek van West Ham se vordering en die belangrike oomblikke in sy eie lewe, gaan Banks voort op die pynlike pad om sy onstuimige verhouding met die klub te beskryf om aan te toon hoeveel sokker vir die individu kan beteken, terwyl hy nugter herinneringe gee dat hy uiteindelik van die dag is dit net 'n speletjie.
'' Banksy 'doen weer wat hy die beste doen, en skets 'n lewendige prentjie van die vreugde en pyn wat gepaard gaan met 'n fan van Hammers.' - Perry Fenwick, EastEnders -akteur
'Deur 'n reeks irrasionele, onwaarskynlike nederlae van West Ham en nog meer irrasionele, onwaarskynlike West Ham -oorwinnings, som Robert Banks die raaisel van 'n Hammers -fan op. Dit sou eerlik wees irrasioneel om nie hierdie boek te geniet nie. ” Pete May, skrywer van Totsiens aan Boleyn: West Ham se laaste seisoen op Upton Park en die groot afskop op Stratford
'Hulle vernietig ons huis en ons erfenis, maar ons sal nooit ons humorsin wegneem nie: dit is wat West Ham -aanhangers onderskei. Robert se boek is 'n bittersoet terugblik op die harde lewe van 'n hamer. ” Jeremy Nicholas, skrywer, omroeper en stem van die Boleyn Ground 1998-2014
BEREIK BY DIE HEMEL NABY - 'n Afskeid van Upton Park - deur Brian Williams
Sukses, mislukking, heldhaftigheid, domheid, talent, skuldigheid - Upton Park het alles gesien. As die ondersteuning van sy klub vir vyftig jaar vir Brian Williams geleer het, is dit dat voetballiefhebbers beslis 'n sin vir humor nodig het - hoe anders sou hulle die beproewinge en verdrukkinge wat hul span kon toegejuig, hanteer? In hierdie openhartige en snaakse opvatting oor die seuns van 'n deurwinterde voetbalondersteuner, kyk Williams nostalgies terug op 'n paar van die groot spelers, groot triomfe en groot rampe wat West Ham se tyd in Upton Park gekenmerk het, en ondersoek die klub se invloed op sy ondersteuners, die East End en voetbal as 'n geheel in die loop van 'n leeftyd.
A Fever Pitch vir die Premier League -generasie, Near Reach the Sky, is 'n anekdotiese reis deur die doelwitte, wedstryde, foute en eindstryde, vertel met alle komedie, tragedie en irrasionaliteit wat aanhangers van enige span sal herken. Dit is 'n geestige, liefdevolle, hartstogtelike en aangrypende huldeblyk aan die einde van 'n era in Upton Park, sowel as 'n universele meditasie oor die voordele en gevare van voetbalfandom.
'Watter span u ook al ondersteun, Nearly Reach the Sky is 'n ongelooflike lees, pragtig geskryf, selfs al handel dit oor West Ham en ek is 'n Sheffield United -aanhanger. - David Marsh
"Brian Williams is 'n behoorlike aanhanger, en Near Reach the Sky is 'n behoorlike aanhangerboek." - Die voog
"Gedeeltelike nostalgie-reis, deels liefdesbrief aan 'n ou vriend wat binnekort vertrek het, dit is 'n aangename weergawe van moderne fandom." - FourFourTwo
'Brian Williams het voor die skare ingegaan en liefdevol oor elke detail van sy lewe as 'n fan gegaan en die ervaring van die Upton Park -wedstryddag.' - Blowing Bubbles Magazine
A-Z & 1-ELF VAN WEST HAM VERENIGD-deur Rob Mason
West Ham United is een van die mees gewaardeerde instellings van sokker.
Hulle is die klub van Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst en Martin Peters, Engelse se wennerhelde van 1966. Hulle is ook die klub van Trevor Brooking, 'n sokkerpersoonlikheid wat alles goed in die spel beliggaam.
Die Amptelike AZ en amp 1-elf van die hamers is nie 'n gids vir elke bekende speler, bestuurder, wedstryd of voorval wat die klub ooit gehad het nie. In plaas daarvan bring dit talle wedstryde, spelers, bestuurders en verhale bymekaar wat West Ham United help vorm het tot die wonderlike sokkerklub wat dit vandag is: 'n oortuigende en eienaardige versameling feite, syfers en verhale om met Irons -aanhangers te skakel. oud en jonk.
VARE AFSKEID NA UPTON PARK - deur Andy Hooper en Lee Clayton
'N Fantastiese viering van West Ham se geliefde voormalige grond, Afskeid van Upton Park vind uit wat dit beteken om 'n West Ham -aanhanger te wees, en die aanloklike foto's daarvan sal beslis by elke Hammer klink.
Hierdie boek bevat meer as 230 pragtige beelde van Upton Park, van die karakters wat die grond puik gemaak het, tot nostalgiese tonele in die historiese Boleyn Tavern en in die stadion self.
Bekroonde sportfotograaf Andy Hooper het ongekende toegang gekry deur die klub om hierdie ongelooflike versameling foto's bymekaar te bring, en saam vorm dit 'n pragtige bewys van wat dit beteken om na 'n wedstryd te gaan en onder die ondersteuners van hierdie historiese stadion te wees.
ELKE OU YSTER - deur Graham Martin Johnson
Nadat dit onderskryf is deur Tony Cottee (voorwoord), Alan Devonshire / Tony Gale (voorwoord) en 'n gesamentlike totaal van meer as 1100 hamerswedstryde tussen hulle gespeel het: hierdie reis van 50 jaar neem deel aan Upton Park Boleyn Ground / stadionatmosfeer, opgewondenheid, huis en 'Away' Entertainment, Exhilaration and Wee, heg dit aan elke emosie wat jy wil voorstel, en met talle wegreise, is hierdie boek ook West Ham United en Football Informative.
Jimmy Greaves 1970-motorbyeenkoms van Londen na Mexiko en 'That Bracelet' van Bobby Moore, vier dae huis-aanhouding, Stoke City League Cup-halfeindronde, geen middagskool Hereford FA Cup, ECWC Eintracht Frankfurt, Anderlecht en Dynamo Tblisi. Promosies-relegasies, beker wen-verliese. Hurst, Moore Testimonials, Brooking se laaste wedstryd, The Boys van '86, die Lock outs/Get ins en die Newcastle United St James 'Park -petrolbom. 'Ondersteuner van die straat', hierdie geskrifte wat deursigtig geskryf is, gee 'n insig aan die skrywer, en saam met alles wat gesê word, kom sy 'topvliegtuig' moderne voetbalmenings en menings sonder kennisgewing.
"Die woorde in hierdie boek is hoe baie van ons West Ham -aanhangers dit graag sou wou skryf. Dit is nie net 'n baie interessante en aangename leesstof nie, maar dit roep ook soveel van my eie persoonlike herinneringe na die 'Ysters' op ', en hierdie boek is 'n moet vir enige ware West Ham -fan. " - Len Herbert, Sekretaris van die Seuns van '86
OP DIE HAMERS! - The West Ham Battallion in The Great War - deur Elliott Taylor en Barney Alston
Lees die ware verhaal van die West Ham Bataljon vrywilligers in die Groot Oorlog. Dit is nou die derde uitgawe (November 2015), opgedateer om nog meer volledige bladsye te bevat wat nog nooit gepubliseer is nie, sowel as nuwer inligting en persoonlike staaltjies.
'N Eeu gelede was sommige van hulle werksaam by die Thames Ironworks, terwyl baie van hulle hul plaaslike span met 'n plat passie ondersteun het. Al die mans kom uit die tradisionele ondersteuningsgebiede van West Ham Utd, van Stepney tot Silvertown, Leyton tot Limehouse, Barking tot Bow en oral tussenin. 'N Paar van hulle was minderjarig, terwyl baie eintlik te veel was, maar hulle het almal in Januarie 1915 opgestaan en vrywillig in die hamers gewerk om die dinge wat hulle kosbaar was, te verdedig. Nie baie van hulle het huis toe gekom nie.
Lees hierdie opwindende verhaal en deel in hul trots en hartseer, die goeie en die slegte tye-van basiese opleiding op Wanstead Flats en roete wat in 1915 langs Groenstraat marsjeer toe onluste om hulle losbars, tot die dodelike vleissnit van die Somme in 1916 en uiteindelik hul epiese laaste stand by Cambrai in 1917 - dieselfde jaar word West Ham Utd as kampioene van die Southern Combination League gekroon, voor Chelsea en Millwall.
Dit is 'n verhaal wat elke ondersteuner van West Ham behoort te ken, en dit help die hamers langs die ingang van die winkel om die redes agter die gedenkplaat te verduidelik. Meer as 'n dekade van navorsing het mense en herinneringe wat lank vergete is, onthul. Dit is 'n verhaal van plaaslike trots, waarvan die soort nooit weer sal kom nie. Deur amptelike dokumente, ooggetuieverslae, dagboeke, koerantberigte en meer as 60 foto's wat nog nooit van die West Ham-bataljon gepubliseer is nie, ontdek u die mans, hul private en kollektiewe gevegte en hul uiteindelike lot.
STOF OP YSTER - deur Brian Belton
Die ontstaan van West Ham United Football Club is waarskynlik die mees fassinerende van enige professionele kant. Die span wat die trots van Oos -Londen en pioniers van die moderne spel sou word, het eers as Thames Ironworks ter wêreld gekom.
Sy spelers was die harde hamermanne wat klinknaels in sommige van die grootste skepe wat ooit gebou is, verbrand en geslaan het, waaronder die magtige Hams Warrior, 'n seevaart-oorlogsmasjien, wat, net soos die maatskappy wat dit gebou het en sy voetbalklub, voor was Dis tyd.
Dit is 'n verhaal van hoe filantropie, godsdienstige oortuigings, Korintiese etiek, ondernemingsonderneming en die entoesiasme van werkende mense vir 'n spel 'n sportinstelling gemaak het wat die kultuur en geskiedenis van die Docklands sou beliggaam.
BOBBY MOORE - Deur die persoon wat hom die beste geken het - deur Tina Moore
DIE STORIE WAT DIE BELANGRIKSTE ITV DRAMA TINA EN BOBBY INSPIREER.
Bobby Moore se ontydige dood in 1993, op 51 -jarige ouderdom, het 'n groot invloed op die mense van hierdie land gehad. As die enigste Engelse sokkerkaptein wat ooit die Wêreldbeker -toernooi verhoog het, was hy nie net 'n voetbal -ikoon nie, maar ook 'n nasionale.
Tog was Bobby 'n intens gereserveerde, amper geheimsinnige persoonlikheid. Slegs een persoon was sy ware vriend en vertroude van sy seuntjie, Tina, wat hy op 17 ontmoet het en kort daarna getroud is.
Tina Moore se verhaal van haar lewe met Bobby, die triomf en krisisse van sy sokkerloopbaan, die verbrokkeling van hul huwelik en wat daarna gebeur het, is 'n aangrypende huldeblyk aan 'n nasionale ikoon deur die persoon wat hom beter as iemand anders geken het.
'Hy was my vriend, sowel as die grootste verdediger teen wie ek nog gespeel het.' - Pele
"Bobby Moore was 'n ware heer." - Franz Beckenbauer
GOEDBYE TO BOLEYN - deur Pete May
West Ham se laaste seisoen op die Boleyn Ground sou altyd onvergeetlik wees. Dit bevat 'n nuwe bestuurder in Slaven Bilic, die aankoms van 'n Franse towenaar genaamd Dimitri Payet en wegoorwinnings by Arsenal, Liverpool en Man City - om nie te praat van 'n onverwagte kanteling by die top -vier nie en 'n epiese laaste wedstryd in die Boleyn teen Man United .
Maar 'n nuwe begin is om die draai, en terwyl hy en sy mede -hamers voorberei om die grimmige East End -strate van E13 vir die blink winkelsentrums van Stratford te verruil, dink die lewenslange ondersteuner Pete May oor die spesiale plek wat die Boleyn Ground in die harte van geslagte Irons -aanhangers.
Of dit nou die berugte gesange van die Bobby Moore Stand is, die braaivleis voor die wedstryd in Ken's Café of die vreugde van klewerige matte, vullis en blokke wat sing op pooltafels in die kroeë rondom Upton Park, Pete se herinneringe klink beslis op legioene van die klaret-en-blou weermag terwyl hulle afskeid neem van die Boleyn en 'n nuwe era in die Londense stadion betree.
"Die Essex -skrywer en die letterkundige Hammer Pete May skryf met humor en welsprekendheid oor die mees onstuimige jaar van verandering in die Boleyn sedert Ken's Café 'n bad Flora gekry het." - Phill Jupitus
'Pete is 'n lewenslange hamer en dit wys. Dinge verander, maar West Ham-aanhangers doen dit nie, en hierdie moet-koop-boek vir aanhangers is die perfekte voorbeeld daarvan. ” - Newham Recorder
HUIS VAN DIE HAMERS - deur John Dillon
West Ham United se verhuising na die nuwe Olimpiese stadion het 'n verblyf van 112 jaar op die Boleyn-grond beëindig. Die geestelike tuiste van 'n paar van die grootste helde van sokker: Bobby Moore, Billy Bonds, Trevor Brooking en Frank Lampard was net 'n paar wat hul naam daar gemaak het en hulde gebring het aan die noue atmosfeer van Oos-Londen. Terwyl die klublied 'Bubbles' om die tribune lui, het die Boleyn Ground 'n rou smaak.
Daar was onvergeetlike middae deur die twee grootste bestuurders van die klub, Ron Greenwood en John Lyall, fantastiese aande onder die ligte, aangesien die digte grense van die grond dit die mees intense stadions gemaak het, wonderlike aande wat teen die beste in Europa meeding, soos klop Eintracht Frankfurt op 'n modderhoop van 'n veld.
Nou is dit weg, maar die towerkuns, die ywer, die triomf, die teleurstellings en die spesiale humor wat daar floreer, word hier in al sy glorie vasgevang. Met volledige toegang tot The Times -argiewe en 'n asemrowende fotografiese versameling, het die lewenslange hamer -fan John Dillon die definitiewe geskiedenis van die Huis van die hamers.
“Uitbundig geïllustreerd, hoogs suggestief - 'n achtbaanrit. Die ware sterkte daarvan is die mengsel van foto's en koerantknipsels. Goed geskryf, 'n waardevolle item. ” - Program maandeliks
THE CLARET AND BLUE BOOK OF WEST HAM VERENIGD - deur John Northcutt
West Ham United is in 1895 gestig as die werkspan van die Thames Ironworks Shipbuilding Company. Vanaf die nederige begin het die klub ontwikkel tot een van die bekendste name in Engelse voetbal. West Ham, wat deelgeneem het aan die eerste bekerfinaal wat in 1923 op Wembley gespeel is, het die beroemde trofee op drie verskillende geleenthede gewen. In 1965 wen hulle die European Cup Winners Cup met 'n Engelse span en 'n jaar later drie spelers aan die Engelse span wat die Wêreldbeker wen.
The Claret & amp; Blue Book Of West Ham United bevat die onvergeetlike wedstryde en die bekendste spelers wat die donkerblou en blou gedra het terwyl elke dekade 'n nuwe Upton Park-held opgelewer het. Vanaf die 1920's het Vic Watson 'n ongelooflike 298 ligadoelwitte aangeteken, hy is die voorste doelskieter van die klub. Lees meer oor Joe Cockroft, wat in 1933 aangekom het en vier agtereenvolgende seisoene in elke wedstryd gespeel het. In meer onlangse tye het Hamers -helde Bobby Moore, Engeland se beste kaptein, in 108 internasionale wedstryde ingesluit, Billy Bonds, die kaptein van Hammers het altesaam 793 wedstryde vir die klub gemaak en met die toevloei van verskeie buitelandse talente die uitstekende vaardighede van die Italiaanse aanvaller Paolo Di Canio was verheug oor Hammers -aanhangers toe die nuwe millennium aanbreek.
Vol boeiende feite en ongelooflike staaltjies sal hierdie boek West Ham -ondersteuners van enige ouderdom verbly. Die boek spog ook met 'n unieke verwysingsafdeling: 'n definitiewe lys met elke West Ham-eerstespan-speler en hul volledige voorkoms en doelrekord. U vind lyste, tabelle, statistieke in die biografieë van spelers, wedstrydverslae en ander verhale en trivia om op u gemak te lees.
“Die klub het 'n spesiale plek in die hartjie van die Londense East End, en die voetbalwêreld in die algemeen, en deur hierdie boek te lees, sal u besef hoeveel geskiedenis die klub geskep het wat begin het as Thames Ironworks in 1895. ” - Tony Gale, Sky Sports
HUIS VAN HUIS - deur Brian Williams
Laat ek die eerste wees om te erken dat die verskuiwing van die een voetbalstadion na die ander om te sien hoe 'n klomp hoogs betaalde jongmanne 'n bal skop, nie die ernstigste krisis is in hierdie kommerwekkende tye nie. Maar dit is vir my 'n groot probleem. - Brian Williams
West Ham United, die voorwerp van 'n irrasionele liefde wat die lewe van die joernalis en skrywer Brian Williams oorheers het, het van sy ou huis na die Olimpiese stadion in Stratford verhuis. Dit is nie 'n stap wat hy verwelkom het nie.
Dit is nie net die sokker self nie. Die ondersteuners het al die wedstryddagrituele wat by die spel pas, agtergelaat. 'N Pint in Denmark Arms, 'n worsbroodjie in Priory Road, af en toe na die wonderlike Newham Bookshop. East Ham is 'n woonbuurt met al die geriewe wat daarmee gepaard gaan. Dieselfde kan nie gesê word van die Olympic Park, wat die nuwe stadion omring nie. Geen kroeë, geen chippies en beslis geen selfoonwinkels soos dié in die Barking Road nie. Brian het gereeld verbygeloop wat trots aangekondig het dat dit ook baba -hoenders verkoop. Dit alles is vervang deur 'n siellose stadion en korporatiewe spyseniering, sonder 'n baba hoender vir liefde of geld.
Williams bepaal die belangrikste verandering in die geskiedenis van sy klub deur die afgelope seisoen op sy geliefde Boleyn Ground te vergelyk met die eerste by West Ham se nuwe tuiste. Sodoende lewer hy 'n hartstogtelike klaaglied oor 'n tyd toe sokker die spel van mense was, nie 'n siniese oefening om 'n kliëntebasis te ontwikkel of 'n bemarkbare handelsmerk te bou nie. 'N Krie de coer wat nie net die geval is met hamers nie, maar ook met ondersteuners van alle klubs, groot en klein.
GOT, NOT GOT - The Lost World of West Ham United - deur Derek Hammond en Gary Silke
Got, Not Got: The Lost World of West Ham United is 'n grot van herinneringe en gedenkwaardighede in Aladdin, wat u verseker sal terugbring na die 'goue era' van modder en magie van die Boleyn, sowel as 'n gekke kinderjare van miniatuur tafelbladspeletjies en denkbeeldige, komiese wêreld.
Die boek herinner aan 'n meer onskuldige era van sokker, wat verlangend bly oor oorblyfsels uit die goeie ou dae - West Ham -plakkers en petrolvrye motors, liga -lere, grootwedstryde -programme en nog baie meer - herbesoeke aan verlore sokkerkultuur, skatte en plesier wat 100 per persoon beloop sent Claret en blou.
As u ooit 'n Junior Hammer was, een van die leërs van obsessiewe voetbalkinders, van Bobby Moore wat die Wêreldbeker tot die begin van die Premierliga opgehef het, dan is dit die boek om die mavericks te herinner - Peters en Hurst, Best en Brooke, Bonds and Cottee - en die wonderwerke van die Lost World of Football.
VLIEG SO HOOG - West Ham se bekerfinale - deur Pete May
West Ham haal moontlik nie soveel beker-eindronde nie, maar as hulle dit doen, is dit onvergeetlik, met telegeniese wit perde, rillers met ses doele, Europese glorie, drie FA-bekers en oorwinning in die uitspeelrondte. Die lewenslange aanhanger Pete May herleef tien klassieke eindronde toe West Ham se borrels byna die lug bereik het, wat die gesange, baniere, dodgy haarstyle, vieringe en persreaksies bedek. West Ham het in die eerste wedstryd ooit op Wembley, die 1923 FA Cup -eindstryd teen Bolton, gespeel.
Dit het 'n hewige inval deur 200 000 aanhangers beleef en het beroemdheid na Billie die wit perd gebring. In 1964 klop die Hamers Preston met 3-2 deur die oorwinnaar van Ron Boyce en Bobby Moore hardloop met 'n reuse hamer om die veld. 'N Jaar later het I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles om Wembley gelui toe Ron Greenwood se manne Europa verower en TSV München 1860 deur Alan Sealey se dubbelspel verslaan het in 'n geweldige aanval op aanvallende sokker. Alan Taylor, 'n voormalige werktuigkundige wat by Rochdale geteken is, was die ster van die FA Cup -eindstryd in 1975 en het twee keer aangeteken toe West Ham Fulham verslaan het, onder leiding van die voormalige Hamers -legende Bobby Moore.
Die volgende seisoen het hulle die eindstryd van die bekerwenners gehaal en teen Anderlecht verloor. In die FA Cup -eindstryd van 1980 was Johnny Lyall se klaret en blou weermag in die tweede afdeling, maar klop Arsenal deur 'n seldsame kop van Trevor Brooking, terwyl Billy Bonds die trofee vir 'n tweede keer lig. 'N Jaar later het West Ham Liverpool na 'n herhaling in die 1981 League Cup-eindstryd geneem en op Wembley gelyk gemaak deur Ray Stewart se dramatiese straf op die laaste minuut. Toe West Ham die Millennium-stadion in Cardiff besoek vir die FA Cup-eindstryd in 2006, het dit die mees onvergeetlike eindstryd in die onlangse geskiedenis opgelewer en 'n hartverskeurende strafskop-nederlaag ná 'n skitterende gelykop 3-3.
Die Hamers het in 2012 na Wembley teruggekeer na 'n afwesigheid van 31 jaar, aangesien Ricardo Vaz Te se wenner teen Blackpool promosie in die eindstryd van die kampioenskap verseker het, en die standbeeld van Bobby Moore is versier met 'n donkerblou en 'n blou serp. Tien puik eindstryde wat saamvat wat dit beteken om 'n West Ham -ondersteuner te wees.
Klopp oor oplossings, Williams -vordering en West Ham -ontleding
Jürgen Klopp is gereed om die nuutste uitdaging waarmee Liverpool te kampe het, op te los, aangesien hulle West Ham United Saterdag op Anfield verwelkom.
Die Reds sal sonder Fabinho wees, wat self onlangs in die sentrale verdediging ingeskakel het na die besering van Virgil van Dijk, toe hulle die Hamers in die Premierliga pak.
Akademie-afgestudeerde Rhys Williams het Fabinho vervang tydens Dinsdagaand en rsquos met 2-0 oor FC Midtjylland en is een van die kandidate om hierdie naweek 'n oplossing vir die baas in die agterlyn te bied.
Op sy perskonferensie voor die wedstryd het Klopp sy benadering tot die hantering van sulke omstandighede bespreek, die rol van Vitor Matos in die verhoging van Williams tot die eerste span en wat hy van David Moyes se kant verwag.
Oor die vraag of hy die uitdaging geniet om oplossings vir probleme en hellip te vind
Miskien is geniet nie juis die regte woord nie, maar ek het lank gelede besef dat die lewe 'n uitdaging is, en dit is 'n uitdaging, 100 persent. Maar ja, in die oomblik hoe ek die lewe altyd verstaan, en as u die eerste indruk van die voorval oorkom het, gaan dit oor oplossings. Daar is slegs probleme om oplossings te vind. En ja, die oplossings waaroor ek opgewonde was, dit is waar. Ek sien die uitdaging in die situasie, ja. Ek sien daar is 'n geleentheid, ja. Dit is alles waar. Tog speel ons elke drie dae sokkerwedstryde, so dit sal 'n uitdaging bly. Maar dit gaan goed, dit gaan goed met ons, ons hanteer die situasie en ons sal die beste daarvan maak, dit is die plan.
Oor Williams se vordering die afgelope paar jaar en of hy gereed is om Saterdag 'n Premierliga -debuut te maak & hellip
Ek kan nie te veel sê oor sy vordering die afgelope paar jaar nie, om 100 persent eerlik te wees. Maar ek kan baie sê oor sy vordering die afgelope paar weke of maande sedert hy by ons was [die eerste span]. Dit is redelik uitsonderlik, maar hy was reeds 'n baie goeie kind toe hy hier aankom. Die situasie was een van die voordele daarvan om Vitor Matos in die afrigtingspan te hê, omdat hy ons van hom bewus gemaak het en gesê het: "Hy is regtig goed, neem hom in die opleiding." Maar ons het nog steeds die kind Billy [Koumetio] en ons het ook Nat Phillips, so dit is die seuns. Billy was die afgelope 10 of 12 dae om een of ander rede nie beskikbaar nie, maar hy is nou terug en hulle oefen almal saam met ons, hulle is almal by ons en nou moet ons besluite neem.
Oor die moeilikheid om taktiese veranderinge voor te berei as daar minder tyd op die oefenveld is hierdie seisoen en hellip
Ja, dit is moeiliker hoe u u kan voorstel. Byna onmoontlik, maar dit is moontlik en dit is waarom ons dit probeer en sal aanhou om dit te probeer, en miskien nie presies die stelsel nie [teen Sheffield United verlede naweek], maar ander stelsels. Ons moet altyd reageer. My taak is om die span op die beste moontlike manier te gebruik, en dit is duidelik wat ek probeer doen. Vir die Sheffield United -wedstryd het dit beteken dat ons effens verander het, sodat dit natuurlik moontlik was dat ons soortgelyke dinge die naweek doen. Dit hang grootliks af van wie ons beskikbaar het en wat sinvol sou wees teen 'n spesifieke teenstander die naweek. Dit is 'n uitdaging, maar dit is hoe dit is en ons kla nie daaroor of wat ook al nie; dit is net die situasie. Ja, hoe minder tyd u beskikbaar het, hoe moeiliker is dit.
Oor die beskikbaarheid van Michail Antonio vir West Ham en die ander bedreigings wat die besoekers op Anfield en hellip sal hê
Antonio speel natuurlik tot dusver 'n opspraakwekkende seisoen, hy is in 'n baie goeie toestand. As David [Moyes] hom sou mis of nie kan gebruik nie, help dit natuurlik nie. Dit is soos almal as jy 'n speler het wat gewoonlik die hele tyd speel en jy kan hom nie gebruik nie, dit help nie. But even when you maybe don&rsquot know him that good in England, but [Sebastien] Haller &ndash I know him from Germany and he played an incredible season or two seasons at Frankfurt and was an incredible striker. A different type but good footballer, quick enough as well, and physically, first of all, similarly strong, if not stronger, brilliant in the air and all these kind of things. He could be, but they have different options obviously because West Ham did some smart business in the last one-and-a-half years or so, and even boys who were longer there and were injured are now back. That all looks like it&rsquos now starting to click. David is doing a really good job and that&rsquos a proper fighting unit we will face. And one player less will not make it easier for us, not at all. It will be just a different challenge, not exactly the same maybe. Actually in the moment, I expect him to play if not, then we deal with a different situation.
VERWANTE ARTIKELS
But The Sun claim the Hammers have no intention of the 22-year-old England star being part of any transfer conversations in the summer, and will not be bullied by their Premier League counterparts into selling their vice-captain.
The report adds Old Trafford chiefs have considered brokering an £80million package for Rice, with his current club and international team-mate Lingard used as a makeweight in that proposal.
The same outlet adds United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is keen to add the Chelsea academy product to the base of his midfield in his bid to make his side capable of challenging for next season's Premier League title.
Moyes has previously said that it would take 'Bank of England' money for a club to sign Rice.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is said to be eyeing Rice as an ideal fit for the base of his midfield
But The Sun claim David Moyes and Hammers chiefs will not be bullied into selling him
Rice has put in some excellent performances for West Ham this season in their push to qualify for next season's Champions League, but will miss the next six weeks with a knee ligament injury.
The Sun also report West Ham may not have it all their own way when it comes to acquiring Lingard on a permanent basis, with London rivals Arsenal also interested.
They claim the Gunners enquired about the 28-year-old's availability prior to his loan move to east London, but add it was knocked back with United expecting Mikel Arteta's men to rival them for a Champions League spot.
The north London side could also meet Lingard's £110,000-a-week wages, while Serie A side Roma - who have former United centre-back Chris Smalling among their ranks - also hold an interest.
Lingard's form since joining the Hammers saw him recalled to the international squad in Gareth Southgate's most recent England squad, for the first time since the summer of 2019.
They also claim Mikel Arteta's Arsenal will rival the Hammers to sign 28-year-old Lingard
Chelsea FC Player Profile: Reg Williams
* oth = other competitive matches such as Full Members Cup, Charity/Community Shield, Fifa World Club Cup.
Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Reg Williams made 74 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.
Competitive Matches Played
| Comp | Datum | Tuis | Away | Att | ||
| F.A. Cup | 5th Jan 1946 | Chelsea | 1 | 1 | Leicester City | 39,678 |
| F.A. Cup | 10th Jan 1946 | Leicester City | 0 | 2 | Chelsea | 25,368 |
| F.A. Cup | 26th Jan 1946 | Chelsea | 2 | 0 | West Ham United | 65,726 |
| F.A. Cup | 30th Jan 1946 | West Ham United | 1 | 0 | Chelsea | 35,000 |
| F.A. Cup | 9th Feb 1946 | Chelsea | 0 | 1 | Aston Villa | 65,307 |
| F.A. Cup | 12th Feb 1946 | Aston Villa | 1 | 0 | Chelsea | 55,000 |
| League | 31st Aug 1946 | Chelsea | 4 | 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 62,850 |
| League | 4th Sep 1946 | Chelsea | 0 | 3 | Manchester United | 27,750 |
| League | 9th Sep 1946 | Sheffield United | 2 | 2 | Chelsea | 41,545 |
| League | 14th Sep 1946 | Chelsea | 3 | 0 | Leeds United | 56,484 |
| League | 18th Sep 1946 | Manchester United | 1 | 1 | Chelsea | 30,275 |
| League | 21st Sep 1946 | Grimsby Town | 2 | 1 | Chelsea | 21,932 |
| League | 28th Sep 1946 | Chelsea | 2 | 2 | Charlton Athletic | 63,859 |
| F.A. Cup | 25th Jan 1947 | Chelsea | 2 | 2 | Derby County | 49,484 |
| League | 1st Mar 1947 | Arsenal | 1 | 2 | Chelsea | 52,606 |
| League | 8th Mar 1947 | Chelsea | 1 | 4 | Blackpool | 30,365 |
| League | 8th Sep 1948 | Charlton Athletic | 1 | 1 | Chelsea | 38,492 |
| League | 18th Sep 1948 | Preston North End | 3 | 2 | Chelsea | 32,164 |
| League | 25th Sep 1948 | Chelsea | 1 | 0 | Burnley | 53,193 |
| League | 2nd Oct 1948 | Stoke City | 4 | 3 | Chelsea | 31,004 |
| League | 30th Oct 1948 | Chelsea | 0 | 1 | Arsenal | 56,476 |
| League | 6th Nov 1948 | Huddersfield Town | 3 | 4 | Chelsea | 18,693 |
| League | 13th Nov 1948 | Chelsea | 1 | 1 | Manchester United | 62,542 |
| League | 20th Nov 1948 | Sheffield United | 2 | 1 | Chelsea | 29,646 |
| League | 1st Jan 1949 | Chelsea | 2 | 0 | Birmingham City | 28,850 |
| F.A. Cup | 8th Jan 1949 | Bristol City | 1 | 3 | Chelsea | 36,454 |
| League | 22nd Jan 1949 | Everton | 2 | 1 | Chelsea | 52,700 |
| F.A. Cup | 29th Jan 1949 | Chelsea | 2 | 0 | Everton | 56,671 |
| League | 5th Feb 1949 | Chelsea | 5 | 3 | Preston North End | 41,483 |
| F.A. Cup | 12th Feb 1949 | West Bromwich Albion | 3 | 0 | Chelsea | 57,843 |
| League | 19th Feb 1949 | Burnley | 3 | 0 | Chelsea | 28,754 |
| League | 4th May 1949 | Bolton Wanderers | 1 | 1 | Chelsea | 19,084 |
| League | 20th Aug 1949 | Birmingham City | 0 | 3 | Chelsea | 45,068 |
| League | 24th Aug 1949 | Chelsea | 1 | 2 | Arsenal | 63,196 |
| League | 27th Aug 1949 | Chelsea | 1 | 2 | Derby County | 59,038 |
| League | 7th Sep 1949 | Chelsea | 3 | 1 | Sunderland | 40,061 |
| League | 10th Sep 1949 | Chelsea | 1 | 1 | Manchester United | 61,357 |
| League | 29th Oct 1949 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | 2 | Chelsea | 42,008 |
| League | 5th Nov 1949 | Chelsea | 1 | 4 | Portsmouth | 31,650 |
| League | 27th Dec 1949 | Liverpool | 2 | 2 | Chelsea | 58,757 |
| F.A. Cup | 7th Jan 1950 | Brentford | 0 | 1 | Chelsea | 38,000 |
| League | 4th Feb 1950 | Chelsea | 2 | 2 | Stoke City | 45,097 |
| League | 18th Feb 1950 | Burnley | 1 | 2 | Chelsea | 23,446 |
| League | 25th Feb 1950 | Manchester City | 1 | 1 | Chelsea | 32,824 |
| F.A. Cup | 4th Mar 1950 | Chelsea | 2 | 0 | Manchester United | 70,362 |
| League | 8th Mar 1950 | Chelsea | 1 | 3 | Charlton Athletic | 26,507 |
| League | 11th Mar 1950 | Everton | 1 | 1 | Chelsea | 50,328 |
| F.A. Cup | 18th Mar 1950 | Arsenal | 2 | 2 | Chelsea | 67,752 |
| F.A. Cup | 22nd Mar 1950 | Arsenal | 1 | 0 | Chelsea | 66,482 |
| League | 25th Mar 1950 | Portsmouth | 4 | 0 | Chelsea | 28,574 |
| League | 1st Apr 1950 | Chelsea | 3 | 1 | Huddersfield Town | 32,064 |
| League | 7th Apr 1950 | Chelsea | 1 | 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 52,985 |
| League | 8th Apr 1950 | Aston Villa | 4 | 0 | Chelsea | 35,147 |
| League | 15th Apr 1950 | Chelsea | 0 | 0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30,254 |
| League | 22nd Apr 1950 | Blackpool | 0 | 0 | Chelsea | 26,006 |
| League | 29th Apr 1950 | Chelsea | 1 | 3 | Newcastle United | 24,677 |
| League | 6th May 1950 | Sunderland | 4 | 1 | Chelsea | 21,567 |
| League | 23rd Aug 1950 | Arsenal | 0 | 0 | Chelsea | 61,166 |
| League | 13th Jan 1951 | Chelsea | 3 | 1 | Newcastle United | 43,840 |
| League | 20th Jan 1951 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | 1 | Chelsea | 30,985 |
| F.A. Cup | 27th Jan 1951 | Exeter City | 1 | 1 | Chelsea | 20,000 |
| F.A. Cup | 31st Jan 1951 | Chelsea | 2 | 0 | Exeter City | 46,134 |
| League | 17th Feb 1951 | Everton | 3 | 0 | Chelsea | 33,005 |
| League | 3rd Mar 1951 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | 1 | Chelsea | 59,449 |
| League | 17th Mar 1951 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Chelsea | 24,270 |
| League | 23rd Mar 1951 | Burnley | 2 | 1 | Chelsea | 22,266 |
| League | 24th Mar 1951 | Chelsea | 2 | 3 | Charlton Athletic | 38,196 |
| League | 31st Mar 1951 | Manchester United | 4 | 1 | Chelsea | 25,779 |
| League | 7th Apr 1951 | Chelsea | 1 | 1 | Aston Villa | 28,569 |
| League | 18th Apr 1951 | Huddersfield Town | 2 | 1 | Chelsea | 23,999 |
| League | 21st Apr 1951 | Chelsea | 1 | 0 | Liverpool | 30,134 |
| League | 28th Apr 1951 | Fulham | 1 | 2 | Chelsea | 24,897 |
| League | 25th Aug 1951 | Chelsea | 1 | 3 | Liverpool | 44,055 |
| League | 29th Aug 1951 | Arsenal | 2 | 1 | Chelsea | 48,768 |
Return to Home page.
| Games Won: | 21 |
| Win Percentage: | 28.38% |
| Total Bookings: | 0 |
| Times Sent Off: | 0 |
During his Chelsea career of 74 appearances, Reg Williams played alongside the following 45 players (number of appearances together in brackets)
Nearly Reach the Sky: A Farewell to Upton Park by Brian Williams – review
I remember the moment that determined my future. I was 10 years old, and standing around with a group of boys during break. My best friend said, “Come on, you’ve got to support a team. Just pick one.” “Um,” I replied, “I think I’ll go for West Ham.” And that was it.
There have been a few highs since then, a good deal of enjoyment and a great deal of anguish. But we are stuck. Football supporters are essentially monogamous: like the most hopeless submissive in a dysfunctional relationship, we find it impossible to break our initial bonds. I have lived most of my life as a neighbour of Arsenal, but while I have developed some sympathy for Arsène Wenger’s team, I could never be a fan, and rarely wish them well.
When I began supporting West Ham, the World Cup winners Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters were in the team. Rushed as my choice was, I think it was based on my sense that this was a glamorous, stylish side that, on its day, could beat anybody. The frailty that caused the Irons to underachieve may have been part of the appeal. I seem to be drawn to such sportspeople. It’s a predilection that results in many disappointments.
Still, I am largely an armchair fan. Brian Williams is a proper fan, and Nearly Reach the Sky is a proper fan’s book. Williams has been following the Irons – the team began as Thames Ironworks in 1895, before rebranding itself as West Ham in 1900 – for 50 years (“how easy it is to be nutmegged by time,” he nicely reflects), making the fateful choice before the 1964 FA Cup Final, when West Ham beat Preston North End 3-2. It was a deceptive high point. Since then, he has endured, he writes with understandable exaggeration, a “lifetime of emotional pain and misery”.
Williams is not so obsessed as to fail to recognise the flaw in Bill Shankly’s often quoted remark about whether football is a matter of life or death (it’s “more important than that”, Shankly said). He acknowledges that, before his happy marriage, relationships tended to founder on his girlfriends’ inability to appreciate his devotion to an East London football club. Nevertheless, he appears not to appreciate that listening to a match during a wedding service would be frowned on in some circles. (“It takes a good deal of self-control to restrain yourself to a silent fist-pump when your team scores,” he confesses.)
Somewhat unsound on etiquette, Williams ticks every box in the fandom code. Nearly Reach the Sky may not be a book for those who are unaware of, say, what was controversial about the signings of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano, but for any football follower, it will strike a chord. There are the players you worship – in Williams’s case, they include Moore, Trevor Brooking, and above all Billy Bonds. There are the players you vilify: Williams picks a team consisting of the all-time worst players to have turned out for West Ham, boasting that “I reckon this lot would be certain to go down before the Christmas decorations even went up.” There are the managers you cannot forgive, particularly the “useless” Avram Grant. There are the rival teams that you cannot forgive: Williams has a long list of dislikes, among them Sheffield Utd and Leeds, based on their perceived slights to his own club. He also has a grudge against Father Christmas, who one year, despite a request that “couldn’t have been clearer”, gave him a Subbuteo team in Juventus’s black-and-white stripes rather than in West Ham’s claret and blue.
Among the many fans’ facts in the book are that West Ham was the last FA Cup-winning club to field an all-English team (1975), and the last club to win the Cup from the second tier of English football (in 1980). Three FA Cups in my lifetime, and a near miss (2006): many people’s teams never win anything. Was not Nick Hornby’s Fever Pitch about a mostly miserable era supporting Arsenal, and John Crace’s Vertigo about the misery of supporting Tottenham Hotspur? I doubt, if I think about the possible alternatives, whether I could have made a happier choice, back in 1967. At the end of his book, we find Williams sitting in the Moore stand and enduring a dark afternoon of the soul. What has it all been for? There’s no answer that will satisfy a football sceptic. For the rest of us, this book offers an entertaining stab at it.
Parfitt-Williams & West Ham Still Unbeaten
Djair Parfitt-Williams and his West Ham United teammates continued their unbeaten start to the Barclays Under 18 Premier League season with a 3-3 draw with Tottenham Hotspur on Satuday [Aug 30].
The official match report said, “The Hammers stormed into an early two-goal lead through Jordan Brown’s deflected shot and Emmanual Onariase’s header, before Joe Pritchard and Luke Amos levelled the score at 2-2 by half-time.
“Spurs then turned the game on it’s head by going ahead when Josh Onomah fired into the corner, but Brown netted his second of the game to grab a point for the home side.
“After a very even opening ten minutes, it was the Hammers that created the better attacking moves, with Djair Parfitt-Williams and Grady Diangana utilising the gaps in the Spurs midfield.
“After half-time, both sides came out determined to gain the upper hand on their opponents. It was Spurs that went closest to pushing themselves ahead on 52 minutes when Hammers goalkeeper Howes acrobatically tipped Pritchard’s header onto the crossbar.
“The visitors began to gain control of the match and grabbed their third goal on 65 minutes when Onomah was again allowed time and space on the edge of the box to rifle a low shot into the corner of the net.
“Just a minute later, however, West Ham pulled themselves level when Brown found space to dig a low shot past Voss, despite Kyle Walker-Peters’ best efforts to clear off the line.
“The draw keeps the Hammers unbeaten in the Southern Division this season after a win and two stalemates. West Ham’s next league fixture is on Saturday 13 September away at Chelsea.”
England U17s skipper enjoys winning senior Hammers debut
The centre-half made his senior bow for the Hammers as they defeated Andorran side FC Lusitans 3-0 at the Boleyn Ground, ensuring they take an hefty lead into the second leg of their Europa League First Round Qualifying tie next week.
Oxford, from Edmonton in north London, become the club's youngest-ever first-team player aged 16 years 198 days, beating Billy Williams's record from 1922 when he appeared aged 16 years 221 days.
The youngster, who helped the Young Lions reach the quarter finals of the European Championship in May and then notched a penalty in the shoot-out victory over Spain to seal England's place at the U17 World Cup in Chile, started the contest in midfield.
Perhaps understandably, Oxford looked a little nervous in the opening exchanges in front of a full house as he was caught in possession and gave away a free-kick. But it did not take long for him and his partner, Diego Poyet, another former Young Lions captain at U17 level, to settle.
Sakho headed West Ham into the lead on 40 minutes
With 12 minutes on the clock he was presented with his first opportunity. So often a threat from set pieces for the national side last term, he once again showed his aerial ability as he rose to meet Matt Jarvis&rsquos corner, but unfortunately for the Upton Park faithful, visiting goalkeeper Gerardo Rubio was able to jump and gather with both hands.
It proved to be an eventful opening to Oxford&rsquos senior career as he received his first caution midway through the half following a late tackle on Aguilar.
Another of England&rsquos young guns, Reece Burke, was in action for the Hammers on the left side of defence. The U19s international and his fellow Hammers were rarely troubled as the the hosts remained firmly in control without finding a breakthrough, Burke often finding himself and captain James Tomkins as a two-man backline with Oxford sat deep as a shield.
With new boss Slaven Bilic watching from the stands (academy manager Terry Westley was in charge of the team for the contest), and with everyone keen to impress, frustrations were starting to grow as half-time approached &ndash but the pressure was relieved courtesy of Diafra Sakho.
Slaven Bilic was introduced to the Boleyn faithful prior to kick-off
The Senegalese striker, who should have opened the scoring earlier when he headed over with the goal gaping, made no mistake on the 40-minute mark as he drove Mauro Zarate&rsquos cross into the top corner with his head to break the deadlock.
The forward, who notched 10 goals in 23 Premier League matches last season, grabbed his second moments later. Morgan Amalfitano showed neat skill to lose his man with a drop of the shoulder before pulling the ball across goal for Sakho to prod home to double the advantage.
West Ham&rsquos dominance continued into the second period and Oxford clearly fancied his chances of grabbing a debut goal &ndash and he came within inches of getting it. Ten minutes after the restart, he collected the ball around 30 yards from goal, looked up and unleashed a piledriver that went narrowly wide of the target.
Reece Burke almost added his name to the scoresheet late on
A third goal did arrive shortly after as Tomkins headed home on 58 minutes, leading to changes in personal for the Hammers as Oxford was dropped back into his more familiar role in the centre of defence.
Despite his assured display at the back, Burke will have been kicking himself that he failed to add his name to the scoresheet. He found himself free inside the Lusitans six-yard box as the ball bounced straight to him following an attempted clearance from a corner, but the 18-year-old headed straight at the keeper with just over 10 minutes remaining.
A fourth goal did not arrive, but what a night to remember for Oxford. Before kick-off he was presented with his match shirt by Bilic and Hammers' co-chairman David Gold, who told him to create his own legacy as a notable West Ham defender.
Westley was pleased with Oxford's debut, but acknowledged that improvements can be made.
He said: &ldquo[Oxford] looked the part but he still has some work to do. We&rsquoll need to go through the clips with him as he was a bit slow to move the ball.
&ldquoBut that&rsquos why we put him in midfield - because you have to move the ball quicker when you're in there, so there was method behind the madness, and that will help him when he moves back into defence."
A.W. Allen (Confectionery) - (AL2-19) Footballers
1925
(AL2-19) Footballers
A.W. Allen (Confectionery) Ltd.
Australië
54 cards (17 football)
A set of 54 footballers, though many of them are rugby players. I've seen reference to 26 footballers in this set, but I can only find 17. 11 were members of the Football Association team that toured Australia in 1925 and 6 were Australian internationals (**). The cards are multi-backed as can be seen above, no cards have more than one back.
The list is incomplete as I have been unable to find card no. 49 nor have I been able to identify A. O'Conner on card no. 21.
UPDATE (10-03-2016): Brian Jukes has kindly provided information about card nos. 14 and 49.
1. T.J. (Tom) Whittaker (Arsenal)
2. H. (Harry) Hardy (Stockport County)
3. J. (Jimmy) Walsh (Liverpool)
4. C. (Cecil) Poynton (Tottenham Hotspur)
5. L. (Len) Graham (Milwall - sic)
6. W.C. (William "Bill") Caesar (Dulwich Hamlet) - "Allen's Quality Kicks the Goals" back
7. F. (Frank) Burge (New South Wales Rugby League)
8. C.S. (Stan) Seymour (Newcastle United)
9. C.W.S. (Charlie) Spencer (Newcastle United)
10. H.G. (Bert) Batten (Plymouth Argyle) - "Allen's Quality Kicks the Goals" back
11. W. (Billy) Sage (Tottenham Hotspur)
12. J.E. (John Edward "Teddy") Davison (Sheffield Wednesday)
13. H. (Herman) Peters (New South Wales Rugby League)
14. H. (Harold) Horder (New South Wales Rugby League) - amended - thanks to Brian Jukes
15. T. McMahon (New South Wales Rugby League)
16. B. (Ben) Gronow (Great Britain Rugby League)
17. J. (Jim) Sigley (Queensland Rugby League)
18. N. (Norm) Potter (Queensland Rugby League)
19. Cec. Broadfoot (Queensland Rugby League)
20. V. (Vic) Armbruster (Queensland Rugby League)
21. A.W. (Alf) O'Connor (New South Wales Rugby League) - updated 28-11-2020 - thanks to Brian (see comments)
22. J. Bennett (Queensland Rugby League)
23. B. (Benny) Wearing (New South Wales Rugby League)
24. P. (Prece) Parcells (Queensland Rugby League)
25. H. (Henry) Waterhouse (New South Wales Rugby League)
26. T. (Tom) Gorman (Queensland Rugby League)
27. H. (Harold) Wagstaff (Great Britain Rugby League)
28. F. (Frank) McMillan (New South Wales Rugby League)
29. C. (Charles) Fraser (New South Wales Rugby League)
30. J.A. (Jim) Bacon (Great Britain Rugby League)
31. G. (George) Cartwright (Australia) **
32. F. (Fred) Gallen (Australia) **
33. C. (Cecil) Williams (Australia) ** - C. Williams on front, G. Williams on back
34. J. (James "Judy") Masters (Australia) **
35. W. (Bill) Maunder (Australia) **
36. H. Spurway (Australia) **
37. W. (Bill) Paten (Queensland Rugby League)
38. C. (Cecil) Aynsley (Queensland Rugby League)
39. D. (Duncan) Thompson (New South Wales Rugby League)
40. J. (Jim) Craig (New South Wales Rugby League)
41. J. (John) Hunt (Queensland Rugby League)
42. W. (William) Ives (New South Wales Rugby League)
43. R. (Reg) Latta (New South Wales Rugby League)
44. John Purcell (Queensland Rugby League)
45. Dally Messenger (New South Wales Rugby League)
46. J. (Jonty) Parkin (Great Britain Rugby League)
47. C. (Cecil Rhodes) Blinkhorn (New South Wales Rugby League)
48. James Purcell (Queensland Rugby League)
49. D. (Cecil) Seddon (New South Wales Rugby League) - added - thanks to Brian Jukes
50. Jim Sullivan (Great Britain Rugby League)
51. Eric Frauenfelder (Queensland Rugby League)
52. W. (Bill) Spencer (Queensland Rugby League)
53. A. (Alf) Blair (New South Wales Rugby League)
54. F. (Frank) Gallagher (Great Britain Rugby League)
** Played for Australia v Canada in the fifth and final test match at Adelaide on 12 July, 1924
West Ham United: Five memorable matches
We look back at five memorable matches.
Ahead of Monday’s Premier League clash between Leeds and West Ham, we look back at five memorable matches between the two sides.
Saturday 3rd November 1973- Leeds United 4-1 West Ham United
Leeds United defeated West Ham emphatically at Elland Road, on route to becoming champions of England for the second time. Mick Bates gave Leeds the lead, finding the bottom corner when the ball popped up to him in the Hammers box. Mick Jones played a lovely one-two with Peter Lorimer to double the lead, before Jones netted a lovely second after the break, lobbing Mervyn Day after latching onto a long ball forward. A fabulous team goal by Leeds wrapped up the win, with Allan Clarke heading home. Ted MacDougall scored what proved to be West Ham’s consolation goal and a dressing room bust up with team-mate Billy Bonds after the match saw him ultimately transferred to Norwich City.
Saturday 17th March, 1990- Leeds United 3-2 West Ham United
A promotion winning season for Howard Wilkinson’s Leeds side, saw a masterclass from the goalscoring Lee Chapman in this fixture. Heading towards the end of the campaign, the Whites needed to keep off the challenge from Yorkshire rivals Sheffield United and did so with this victory. The influence of Gordon Strachan was massive, as he played a key role in allowing Chapman to score a first half double by assisting both. The match was to change within five minutes after half-time though, as a quick goal from Trevor Morley meant the gap was reduced. The tricky Scot wasn’t to see his hard work undone though and he netted the third goal to restore the two goal advantage. Chapman did get on the scoresheet again, but this time at the wrong end with an unfortunate own goal 20 minutes from time. The Whites held on though and continued to lead the way in the division.
Saturday 1st May, 1999- West Ham United 1-5 Leeds United
The Whites dismantled the Hammers at Upton Park, looking to finish their remaining matches of the season on a high. They did just that! It had taken less than a minute for Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink to open the scoring, finding himself in space to smash home the opener. Then the relative chaos began, with striker Ian Wright being sent off in the 13th minute for two yellow cards. On the stroke of half-time, Alan Smith added a second and sent his side in at the whistle with two goals and a one man advantage. Paulo Di Canio pulled one back just after the restart, but Ian Harte’s penalty restored the two-goal lead after Shaka Hislop became the second Hammer sent off. When Lee Bowyer and Alf Inge Haaland scored within a minute of each other, the 5-1 score was unassailable. However, the drama wasn’t over as Steve Lomas made it a hat-trick of red cards for the hosts, receiving his marching orders with four minutes to go.
Tuesday 1st January, 2002- Leeds United 3-0 West Ham United
On their way to a fifth placed Premier League finish in the 2001/02 season, a crowd close to 40,000 saw Leeds all-but secure victory inside the opening 10 minutes. Mark Viduka volleyed home past David James after just three minutes, finishing from an Alan Smith cross. Just four minutes later, Viduka would get his and the Whites’ second. Danny Mills intercepted a loose pass on the halfway line and picked out Viduka, who again made no mistake, this time heading home past James. After a quick start to the first half, David O’Leary’s side did the exact same at the beginning of the second, with Robbie Fowler making it 3-0 just five minutes after the restart. There was little response from the visitors after this and the points were secure.
26th February, 2005- Leeds United 2-1 West Ham United
The last victory for either side in this fixture was in 2005, with the Whites taking all three points in a 2-1 win during a season in which both teams competed in the Championship. Rob Hulse put Leeds ahead in front of the 34,000 strong crowd at Elland Road following a well delivered Aaron Lennon cross. The visitors drew level with 20 minutes remaining, when Gavin Williams volleyed into the back of the net. With just four minutes left on the clock, Shaun Derry would get Kevin Blackwell’s side all three points by finishing his chance neatly after David Healy’s clever header.
Billy Williams : West Ham United - History
Due to the latest Government Covid19 guidelines we are now able to reopen our shop in Great Yarmouth on Monday 12th April. We look forward to seeing you all again.
Due to the latest Government Covid19 guidelines our shop in Great Yarmouth has to close again until further notice. We are still operating online via this website but only to UK addresses. We thank you for your continued support in these challenging times.
2nd December 2020
We are pleased to confirm that the shop has now been allowed to reopen following the government guide lines. We looking forward to seeing you.
Due to the latest Government Covid19 guidelines our shop in Great Yarmouth has to close on 5th November until at least 2nd December. We are still operating online via this website but only to UK addresses. We thank you for your continued support in these challenging times
Now in stock from recent signings Denis Law, Phil Neville and Wes Brown (Manchester United)
We are pleased to confirm that the shop will reopen on 15th June following the government guide lines. We looking forward to seeing you.
Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic our shop in Great Yarmouth is closed until further notice. We are still operating online via this website but only to UK addresses.
1st March 2020
Now in stock from a private signing at the end of February - Ray Graydon (Aston Villa)
Now in stock from recent private signings - Johnny Giles (Leeds Utd). Pat Crerand, John Aston & David Sadler (Manchester Utd).
29th June 2019
Now in stock from signings at the recent Collectormania show at the NEC Birmingham - Alastair Cook & Curtly Ambrose (Cricket), Barry McGuigan, John Conteh & John H Stracey (Boxing), Norman Hunter & Paul Reaney (Leeds Utd), John Hartson (Celtic & Arsenal), Frank McAvennie (West Ham United), Ossie Ardiles, Ricky Villa, Gary Mabbutt & Ray Clemence (Tottenham)
Now in stock from signings that took place during January - Lou Macari (Celtic & Manchester Utd), John Lukic (Arsenal & Leeds Utd) & Sammy McIlroy (Manchester Utd & Northern Ireland).
There are a number of signings taking place this month and we will be having items signed by - Billy Bonds (West Ham Utd), Gary McAllister (Leeds Utd), Gordon Strachan (Leeds Utd), Chris Whyte (Leeds Utd), Rod Wallace (Rangers), Mark Hateley (Coventry City & Rangers), Jimmy Nicholl (Manchester Utd), David Hay (Celtic) & George Connelly (Celtic). These should be available early March,
Now in stock from latest signings during November include Mel Sterland, Tony Dorigo, Steve Hodge (all Leeds Utd), Ian Ross (Aston Villa) and Colin Hendry (Blackburn & Rangers)
Signings taking place during October include Willie Wallace (Celtic), Willie Johnston (Rangers), Alan Rough (Partick), Pat Stanton (Hibs), Alex Cropley (Aston Villa) and Geoff Hurst (West Ham United).
A number of new items including signed photos, football shirts and boxing gloves are being added following signings at Collectormania which was held at the NEC Birmingham. Sports personalities including Phil Taylor, Carl Fogarty, Nigel Benn, Frank Bruno, Steve Collins, Daniel Dubois, Geoff Hurst, Billy Bonds, Trevor Brooking, Phil Parkes, Trevor Francis, John Barnes, Jan Molby, Kevin Keegan, Michael Owen, Bob Wilson, Peter Marinello, Jon Sammels all signed items for us.
Signings that are taking place at the beginning of May are Bobby Lennox (Celtic), Hugh Curran (Norwich City), Ray Crawford (Colchester Utd & Ipswich Town) & Mick Channon (Norwich City),
Items will soon be added from recent signings with Graham Williams (West Bromwich Albion), John Barnwell (Arsenal), Ted Farmer (Wolves), Alex Elder (Burnley) and Brendon Batson (West Bromwich Albion)
29th September 2017
Items will soon be added from recent signings by Denis Law (Manchester Utd, Manchester City, Huddersfield Town & Scotland), Ian Ure (Arsenal & Manchester Utd), Bobby Lennox (Celtic), Danny McGrain (Celtic) & Jim McCalliog (Southampton)
New items that will soon be added from private signings which took place during December 2016 & January/February 2017 include Paul Mariner (Ipswich), Asa Hartford (West Brom), Roy McFarland, Kevin Hector, Henry Newton, Archie Gemmill (all Derby County), David Nish (Leicester City), Jimmy Rimmer & Frank Carrodus (Aston Villa), Malcolm MacDonald (Arsenal & Newcastle Utd), John Tudor (Newcastle Utd & Sheffield Utd), Eddie Kelly (Arsenal), Tony Book (Manchester City), Derek Temple, Mike Trebilcock & Tony Kay (Everton).
Latest additions include Ted MacDougall West Ham United & Norwich City, Colin Bell, Francis Lee Manchester City, Larry Lloyd Nottingham Forest & Liverpool, Tony Woodcock Nottingham Forest, Frank Stapleton Arsenal all from signings that took place during October 2016
6th August 2016
We are sad to say that in the early hours of Friday 5th August our shop along with others in Regent Road, Great Yarmouth was destroyed by a major fire. All stock within the shop was lost but thankfully no one was hurt.
We are currently only able to sell via the website which has been adjusted with the removal of lost items. Stock levels are currently low but will be increased over the coming weeks
