oldtimer 4:32 Thu Sep 18
Happy Birthday Brian Dear
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71 years young today, happy birthday old Hammer
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boleynkid
11:28 Sat Sep 20
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A game that Brian will remember with some fondness.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_c3o9LRHTI
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Mervyn Night
10:52 Sat Sep 20
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Met him a couple of years ago at Accrington, was there with my daughter for the Southend game and he walked up and introduced himself to us when he heard we were Hammers fans heading to Villa the following day for the game.
First time a hero of mine introduced himself to me rather than the other way round. Chatted for a long time about the Hammers and the players who were there in his time. Very pleasant surprise.
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HairySpotter
1:12 Sat Sep 20
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The Jimmy Greaves Blackpool story is what i always think (told below)
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Hammerhermit
1:11 Sat Sep 20
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Happy birthday Brian thanks for the memories.
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Mr Polite
5:55 Fri Sep 19
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I always think of Blackadder when i hear his name.
Happy Birthday Brian Dear
Thank you Polite, Darling
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murf tenerife
5:49 Fri Sep 19
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Great guy met up with the Tenerife Hammers a few years back. Great guy and has a very nice family.
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longford
1:55 Fri Sep 19
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have met Brian a few times, he's freinds of the and lady in the broker pub in leigh on sea. (my hometown)I
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Far Cough
1:19 Thu Sep 18
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Brian Dear (born 18 September 1943 in Plaistow, London) is an English former footballer who played as a striker.
Dear, nicknamed Stag, started his career with West Ham United, joining the club at the age of 15. He made his debut against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 29 August 1962, and went on to make 69 league appearances for the club, scoring 33 goals. He was a member of the 1964-65 European Cup Winners' Cup winning side.
He holds the record for the quickest ever five goals in an English game, 20 minutes either side of half time, in a home tie against West Brom on 16 April 1965.
Out on loan to Brighton & Hove Albion, Dear managed to score five goals in seven games. He moved to Fulham for £20,000 in 1969 but, after a short spell at Millwall, moved back to West Ham in October 1970.
His second spell at Upton Park was short-lived and Dear featured in only four games during the 1970–71 season. Dear played his last game for the club on 19 December 1970, wearing the number 9 shirt against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. The following month, he and three West Ham team-mates - Bobby Moore, Jimmy Greaves and Clyde Best, along with the club's trainer - were all fined a week's wages and banned for two games by West Ham manager Ron Greenwood after going out drinking in a nightclub until the early hours of the morning prior to an FA Cup third-round tie against Blackpool. "The game was played on an awful pitch and we lost 4–0. Blackpool had a lad called Tony Green, who probably had the game of his life."[1] The directors wanted to sack all five individuals.[1] "I never played very much after that, and at the end of the season I was given a free transfer. I went into non-League with Woodford Town. Jimmy only had another year's contract and he too ended in non-League. Bobby played on, but they never made it easy for him and he moved to Fulham."
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Alvin
12:53 Thu Sep 18
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Remember a goal he scored against Notts Forest. Keeper kicked out, ball hit Brian in his (well padded) stomach, fell on the floor in front of him. Biff, goal!
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norwaytips
11:52 Thu Sep 18
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Nice bloke, I played against him.
Cricket, that is. :-)
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Northern Sold
11:35 Thu Sep 18
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Actually he might be still there...
He used to own a pub down the seafront as well... another DREAM job for him...
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Eddie B
11:32 Thu Sep 18
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I knew you'd know, NS.
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Northern Sold
11:32 Thu Sep 18
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Used to be Edd .... hospitality ... match made in heaven that...
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Eddie B
10:48 Thu Sep 18
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Somethign to do with Southend Utd now isnt he?
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Blunders
10:37 Thu Sep 18
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My old man always tells story of when he played against Dear at schoolboy level.
Saw him at the Hammers Heroes last week at the cliffs, was on good comic form. Very dry, took the mick out of Brooking and co a few times.
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Northern Sold
9:52 Thu Sep 18
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* cracks open a bottle of brandy *
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Texas Iron
9:22 Thu Sep 18
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Barrow Boy ...Boozer...Blackpool Night Club...Bad Boy... Goal Machine on his day..
Good luck Mate....
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terry-h
9:16 Thu Sep 18
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Have a good day 'Stag'!
That nasty man Ron Greenwood sacked him after the Blackpool incident. BOOOOOOO.
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Far Cough
9:04 Thu Sep 18
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Yeah, balls were going in goal off his arse that day, Happy Birthday Brian
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Monk~koknee
8:40 Thu Sep 18
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I was there as well, Ted.. It was definitely over Easter.
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mentor
8:31 Thu Sep 18
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I was there as well. Great game and great performance from Brian Dear.
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