Northern Sold 10:30 Thu Sep 14
Yeah but we won the World Cup...
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http://southendnewsnetwork.com/news/fa-bans-west-ham-supporters-from-using-but-we-won-the-world-cup-to-win-every-fucking-argument/
Got to admit I have used this as my get out of jail card for nigh on 50 bastard years now....
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
1:52 Wed Sep 20
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ludo21
I'm not sure that 11 league appearances in Div 4 spread across five seasons really counts for too much. Surely played a reasonable amount of times in the top flight has to be the qualification or else we've got the likes of Geoff Hurst counting (one 1st class match for Essex v Lancs - 0* and 0).
Incidentally, who could be more despicable than the last football/cricket dual international, Arthur Milton - Arsenal and Gloucestershire*
*In fact, in all seriousness, hats off to the man, a legend and a true gentleman who DID give a 7 year old me an autograph
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The Mercernary
12:47 Wed Sep 20
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Interesting article in last night's programme about how Greenwood changed Bobby's role in the team. He went from being a more traditional centre half to much more of a 'libero' with licence to roam forward/spring attacks, with our formation changing to 442 and Ken Brown taking the normal centre half role.
Obviously it was the making of him!!
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ludo21
12:23 Wed Sep 20
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Lertie Button 10:31 Mon Sep 18
Why doesn't Botham count?
Was he not paid by Scunthorpe then?
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Northern Sold
12:08 Wed Sep 20
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David Ackfield done the same to me... the fucking Cambridge educated.... fenced for England jug eared shit bowling cunt
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
12:03 Wed Sep 20
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MJK (Mike) Smith played cricket and RU for England during the 1950s through 1970s.
The four-eyed Warwickshire telling a 7 year old me to fuck off when I asked for an autograph cunt.
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Northern Sold
11:53 Wed Sep 20
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Botham done OK at Scunthorpe IIRC.. scored a few goals...
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
4:54 Wed Sep 20
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Far Cough 10:24 Mon Sep 18
'Not West Ham but Denis and Leslie Compton for Arsenal and England cricket'
Les played football for England but not cricket. Denis played cricket but not football. However, Denis got a wartime international cap and would certainly have played football for England if not for the war. The Gooner cunts.
And I reckon Chris Balderstone was the last to play both sports with any distinction. Two tests and played in old 1st Div for Huddersfield and Carlisle.
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Crassus
10:28 Tue Sep 19
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As a real youngun I remember Useless taking a fearful and frequent cunting of the highest order, so he must of been shite!
One thing for sure, he was no Peters who was a truly brilliant player - albeit a cunt to us kids for which I have never forgiven him, that and saying in the press/tv that he considers himself more of a Spurs player than West Ham
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ajc123
10:24 Tue Sep 19
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Greaves was a straight swap for Peters. Eusrace was already here.
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boleynkid
10:17 Tue Sep 19
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Peter Eustace....smashing bloke. Had a good chat with him and he said he had no idea why Greenwood bought him as he was asked to do a tough tackling job in midfield and that just wasn't his game.
Also told me he introduced Jamie Vardy to Leicester.
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Lertie Button
10:09 Tue Sep 19
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Yup Eustace was Martin Peters replacement, in Greenwood's mind anyway
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Far Cough
10:54 Mon Sep 18
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Not sure Eustace was a defender, more a creative midfielder?
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jack flash
10:52 Mon Sep 18
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The Mercenary 9:47 ~
I think you're right on overlapping fullbacks & also I believe he was the first coach to successfully employ the near post header tactic (at which Hurst & Peters excelled before going their separate ways)
I think Useless Eustace was another of Greenwoods wonderful signings supposed to add a bit of steel to our leaky defence
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The Mercernary
10:35 Mon Sep 18
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Phil Neville was tipped for a first class cricket career before he chose football...
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Far Cough
10:33 Mon Sep 18
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Yeah Botham played for sCUNThorpe didn't he?
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wansteadman
10:32 Mon Sep 18
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I'm sure they bought cushley as they needed a ball winning hard centre half and on his debut he kicked the centre forward up in the air a few times and at half time greenwood warned him "we don't do that here" that was that he was useless from then on
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Lertie Button
10:31 Mon Sep 18
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Was trying to remember the last player to be both a pro footballer and first class cricketer (and Botham doesn't count).
Googled it and I think Jim Cumbes (the West Brom) keeper is the answer
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Far Cough
10:25 Mon Sep 18
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Hahaha, you HOPE Cook signs for City
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Far Cough
10:24 Mon Sep 18
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Not West Ham but Denis and Leslie Compton for Arsenal and England cricket
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Sven Roeder
10:21 Mon Sep 18
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I think you can probably say that Jim Standen winning the FA Cup and the County championship in 1964 will never happen again.
Unless Alistair Cook signs for Man City instead of going on the Ashes tour.
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Far Cough
10:07 Mon Sep 18
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A few West Ham players played cricket, Jim Standen and I think Geoff Hurst?
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