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"Mine was Dec 4th 1978-Bonzos first testimonial vs the Yids,a 4-2 win"
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Nov 1985 - 2-1 v Watford. McAvennie and Ward scored.
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"1958,at home, very early in the season. Monday night, I think a 19.00 ko v Man U. I’ve not checked it but we won 3-2 (I think) and it was Bobby Moore’s first team debut. Happy to be corrected."
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"West Ham 1-1 Everton 10 Oct 1981 (I was 5) 1
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West Ham 3-3 Swindon Town 3rd round of the FA Cup 1967. 7 years old Front row of the South Bank. 1/3d for boys. Went with next brother up (9). No adult required. Dad gave us 2 bob each. World Cup hero Geoff Hurst hat-trick. 23 bus home (the 3d bus fare home was very soon re-allocated bags of chips). Lost the replay 3-1. Such is the life of an Iron. Happy days!
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"1966 when I was four. God knows who we played, but along with a milk crate to stand on I was with my Dad where the North Bank met the West Enclosure. Above us in “The Cage” was my two older brother’s."
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Vs QPR in 76/77 The only time my dad ever took me to a match and we left early because of fog.
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"21st Jan 1984. West Ham 1, West Brom 0, scorer Cottee"
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Bouncing Ludo I went to that testimonial at Romford FA cup was paraded
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Anybody remember the sad blokes with shopping bags looking into the TV shop opposite Upton Park station watching the football results just after the match had finished?
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"19th Feb 1972, 1-1 against Palace I was 10 and I recall it was a poor game, partially snowed plus I had a stiff neck !!!"
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1st November 1969. Away to Southampton. My dad took me. 1-1 result. Terry Paine scored for them and a Brooking diving header for us.
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Home defeat to Everton in October 1984 so 84/85 season. I was 6 and went with my Dad and Grand-dad (RIP). Lost 1-0 and their little striker Adrian Heath scored.
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"Strodder - yeah, that’s the one. Goldstone was awful for away supporters. I do remember the blue iron railings too. I wasn’t old enough to drink, my Dad took me. I was an aspiring keeper and he said to watch how Parkes positioned himself, who then went on to concede early on at his near post. Think he might have let another shocker in too. I think I’ve got the WH programme somewhere, I’m sure it had Brady on the front."
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September 6th 1986 . Lost 5 2 at home to Liverpool. I was a late beginner I was 13 . Even at 35 dalgiish was outstanding. Tore us apart once he came on . Saying that a lot of our players went over the hill during that summer. Parkes pike Devonshire and even the much younger Stewart and orr .
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"December 11, 1993 West Ham 3 - 2 Coventry (Breaker, Butler Morley) I was 11"
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"Man Utd, 1st game of the 64/65 season. I was 12 when my dad decided I was old enough to meet him outside the Cape Asbestos factory in Barking and go to with him to Upton Park. He found me a place at the wall between the corner flag and the goal then he went and stood with his mates behind a barrier in the middle of the South Bank. Great timing because I ended the season at Wembley for the ECWC final."
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"Technically my first game was in 1975 when West Ham played at Romford in the Dave Bickles Testimonial Full debut was 27th October 1976 - QPR in the League Cup with my Dad in the East Stand upper, where his season ticket was. Me and Alan Devonshire both made our debuts, one of us went on to become a footballing legend,"
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"Technically my first game was in 1975 when West Ham played at Romford in the Dave Bickles Testimonial Full debut was 27th October 1976 - QPR in the League Cup with my Dad in the East Stand upper, where his season ticket was. Me and Alan Devonshire both made our debuts, one of us went on to become a footballing legend,"
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"Early mid 60s. Couldn't see a thing from the back of the old Lower West. We lost, but I was already hooked."
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"Yeah I just looked him up, he was in the Swindon side that beat the Gooners in the '69 League cup final."
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Bobby Smith Centre Foward John Smith Inside Right Don't know how much he played for Spurs but he was prominent in the West Ham side that won promotion to Division One in 1958 He had 32 appearances and 11 goals that year. A very good player
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"Ipswich at home in the FA Cup in Feb 1986, 0-0. Will never forget walking up the North Bank steps & seeing the pitch. Still sends shivers!"
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Rossal - Do you always type out RIP in brackets when you reference a dead person? Bless your cottons.
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"Nope never heard of him, I heard of a Bobby Smith that was in their double winning side?"
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Far Cough you missed John Smith 120 odd games for the first team - England U23 sold to Spurs in 1960. Played in their double winning team. Died young aged 49
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