Best performance you can remember

[Nutsin]

So I’m sure we all remember the performance Gerard had against us in the Cup final or Paolo Rossi’s performance in the World Cup when he scored a hat trick and Mario Kempes for Argentina in the 78 World Cup. Whose performance over the years stands out to you?

[Iron Filings]

"Futre for us against Southampton, never will you ever see such a comprehensive 2-1 win"

[GoalLazio]

"From a West Ham perspective, I remember Hugo Pofirio being unplayable on what I think was his debut at the Boleyn. And Freddie Kanoute on debut (on loan if I remember) again was in a league of his own. Some may laugh but they were great days in a proper ground with half decent support."

[Swiss.]

Rooney v France Euro 2004. Nutmegging Zidane etc

[Iron Duke]

"Ended his career? Ha ha. Adams was 21 during Euro 88. After that, just the four league titles, 3 FA Cups, League Cup and European Cup Winners Cup, played for Arsenal another 500+ times and England 50+ times. But his career was over."

[Side of Ham]

"Manuel, surely it kick started Adams career the following season he helped Arsenal win the league and it went on from there?"

[mashed in maryland]

"Eerie Descent 2:38 Sun Jun 2 I was a kid and hated Beckham for absolutely no reason but that free kick was unreal and was impossible to dislike him after that He really was gifted, seemed to treat free kicks like penalties"

[PwoperNaughtyButNot]

Jonny Spector Vs Man Utd What happened? Why couldn’t he play like that every week. Confusing and brilliant

[Manuel]

Steve - There's a story that at half time Joachim Low told his players to back off as he didn't want to completely humiliate Brazil in their own backyard. It was 0-5 after 29 mins.

[Stevethehammer]

"For me it was Germany against Brazil in the 7-1 hammering. I remember sitting there thinking never again will I witness a country literally being brought to its knees by a game of football. Brazilians are well known for their love of the game and I just thought, they may never actually recover from this. Subsequent world cups would suggest I have been right so far."

[Far Cough]

"That 1970 world cup final Brasil team, took some beating."

[Manuel]

"Eerie - Good shout that ref Beckham. Van Basten vs England Euro 88, basically finished Adams' career that day. Seem to remember some extraordinary performances by Edgar David's in the world cup 98. Viduka, Leeds v Liverpool when he scored all 4 in a 4-3 win is one I remember."

[Texas Iron]

Bobby Moore vs Pele’s Brazil…1970… Masterclass of Defending and controlling a game…

[Texas Iron]

Bobby Moore vs Pele’s Brazil…1970… Masterclass of Defending and controlling a game…

[wils]

"""Stuart Slater vs... was it Sheffield United or Sunderland? One of the two and we won 5v0 I think. Early 90s I think."" I was at that game. Forgot the opposition too. Sad that he didn't continue like that."

[Eerie Descent]

"As an individual complete performance, with absolutely every element of human physicality on show, was David Beckham vs Greece to qualify for the World Cup in 2002. Skill, quality, class, heart, bravery, determination, he was absolutely fucking everywhere for that whole game, and a last kick of the match 30 yard free kick to clinch qualification. Team performance, I've never seen anything like prime Barcelona give Arsenal a footballing lesson in the first half of a Champions League game around a decade ago. I don't think they actually scored, or even ended up winning the game, but the football in that 45 minutes, not seen anything like it before or since, it was breathtaking. Or possibly Germany slapping Brazil 7-1 in the World Cup as a complete 90 minute performance at the very top level."

[Takashi Miike]

"Sunderland, he scored a wonder how where the ball didn't touch the ground from the keeper (Dolan headed it on) Most Julian performances were outstanding before his knees were fucked, probably Di Canio against Arsenal when he took the piss out of Keown stands out Non West Ham? The France team that won the Euros in the early 80s that had Platini, Giresse & Tigana. Also the early 90s Milan team that beat Barcelona 4-0 was superb"

[Fifth Column]

Stuart Slater vs... was it Sheffield United or Sunderland? One of the two and we won 5v0 I think. Early 90s I think.

[Fifth Column]

Gerrard in the cup final against us? Bollocks. That's Scouse myth. Obviously the #### scored the last minute worldie to equalise but the idea he had some all around outstanding match is fantasy

[Headtheball]

4-0 away at Spurs in Sept 81 with Cross getting all four goals. What a night. I was in the away end and it was a majestic performance. They were totally shell shocked. Afterwords was tasty with running battles down the street..ducking in and out of shop door ways. I remember a copper directing traffic in full uniform with eggs splattered across his uniform. Top night.

[Browno22]

Reece fucking Oxford

[only1billybonds]

"After that 7-0 game, Revie said ""no one will ever do that to a team of mine again"". And he was right. I remember my old man telling me to remember this night, it won't happen again in a hurry. The following season we battered Sunderland 8-0, great times supporting us as a little kid."

[only1billybonds]

"After that 7-0 game, Revie said ""no one will ever do that to a team of mine again"". And he was right. I remember my old man telling me to remember this night, it won't happen again in a hurry. The following season we battered Sunderland 8-0, great times supporting us as a little kid."

[terry-h]

Didn’t we beat Tbilisi in the return match 1-0? Perhaps they say we were their greatest opponents !!

[martinbritt_63]

"Re WHU 7 Leeds 0 - for anyone who is interested, here is an excerpt from Norman Hunter's autobiography that bears repeating. ""Although we (Leeds Utd) were a good side, like most we had our share of major disappointments and season 1966-67 brought one or two of those our way, not to mention one result that was a total shock to our systems. For us it was a disappointing season on the whole. We had to settle for fourth place in the Championship behind Manchester Utd, Nottingham Forest and Tottenham, we lost in the final of the Inter Cities Fairs Cup and lost an FA Cup semi-final to Chelsea in controversial circumstances. But it was a result in the fourth round of the League Cup that really rocked us to our core. Having beaten Newcastle and Preston in previous rounds, we went down 7-0 to West Ham at Upton Park, which was a real embarrassment. At that point Leeds weren’t used to losing, let alone being thumped like that. Two days before the West Ham tie we had beaten Arsenal 1-0 in a league game at Higbury, with a fluke goal from Jack Charlton. The gaffer (Don Revie) had changed out system for that game – Willie Bell, who normally played left-back picked up George Graham in midfield and I was pushed to left-back. The win wasn’t convincing by any means. We then stayed down in the capital for our League Cup match with West Ham. I roomed with Johnny Giles and we both spoke the night before and hoped the gaffer would not play the same system for the cup game. Unfortunately he did. He kept me at left-back and told Bell to do a man-marking job on Geoff Hurst. On the night I was up against Peter Brabrook – a flying machine – and he just absolutely tormented the life out of me. Every time he simply flew past me almost at will. Johnny Sissons scored in the first minute and had completed his hat-trick in thirty five minutes – it was without doubt the finest hat-trick I have ever seen – and John ‘Budgie’ Byrne destroyed Jack. He was getting past him just as easy as Brabrook was getting past me. Each time we attempted an attack Moore would clean up time and time again. Then he would simply lay the ball off to the flair players. He was like a music conductor. Eventually we came off at half-time four down. But the daft thing was that although we had been battered, we actually felt that we still had a chance of winning. This was down to our spirit and the confidence the gaffer instilled in us. That was why we was so successful. We never knew when we were beaten. The gaffer swapped things round, putting me back to my usual central defensive position and Willie Bell back to left-back. And although we felt more comfortable the damage was done and we were in disarray. West Ham didn’t lie back and finished the job they had started. At the end, Geoff Hurst had scored three and Martin Peters got one to complete the rout. Young David Harvey had come in as goalkeeper but the poor lad never stood a chance. He was like a lamb to the slaughter. People reading the results pages the following day probably thought at first it was a misprint. It was Leeds United’s heaviest defeat since losing 8-1 to Stoke in 1934. I remember thinking afterwards there was very little we could have done about it. Even if we had have started in our usual positions nothing would have changed. West Ham were on fire that night. Simply unstoppable and unplayable. They were magnificent and I'll never forget that night. Unfortunately."""

[arsene york-hunt]

** as we applauded THEM off the pitch.