Players Parade at Goodison Park
Appearance record to end of 1969-70 season
Football League – Division 1
Saturday 30th March
1971
By Alan Williams, Daily Express, in Everton Matchday
Magazine
WEST HAM UNITED
Bobby Ferguson
BOBBY
FERGUSON became Britain´s most expensive goalkeeper when West Ham
signed away £65000 for his transfer from Kilmarnock nearly four
years ago. Agile and alert, the Scot from Ardrossan has sometimes
struggled to find his best form in the First Division and lost his
place for nearly a year to Peter Grotier. Ferguson established a
fine reputation at Kilmarnock, where he won Scotish Leauge and
Reserve Cup medals. He also gained eight youth international caps
before playing seven times for the Scotish side.
Bobby Ferguson´s Leauge career:
Kilmarnock
Apps. 73
West Ham
Apps. 10
Bobby Howe
BOBBY HOWE was a product of
West Ham´s FA Youth Cup-winning side of 1963. Born in Chadwell St.
Mary, Essex, he sined full profesional forms in December, 1962, and
made his Leauge debut in September, 1966.
Bobby has looked towards his
future by gaining a fully qualified FA coaching badge.
Bobby Howe´s leauge
career:
West Ham Appereance 47 (2)
Goals 1
Bobby Moore
A Leauge
championship medal is one of the few honours to have eluded BOBBY
MOORE, O.B.E., captain of West Ham and England. An England regular
since nine years, he has now totalled 85 full international caps and
appears well placed to challenge Bobby Charlton´s recently-set
record of 106 appaerances for England. Born in London, Bobby Moore
took the first steps toward greatnes when he turned professional for
West Ham in June, 1958. The first signs of his stature came when he
played 18 times (a record) for the England Youth team. Then came
natural progression through the Under-23 and Football Leauge sides –
all leading to the peak of captaining England in two World Cup
tournaments. He was invested with the O.B.E. in recognition of
England´s 1966 World Cup success when he also was voted Player of
the tournament. He was Footballer of the Year in 1963-64 when West
Ham won the FA Cup. He has also won West Ham´s “Player of the Year”
award on four occasions.
Bobby Moore´s Leauge career:
West Ham
Apps. 401 Goals 18
Bryan Robson
BRYAN
ROBSON´s record as Newcastle´s top goal-scorer in the last two
seasons tempted West Ham to part with £100000 for the England
Under-23 marksman in February and he responded with an opening goal
against Forest. Bryan, who netted 22 Leauge goals last season and
won a European Fairs Cup medal the previous year, has already played
at Goodison this season with Newcastle. But he became unsetted with
the Geordies and welcomed the move to London. He is married to a
former England table tennis international Maureen Heppel.
Bryan Robson´s Leauge career:
Newcastle
Apps. 176 (1) Goals 72
Clyde Best
Tall and
athletic-looking, CLYDE BEST achieved the unusual distinction of
playing in the World Cup before getting a chance in English Leauge
football. For Clyde comes from Bermuda and represented his country
in two qualifying for rhe Jules Rimet Trophy. He was still only 18
when he turned professional for the Hammers in April, 1969.
Clyde Best´s Leauge career:
West Ham
Apps. 25 Goals 5
Frank Lampard
FRANK
LAMPARD caught the eye as an all-rounder as a schoolboy, playing for
West Ham and Essex at football and also representing Essex and the
South in schools cricket. Born in West Ham, he signed professional
for his local club in September, 1965, and two years later he
emerged as a first-team regular until breaking his leg early in
1968. He won five England Youth Caps.
Frank Lampard´s Leauge career:
West Ham
Apps. 50
Geoff Hurst
It was
perhaps ironical that Greaves should team up at West Ham with GEOFF
HURST, for it was the Hammers´ international centre forward who
dislodged Greaves from the England team during the 1966 World Cup.
It´s now history that Geoff became the first player ever to score a
hat-trick in the World Cup final. Born in Ashton-under-Lyme, Geoff
came south to play for Chelmsford Boys before joining West Ham in
April, 1959. He won six England Youth caps, but were converted from
wing-half to striker before adding further honours in the Under-23
and senior international sides. He has been West Ham´s “Player of
the Year” on three occasions. Also played cricket for Essex.
Geoff Hurst´s Leauge career:
West Ham
Apps. 336 (1) Goals 156
Harry Redknapp
Lively
wing raider HARRY REDKNAPP is yet another London schoolboy who found
his way into the First Division via West Ham´s network of scouts and
coaches. After playing for East London and Middlesex Boys, he turned
apprentice professional for the Hammers in 1962 and in his first
season he was a member of the FA Youth Cup-winning side. He was also
capped six times by England Youth team.
Harry Redknapp´s Leauge career:
West Ham
Apps. 105 (2) Goals 7
John McDowell
Former
England Youth international JOHN McDOWELL made his Leauge debut at
full back earlier this season. Born in East Ham, he represented
Essex Boys before joining West Ham in July, 1967.
John McDowell´s Leauge career:
West Ham
Apps. 25 Goals 5
Ron Boyce
One of the
best products from West Ham´s profitable youth scheme was 1964 Cup
Final schemer RON BOYCE, who made his Leauge bow as a 17-year-old in
October, 1960. A local from West Ham, he stamped his name on the
football scouts by representing East Ham, London, Essex and England
Schoolboys and later he was capped by England´s Youth team. His
impressive industry made him a key figure in the West Ham side which
reached the Finals of the FA Cup, European Cup-winners´Cup and
Leauge Cup in successive seasons.
Ron Boyce´s Leauge career:
West Ham
Apps. 262 (4) Goals 22
Peter Eustace
One of the
dissapointments of PETER EUSTACE´s outstanding career with Sheffield
Wednesday was their defeat against Everton in the 1966 Cup Final. He
was born Stocksbridge, Yorkshire, the tall, elegant Eustace joined
Wednesday as a 16-years-old and developed as fas as being called a
couple of England training sessions. He cost West Ham an £80000
transfer fee in January, 1970.
Peter Eustace´s Leauge career:
Sheffield
Wednesday Apps. 189 (3) Goals 20
West Ham
Apps. 14 Goals 2
Jimmy Greaves
When West
Ham sold Martin Peters to Spurs last season they received in
part-exchange one of the greatest goal-scoresr of all time –the
incomparable JIMMY GREAVES. With his East Ham birth qualification,
it was perhaps surprising that it took Jimmy so long to find his way
to Upton Park! A brilliant teenager with Chelsea, Jimmy won England
honours at youth, Under-23 and full levels before he tried his luck
in Italy with AC Milan. But he had only six month there before
returning to England in a £99999 transfer to Tottenham. He scored a
hat-trick on his Spurs debut and helped them win the double in
1960-61. He amassed well over 200 goals for the Lilywhites,
accumulating most of his 57 England caps while at White Hart Lane,
and then moved to the Hammers in March, 1970. He scored twice on his
debut, thus maintaining his record of always scoring in his first
game for a new team at international and club level.
Jimmy Greaves´s Leauge career:
Chelsea
Apps. 157 Goals 124
Tottenham
Apps. 321 Goals 220
West Ham
Apps. 6 Goals 4
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