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| OUR FINAL EDITION Issue 79  BOYS OF 86: Style & SubstanceOn the 30th anniversary of West Ham United's highest-ever league placing, Tony McDonald looks back at a golden period in the club's history, including an irreverent look at the Men of 86 who made history. 10 YEARS ON, WE REMEMBER JOHN West Ham United fans of all ages will have had their passion for the Hammers forged in some way by John Lyall and his philosophy. Trophies, attacking, entertaining football, a brush with the title and the moulding of legends defined a generation. Dreams came true and that should never be forgotten. Tim Crane was in south-east Essex to witness the magic unravel as those who prospered from John's wisdom came to pay fulsome tribute. BOYS OF 66: WEST HAM UTD 4, WEST GERMANY 2 We already know that West Ham United were the real winners of the World Cup 50 years ago. Now Roger Hillier presents the facts to prove it! BOYS OF 66: GEOFF GRABBED HIS CHANCE Tony Mac takes a closer look at West Ham's two World Cup Final scorers, starting with hat-trick hero Geoff Hurst whose sudden emergence as a world class hero sent Jimmy Greaves on a downward spiral. BOYS OF 66: HOW FATE DENIED MARTIN Dementia is sadly destroying Martin Peters' memory of his greatest achievement but, as EX insists, his place in English football folklore is assured. BOYS OF 66: UNLUCKY BUDGIE Moore, Hurst, Peters . . . and Johnny Byrne. Roger Hillier on the fourth Hammer whose career went agonisingly off course along route 66. NO WAY TO SAY 'BYE BYE' After the shutters came down on Hammers' spiritual home for the last time before the bulldozers moved in, we reflect on the momentous night of Tuesday, May 10, 2016. An emotional occasion that had just about everything . . . spiced with controversy that turned a bit ugly, a thrilling Hammers victory over Manchester United, some dubious interviews with so-called 'legends' and a spectacular farewell to the Boleyn Ground after 112 years. STRIPPING UPTON PARK'S SOUL FOR EASY CASH Neil Humphreys on West Ham's tacky auction of Boleyn Ground items . . . or, as he puts it, the odds and ends usually found on a tatty rug at the Purfleet car boot sale. "Over the years, the Hammers’ cheapness and occasional lack of class have strayed into Cockney clichéd territory and this auction fitted the gaudy template. It’s hard not to hear Del Boy’s sales patter," writes Neil. THE TRAIN NOW STANDING . . . One of the more celebrated items of memorabilia that came under the hammer at the aforementioned auction was the West Ham United locomotive engine name plate. Roger Hillier explains why part of the club’s heritage fetched £32,000. Plus . . . CLIVE LEWIS, the Cockney crooner who had a ball. Your letters, The Things They Say and lots of evocative pics |
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