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FKS 1970-71 - West Ham
United
West
Ham United
Back
row: Alan Stephenson, Martin Peters, Bobby Ferguson, John
Charles, Bobby Moore, Billy Bonds.
Front row: Harry Redknapp, Ronnie Boyce, Trevor Brooking,
Geoff Hurst, John Sissons.
(Picture
most likely 1968-69 season as it includes the 11 most
played players of that season)
Huge
thanks to Billy Green for sending the above
picture.
The
1970-71 A&BC cards
| Jimmy Greaves |
Frank Lampard |
Clyde Best |
Peter Eustace |
| Trevor Brooking |
Harry Redknapp |
Billy Bonds |
|
| Bobby Howe |
Alan Stephenson |
Bobby Ferguson |
|
See the above picture full
size
*
See Richard Bowen's account of his first ever match, Spurs
versus West Ham on the opening day of the 1970-71
season.*
Players
in the 1970-71 World of Soccer Stars Album
Note:
The 1st number is the picture number in the Soccer Stars
album (i.e. 301 to 315).
The team in italics is the team that the player played
most League games for.
1959-72 : 1959 year first signed forms, 72 =1972-73 last
season of English League Football.
Manager
: Ron Greenwood
Born:
11 November, 1921. Died 9 February 2006
Where
are they now? Spring 2005
See
obituary.
301.
Clyde Best Click on Clyde's name
for more information.
Born :
Bermuda, 24 February, 1951.
English
League career: 1969-75 (Source:
Apprentice) West Ham United.
(Moved to Feyenoord). 186 games, 47 goals.
West
Ham United career details 1969-75: League 186
games 47 goals; FA Cup 12 games 8 goals; League
Cup 20 games 3 goals; Other 3 games 0 goals
1970-71
season details West Ham United League 22 games 5
goals; FA Cup 1 game 0 goals; League Cup 2 games 0
goals; Other 0 games 0 goals.
Bermuda
internationals : ?caps.
Where are
they now ? See Where are they now? June 2000. Also see Pringle
and Fissler See Jim Ross's E-mail in June
2000
302. Billy Bonds
Born :
Woolwich, 17 September, 1946.
English
League career: 1964-87 (Source: Apprentice) Charlton
Athletic, West Ham United.
(Joined coaching staff.) 758 games, 49 goals. Member
of the 700+ Club.
West
Ham details 1967-1987: League 663 games 48 goals;
FA Cup 48 games 2 goals; League Cup 67 games 6
goals; Other 26 games 5 goals.
Current
club record for League
appearances for West Ham, and with 804 games
Billy is also the most played player in all
competitions for West Ham.
1970-71
season details West Ham United League 37 games 0
goals; FA Cup 1 game 0 goals; League Cup 2 games 0
goals; Other 0 games 0 goals.
Where are
they now ? See Pringle and Fissler.
See a
picture of Billy with Billy
Green and with Trevor
Brooking.
303. Ron Boyce
Born : West
Ham, 6 January 1943.
English
League career: 1960-72 (Source: Juniors.) West
Ham United. (Joined coaching
staff). 282 games 21 goals.
West
Ham United career details 1959-72: League 282
games 21 goals; FA Cup 22 games 5 goals; League
Cup 23 games 2 goals; Other 15 games 1 goal.
(Note
1959-60 debuted in a Southern Floodlight Cup match,
then debuted in the League the following season)
1970-71
season details West Ham United League 13 games 0
goals; FA Cup 0 games 0 goals; League Cup 0 games 0
goals; Other 0 games 0 goals.
Where are
they now ? See Pringle and Fissler , Rothmans 1999-2000 , Rothmans 2000-2001, Where are they now ?, Richard Whitehead, November 2002
No longer
at Spurs see August
2001 News
304. John Charles
Click
to see pictures of John at John Charles (1) and John Charles (2)
Born :
Canning Town, 20 September, 1944. Died, 20 August
2002.
English
League career: 1962-69 (Source: Apprentice) West
Ham United . (Retired) 118
games 1 goal. (Wot - dosen't qualify for Bob's
70-71 pages ???- Bob)
West
Ham United career details 1962-69: League 118
games 1 goal; FA Cup 1 game 0 goals; League Cup
18 games 1 goal; Other 4 games 0 goals
1970-71
season details: didn't play
Where are
they now ? See Pringle and Fissler and Where are they now?
305. Peter Eustace
Born :
Stocksbridge, 31 July, 1944.
English
League career: 1962-75 (Source: Apprentice) Sheffield
Wednesday, West Ham United,
Rotherham United (loan), Sheffield Wednesday,
Peterborough United. 340 games, 37 goals.
West
Ham United career details 1969-71: League 43
games 6 goals; FA Cup 2 games 0 goals; League Cup
3 games 1 goal; Other 0 games 0 goals
1970-71
season details West Ham United League 27 games 4
goals; FA Cup 1 game 0 goals; League Cup 2 games 1
goal; Other 0 games 0 goals.
Where are
they now ? See Pringle and Fissler and Where are they now ?
306. Bobby Ferguson
 Click to see more
information on Bobby
Born:
Kilwinning, 1 March, 1945.
English
League career: 1967-79 (Source: Kilmarnock.) West
Ham United, Sheffield Wednesday
(loan). (Moved to Adelaide City.) 245 games, 0 goals.
West
Ham United career details 1967-79: League 240
games; FA Cup 17 games; League Cup 19 games;
Other 1 game.
1970-71
season details West Ham United League 23 games; FA
Cup 1 game; League Cup 0 games; Other 0 games.
Scotland
internationals : 7 caps.
Where are
they now ?
See Pringle
and Fissler
 See December 2003
307. Jimmy Greaves. Click to see more
information on Jimmy
 Born : East Ham, 20
February, 1940.
English
League career: 1957-70 (Source: Juniors) Chelsea, (AC
Milan, Italy), Tottenham Hotspur,West
Ham United. (Moved to Chelmsford City.) 516 games,
357 goals.
All League
goals scored in the (old) Division One, which is a
record for the top League in England.
West
Ham United career details 1969-70: League 38
games 13 goals; FA Cup 1 game 0 goals; League Cup
1 game 1 goal; Other 0 games 0 goals
1970-71
season details West Ham United League 32 games 9
goals; FA Cup 1 game 0 goals; League Cup 1 game 0
goals; Other 0 games 0 goals.
In 1960-61
season scored 41 (old) Division One goals for Chelsea
which remains their record.
In 1962-63
season scored 37 (old) Division One goals for
Tottenham Hotspur which is their record.
Scored 220
League goals in aggregate for Tottenham Hotspur
1961-70 - which is their record.
Scoring 5
goals in a match remains Chelsea's equal record and
Jimmy did it three of the five times it has
happened..
England
internationals : 57 caps, 44 goals. This is the third
highest number of goals my an England
international. 39 caps whilst at
Tottenham Hotspur was their previous record.
Where are
they now ? See Pringle and Fissler.
308. Peter Grotier
Born :
Stratford, 18 October, 1950.
English
League career: 1968-84 (Source: Apprentice) West Ham
United, Cardiff City (loan), Lincoln
City, Cardiff City, Grimsby
Town. 333 games, 0 goals.
West
Ham United career details 1968-72: League 50
games; FA Cup 0 games; League Cup 4 games; Other
0 games.
1970-71
season details West Ham United League 19 games; FA
Cup 0 games; League Cup 2 games; Other 0 games.
Where are
they now ? E-mail Bob if you
know !
309. Pat Holland
Born :
Poplar, 13 September, 1950.
English
League career: 1968-80 (Source: Apprentice) West
Ham United, Bournemouth (loan).
(Moved to Orient) 255 games, 23 goals.
West
Ham United career details 1968-80: League 245
games 23 goals; FA Cup 16 games 4 goals; League
Cup 25 games 3 goals; Other 19 games 2 goals
1970-71
season details West Ham United League 3 games 0
goals; FA Cup 0 games 0 goals; League Cup 0 games 0
goals; Other 0 games 0 goals.
Where are
they now ? See Pringle and Fissler, and Where are they
now ? August 2000, August/September 2003
Pat became
assistant manager to Willie Donachie at Millwall in
2006/7, but left the club the following season, see Autumn 2007
Career
2002- : 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008
310. Bobby Howe
Born :
Chadwell St.Mary, 22 December, 1945.
English
League career: 1966-73 (Source: Apprentice) West
Ham United, Bournemoth. 175
games, 10 goals.
West
Ham United career details 1966-71: League 75
games 4 goals; FA Cup 3 games 0 goals; League Cup
4 game 0 goals; Other 0 games 0 goals
1970-71
season details West Ham United League 21 games 3
goals; FA Cup 1 game 0 goals; League Cup 1 game 0
goals; Other 0 games 0 goals.
Where are
they now ? See August 2001, October 2001.
311. Geoff Hurst Click to see more
information on Geoff.
 Born :
Ashton-Under-Lyne, 8 December, 1941.
English
League career: 1959-75 (Source: Juniors) West
Ham United, Stoke City, West
Bromwich Albion. 529 games, 212 goals.
West
Ham United career details 1958-71: League 411
games 180 goals; FA Cup 26 games 23 goals; League
Cup 47 game 43 goals; Other 18 games 3 goals.
(Note
1958-59 debuted in a Southern Floodlight Cup match,
then debuted in the League the following season)
1970-71
season details West Ham United League 39 games 15
goals; FA Cup 0 games 0 goals; League Cup 2 games 1
goals; Other 0 games 0 goals. Note: West Ham's
leading scorer in the League and in all competitions.
On 17
October, 1970, Geoff's goal in a 2-2 draw with Spurs
made him the club's second highest League goal scorer
with (at the time) 165, a position he still holds
today with a final total of 180.
Geoff Hurst
set the record of 49 career goals in the League Cup
with goals scored playing at West Ham and Stoke City.
This has since been equalled by Ian Rush at Chester,
Liverpool and Newcastle United.
England
internationals : 49 caps, 24 goals. This is the
eleventh highest number of goals my an England
international.
And of
course ... Geoff's hatrick in the 1966 World Cup
Final, when England beat West Germany 4-2 after extra
time, remains a unique achievement. Martin
Peters, also a West Ham player at the
time, got England's other goal.
Where are
they now ? See Geoff Hurst .
312. Frank Lampard. (Senior)
Click to
see a picture of Frank
 Born : East Ham, 20 September,
1948.
English
League career: 1967-85 (Source: Trainee) West
Ham United, Southend United.
585 games, 19 goals.
West
Ham United career details 1967-84: League 551
games 18 goals; FA Cup 43 games 2 goals; League
Cup 54 games 1 goal; Other 26 games 1 goal. Frank
is West Ham's second most played player in the
League and in all competitions.
1970-71
season details West Ham United League 41 games 1
goal; FA Cup 1 game 0 goals; League Cup 2 games 0
goals; Other 0 games 0 goals. Note: Frank missed just
one game - in the League - and was West Ham's most
played player in the 70-71 season.
England
internationals : 2 caps.
Where are
they now ? See Pringle and Fissler.
313. Bobby Moore Click on Bobby's name
for more information.
 Born : Barking, 12
April, 1941. Died 24 February, 1993.
English
League career: 1958-76 (Source: Juniors)West
Ham United, Fulham. 668 games,
25 goals.
West
Ham United career details 1958-73: League 544
games 24 goals; FA Cup 36 games 0 goals; League
Cup 49 games 3 goals; Other 17 games 0 goals. The
League appearances total is a former West Ham
record.
1970-71
season details West Ham United League 39 games 2
goals; FA Cup 1 game 0 goals; League Cup 2 games 0
goals; Other 0 games 0 goals.
England
internationals : 108 caps. Former England record,
currantly second highest behind Peter Shilton. All
108 were won whilst at West Ham, which remains West
Ham's most capped player record.
Where are
they now ? See Bobby Moore
Bobby was
captain of England's only World Cup win , see the World
Cup
winning team of 1966 .
See Bobby
Moore as Captain
314. Harry Redknapp.
 Click to see more
information on Harry.
Born :
Poplar, 2 March, 1947.
English
League career: 1965-76, 1982 (Source: Apprentice) West
Ham United, Bournemouth,
Brentford. (USA) Bournemouth (as team coach). 252
games, 12 goals.
West
Ham United career details 1965-1971: League 149
games 7 goals; FA Cup 8 games 0 goals; League Cup
18 games 1 goals; Other 0 games 0 goals.
1970-71
season details West Ham United League 21 games 0
goals; FA Cup 0 games 0 goals; League Cup 1 game 0
goals; Other 0 games 0 goals.
Where are
they now ? See Pringle and Fissler.See in August 1999 and October 1999.
315. Alan Stephenson.
Born :
Chesham, 26 September, 1944.
English
League career: 1961-74 (Source: Juniors)
Crystal Palace, West Ham
United, Fulham (loan), Portsmouth. 386 games, 14
goals.
West
Ham United career details 1967-71: League 108
games 0 goals; FA Cup 4 games 1 goal; League Cup
6 games 0 goals; Other 0 games 0 goals.
1970-71
season details West Ham United League 16 games 0
goals; FA Cup 0 games 0 goals; League Cup 2 games 0
goals; Other 0 games 0 goals.
Where are
they now ? November 2002
Squad Players from the
Rothmans 1970-71 book include ...
Stephen Aylott: .
Born :
Ilford, 3 September, 1951.
English
League career: 1969-77 (Source: Apprentices)
West Ham United,
Oxford United, Brentford. 161
games, 8 goals.
West
Ham United career details: Didn't play.
1970-71
season details: Didn't play
Peter Bennett:
Born :
Hillingdon, 24 June, 1946.
English
League career: 1963-78 (Source: Appentice)
West Ham United, Orient.
241 games, 16 goals.
West
Ham United career details 1963-70: League 42
games 3 goals; FA Cup 2 games 1 goal; League Cup
3 games 0 goals; Other 0 games 0 goals.
1970-71
season details
West Ham United League 8 games 1 goal; FA Cup 1 game
0 goals; League Cup 1 game 0 goals; Other 0 games 0
goals.
- 15 October 1970 moved to Orient
Orient (League details only): Division Two played 30
scored 0.
(Sir) Trevor Brooking
 Click to see more
pictures of Sir Trevor
Born :
Barking, 2 October, 1948.
English
League career: 1967-83 (Source: Appentice)
West Ham United. (Retired.) 528
games, 88 goals.
West
Ham United career details 1967-83: League 528
games 88 goals; FA Cup 40 games 3 goals; League
Cup 55 games 8 goals; Other 24 games 3 goals.
1970-71
season details West Ham United League 19 games 2
goals; FA Cup 0 games 0 goals; League Cup 1 game 0
goals; Other 0 games 0 goals.
Clive Charles: Born: 3 October 1951.
Died: 26 August 2003
Click here to see two articles
about Charles from www.socceramerica.com
John (above)'s brother
Born : Bow,
3 October 1951.
English
League career: 1969-76 (Source: Appentice)
West Ham United, Cardiff
City. 91 games, 5 goals.
West
Ham United career details 1971-73: League 42
games 3 goals; FA Cup 2 games 1 goal; League Cup
3 games 0 goals; Other 0 games 0 goals.
1970-71
season details: Didn't play
See Where are they Now ? and Sons and daughters : Brothers.
Obituary August 2003
John Cushley
Born:
Blantyre, 21 January, 1943.
English
League career: 1967-69 (Source: Celtic)
West Ham United. (Moved to
Dunfirmline.) 38 games, 0 goals.
West
Ham United career details: League 38 games 0
goals; FA Cup 4 games 0 goals; League Cup 4 games
0 goals; Other 0 games 0 goals.
1970-71
season:
West Ham United: Didn't play.
- 25 September 1970 moved to Dunfirmline for 10,000
pounds.
Dunfirmline: (League details only) Scottish League
Division One played 28 scored 0
Steve Death:
Note: Steve
is listed by the 1970-71 Rothmans on both their
Reading page and their West Ham United page, stating
he was only on loan to Reading.
Born:
Elmswell, 19 September 1949. Died 26 October, 2003
English
League career: 1967-81 (Source: Apprentice) West Ham
United, Reading.
472 games. 471 - previous record appearances for
Reading.
West
Ham United career details 1968: League 1 game; FA
Cup 0 games; League Cup 0 games ; Other 0 games.
1970-71
season:
West Ham United: Didn't play.
- 8 September 1970 moved to Reading for 20,000
pounds.
Reading: (League details only) Division Three played
27
See Obituary
Paul Heffer
Born: West
Ham, 21 December, 1947.
English
League career: 1965-71 (Source: Juniors.) West
Ham United. (Moved to Cambridge
City.) 15 games, 0 goals.
West
Ham United career details 1966-71: League 15
games 0 goals; FA Cup 2 games 0 goals; League Cup
0 games 0 goals; Other 0 games 0 goals.
1970-71
season details West Ham United League 3 games 0
goals; FA Cup 0 games 0 goals; League Cup 0 games 0
goals; Other 0 games 0 goals.
Jimmy Lindsay:
Born:
Hamilton, 12 July, 1949.
English
League career: 1966-80 (Source: Juniors.) West Ham
United, Watford, Colchester United, Hereford United ,
Shrewsbury Town.
314 games, 26 goals.
West
Ham United career details 1968-70: League 39
games 2 goals; FA Cup 4 games 0 goals; League Cup
2 games 0 goals; Other 0 games 0 goals.
1970-71
season details: West Ham United League 16 games 0
goals; FA Cup 1 game 0 goals; League Cup 1 game 0
goals; Other 0 games 0 goals.
David Llewellyn
Born:
Cardiff, 9 April, 1949.
English
League career: 1966-74 (Source: Juniors.) West Ham
United, Peterborough United,
Mansfield Town (loan). 27 games, 3 goals.
West
Ham United career details 1966-71: League 6 games
0 goals; FA Cup 0 games 0 goals; League Cup 0
games 0 goals; Other 0 games 0 goals.
1970-71
season details West Ham United League 2 games 0
goals; FA Cup 0 games 0 goals; League Cup 0 games 0
goals; Other 0 games 0 goals.
John McDowell
Born: East
Ham, 7 September, 1951.
English
League career: 1965-71 (Source: Apprentice) West
Ham United, Norwich City. 290
games, 9 goals.
West
Ham United career details 1970-78: League 249
games 8 goals; FA Cup 19 games 0 goals; League
Cup 21 games 1 goal; Other 14 games 0 goals.
1970-71
season details West Ham United League 25 games 0
goals; FA Cup 0 games 0 goals; League Cup 0 games 0
goals; Other 0 games 0 goals.
Keith Pointer
Born:
Norwich, 16 February, 1951.
English
League career: 1968-72 (Source: Norwich Amateurs)
West Ham United, Cambridge United. 8 games, 2 goals.
West
Ham United career details 1968-72: Didn't play
1970-71
season details: Didn't play
John Sissons:
Born:
Hayes, 30 September, 1945.
English
League career: 1962-74 (Source: Apprentice) West
Ham United, Sheffield
Wednesday, Norwich City, Chelsea. 356 games, 53
goals.
West
Ham United career details 1962-70: League 213
games 37 goals; FA Cup 18 games 8 goals; League
Cup 21 games 5 goals; Other 14 games 3 goals.
1970-71
season details
West Ham United: Didn't play
- 8 August, 1970 moved to Sheffield Wednesday for
60,000 pounds
Sheffield Wednesday: (League details only) Division
Two 37 games 3 goals.
Bobby Sutton
Born:
Liverpool
(Bobby was
listed in Rothmans 70-71 and 71-72, no further
details at present)
Ken Wallace
Born:
Islington, 8 June, 1952.
English
League career: 1969-71 (Source: Juniors.) West Ham
United, Brentford (loan), Hereford
United, Exeter City. 45 games,
5 goals.
West
Ham United career details 1969-72: Didn't play.
1970-71
season details: Didn't play.
Youth players
in 1970-71 include ...
Johnny Ayris
Born:
Wapping, 8 January, 1953.
English
League career: 1970-76 (Source: Apprentice) West
Ham United. (Moved to
Wimbledon.) 57 games, 1 goal.
Signed
professional forms October, 1970.
West
Ham United career details 1970-78: League 57
games 1 goal; FA Cup 1 game 0 goals; League Cup 7
games 1 goal; Other 3 games 0 goals.
1970-71
season details West Ham United League 7 games 0
goals; FA Cup 1 game 0 goals; League Cup 1 game 0
goals; Other 0 games 0 goals.
Kevin Lock
Born:
Plaistow, 27 December, 1953.
English
League career: 1971-85 (Source: Apprentices) West Ham
United, Fulham,
Southend United. 353 games, 29 goals.
Signed
professional forms December, 1971.
West
Ham United career details 1971-77: League 132
games 2 goals; FA Cup 12 games 0 goals; League
Cup 13 games 0 goals; Other 8 games 0 goals.
Where are
they now ? November 2002
Further Players who
moved to the club in the 1970-71 season ...
Brian Dear. See
Millwall
Bryan Robson.
See Newcastle United
Tommy Taylor.
See Orient
'Back
Room Boys' in the 1970-71 season (from
'Hammers1970-71'- the supporters handbook).
Wally St
Piper
(chief scout)
Ernie Gregory (Reserve Team coach)
Rob Jenkins (physiotherapist - son
of Bill Jenkins the club's former physiotherapist)
Bill Lansdowne (Colts Team coach)
John Lyall (coach)
Died 18
April, 2006.
See Obituary
Albert Walker (Reserve Team coach)
The Directors (from 'Hammers1970-71'-
the supporters handbook)
(Leonard,
Will and Brian Cearns are all brothers)
Reg Pratt (Chairman)
Leonard Cearns (Vice-Chairman)
Will Cearns
Roland G. Brandon
Brian Cearns
The Secretary
(from 'Hammers1970-71'- the supporters handbook)
Eddie Chapman
Further links
on this site include...
See Typhoo
Tea Cards of Bobby Moore and Martin Peters at
West Ham United
See Bobby
Moore as Captain
See Neale
Harvey's article on future West Ham United player, Alan Taylor, and email by Dave
Wright, April 2003
See Bill
Walker's memories of West Ham in the 60s and
Seventies - including when Bobby Moore went in goal
!, Emails April 2004
For further
links try the following ...
Click to see A&BC Gum
Cards
plus all the details of the 1970-71 West Ham United
season at:
Nigel Mercer's Galleries of English Football Cards
1965-75
Click to see West Ham United
70-71 autographs at Lennart Kristiansson's site:
English Football League 70-71 Autographs
The
official site can be found at WEST HAM
West Ham Player List has a list of every
West Ham United plare ever...
Further
links can be found at westham but beware the
music !!!
BBC SPORT WEST HAM
UTD Hammer house of legends
Thanks to Billy
Green for the following links to
information on ex-players:
You must
visit Hammers News and Ex-Hammers
West Ham United FC -
The Official Website
West Ham United FC Online - Knees Up
Mother Brown
Note:
Birth information and League career statistics from:
"The PFA Premier and Football League Players'
Records 1946-1998"
Edited and compiled by Barry J. Hugman. Lennard Queen
Anne Press, 1998.
Additional
birth information, FA Cup, League Cup, other competition
and 1970-71 statistics from 'The Definative West Ham
United F.C. A Complete Record' by John Northcutt.
This is voulume 19 in the excellent series of club
histories by Soccerdata from Tony Brown. For more
information see www.innotts.co.uk-soccer
Further
1970-71 season information from :
'Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970-71' 1st Year. Queen Anne
Press, London, 1970, and
'Rothmans Football Yearbook 1971-72' 2nd Year. Queen Anne
Press, London, 1971.
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