armchair 8:32 Mon Jul 27
Brooking memories - Man was a genius
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Between about 1978 and 1982 I went to most home games . And consistently two or three times a match Brooking would pull out a world class pass, for the likes of David Cross or Pop Robson to run on to - everyone in the crowd appreciated it and knew they were in the presence of a world class player. Better than Hoddle or any of his contemporaries. Under-rated at the time and should have played many more times for England. Just came into my head. I know he now gets written off as some kind of boring middle-management 'yes'-man - but he is still the most exciting footballer I've seen at West Ham.
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normannomates
2:30 Thu Jul 30
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Devo is a hero of mine...
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normannomates
1:11 Thu Jul 30
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Ronald
Good point..sure he would have offered a lot in that congested run in...which fucked us in the end.
Amazing looking back on that season..how few players were involved..two games a week for second half of season practically.
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The Mercernary
12:01 Thu Jul 30
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Apparently he retired because Devonshire was out injured for the year. If he'd been fit Trev would've carried on at least one more year as he loved playing with him so much.
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Ronald_antly
11:23 Wed Jul 29
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I've often wondered what the 85-86 season would have been like had he hung on for another couple of years.
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northbankboy68
8:54 Wed Jul 29
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Was also an excellent manager for us!
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Private Dancer
6:05 Wed Jul 29
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He was a genius and a gent. So proud he is one of ours.
I don't need to look at the vids, I can still see those goals in my head.
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Monk~koknee
6:01 Wed Jul 29
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Another lovely Trev goal against Derby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=razsxfDN_uA
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Brighton Hammer
6:00 Wed Jul 29
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZzFtjgtMvU
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Brighton Hammer
5:59 Wed Jul 29
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The goal against Derby County, 1975 on this clip is sensational. The dummy followed by the curling shot into the far corner. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Brighton Hammer
5:55 Wed Jul 29
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Absolute quality. Love that 2nd goal against Frankfurt, the dummy and cut back onto his right before slotting it past the keeper - brilliant.
Trev opened my Dad's factory, and sent me a card on my wedding day. A complete Gent and West Ham's greatest in my opinion.
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boleynkid
10:36 Tue Jul 28
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Great Brooking goal in this one and other truly great Hammers in the clip as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSRVSReDaA4
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whubucks
10:16 Tue Jul 28
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I used to love that little feint he used to do. He would let the ball come to him and move toward it. At the last minute he would dip his shoulder and let the ball run past him as he turned and took it away leaving his markers (normally a couple as one could never mark him) looking at thin air. Genius. Love him as much today as ever did.
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Staffs-Hammer
7:56 Tue Jul 28
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I did meet him when I was at uni in Hull and he opened the (then) new 3G pitches on campus. He signed a programme I'd got from the previous match I'd been to and was happy to chat with me and my mate (also West Ham) who were like a couple of star-struck kids!
He came up on the train as well, which is a long old fucking poke.
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poplarborn
3:23 Tue Jul 28
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Played against him when he was about 50 in quite a good standard of football and he ran the show....Sheer Class.
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Westham67
3:19 Tue Jul 28
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He was a superb player , him and Devo , what a midfield pair. Loved the way Devo used to make defenders back off him as they had no idea where he was going
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Matty boy Hammer
3:17 Tue Jul 28
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I only caught the back end of his career but still my favourite ever player.
The thing for me was he read other players and the game so well. It really played with his brain. Always in space, always new what the other players were going to do, with and without the ball
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1964
1:51 Tue Jul 28
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Was he as good as Jarvis?
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Staffs-Hammer
1:49 Tue Jul 28
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Makes you wonder, and I never saw him play as I'm too young, whether he'd have been heralded as some kind of messiah if he'd gone to Man Utd or Liverpool etc when he was in his pomp.
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SDKFZ 222
1:43 Tue Jul 28
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I watched him from 72-84 and is my all-time favourite Hammer.
I always remember him just gliding across the pitch and being so calm. No feigning injury, diving, cheating or histrionics, like the so called stars of today, he was just a complete and utter gent both on and off the pitch.
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bill green
1:33 Tue Jul 28
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i always fancied myself as a good reader of the game but there was sometimes with Brooking you wondered what he'd done and suddenly it all made sense..hence the chicken run ooohh
good example on that eintract game, lazy swing of the left boot and suddenly keith robson was in the clear
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w4hammer
12:59 Tue Jul 28
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loved watching him floating towards the corner flag either side and dinking over a pinpoint cross to the head of our striker that always evaded the defenders. I have never seen someone cross a ball with such accuracy when in full flight.
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spot on
Him and Devo ...
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