Chinkey Weasel
1:36 Wed Oct 7
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Johnny Lyall's claret & blue army!
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madeeasy
1:38 Wed Oct 7
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Semi final villa park. Minutes silence and up pops a man who had balls the size of the matchball.
Brings shivers down my spine watching it and remembering being there.
The atmosphere was set for us fans from that moment.
Thanks to that man who started it.
https://youtu.be/ZNAFcqR7uu0
Rip Mr Lyall
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young woody
1:39 Wed Oct 7
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madeeasy 1:38 Wed Oct 7
That was amazing I remember it well.
Didnt the Boro fans boo though?
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Danbury Hammer
1:42 Wed Oct 7
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John Lyall
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balders
1:44 Wed Oct 7
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Lyall by a million miles
Pardew had something that connected, then that back bung stabbing cunt Redknapp
The Walrus time was the worst for me
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madeeasy
1:46 Wed Oct 7
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They did as they thought we were disrespecting the silence.
I'm not 100 percent sure but I think that west ham were the first team to ever sing then "managers name and team colours army" song and made it up for Johnny Lyall.
So it's like terrace legendry I suppose.
They cut the minutes silence short as well.
Also that day was great. They brought west ham out to bubbles and we all sang. Then they brought boro out to an up to date song which was a chart song. And West ham started singing that. They started booing us for that as well.
Silly thing but they day and atmosphere couldn't have been better for us
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Northern Sold
1:46 Wed Oct 7
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Lyall by a country mile
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Northern Sold
1:47 Wed Oct 7
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madeeasy 1:38 Wed Oct 7
Think it was one of Council Scum's MATES that started it..
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Iron Duke
1:50 Wed Oct 7
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Definitely Lyall.
At the time, Redknapp was a decent manager for us. It was only later that he became a cunt.
Pardew was great for a season.
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BulphanIron
1:53 Wed Oct 7
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Alan Pardew...
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scouse kid
1:59 Wed Oct 7
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Lyall for me
I enjoyed periods of Redknapp and Pards.
One of things strangely that made me proud to be West Ham fan as a kid as we had the fewest managers in our football history.
Though the one I detested the most was Curbs even more than BFS
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LeroysBoots
2:01 Wed Oct 7
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Lyall......end of thread
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Eric Hitchmoe
2:02 Wed Oct 7
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The Rodent. Nobody made a leather jacket look as coll as he did.
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Eric Hitchmoe
2:02 Wed Oct 7
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Or as cool.
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Brucies_Star_Prize
2:14 Wed Oct 7
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madeeasy 1:38 Wed Oct 7
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Sung at length in the Upper Grounds prior to kick off. Very emotional.
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Takashi Miike
2:19 Wed Oct 7
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never watched greenwood's teams other than on video so it would have to be Lyall, closely followed by Redknapp. Lyall for the style of football and for him being such a class act as a fella, Bagpuss for bringing some interesting players to the club in amongst the shit and Metz away :.)
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terry-h
3:10 Wed Oct 7
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I never really understood why Cearns sacked Lyall rather than give him an upstairs job as happened with Greenwood before he got the England job.
After his years service as a player,coach then manager,Lyall didn't deserve the brutal treatment he got in 1989. He bought some crap players after the Boys of 86 started breaking up, but the transfer funds available were poor.
The club changed forever after Lyall left, and not for the better.
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Russ of the BML
3:28 Wed Oct 7
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Private Dancer 1:24 Wed Oct 7
Haha. I like your honesty.
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WHU(Exeter)
3:33 Wed Oct 7
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John Lyall
When I was a kid, my Dad wrote to the club asking if I could meet the players before an away game, (Stoke City) - was one of the best days I've had, despite us losing 3-1 - time he took out just to introduce a kid to the team etc, before a big game - that sort of stuff means a lot to you when you're that age and always remember it.
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ludo21
3:37 Wed Oct 7
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John Lyall for sure but I wanted Bilic above all other options in the summer (and before) and I reckon he might one day surpass even the great Johnny Lyall... early days though!
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