ted fenton 6:45 Mon Feb 29
52 Years Ago Today ....
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On THIS day (for it is now 29 Feb - leap day) in 1964 West Ham beat Burnley 3-2 in the FA Cup 6th round en route to Wemb-er-ley.
1 Jim Standen
2 John Bond
3 Jack Burkett
4 Eddie Bovington
5 Ken Brown
6 Bobby Moore
7 Peter Brabrook
8 Ronnie Boyce
9 Johnny Byrne 2
10 Geoff Hurst
11 John Sissons 1
Possibly the most exciting game I have ever been to.
Me and my oldest mate Vince queued up twice to get tickets the week before.
In attendance was My Dad,Brother,Vince and myself.
Official Attendance was 36,651 !!! No way !! the place was chocker and the word was over 40,000 ! you couldn't get your fags out of your pocket.
52 years ago ! My God.
IRONSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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Banjo
6:52 Mon Feb 29
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Good memories Ted. Thanks for that. But come, you weren't smoking back then were you ? In my book you would only have been 5 and a bit.
What were they Cadets, Number six or Park Drive?
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ted fenton
6:55 Mon Feb 29
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Hahaha Banj
Yep was 13 and smoking sadly :-( and yes it would have been Cadets or Players !!!
Great day though.
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Coffee
6:58 Mon Feb 29
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Senior Service these days... ?
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ted fenton
7:01 Mon Feb 29
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Haha Coff !
Fortunately gave up years ago.
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Chip Shop Charlie
7:17 Mon Feb 29
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Ahh yes, the good old days, packed in like sardines on the terraces and what an atmosphere. My memories of these times are that I normally had no voice for 2 or 3 days after each match.
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claret50
7:23 Mon Feb 29
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Players weights surely, or even Turf cigs (they were the ones with a horse on the packet) I was 22 back then and the wife was preggers with our Daughter, not time and no money for football.
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claret50
7:24 Mon Feb 29
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*no
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Crassus
7:32 Mon Feb 29
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Ted
Ronnie Boyce, how good was and what was his playing style?
Dad always spoke fondly of him and as a nipper I remember talking with him as he loaded spuds at his parents grocers somewhere at the back of Central Park - nice bloke I recall.
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madeeasy
8:42 Mon Feb 29
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I thought you were going to say it was your 21st Birthday....
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jimbo2.
9:01 Mon Feb 29
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GM Ted, I remember it well, but was living in the USA at that time, so didn't find out the result until is was printed in the newspaper the next day. Nowadays I would have been watching it on a live feed, how times have changed!
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norwich hammer
9:34 Mon Feb 29
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Great memory Ted, I bet it was some day 👍
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ted fenton
9:39 Mon Feb 29
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Crassus 7:32 Mon Feb 29
Boyce had style and time on the ball and will never forget his winner in the final.
Also this volley against Man City ! what a pitch :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUzWnaQPLQ8
It was a fantastic day Norwich....
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norwich hammer
9:43 Mon Feb 29
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Done the Mancs in the semi too 👍
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ted fenton
9:49 Mon Feb 29
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Correct Norwich we played them at home in the league the week before and got done 0-2 me and my dad didn't have a lot of confidence for the semi at Hillsborough but yes we done them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAHmJO9ZMcc
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davedownunder
10:34 Mon Feb 29
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Remember it well, Ted.
I was there (in the north bank).
I always thought Johnny Byrne was brilliant.
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Chigwell
10:34 Mon Feb 29
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My dad tried to teach Ronnie Boyce music at East Ham Grammar. Apparently Ronnie was no musician.
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ted fenton
10:41 Mon Feb 29
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davedownunder 10:34 Mon Feb 29
We were in the North Bank too Dave ! crushed or what :-)
Shame there doesn't seem to be any footage of this game.
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gph
10:46 Mon Feb 29
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I was six, and had no interest in football.
Caught the bug three years later, which meant I missed the best of times for a West Ham supporter.
My old man wouldn't take me to football until I was thirteen (citing the danger of me getting my glasses broken in the crush, but I suspect he wanted to go to the pub with his mates without me in tow), so I really only missed the scraps that got on the telly in those days.
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Percy Dalton
10:52 Mon Feb 29
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I was there Ted in the west bank, ground was heaving full up an hour and a half before kick off 1-2 down at half time but a great second half put us ahead.I went to every cup game that season including the best west ham performance the semi final at Hillsborough but couldn't get a ticket for the final, if I remember correctly the allocation was only 17000 per club which was disgusting. Still great memories.
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ted fenton
10:58 Mon Feb 29
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I still have my dads supporters club letter regarding rail travel to Sheffield Percy :-)
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