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North Bank 10:00 Thu May 19
On this day 51 years ago

Arguably our greatest ever achievement as a Club, West Ham won the ECWC with a fine display at Wembley. Most of us would've been far too young to have seen this game at the time but if you haven't I'd recommend getting hold of the dvd and watching it

For those on here that have dismissed the Europa Cup as a hindrance to us next season, take a look as this is what going to football is all about

Mad Dog 10:02 Thu May 19
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4 years ago wasn't bad either

charleyfarley 10:06 Thu May 19
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I was there aged 13 went with me mate unaccompanied by an adult great night!!!!!!

BubblesCyprus 10:56 Thu May 19
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this ECWC was a Trophy for WINNERS OF SOMETHING not some mickey mouse collection of European Teams.

, 11:32 Thu May 19
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I was there with my dad and others. Massive fleet of coaches from the pick up point in Barking. The TSV supporters were a good bunch too. Two well taken goals by Alan Sealey did the job.

ted fenton 11:44 Thu May 19
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As said before my teacher gave me a ticket on the day my dad gave me a fiver which was a few bob then and I went on my own aged 14 !!

Best night of my life.

Any Old Iron 1:19 Thu May 19
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Was there as an 11 year old with my younger brother. One of the best nights ever, and the biggest collection of West Ham supporters at one game since the '23 cup final. Must have been at least 75,000 West ham that night.
As in the '64 cup final we had 11 Englishmen in the team, most of whom were from around the London area. Those really were the days.

Grumpster 1:27 Thu May 19
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Would say the competition was completely different back then to what it's become now. I used to bloody love the European cup and cup winners cup 20 years ago, were great competitions.

Called a cup competition for a reason and that should be because there isn't a mini league involved at the beginning like there is now.

Watched the game years ago, so will have to dig it out for another viewing.

Made it 3 brilliant cup finals 3 years running that West Ham players were involved in, as the FA cup and World cup finals weren't too shabby either.

Chip Shop Charlie 2:30 Thu May 19
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Here's the whole match

https://youtu.be/6W6npxHBuRs

The Stoat 2:47 Thu May 19
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Still got my ticket and programme

ted fenton 3:06 Thu May 19
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Ha and me Stoatie :-)

terry-h 4:04 Thu May 19
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Let's hear it for that unsung hero Brian 'Stag' Dear. He had the unenviable task of replacing the injured Budgie Byrne that season and ended up our top scorer in the ECWC tournament. He even cracked a superb shot into the net at Wembley from a wonderful through pass from Bobby Moore but had it disallowed for a doubtful offside decision.
He fell into Greenwood's bad books after the Blackpool fiasco, but is without doubt one of West Ham's legends. He's a great bloke too.

Far Cough 4:09 Thu May 19
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Scored 5 goals in 20 minutes against West Brom too didn't he?

ted fenton 4:13 Thu May 19
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Delboy's cousin I tell's ya.

The Stoat 4:18 Thu May 19
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Far Cough 4:09 Thu May 19

I was at that one as well ;-)

The Stoat 4:19 Thu May 19
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ted fenton 3:06 Thu May 19

;-)

Any Old Iron 5:22 Thu May 19
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One thing I recall from the ECWC campaign was going to the first game v's La Gantoise (aka Gent) and finding loads of room on the north bank. I think there were only about 19,000 there that night, so not many of us caught euro cup fever.

The Stoat 5:37 Thu May 19
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I remember my mate nearly getting crushed against the wall in the North Bank against Lausanne Sports

HCee 5:54 Thu May 19
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I was there aged 10.
To this day I will remember seeing the green Wembley turf for the first time and it took my breath away.
Up until then I thought Wembley had black and white grass as I'd only seen the Cup Final on TV!!
I was hooked from that day on.
Had the pleasure of going back for the 75 80 and 81 finals

ted fenton 7:56 Fri May 20
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Any Old Iron 5:22 Thu May 19


For some reason I still have an intact ticket for that game !!!!

holyhandgrenade 10:32 Fri May 20
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Great posts gents

I was born a few years after this, your tales are giving a real sense of history for us relative young 'uns.

Keep 'em coming!

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