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Fog 8:18 Sun Jul 7
Sir Geoffrey Hurst Stand
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Surely this is a no brainer for the West Stand?
The bloke's a living legend, but seems to get slightly forgotten by being bundled together with Martin Peters and being measured alongside an even greater club and national legend i.e. Sir Bobby.
- 249 goals in 500 appearances over 13 seasons makes him our second highest goalscorer of all time after Vic Watson and highest goalscorer in living memory. That's an astounding goals ratio.
- Scored 40 goals in 65/66 and 6 goals against Sunderland in one game in 1968.
- Still the only man to score a World Cup final hat-trick. No other club in the World can claim the same for 'one of their own'.
- In doing the above he kept out a Y-word's legend who some thought should have played instead.
- Although he left for Stoke in his 30s, he's always been very pro West Ham and never bad-mouthed the club.
- It'd preserve a bit more of our heritage and class that even the current dubious ownership can't take away.
City, United, Chelsea and Arsenal can only dream of having 2 stands named after 2 living former playing knights and one who's not with us anymore who we know should be a knight.
The bloke's 77 and still has his marbles. I say let's celebrate and honour him before it's too late, ideally at the home game with the Y-words and let Kane know what a real legend looks like.
Anyone with me?
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Replies - In Chronological Order ( Show Newest Messages First)
Far Cough
8:19 Sun Jul 7
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Hurst Peters stand then?
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Sven Roeder
8:24 Sun Jul 7
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Frank Lampard Stand
Over 800 appearances by the two Frank Lampards
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geoffpikey
8:27 Sun Jul 7
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Safe terracing.
Dicks Stand!!
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joyo
8:59 Sun Jul 7
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Good idea well said fog
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flyingV
9:08 Sun Jul 7
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Should name a bar after him as a nod to “that” goal in the WC final
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Eggbert Nobacon
9:10 Sun Jul 7
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Last one should be left
Too many deserving that if they named after one they be ignoring too many others
Hurst, Lyell, Greenwood, Watson, impey etc etc
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Sven Roeder
9:17 Sun Jul 7
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Is there any ground that has named stands on 4 sides?
I think Old Trafford has Ferguson & Bobby Charlton & two generic names ... West & East ?
Spurs have the West Stand, East Stand, North Stand & South Stand.
Part of the delay in opening was due to coming up with those
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eusebiovic
9:25 Sun Jul 7
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Has to be the Greenwood Lyall stand for me
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Far Cough
9:27 Sun Jul 7
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Spurs have the Putting the Pressure on stand and the Losing Annually to West Ham stand
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Texas Iron
10:15 Sun Jul 7
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Top Man...Sir Geoff...
WC Final Hat Trick deserves a Stand...
😀😀😀😀
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The Stoat
10:33 Sun Jul 7
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It should be THE WE WON THE WORLD CUP IN '66 TERRACE
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charleyfarley
11:03 Sun Jul 7
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Stand and deliver would be perfect for me
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geoffpikey
12:01 Mon Jul 8
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Devonshire Stand
Will only mean it's a bit further from the pitch. After, we can all have a cream tea and go rockpoolling in Exmouth.
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Fog
1:05 Mon Jul 8
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Appreciate that no other club has named all their stands after former players, but not many clubs have the heritage and history that we have. City have their Colin Bell stand, Wolves have the Stan Cullis and Billy Wright stands. Leicester have their Lineker Stand. We have something/someone far better than all of those.
Lyall/Greenwood is a decent shout, but Sir Geoff has done something no one else has done and may never be repeated. Pele, Maradona, Messi, Ronaldo, Best, Cruyff, Zidane, the best players the World has ever seen - none of them achieved a World Cup hat trick, some got nowhere near a final.
Apart from that he had a 1 in 2 goal ratio for us over 500 games, similar to Lineker and Shearer, played cricket for Essex and was also an England coach.
I just think we have someone very special who we should celebrate and cherish before they are gone. It's not often we can get one over on the big clubs or have something better than them, but here we can. And he was much loved by the crowd at the time. The fact that he played at the same time as Mooro, shouldn't denigrate that he too was a 'great'
After the Bonzo effect last year, which also was well deserved, I just think it gives us back a bit more pride again and is another reminder that top class football actually existed pre-Sky.
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Texas Iron
1:09 Mon Jul 8
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Fog....
Well said...
😀😀😀😀
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terry-h
1:14 Mon Jul 8
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The trouble is he did miss that penalty against Gordon Banks.
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Any Old Iron
1:35 Mon Jul 8
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It's a yes from me.
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geoffpikey
1:44 Mon Jul 8
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Well argued, Fog.
I've never particularly warmed to Hurst as a person, but what he did for our club and country was remarkable. (In small football terms.)
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arsegrapes
3:10 Mon Jul 8
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Brooking will always be my hero, because he was a magician on the pitch and a gentleman off. Bonds was superb, managing Millwall was a shame, likewise Hurst managing Chelsea. Still no one is perfect Brooking aside.
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Manuel
4:32 Mon Jul 8
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This old one again you, boring cunts. Won't ever happen for a few reasons...having every stand named after ex-players is just way ott and as said no other club has done it. Having the largest stand named after Hurst and not the other 3 just won't fit right, AND I would imagine they will eventually want a sponsorship deal for the West stand.
Give it a rest, ffs.
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