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Northern Sold 6:45 Thu Mar 4
The year that we came third...

... you know mullets... diadora golds... that year...

https://www.theguardian.com/football/that-1980s-sports-blog/2021/mar/04/west-ham-challenged-title-relegation

4ever-blowin-bubbles 6:47 Thu Mar 4
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played great football that year

simon.s 7:04 Thu Mar 4
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NS - I had a walk around Walthamstow today where I grew up and went past the sports shop funnily enough where I got my first diadora’s from, although it’s long gone, but the old sign is still there. Can still smell that kangaroo skin. They real were the Halcyon days for me growing up.

Northern Sold 7:10 Thu Mar 4
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Greatest Clare Rayners ever Si... like you say... kangaroo skin... hmmmmmmm.... the remakes that I bought a few years back = SHIT... think I have worn them half a dozen times... awful.


Some great hyper links on that link... still say Pikey's header at OT in the cup is up there with the greatest headed goals ever... un-fuckin-stoppable...

... and the Ipswich marathon?? Was at that one shown... the A12 was a right fucking laugh getting home...

zico 7:11 Thu Mar 4
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I know some fans think we bang on about it too much all these years later but it took some doing nearly winning the League against Liverpool and Everton who were both pretty much at their peak. Liverpool got 11 straight wins or similar in the last 11 games, so to run them close was an achievement. Great football and the atmosphere at the home game v Man United was something else. Pity half of McAvennies goals are lost to history due to a TV strike. I remember reading that Alan Dickens said that whilst all the players were gone by the Monday game against Everton the players overlooked the fact that if West Ham won that game they would have played Liverpool at Wembley in the Charity Shield the following season and a lot of those players never played at Wembley.

simon.s 7:14 Thu Mar 4
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Yeah the remakes weren’t a patch on the originals. Same as all the Fila and Sergio stuff that was reissued. My old man will enjoy reading that.

Northern Sold 7:21 Thu Mar 4
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zico... my shifts changed and I had to start working Saturdays that bloody season... I still managed 13 or 14 games but with a load of midweek games with the odd Saturday chucked in... was locked out of a couple as well (Chelsea and Ipswich) ... still great season... and I think by about January our fans had just about worked out how to pronounce Frankie's surname !

RM10 7:22 Thu Mar 4
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Away days were something else that season!

Side of Ham 7:25 Thu Mar 4
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It all just panned out so well that season even on a personal level. Got my first job so I had some decent wedge to go football and buy the right clobber, the only let down is I absolutely brainwashed (sorry bro) my younger brother (10 year gap) into being a West Ham nut job with all the stories I was telling him about the games, home or away I thought we'd win and usually did!

Since then it's been pretty well a cunt journey......

Too Much Too Young 7:26 Thu Mar 4
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It was a fluke of a season for us that year....much like this one.

Almost relegated the year before, followed by 15th, 16th and then relegated in the 3rd season after.

WHU(Exeter) 7:26 Thu Mar 4
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Was when we beat Villa 4-1 that I thought that season could turn into something special. Cottee & McAvennie a brace each.

ray winstone 7:29 Thu Mar 4
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Went to nearly every home game that season and as many 'local' away games as I could, great times.

peroni 7:31 Thu Mar 4
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Cheers Sold0 - great read that.

flamengo 7:42 Thu Mar 4
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My first year at university in Sheffield so didn't get to many games.
But did go to Birmingham (2-0), Oxford (3-1) and Chelsea (1-2) at home, and WBA away (where, when we were 2-0 up we went nuts because there was a rumour that Chelsea had taken the lead against Liverpool). Great days!
Also went to the Man Utd (2-0 win) and Sheff Wed (1-2 loss) away cup games. Does anyone remember the huge crush at the Leppings Lane end at Hillsborough in the cup game. Trains delayed from London and too few turnstiles open. Sounds familiar. I was stuck in that long tunnel onto the terrace as Wednesday scored their 2 early goals.

Mex Martillo 7:44 Thu Mar 4
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Great season, but very disappointing in the end.
That build up of matches was a killer, but oddly we won most of them. Difficult to say we would have won a couple more of them with more time between games? You can almost argue we lost the title at the beginning by having a bad start to the season!
It comes to money again doesn’t it. No under pitch heating and then no investment to try again the following season.

mallard 7:47 Thu Mar 4
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‘Things would never be the same again for Lyall or West Ham. A lack of investment in the squad led to a disappointing campaign the following year, and the club suffered relegation in 1989’

Who exactly did we sign that following season?

Mex Martillo 7:48 Thu Mar 4
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How do you remember that Flamengo?
I think I remember 1 game, Chelsea away at Easter, 4-0, was it that year? Not sure if I went to any other games, perhaps 1 at Christmas. I was at Bangor Uni.

Cheezey Bell-End 7:57 Thu Mar 4
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I saw every home game and a few aways. Often wondered what might have been had Brooking still been playing. McAvennie is still in my top 3 favourite players. I remember that season more clearly than the current one.

Swiss. 8:12 Thu Mar 4
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Went to every home game and most away.

Fixture congestion did us in the end. I think we got to QF of the FA Cup as well.

The Chelsea 1-2 home loss was the killer.

marty feldman 8:18 Thu Mar 4
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Truth is we could and should have challenged for the title . Way before 85/86 the 82 _84 sides were probably better man for man. Just lacked a top class forward line which we obviously had in 86.

ted fenton 8:20 Thu Mar 4
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1985 we bought our shop in Clacton but still managed some home games.
Great season and at one time felt sure we were going to be champions.

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