WEST HAM UNITED
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theyflysohigh : Steve Marsh
A Pictorial History
1957-58 Football League Second Division
Manager : Ted Fenton
It was a moderate beginning to the campaign with just three wins in the first ten games. Billy Dare was on form, scoring a hat-trick at Bristol Rovers in the 3–2 victory, and two more against Fulham at home as the Cottagers were beaten by the same score. In October there was a fine 3–0 win at leaders Charlton Athletic and more good news followed when days later West Ham signed centre-forward Vic Keeble from Newcastle. Keeble scored on his debut in the 1–1 home draw with Doncaster Rovers and soon set up a useful partnership with Johnny Dick. The Hammers were now starting to put together an unbeaten run as Huddersfield Town lost 5–2 at the Boleyn and a Vic Keeble hat-trick helped the Hammers beat Stoke City 5–0 at home. At Lincoln City in December Keeble and Dick both scored twice in the 6–1 victory. After a run of 13 games undefeated the Hammers were finally beaten 2–1 by Ipswich Town on Boxing Day at Portman Road. Two days later Bristol Rovers faced the backlash as West Ham thrashed them 6–1 at home, with John Smith claiming a hat-trick.
First Division Blackpool were the visitors in the FA Cup and, bang in form, Hammers sent them home beaten 5–1 with a hat-trick from Vic Keeble. The next round brought Third Division Stockport County to Upton Park. The Cheshire club put up a brave fight, finally losing 3–2 to put West Ham through to the fifth round where they faced Fulham at home. In an exciting tie it was the Cottagers who went through, winning 3–2. Returning to the league, after Swansea were beaten 6–2 at home there was a good 4–1 win at neighbours Leyton Orient. Now favourites for promotion, the Hammers stormed to victory at home to Rotherham United, winning 8–0 with Johnny Dick scoring four. Fellow promotion candidates Charlton and Liverpool both drew at Upton Park before the final day brought a trip to Middlesbrough. Dick, Keeble and Musgrove were the scorers in a 3–1 win and West Ham were Second Division champions. They had scored 101 league goals and would be returning to the First Division after an absence of 25 years.
Note:
Players in BOLD made their debuts for West Ham United
LINCOLN CITY
Upton Park
2 - 2 (Allison [pen], Dare)
24 August 1957
Att: 18,907
Gregory
Bond
Cantwell
Malcolm
Brown
Allison
Grice
Smith J.
Dare
Dick
Musgrove
The 18,907 who were here for the opening game of the season saw us gain the upper hand in the first half and take a lead in the 13th minute, when Dare cleverly accepted a brief opening and netted just under the bar from about 15 yards range with a left-foot drive. However, this advantage was not consolidated, and when Grainger ran through anu lobbed over the advancing Gregory's head after half-an-hour's play the City were on level terms once more.
Almost immediately after the interval the Imps repeated a similar move to bring them a second success, though this time the goal came from Smillie who shot home from somewhat closer range to again give our custodian no chance. Nevertheless, we were not long in arrears, for Allison converted a spot-kick in the next minute when Grice was fouled in the penalty-area.
Having returned to level terms the Hammers endeavoured to once more gain the advantage, but some hairbreadth escapes and near-misses enabled the visitors to survive and salvage a point from a game in which they would have been well beaten had our team cashed in on their chances.
BLACKBURN ROVERS
Ewood Park
1 - 2 (Dare)
26 August 1957
Att; 18,845
Gregory
Bond
Cantwell
Malcolm
Brown
Allison
Grice
Smith J.
Dare
Dick
Musgrove
Malcolm Musgrove scored the opening goal at Ewood Park for in the 20th minute, his shot striking goalkeeper Leyland in the chest and rebounding for Dare to put the ball into the net. Our left-winger was also in the picture when he "scored" what looked like two perfectly good tallies (one each side of the interval) only to have them disallowed for offside; as he himself beat u defender on one occasion before shooting, it was difficult to understand the reason for the referee's decision on that occasion, but we nevertheless accepted it with reasonable grace.
However, our players were justifiably incensed when the Rovers were credited with the equaliser in the second half. Even the scorer, Bryan Douglas, remarked that he considered he was a couple of yards offside, but despite vehement protests the award was allowed to stand.
This disappointment did not make our task any easier, but our XI stuck manfully to their guns and seemed certain to at least gain a share of the spoils until six minutes from time. Then misfortune struck again; Vernon pushed the ball towards goal in a rather despairing manner, only to find his effort succeed when a defender diverted it past Gregory
BRISTOL ROVERS
Eastville
3 - 2 (Dare 3)
31 August 1957
Att: 26,110
Gregory
Bond
Cantwell
Malcolm
Brown
Allison
Grice
Smith J.
Dare
Dick
Musgrove
Before a 26,110 attendance the Bristolians started in storming fashion and went ahead in four minutes, Meyer taking a hard shot that Gregory could only parry and Ward following up to score in easy fashion. However, that was about all that was seen of the Eastville attack in the first half, for with a hat-trick in twelve minutes Dare completely transformed the game.
All three were opportunist efforts (scored in the 18th, 21st and 30th minutes), the last being a glorious header from a Musgrove cross-pass that had Radford hopelessly beaten. Musgrove was indirectly responsible for another goal, for Radford could only palm away his centre for our centre-forward to slam it home from close range, and he and all our other forwards gave the opposing defence a harrowing time with constant pressure, backed by attacking wing-halves.
In defence we were very sound, and although Ward converted Biggs' centre in the 68th minute to make it 3-2, the Rovers' onslaughts were effectively repelled by a rear-guard in which Brown effectively blunted up-the-middle thrusts by Meyer.
BKLACKBURN ROVERS
Upton Park
1 - 1 (Dare)
2 September 1957
Att: 24,009
BRIAN RHODES
Bond
Cantwell
Malcolm
Brown
Pyke
Grice
Smith J.
Dare
Dick
Musgrove
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DERBY COUNTY
Upton Park
2 -1 (Cantwell, Smith)
7 September 1957
Att: 18,955
Rhodes
Bond
Cantwell
Malcolm
Brown
Pyke
Grice
Smith J.
Dare
Dick
Musgrove
The fixture with Derby County provided a 18,955 attendance with three goals in the space of eight minutes early in the first half. Brown scored Derby's 20 minutes after the start, but Dare made an opening for Smith to equalise shortly afterwards.
Then came a "goal of a lifetime" when Cantwell collected the ball in his own half and began an 80-yard run. He veered to the right and then worked his way into the centre; the County defenders obviously expected him to pass and marked up "man for man" only for the Hammer to force his way to close range and slam the ball past the visiting custodian.
Unfortunately play slackened off somewhat after that, and although Bond made a similar foray upfieid in an effort to emulate his partner's feat, we were unable to add to our score in a second-half that was rather an anti-climax.
SHEFFIELD UNITED
Upton Park
0 - 3
9 September 1957
Att: 21,746
Rhodes
Bond
Cantwell
Malcolm
Brown
Pyke
Grice
Lewis
Dare
Blackburn
Musgrove
We brought in Alan Blackburn and Eddie Lewis at inside-forward, hoping to make a more forceful attack against Sheffield United. The failure to achieve this much-needed "punch" became more and more apparent as the game went on. We started promisingly enough and had opportunities to take the lead, but once the Blades had scored it seemed that the interest faded from what could have been an entertaining 90 minutes for the 21,746 attendance.
In contrast the Yorkshiremen took their chances far more readily than ourselves, and Hovland's hat-trick in the 20th, 55th and 88th minutes settled the issue completely. For the first he brought a through-pass under control and hit the ball just inside the far post; his second was from close range after a shot had rebounded from a defender; and the third was yet another opportunist shot following some passing in front of goal.
That ability to accept brief openings was the vital difference between the XI's. and although our defence was in good form it was apparent that this alone could not gain us vital spoils.
SWANSEA TOWN
Vetch Field
2 - 3 (Dare, Smith
14 September 1957
Att: 19,352
Rhodes
Bond
Cantwell
Malcolm
Brown
Allison
Grice
Smith J.
Dare
Dick
Musgrove
A 19,352 attendance saw the Swans start at a fast pace, and Len Allchurch beat two men before opening their account in the 12th minute. The same player made the opening for his brother Ivor to net the home side's third goal after an hour's play, and Palmer got the other for the Welshmen in the 24th minute when Griffiths carved an opening. Our two goals came from Dare and Malcolm; for the first our centre-forward was on the spot to bang home the rebound after Reid had parried Musgrove's drive a few minutes before the interval, whilst Malcolm ran on to Musgrove's centre to register our second with a shot from the edge of the penalty-box six minutes from the end.
Swansea had tended to ease off in the closing stages, and during the last period we made strenuous efforts to equalise. But in general the opposition could generally claim to have had the better of the exchanges, and their stronger finishing brought out the best in Rhodes who gave a fine display between the sticks. Also outstanding in our defence was Malcolm, who held danger man Ivor Allchurch well in check; but despite this the home forwards still managed to keep our rear-guard well on its toes and throughout the game were a constant menace.
SHEFFIELD UNITED
Bramall Lane
1 - 2 (Dare)
16 September 1957
Att: 7,710
Rhodes
Bond
Cantwell
Malcolm
Brown
Allison
Grice
Dare
BILLY NEVILLE
Dick
Musgrove
We made two changes for the game at Bramall Lane - Dare moved to inside-right in place of Smith and Billy Neville made his League debut at centre-forward. The Blades also had some newcomers, international 'keeper Hodgkinson being among the late call-offs owing to influenza; their XI was therefore: .Thompson; Coldwell, Shaw (G); Richardson, Shaw (J), Summers; Kemp, Hamilton, Turley, Howitt, Hawkesworih.
Neville had a share in our goal scored 20 minutes after the kick-off. Malcolm passed to Grice who in turn slipped the ball to Neville ; the centre-forward pushed it past the full-back to the winger again, and Dare was on hand to side-foot the ball into the net to end a splendid move.
This success was the outcome of sustained pressure on the Blades' goal, but the home side came into the picture four minutes later when Turley levelled the scores as he raced into the penalty-area to slam home a rebound. The Sheffielders' new centre-forward also made the opening for his side's second tally, as in the 33rd minute he laid up the ball for Hawkesworth to hit it into the roof of the net. From thence onwards exchanges were pretty even, but in genera! the Northerners just had the edge over us. Another disappointment was the attendance, less than 8.000 being present for this evening game.
FULHAM
Upton Park
3 - 2 (Dare 2, Cantwell)
21 September 1957
Att: 23,855
Gregory
Bond
Cantwell
Malcolm
Brown
Pyke
Wragg
Dare
Neville
Dick
Musgrove
It was not a happy day for the West Londoners. They started by making enforced changes to their line-up through Hill and Lowe not being available, and actually made seven alterations in the XI that they notified to us on the day before the game! Even then they made a further amendment, Haynes and Bentley "swapping" the no. 8 and no. 10 shirts just prior to the kick-off. However, this latter move achieved nothing, for we countered the moves by switching our wing halves so that Andy Malcolm (as usual) practically blotted Johnny Haynes out of the game.
The Fulham "star" only had one real opportunity of showing his international craft, and the result was a splendid footballing move in the 27th minute that gave Dwight the opportunity to put his side on level terms. Within a couple of minutes Bentley charged in to put the Cottagers ahead, but from thence onwards the tide started to turn against the wearers of the white shirts. A cut eye put Edwards off the field for !3 minutes, and just before he returned we had drawn level to put us back into the game with a vengeance.
Nevertheless, we do not take this mishap as a reason for our victory, as it was apparent even before then that the Hammers intended to fight all the way to the end. Our three goals were reflective of this spirit, and all proved that opportunities are there to be taken. Undoubtedly Ian Black will consider that he was partially at fault in the first goal, for he could only palm out Musgrove's drive for the eager Billy Dare to make no mistake from close in ; but the remaining two probably still have the Fulham custodian wondering how they happened. Each goal came from a free-kick by John Bond, and in both cases there was a Hammer in the clear to head the bail home, first Billy Dare with a back-header and then Noel Cantwell with a hearty header.
Anyway, whatever the reasons, it ended with Fulham's first defeat of the season and a welcome brace of points for the Hammers — a very satisfactory conclusion as far as we were concerned! Well done, lads!
LEYTON ORIENT : Southern Floodlight Cup (First Round)
Upton Park
1 - 0 (Dick)
23 September 1957
Att: 10,000
Gregory
Bond
Cantwell
Malcolm
Brown
Pyke
Wragg
Dare
Neville
Dick
Musgrove
Almost before the majority of the 10,000 attendance had settled down on Monday night, Johnny Dick scored the goal that put us into the Second Round of this season's Southern Floodlight Cup competition. A quick through pass found our inside-left unmarked just outside the penalty-area, and his left-foot shot went into the far top corner of the Orient net.
The remaining 89 minutes proved exciting in spasms, and both goalmouths had several narrow escapes. Each 'keeper made some good saves, but it was mainly off-the-mark shooting which meant that the game ended without addition to the 1-0 score.
The Leyton club made six late changes to their side; among these, one ex-Hammer-Dave Sexton - dropped out, but another Jimmy Andrews - came into the team against his former club-mates.
This was our second victory over our local rivals in this competition, for we defeated them by 4-1 last season. Add to these Cup wins a couple of League victories, and it will be seen that we have taken maximum spoils from the Orient in our four meetings since they returned to Division II.
BARNSLEY
Oakwell
0 - 1
28 September 1957
Att: 12,182
Gregory
Bond
Cantwell
Malcolm
Brown
Lansdowne
Wragg
Dare
Neville
Dick
Musgrove
An attendance of 12,182 saw the Hammers have the better of the first half, and we were rather unfortunate not to gain an interval lead, lor not only did the home defence scramble away the ball on several occasions, but the Yorkshiremen also had the benefit of the doubt when their centre-hall appeared to handle during one of these melees.
The Reds came more into the picture after the resumption, and Kaye showed the merit of his selection as the Football League outside-right for next week's game v the League of Ireland by putting across fine centres alter making excellent openings. It was one of these that Smith dived to head home two minutes after the interval, and this success brought Barnsley their second post-war victory over the Hammers. The Yorkshiremen frequently employed the off-side trap and thereby held up our attacks, but we succeeded in eluding this on occasions and better marksmanship might have gained us at least one point.
LEYTON ORIENT
Upton park
3 - 2 (Lansdowne, Lewis, Smith)
5 October 1957
Att: 25,990
Gregory
Bond
Cooper
Malcolm
Brown
Lansdowne
Dare
Smiith J.
Lewis
Dick
Musgrove
The final score was 3-2, but had it been 5-2 the O's could not have complained, for once we gained the lead the visitors were never really in the picture- Indeed it was "easing off" that cost the Hammers a bigger margin of success, and the Leyton side were quick to seize the opportunity of reducing the arrears when the count was 2-0 and 3-1 in our favour at two stages of the game. This failure to press home the advantage obviously annoyed several of the 26,000 spectators, but although there were periods of rather lacksadaisical exchanges there were also spells when there was plenty to provide entertainment on a fine afternoon. We were, of course, most unfortunate when shots by Lewis and Dare rebounded from the woodwork, and had either of these near-misses found their mark we might well have run riot against opposition which did not show the form it had displayed in beating Middlesbrough by 4-0 a week earlier.
Our scoring was opened by Bill Lansdowne with a good header following a corner taken by Billy Dare; one press report said this was Lansdowne's first League goal, but apparently the writer overlooked the fact that Bill had scored in the fourth minute of the corresponding match last season ; our wing-half evidently specialises in netting against the O's!
The second half produced four more goals. First of all Lewis put us further ahead by finding a gap in the visiting defence, but four minutes later Johnston brought his side back in the game when our defence was in a tangle. Lewis had a hand in our next goal when he centred from the left for Smith to run in and head the ball past Welton, but the O's second was a complete contrast, for Heckman was fully 30 yards out when his hard shot went in off the bar.
CHARLTON ATHLETIC
The Valley
3 - 0 (Dare, Musgrove, Smith)
12 October 1957
Att: 30,437
Gregory
Bond
Cantwell
Malcolm
Brown
Lansdowne
Grice
Smiith J.
Dare
Dick
Musgrove
Although the Athletic forced three corners in the opening minutes, it soon became apparent that they were not likely to easily forget this first League meeting of the clubs since 1936. Before very long they found themselves on the defensive, and their rearguard gave its first signs of cracking when Smith had plenty of time to score from Musgrove's pass after Dick had made the opening. About eight minutes before the interval our inside-left was twice unlucky not to score when he iirstly headed against the bar and then found Duff ready to block another goalmouth effort, but he helped balance these escapes by back-heeling the ball for Musgrove to drive in a terrific shot from the edge of the box to score our second goal after 62 minutes. The Hammers' third and final tally came with eight minutes to go, and a Dick-Smith-Grice move ended with the right-winger crossing the ball for Dare to net with a flying header,
DONCASTER ROVERS
Upton park
1 - 1 (Keeble)
19 October 1957
Att: 20,216
Gregory
Bond
Cantwell
Malcolm
Brown
Lansdowne
Grice
Dare
VIC KEEBLE
Dick
Musgrove
The atmosphere at Upton Park last Saturday was depressing, for 20,216 spectators witnessed a generally poor game of soccer that was spoiled by a series of petty fouls and handling offences that for the greater part went unchecked. The visiting Doncaster Rovers' team adopted these tactics right from the kick-off, and with one or two exceptions they generally showed good reason for their present lowly position in the table.
Unfortunately our own team allowed their own skill to be dissipated by these " spoiling " tactics, and apart from brief moments showed little of the soccer which had earned them the plaudits in an away victory on the previous Saturday.
The Hammers started brightly enough and were unlucky to narrowly miss taking the lead in the opening minutes. Had we scored a goal then we could probably have run up a good score, but in addition to some class goalkeeping by Harry Gregg the Rovers also had a good "stopper" in Charlie Williams to hold up progress down the middle.
Gregg's only real mistake led to Vic Keeble heading us into the lead, but within three minutes the Northerners equalised to make the score 1-1 at the final whistle. This goal was credited to McMorran, but he had to thank an indescribable mix-up by three of our defenders for assisting the ball to find its way just inside the post at a speed that hardly exceeded walking pace!
Gregg damaged his fingers in the second half and the game was held up for a couple of minutes whilst he was attended to. In addition the Doncaster players repeatedly wasted time in taking throw-ins as a means of delaying the game; whilst they are not to be entirely blamed for doing this, it is still within the power of the referee to warn them and to compensate for this time-wasting by making the necessary allowance at the end. However, the chief official was apparently eager to get the game over so that he could make his way north again ; accordingly he did not allow a single second of "overtime" and blew his whistle exactly 45 minutes after the second half started. This may not hive affected the final result, but was nevertheless vet another inexplicable decision to add to many in an afternoon of generally indecisive action.
ROTHERHAM UNITED
Millmoor
2 - 1 Bond [pen], Dick)
26 October 1957
Att: 8,971
Gregory
Bond
Cantwell
Malcolm
Brown
Lansdowne
Dare
Smith J.
Keeble
Dick
Musgrove
This was our second successive victory at Miilmoor, and in repeating last season's win on the northern ground the Hammers showed exceedingly good fighting spirit. It was a hard tussle, but although both the first two goals came from penalties it could not be described as unusually robust; indeed "over keenness" would be a better phrase to cover the incidents which led to the spot-kicks.
Johnson was the scorer for the home side in the 37th minute when Harmer was pushed off the bail, but Bond put us on level terms again when Keeble was tripped by goalkeeper Ironside as he went through in the 55th minute. Further even exchanges followed, but it was the better ability to accept chances that led to us going in front a quarter-of-an-hour later, Dick slamming in the winner after he had veered out to the left.
Our XI for this game showed two changes from the previous game. Dare moving out to the right-wing and Smith returning at inside-right. Smith's linking up of attack and defence gave our forwards the opportunity to shine, and Dick's bursts through the opposing rear-guard caused them much worry. In defence we were very firm, and Gregory played a fine game behind a strong pair of full-backs.
With some of the clubs above us dropping points we were able to move three places up the table, and our XIs tenacious struggle to take full spoils has meant that we remain in a good position to challenge the leaders.
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN
Upton Park
5 - 2 (Musgrove 2, Cantwell, Dick, Keeble)
2 November 1957
Att; 21,525
Gregory
Bond
Cantwell
Malcolm
Brown
Lansdowne
Dare
Smith J.
Keeble
Dick
Musgrove
The performance by our First Team was undoubtedly one of their best of the season, and in addition to our 5-2 victory the 21,525 spectators had the pleasure of witnessing one of the most interesting games seen at Upton Park this season. There was one slightly dull patch just before the interval after Huddersfield Town equalised to make it 1-1 at the breather, but following the resumption the sparkling soccer shown by the Hammers soon sot a stamp on their performance.
Opportunist Vic Keeble had put us in front in the 18th minute when he diverted Andy Malcolm's shot by flicking it into the corner of the net away from a surprised goalkeeper. A long free-kick at the end of half-an-hour's play was headed home by Connor to put the visitors on level terms again.
Only five minutes of the second-half had elapsed when a typical Bond-Cantwell move ended with our left-back neatly placing the ball across the line from his partner's free-kick. A couple of minutes afterwards Musgrove made it 3-1, only for right-back Conwell to fasten on to a McHale pass to score the third goal in the space of three minutes.
Despite this brief rally by the Yorkshiremen, the Hammers virtually settled the game at the end of an hour's play, Malcolm Musgrove making it 4-2 after Kennon had parried his first shot; but it took a splendid goal by John Dick ten minutes from time to finally settle the issue.
GRIMSBY TOWN
Blundell Park
2 - 1 (Dick, Smith)
9 November 1957
Att: 12,088
Gregory
Bond
Cantwell
Malcolm
Brown
Lansdowne
Dare
Smith J.
Keeble
Dick
Musgrove
Three successive away victories and a total of eleven points from the last six games indicates that our First Team has been playing some very successful soccer, and the match at Blundell Park proved us to be superior to Grimsby Town in a League game before an attendance of 12,088.
The final score was 2-1, but it was not completely representative of the exchanges, for the Hammers missed several opportunities of making their victory an easier one than by the odd goal. Indeed we found ourselves one down at half-time, the Town taking the lead in the 36th minute when Evans shot into a trio of defenders and the ball went "in off" Andy Malcolm.
Malcolm Musgrove had made a number of openings in the first half, but we failed to take advantage of these. It was therefore somewhat of an anti-climax when Johnny Smith put us on level terms three minutes after the resumption, for goalkeeper fin-.ley completely mistimed his effort to clear a speculative 25-yarder, and the ball went over his outstretched hands. Although fortunate, the equaliser deserved, and from thence onward our XI set out to assert themselves; the home side had a narrow escape when Billy Dare's "cross" rolled along the line, but at the end of an hour's play Musgrove again went away down the wing, and Johnny Dick was there to head home the decisive counter. The Town made a desperate late effort, but our do fence-always held the measure of the opposing attack.
STOKE CITY
Upton park
5 - 0 (Keble 3, dare, Dick)
16 November 1957
Att: 23,171
Gregory
Bond
Cantwell
Malcolm
Brown
Lansdowne
Dare
Smith J.
Keeble
Dick
Musgrove
Another "nap hand" of goals brought our First Team more League points last Saturday when they defeated Stoke City here by 5-0 before an attendance of 23,171.
Our unchanged team had quite a task facing them when they started, for the visitors were holding third place in the table with an imposing record. However, a burst of scoring in the first half put our side three goals up at the end of 24 minutes, and despite all the Potters' efforts we remained comfortably ahead for the remainder of the match.
In the opening period both sides found the ball difficult to control on a rather greasy top surface, and both Dick and Keeble did well to make headway before the centre-forward banged the ball in for a twelfth-minute score. Before Stoke hid recovered from this surprise they suffered another shock when Hall's fly-kick was deflected back into an untenanted net by Keeble's outstretched boot, and a Smith-Keeble-Dare move soon afterwards virtually took the wind completely out of their sails as Dare slammed it in from close range.
A spell of somewhat desultory exchanges after the interval kept the score the same until the 68th minute, but with Hall only parrying Lansdowne's header from a corner-kick, Smith had little difficulty in slipping the ball to Dick for the fourth goal. The fifth and final success surprised the opposition by its speed, for Brown returned Hall's goal-kick with a strong header and Keeble completed his hat-trick with a fast drive from the edge of the penalty-box.
BRISTOL CITY
Ashton Gate
1 - 1 (Dick)
23 November 1957
Att: 22,305
Gregory
Bond
Cantwell
Malcolm
Brown
Lansdowne
Dare
Smith J.
Keeble
Dick
Musgrove
There were a considerable number of Hammer;' fans among the 22,305 spectators at Ashton Gate last Saturday, and they were very pleased to see our team gain a point against Bristol City to extend our unbeaten League run to eight games (during which we have gained 14 points).
Malcolm Musgrove had recovered from the injury he received in the match against Stoke City and we thus fielded an unchanged team. Our outside-left's recovery was obviously complete, for he proved to be our best forward and his shooting was a constant source of anxiety to the home sides defence.
However, the Bristol team succeeded in stalling us off until three minutes from time, and it was only as the result of a concerted " all up " effort that John Dick converted Billy Dare's pass to gain us this late equaliser. Earlier in the game the Reds had taken the lead when Atyeo made ground on the left and sent in a hard shot which Ernie Gregory could only parry, Walker following this up to net from 15 yards after 35 minutes' play.
Both goalkeepers were called upon to make some very good saves during the end-to-end exchanges, and all in ail the result could generally be considered to be a fair one. Anderson in particular stood practically alone between our attackers and more than one goal during the last twenty minutes and in the words of one press report " there were only three minutes left when they (West Ham) clinched their oh! so deserved point."
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READING : Southern Floodlight Cup (Second Round Replay)
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BARNSLEY
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FULHAM : FA Cup (Fifth Round)
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LEYTON ORIENT
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BRISTOL CITY
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DONCASTER ROVERS
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ROTHERHAM UNITED
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SOUTHEND UNITED : Essex Pro Cup (Semi-Final)
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HUDDERSFIELD TOWN
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GRIMSBY TOWN
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STOKE CITY
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CHARLTON ATHLETIC
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NOTTS COUNTY
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CARDIFF CITY
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CHELMSFORD CITY : Essex Pro Cup (Final)
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