WEST HAM UNITED
FOOTBALL PROGRAMMES &
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A Pictorial History
theyflysohigh : Steve Marsh
1968-69 South East Counties League (Division 2)
Manager: George Robson
NO Programmes issued for Home game in the League
MILLWALL : South East Counties League Div 2 Cup
Chadwell Heath
5 - 2 (Durrell 2, Barnes, Ellis, Richardson)
17 August 1968
Simonelli, Beale, Watson J., Durrant, South, Wightman, Barnes, Ellis, Filby, Richardson, Durrell
Millwall Juniors visited our Chadwell Heath Ground for the second successive Saturday. They had lost a friendly there by five clear goals on the first occasion, but although they managed to net a couple this time they conceded another quintet to lose their Division II Cup match. We had a completely new line-up of under-17's on view as compared with last season's XI, only one (Joe Durrell) being an apprentice. They gave a good all-round show, and several show a lot of promise.
ORIENT : South East Counties League Div 2 Cup
Chadwell Heath
1 - 2 (Durrell)
31 August 1968
Willson, Beale, Watson J., Power, South, Durrant (Howlett), Irwin, Burrage, Filby, Richardson,Durrell
REPORT:
CHELSEA : London Youth Cup (67/68 Final 1st leg)
Stamford Bridge
1 - 1 (Bedford [pen])
4 September 1968
Bartlett
McDowell
Butcher
Keary
Pike
Scales
Aylott
Charles
Humphreys
Bedford
Gill
REPORT:
MILLWALL : South East Counties League Div 2 Cup
Beckenham
5 - 3 (Ellis 2, Richardson 2, Howlett)
14 September 1968
Willson, Beale, Watson, Power, South, Howlett, Ayris, Richardson, Filby, Ellis, Durrell
Our Juniors had a remarkable match against Millwall in the Second Division Cup tournament, for in a game that brought five penalty kick awards the Hammers scored twice from the spot whilst the Lions missed three times!
In a dual of wildly-fluctuating fortune this had a considerable effect, as we were in arrears at 0-1 and 1-2 before hitting back to take an interval lead of 3-2, this was increased to 5-2 before the home side reduced the margin three minutes from time to make the final tally 5-3 in our favour.
FULHAM : South East Counties League Div 2 Cup
Chadwell Heath
4 - 1 (Barnes 2, Filby, Clark)
21 September 1968
Bartlett, Laycock, Renham, Power, South, Hartnett, Barnes, Durrant, Filby, Clark, Durrell
REPORT:
CRYSTAL PALACE : London Youth Cup (First Round)
Selhurst Park
3 - 1 (Barnes, Power, Richardson)
25 September 1968
Willson, Beale, Watson, Power, South, Durrant, Barnes, Clark, Filby, Richardson, Durrell
REPORT:
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR : South East Counties League Div 2 Cup
Cheshunt
1 - 3 (Durrell)
28 September 1968
Bartlett, Beale, Watson, Power, South, Durrant, Barnes (Renham), Clark, Filby, Richardson, Durrell
REPORT:
CRYSTAL PALACE : South East Counties League Div 2 Cup
Banstead
0 - 6
19 October 1969
Busby, Laycock, Twiddle, Howlett (Beale), South, Durrant, Clark, Ellis, Filby, Richardson, Hartnett
REPORT:
CHELSEA : South East Counties League Div 2 Cup
Chadwell Heath
2 - 0 (Beale, Campbell)
26 October 1968
Busby, Beale, Watson, Richardson, South, Renham, Clark, Broom, Campbell, Filby, Sillett
REPORT:
CHELSEA : London Youth Cup (67/68 Final 2nd leg)
Upton Park
2 - 0 (Gill, Humphreys)
28 October 1968
Bartlett
McDowell
Butcher
Keary (Ellis)
Pike
Scales
Aylott
Charles C.
Humphreys
Bedford
Gill
Despite the exceptionally poor weather conditions last Monday evening, we eventually played off the twice-postponed second leg of the 1967-68 Final of the London Youth Cup (Junior Section).
In a good game our youngsters took a 2-0 margin over Chelsea Juniors, and although the visitors fought hard we were worthy winners by a 3-1 aggregate.
CHELSEA : South East Counties League Div 2 Cup
Hendon
4 - 0 (Ellis 2, Barnes, Durrant)
2 November 1968
Busby, Beale, Watson, Watts, South, Renham, Barnes, Ellis, Clark, Durrant, Park
REPORT:
ROMFORD JUNIORS : South East Counties League Div 2 Cup
Chadwell Heath
3 - 1 (Ellis, Filby, Richardson)
9 November 1968
Fixture Expunged
Busby, Laycock, Twidell, Watts, Beale, Hartnett, Ayris, Campbell, Filby, Ellis, Richardson
REPORT:
ROMFORD JUNIORS : South East Counties League Div 2 Cup
Hainault
3 - 1 (Campbell 2, Richardson)
16 November 1968
Fixture Expunged
Bonetti, Laycock, Renham, Beale, South, Howlett, Brooks, Boorne, Campbell, Hartnett, Richardson
REPORT:
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR : South East Counties League Div 2 Cup
Chadwell Heath
0 - 2
23 November 1968
Bonetti, Laycock, Watson, Howlett, Smith R., South, Barnes, Richardson, Campbell, Ellis, Twidell
REPORT:
CRYSTAL PALACE : South East Counties League Div 2 Cup
Chadwell Heath
0 - 4
7 December 1968
Bonetti, Laycock, Twiddle, Smith P., Watts, Howlett, Campbell, Boorne, Wallis, Ellis, Housden
REPORT:
CHARLTON ATHLETIC : South East Counties League Div 2 Cup
Beckenham
0 - 0
14 December 1968
Earl, Laycock, Renham, Watts, South, Hartnett, Richardson, Boorne, Wallace, Ellis, Twidell
REPORT:
ORIENT : South East Counties League Div 2 Cup
Walthamstow
3 - 2 (Ellis, Sillett, Wallace)
21 December 1968
Busby, Beale, Howlett, Richardson, Watts, Durrant, Ayris, Clark, Wallace, Ellis, Sillett
REPORT:
FULHAM : South East Counties League Div 2 Cup
Hawker Ground
4 - 4 (Sillett 3, Renham)
28 December 1968
Earl, Watson, Renham, Watts, Little, Howlett, Barnes, Clark, Wallace, Ellis, Sillett
REPORT:
CHARLTON ATHLETIC : South East Counties League Div 2 Cup
Chadwell heath
5 - 5 (Wallace 3, Barnes, Filby [pen])
1 January 1969
Earl, Beale, Howlett, Richardson, South, Renham, Barnes, Clark, Wallace, Durrant, Filby
REPORT:
West Ham United progress to the Semi-Final
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Cheshunt
0 - 2
11 January 1969
Bonetti, Laycock, Watson, Beale, South, Howlett, Ayris, Durrant, Filby, Ellis, Sillett
The Juniors have now almost ended their Division II Cup qualifying tourney, and are virtually certain to be in the semi-final play-offs. They started on their League schedule at Cheshunt, but Spurs Juniors were stronger in the second half and netted both goals to earn the points.
FULHAM
Chadwell Heath
2 - 3 (Filby, Sillett)
25 January 1969
Bonetti, Howlett, Renham, Beale, South, Richardson, Barnes, Woolcott, Filby, Bookman, Sillett
REPORT:
ORIENT : London Youth Cup (Second Round)
Upton Park
19 February 1969
Postponed: Waterlogged Pitch
CHARLTON ATHLETIC
Greenwich
4 - 0 (Wallace 2, Renham, Sillett)
22 February 1969
Bonetti, Howlett, Aldridge, Beale, South, Renham, Ayris, Richardson, Filby, Wallace, Sillett
REPORT:
CHARLTON ATHLETIC
Chadwell Heath
4 - 1 (Filby 2, Barnes, Bookman)
1 March 1969
Bonetti, Howlett, Watson, Smith D., Beale, Aldridge, Barnes, Richardson, Filby, Bookman, Sillett
After a slow start in the Second Division of the South East Counties League our under-17's evened their record with a double victory over Charlton Athletic Juniors. They followed a 4-0 away victory with a 4-1 home sucess, netting two in the first ten minutes and repeating this in the last ten.
ORIENT : London Youth Cup (Second Round)
Upton Park
5 - 0 Filby 2, Wallace 2, Durrell)
3 March 1969
Bonetti
Howlett
Watson
Beale
South
Aldridge
Ayris
Richardson
Filby
Wallace
Durrell
The youngest of the Hammers' five teams scored a resounding 5-0 win over Orient Juniors here on March 3rd in the Semi-Final of the London Youth Cup (Junior Section). Unfortunately the game did not receive much advance publicity owing to the complexity of fixture arrangements, but those who arrived saw a fine performance by the Hammers.
MILLWALL
Greenwich
1 - 4 (Ellis)
8 March 1969
Bonetti, Beale, Alderidgen Smith P., Little, Renham, Richardson, Woolcott, Ellis, Bookman, Sillett
The visit to Greenwich did not go at all well, and we went under by 1-4 to Millwall. We did alright in midfield, but the defence gifted three goals to the opposition following bad covering from corner-kicks.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Chadwell Heath
3 - 5 (Gill 2, Barnes)
15 March 1969
Bonetti, Laycock, Watson, Howlett, Beale, Aldridge, Barnes, Richardson, Ellis, Bookman, Gill
We sustained a 'double reverse' against the Spurs at Chadwell Heath, the Division I team losing by 2-3 at Cheshunt and the Juniors being defeated 3-5 in the Second Division match at Chadwell Heath. The Juniors were leading 2-0 until nearly a quarter-of-an-hour after the interval, but conceded five goals in 27 minutes, to a side whose physical strength eventually proved decisive in heavy conditions.
CRYSTAL PALACE
Banstead
0 - 4
22 March 1969
Bonetti, Laycock, Aldridge, Smith P., Beale, Howlett, Ayris, Woolcott, Filby, Wallace, Sillett
REPORT:
CHELSEA : London Youth Cup (Final 1st leg)
Stamford Bridge
1 - 1 (Filby)
26 March 1969
Bonetti
Howlett
Watson
Beale
South
Aldridge
Ayris
Richardson
Filby
Wallace
Durrell
REPORT:
FULHAM
Kingston
3 - 4 (Unknown)
29 March 1969
Bonetti, Laycock, Richardson, Smith P., Gwynn, Campbell, Woolcott, Ellis, Durrant, Renham, Sillett
REPORT:
CRYSTAL PALACE : South East Counties Cup (Semi-Final)
Selhurst Park
2 - 5 (Filby, Gill)
31 March 1969
Busby
Laycock
Howlett
Beale
South
Filby
Ayris
Aldridge
Bedford
Gill
Durrell
Our
ORIENT
Chadwell Heath
1 - 2 (Filby)
5 April 1969
Earl, Laycock, Watson, Durrant, South, Aldridge, Barnes, Filby, Bedford, Richardson, Sillett
We met Orient Juniors for the fourth time this season in this Easter game. O's won by 2-1 to make the count two games all - with another yet to come! This made our record four points from seven games - not as well as we did in the Division II Cup table!
CHELSEA
Chadwell Heath
0 - 2
10 April 1969
Mills, Laycock, Aldridge, Smith P., Locke, Filby, Richardson, Durrant, Bedford, Bookman, Durrell
REPORT:
CHELSEA
Hendon
0 - 0
12 April 1969
Bonetti, Laycock, Twiddell, Smith P., South, Howlett, Durrant, Richardson, Filby, Bookman, Watts
REPORT:
CHELSEA : London Youth Cup (Final 2nd leg)
Upton Park
5 - 3 (Durrell 3, Beale, Filby)
16 April 1969
Bonetti
Howlett
Watson
Beale
South
Richardson
Ayris
Filby
Wallace
Durrell
Barnes
The Hammers Junior side against Chelsea in the second leg of the London Youth Cup (Junior Section) Final contained 'only one apprentice - Joe Durrell. The remaining ten were amateurs and against them the Blues fielded nine apprentices. With the score tied at 1-1 on the first leg the odds seemed loaded in favour of the West Londoners on the basis of experience, but the Hammers put up a magnificent show to win by 5 goals to 3, making it a 6-4 aggregate.
CRYSTAL PALACE
Chadwell Heath
1 - 6 (Gregory)
19 April 1969
Earl, Howlett, Twiddell, Watts (Gregory), Smith P., Lock, Broom, Richardson, Bookman, Durrant, Wilkins
REPORT:
ORIENT
Chadwell Heath (Away fixture played at Home)
0 - 2
26 April 1969
Mills, Howlett, Watson, Beale, South, Lock, Ayris, Richardson, Ellis, Bookman, Gregory
REPORT:
MILLWALL
Chadwell Heath
2 - 1 (Barnes, Bookman)
3 May 1969
Earl, Watson, Twiddell, Barnes, South, Aldridge, Ayris, Richardson, Ellis, Bookman, Wilkins
REPORT:
