WEST HAM UNITED
FOOTBALL PROGRAMMES &
Collectables through the Decade
theyflysohigh : Steve Marsh
A Pictorial History
1981-82 Football Combination
Coach : Mick McGiven
SOUTHAMPTON
The Dell
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229 August 1981
McAlister
La Ronde E.
Brush
Cowie
McPherson
Keith
Burvill (Parris)
Houghton
Milton
Banton
Schiavi
The Reserves opened their schedule with a visit to The Dell on August 29. The Southampton side which they opposed had the advantage of experience, and put our XI under a lot of pressure during the first half. The Saints went in with a two-nil lead at the interval, but the Hammers made a better showing in a goalless second half.
ORIENT
Upton Park
2 - 0 (Brush, Houghton)
1 September 1981
McAlister
Keith
Brush
Cowie (Milton)
McPherson
La Ronde E.
Banton
Pearson
Houghton
Burvill
Brooking
We picked up a couple of points against Orient on the afternoon of Tuesday 1 September. The Hammers' side was a mixture of experienced pros and young talent, and was generally too strong for the visitors. We missed a penalty-kick after Paul Brush had opened the scoring, but made the game safe when Ray Houghton finished off a fine team-move with a strong shot. It ended 2-0 in our favour.
A side-line (or touchline) feature of the match was that owing to the delayed arrival of a linesman, apprentice Alan Dickens occupied that position for the first half-hour. He proved a capable deputy.
WATFORD
Upton Park
2 - 3 (Barnes, Brooking)
5 September 1981
McAlister
La Ronde E. (Reader)
Smith M.
Cowie
McPherson
Keith
Barnes
Banton
Milton
Brooking
Burvill
The home match v Watford was a story of missed chances and defensive errors which allowed the visitors to go into a three-goal lead soon after the interval; they had scored twice before half-time. We rallied after those reverses, and Bobby Barnes was able to reduce the lead with a good effort. However, we had to wait until five minutes from the end to score again, this being netted by Trevor Brooking who was having a further test following injury. Unfortunately there was not enough time left to salvage a point, and we went under by 3-2.
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