WEST HAM UNITED
theyflysohigh : Steve Marsh
FOOTBALL PROGRAMMES &
Memorabilia through the Decade
A Pictorial History
Harry Redknapp
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MARC KELLER
Born: 14 January 1968 Colmar, France
Signed: RC Strasbourg
Debut: 12 September 1998, Liverpool (H)
Last game: 19 September 2000, Walsall (A)
Appearances: 47/10
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Transferred: Blackburn Rovers
Date: 12 January 2001
Individual honours: Intertoto Cup Winner (1999)
Marc Keller was Harry Redknapp's first transfer coup at the end of the successful 1997/98 campaign. Capped six times by France he was unfortunate to miss out on a place in his country's winning World Cup squad of 1998.
Keller began his footballing career with Mulhouse and later transferred to Racing Club de Strasbourg in August 1991. Redknapp snapped the wing-back up on a free transfer from German Bundesliga club Karlsruhe SC on 1 July 1998, becoming the first foreign player to arrive at the Boleyn Ground under the Bosman ruling.
Comfortable on either flank, Keller was an attacking-minded player with a habit of scoring great goals. Perhaps his big break came when he scored the only goal of the game for his country against England in the Tournoi De France in June 1997, which came in the summer between two successful seasons with Karlruhe.His form there was enough to persuade Redknapp to bring Keller in to supplement his existing wide men – Andy Impey and Stan Lazaridis.
Keller made his Premier League debut as an 85th minute substitute on 12 September 1998 in a 2-1 home win against Liverpool. His first West Ham goal came on 22 November 1998 in a 2-0 away win against Derby County.
His attacking play soon caught the eye and he established himself in the Hammers starting XI. He made 22 appearances in the 1998/99 season and scored five goals in the process as West Ham finished the campaign in fifth place to qualify for the Intertoto Cup.
Keller played less often the season after, being used mainly in the cup competitions; he played four games in the Intertoto tournament including the 2nd leg final away to FC Metz which West Ham won 3-1 to win the trophy 3-2 on aggregate.
The Hammers qualified for the UEFA Cup in 1999-2000 as one of the three winners of the Intertoto competition. As a valued squad member he played in three of the Hammers’ four games in the UEFA Cup. Keller was one of 13 players who appearance in the 1999/00 League Cup 5th round stage which was subsequently deleted from the record books. The tie against Aston Villa ended 2-2 after extra-time with the Hammers winning the penalty shoot-out 5-4 only to find out two-days later the home side fielded an eligible player and the game was expunged from the records, tough on Keller as it was he who scored the Hammers 5th pen. West Ham lost the re-match 3-1. Keller's final appearance in a Claret and Blue shirt came in a League Cup game at Walsall in September 2000.
He was then loaned to Portsmouth the following month, where he made three appearances, before moving on 12 January 2001 to Blackburn Rovers on a free transfer. After his playing days were over, Keller became director then chief executive at former club RC Strasbourg, leading them into the UEFA Cup in 2005. Left for Monaco in Ligue 1, then in June 2012, he led a consortium that bought Strasbourg, and sold the club in June 2023. Later become a pundit with French media company Canal+
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JOE COLE
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DAVOR SUKER
Born: 1 January 1968, Osijek, SFR Yugoslavia
Signed: Arsenal
Date: 28 June 2000
Fee: Free
Debut: 19 August 2000, Chelsea (A)
Last game: 28 April 2001, Manchester City (A)
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International: Croatia (6 caps)
Suker began his footballing career in his hometown for local first division team NK Osijek in 1984 as a 16-year-old. In 1989, he moved to Dinamo Zagreb, scoring 34 goals in 60 matches and received his first call-up to the Yugoslavia national team.
Suker joined Sevilla in 1991, during his time with the Primera Division club he scored 76 goals in 153 appearances which prompted Real Madrid to call on his services for the start of the 1996/97 season.
In the summer of 1999, after the striker racked up 38 goals in 86 appearances for the Spainish giants, the Hammers tried in vain to sign the talented Suker from the Madrid club, instead he opted to move to Arsenal, where he slipped in quietly behind the trail of Arsenal's record capture at the time, Thierry Henry. Sadly for the Croatian striker though, behind the trail of Henry was where he remained for the entire campaign. Suker was handed only seven league starts, yet still managed to hit ten goals from 14 starts.
West Ham finally got his signature on 28 June 2000 as a "free" just a few days after Nigel Winterburn had made an identical move across London. At 32 years of age the Hammers had acquired the services of a natural goalscorer the like not seen at the club since the departure of Tony Cottee. Davor made his West Ham United bow in the opening game against London rivals Chelsea at Stamford Bridge which resulted in 2-4 reverse on the 19 August 2000.
Unfortunately for Davor he suffered the same fate as at Highbury becoming a bit-part player and never lived-up to his goalscoring reputation. Reclined to take-up the option of a one-year extension to his contract and returned to his native Croatia to start up the Davor Suker Soccer Academy, with training camps in the Croatian capital city of Zagreb. Later played for Munich 1860 in the German Bundesliga, in two seasons the striker clocked up 30 league and cup appearances scoring eight goals.
At international level he was awarded 68 Croatian caps, scoring 45 goals.
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