WEST HAM UNITED
theyflysohigh : Steve Marsh
FOOTBALL PROGRAMMES &
Memorabilia through the Decade
A Pictorial History
W : Reserves & Youth
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WALKER Tommy [Guest Newcastle United]
Born: 14 November 1923, Cramlington, Northumberland
Position: Outside-right
Died: 13 June 2005 (aged 81)
Walker was recruited by his local club Newcastle United from Netherton Juniors in 1941, at a time when competitive football had been suspended due to World War II. However the club played in the wartime leagues and Walker was able to make 29 appearances. He also appeared as a guest player for West Ham United later in 1942/43.
Made his Football League debut for the Magpies against Coventry City on 11 October 1946 and played in 9 games that season. It wasn't until the 1949/50 season that he managed to gain a regular starting place, playing as part of a forward line that also included Ernie Taylor, George Robledo, Jackie Milburn and Bobby Mitchell. He made 40 appearances for the club in both league and cup competition and scored 14 goals in those matches. The following year, Walker played in every match for the club and helped to guide them into fourth place in the First Division table. It was also during that season that Walker won his first medal by winning the FA Cup, 2–0 in the final against Blackpool.
Despite finishing in 8th place in 1951/52, their lowest since promotion, Walker won a second FA Cup, 1–0 against third-placed Arsenal in the final. However, he began to find his chances limited and he was sold to Oldham in February 1954 for a fee of £2,500.
With the Latics he played 120 times, and when the time came to leave the club for £1250, many fans were aggrieved at the manager's willingness to let him leave. He later returned to the club for a second spell, playing 38 games before moving to Chesterfield in 1957 for £1250.
After a 17-year career he retired in 1958, at the age of 35. He decided not to go into football management and instead was in charge of a newsagents located in Middleton.
Debut Season: 1942-43 WW2 Football League South
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WESTLEY Sam
Born: 4 February 1994, Luton
Position: Defender
Defender who is able to play in either full-back position. Was with Birmingham City as a schoolboy and scholar. Joined Stoke City at the age of 18 in summer 2012 and spent two seasons with Stoke City's Development Squad between 2012-14. Made five league appearances for Stoke City U21s in 2012/13. Spent time with Ipswich Town in spring 2014 before joining West Ham United in summer 2014 to link up with his father Terry Westley who was the Hammers Academy Director at the time.
Made his Hammers debut in a Barclays U21 Premier League defeat at Tottenham Hotspur on 18 August 2014. Totalled 13 Barclays U21 Premier League appearances in 2014/15, all of them starts.
2015/16
Named as an unused substitute for both legs of the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round with Andorran club Lusitanos. Joined Dutch club VVV Venlo on a season-long loan on 31 August 2015. Named as an unused substitute in VVV Venlo's 6-1 Dutch Cup third round defeat at AZ Alkmaar on 23 September 2015. Made his debut for VVV Venlo's U21 side in a 2-1 defeat at Heerenveen on 28 September 2015. Made five further U21 appearances for the Dutch club. Was first named on the substitutes' bench of the senior squad on 4 March for a game against Telstar. Made his first team debut on 1 April in the league fixture against Den Bosch, playing 68 minutes at full-back.
Westley was released by West Ham United at the end of the 2016/17 season without having played for the club at first team level.
He announced his retirement as a player after being released, instead choosing to focus a career as a sports agent
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WOODS Archie
Born: 17 September 2003
Position: Midfielder
Archie Woods is a combative midfielder who covers every blade of grass, scores goals and loves a tackle. A natural leader within the U18s group, having previously captained both the U15s and the U16s, Woods' communication on the pitch is second to none.
The lifelong West Ham fan signed his first scholarship deal at the Academy of Football in the summer of 2020 and relished in the off-season and relished the opportunity of lining up for Kevin Keen's youth team.
Woods scored his first goal for the U18s in the 3-1 win over Arsenal in October 2020, and went on to finish the season with 23 appearances in all competitions to his name, including three starts in the Academy's 2020/21 FA Youth Cup run.
The 2021/22 season saw Woods make 26 appearances in all competitions for the U18s, while also earning his first two outings at U23s level, both coming in the Premier League Cup.
On 19 January 2024, the Club announced that Woods leaves West Ham United by mutual agreement. The 20-year-old made 22 appearances in all competitions for the U21s in the 2022/23 season and has spent the first half of this campaign on loan at Vanarama National League South side Dartford.
Debut Season: 2020-21 Youth Academy Under-18
WOODS John (TIW)
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1895-96 FA Cup
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1954-55 South Eastern Counties League
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WRAY James [Guest player from Manchester City]
Born: 17 November 1893, Didsbury, Manchester
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Died: 3 August 1963, Honiton
Jimmy Wray was the youngest of six children of a master chimney sweep. He learned shorthand and probably worked as a solicitors clerk. On leaving school at Didsbury, Manchester, Exeter's new centre-forward capture joined Norman Athletic, a junior club, which for three years carried off all the honours in their division of the Manchester and District leagues. Wray being the centre-forward.
Wray served in the Royal Flying Corps during WW1 as a motor cycle dispatch rider whilst having trials with Bolton Wanderers where he made two appearances.
In wartime football he also assisted Manchester City, where he scored one goal in four games and also turned out for West Ham United in season 1917-18 against Arsenal at the Boleyn Ground in a 3-2 win on 15 December 1917. Wray subsequently spent two seasons at Reading, after the war, where he played 19 games scoring 5 goals, then one year at Southport, making his Northern League debut, he played in every forward position bar outside right but could not find his form. He scored regularly for Chorley, after leaving Southport, before becoming seriously ill mid-season"
Signed by Exeter City at the the start of the 1923/24 season. He scored twice on his debut for Exeter City in the first two practice game of the season in August 1923. He did not make the league team at Exeter City though he was top scorer for the reserves.
He was forced to give up football by Parkinson’s Disease in his early thirties and settled in the south west, later scouting for various clubs. Having been a very early driver and a market gardener and greengrocer in a Sidmouth, he remained active but the disease gradually took hold. When he died aged 69, he had been blind for 5 years and hospitalised for two.
Debut Season: 1917-18 London Combination
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