theyflysohigh : Steve Marsh
WEST HAM UNITED
FOOTBALL PROGRAMMES &
Collectables through the Decade
A Pictorial History
1960 - 1970
Augsburg IX Internationales
June 1963
The B.C. Augsburg Football Club of Germany first invited the Hammers to compete in their annual Youth Tournament in June 1963. The West Ham United 'Colts' topped their 'Group 2' table by defeating West German sides Bayern Munich 3-0, Schwaben Augsburg 2-0 and Boldklubben Copenhagen from Denmark 1-0. In the final they meet Group 'A' winners AS Cannes from France, the youngsters triumphed 2-1 after extra time.
Augsburg Winners Medal
The Central Council of Physical Recreation
Crystal Palace National Recreation Centre
West Ham United were invited to play Crystal Palace F.C. to celebrate the opening of this new venture, the fixture was organised by the Central Council of Physical Recreation for the benefit of the National Sports Development Fund. The Hammers was presented with a Sheaffer pen gift set. West Ham lost the inaugural game 4-1.
Inaugural Football Match
Crystal Palace v.West Ham United
19 August 1964
Standen, Bond, Burkett, Bovington, Brown, Moore, Brabrook (Sealey), Boyce, Byrne, Hurst, Sissons
Crystal Palace National Recreation Centre
Augsburg XI Internationales
June 1965
The B.C. Augsburg Football Club of Germany first invited the Hammers to compete in their annual Youth Tournament in June 1963. The West Ham United 'Colts' topped their 'Group 2' table by defeating West German sides Bayern Munich 3-0, Schwaben Augsburg 2-0 and Boldklubben Copenhagen from Denmark 1-0. In the final they meet Group 'A' winners AS Cannes from France, the youngsters triumphed 2-1 after extra time. The Colts side successfully defended the trophy in 1964 against Italian side FC Bologna.
Our third visit during the 1965 Whitsun period provided us with an unique opportunity, for it was a rule of the competition that three successive championships made the winners the permanent holders. Our 1964-65 record did not make us favourites this time, but our youngsters rose to the occasion.
In the group games we defeated Borussia Dortmund (West Germany) by 2-0 a goalless draw with B.C. Augsburg and then beat San Remo (Italy) by 2-0.
For the second successive season our opponents in the final were Italian club - FC Bologna.
Barry Simmons netted for us early in the first half, and our solid defence maintained its record of not conceding a goal in the competition so that we emerged as 1-0 victors to bring the trophy back to the Boleyn Ground.
Augsburg XI Internationales
BBC Sports Team of the Year Award
The BBC Sports Team of the Year Award is an award given annually as part of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony each December. The Team of the Year Award was first presented in 1960, six years after the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award was introduced.
West Ham United picked up the "Team Award" in recognition of the clubs success against TSV Munich 1860 in the European Cup Winners Cup final at Wembley Stadium seven months earlier.
According to football commentators the 1965 Wembley performance was one of the very best games to have been played at the Twin Towers.
Another memento was picking up the medallion awarded by the UNESCO Council of Sport and Physical Recreation for fair play. The latter was presented by the President of the West German club.
BBC Sports Team of the Year Award
Eddie Bovington
London Challenge Cup Final
The Hammers progressed to the final after first defeating Chelsea in a three-game thriller. After drawing 1-1 and 3-3, the second replay was won 4-2. The Second Round saw Barnet beaten 2-1 and a similar scoreline was attained by beating Queens Park Rangers at the Semi-Final stage. West Ham then travelled to meet Tottenham Hotspur in the Final at White Hart Lane on November 18, 1968. The Hammers fought out a draw after being twice in arrears, the 2-2 score-line was a fair reflection of the exchanges.
The replay at Upton Park a month later was made possible through some urgent work by the Hammers' ground-staff and an attendance of 6,095 saw a game of fluctuating fortunes.
The home side got away to a fine start when Peter Bennett headed home in the sixth minute, and put themselves in a strong position as Jimmy Lindsay burst through to score the second after 37 minutes. But Spurs were not to be denied, and they reduced their arrears five minutes later.
Six minutes after the interval the North Londoners equalised. Then we lost the services of Eddie Bovington who damaged his nose in a collision, and while Pat Holland was waiting to come on, down went Paul Heffer to reduce us to ten men. Fortunately his injury was not as serious as first appeared, and he was able to return. West Ham regained momentum, and the winner arrived seven minutes from time as Holland glanced home past an astonished defence.
West Ham United v. Tottenham Hotspur
Upton Park
16 December 1968
(3-2)
Death, Heffer, Glozier, Bovington (Holland), Morgan, Miller, Clements, Bennett, Hartley, Lindsay, Llewelyn
London Challenge Cup Final
XIII Torneo Umberto Caligaris
Banca Di Casale E Del Monferrato 8 - 15 Giugno 1969
The tournament in Italy is regarded with considerable prestige by Italian clubs, which included Fiorentina and Casale F.B.C. in addition to the four sides, we met Internazionale, Torino, and Lanerossi as well and Juventus who the Hammers met on the way to the Final. A win and two drawn games at the group stage took us into the semi-final where we opposed Juventus.
The game ended goalless at full-time, but our stamina told in the end and the Hammers gained a merited 3-1 victory in extra-time. The Final again brought us in opposition to Lanerossi, whom we had drawn 1-1 in the preliminary group.
It promised to be an even contest, and was decided by an "own goal" twelve minutes after the start. The Italians then went on the defensive and although we had much more of the exchanges "the wall" held out to the final whistle.
XIII Torneo Umberto Caligaris