West Ham’s World Cup winning trio of Moore, Hurst and Peters are three of the most influential players in the club’s history. Who would join them and why - Billy Bonds, Brooking, Di Canio, Noble, Rice ? Alvin Martin ? Julian Dicks ? Have your say.

terry12d ago

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chillout4d ago

Yes he is vey much the forgotten man! Had a great partnership with Brooking - and signed for just £5000, I think.

ray.baxterct19514d ago

Devonshire definitely has to be there, why is he a forgotten man?

pwithey15d ago

Billy Bonds…no explanation needed. ⚒️

moharris19585d ago

Billy Bonds all day long. He IS West Ham and he's very sadly missed ❤️

jordan.harris6d ago

Billy Bonds is an underrated shout! As a 90s child, I adore Di Canio. The Wimbledon goal is the best in PL history imo

kwaylen6d ago

It has to be BILLY BONDS our most ever capped player/captain/manager and he won 2 fa cups in 1975 and 1980

jonathan.gorrie6d ago

Hard not to say Moore but does Bonds rank above him? Clyde Best a hugely important figure too

dantowen819516d ago

What about Bobby Zamora? Scored the winner in the play-off final which brought West Ham back to the Prem, played a massive role in the great escape and the fa cup final run!

jackgallagher6d ago

Bobby Moore is everything that's good about West Ham. His Foundation has done great things in the community

chillout6d ago

I was actually at Upton Park in 1972 when we hosted Spurs. We won 2-0 with Clive Charles (John’s brother), Ade Coker and Clyde Best in the line-up. This was the first time in top flight English football that a club’s starting 11 included three black players - before even West Brom did it a good 6 years later with Cunningham, Batson and Regis. Happy memories.

james.brooke6d ago

Lionel Scaloni as a bad influence, cost them the FA Cup in 2005, booted it straight to Liverpool from a drop ball in the last seconds. Otherwise Moore, how can it not be?

caleb.sage6d ago

Di Canio, maverick of a player! Most PL goals before Antonio and Bowen overtook him. On that note, have to include Bowen as well, winning goal in a European final and club captain.

peter.lynch6d ago

Give me Jarrod Bowen please, he’s already ahead of Mark Noble in my humble opinion 👀 and Rice of course

jamie.theodosi6d ago

For my generation I’d say Noble. He’s the one I remember as the West Ham captain

markmarston6d ago

Bowen! Literally scored the winner in a European final. No one comes close since I’ve been alive.

leeclarke05086d ago

Di Canio in the modern era but the correct answer is Bobby Moore.

will.butcher6d ago

Has to be Noble. Embodied the West Ham spirit, one-club man, impossible not to like, one of the best not to get an England cap

chillout6d ago

For me, the likes of John Charles and Clyde Best were influential players - role models for black players looking to break into football at the highest levels in the 60s and 70s.