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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.

ray.baxterct19514w ago

Devonshire, too much skill to be ignored

ray.baxterct19514w ago

I'll be glued, Guinness in hand.

ray.baxterct19514w ago

Good old chillout, keep on trying to raise morale! Long time since we conversed.

chillout4w ago

Need to find reasons to be cheerful ! Big games tonight and at the weekend !

terry11mo ago

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chillout1mo ago

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

ray.baxterct19511mo ago

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

pwithey11mo ago

Billy Bonds…no explanation needed. ⚒️

chillout1mo ago

Yeah - I think he ended up managing Millwall. He was one of my favourites.

moharris19581mo ago

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

jordan.harris1mo 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

kwaylen1mo 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.gorrie1mo ago

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

chillout1mo ago

Bonds was manager, of, course, too.

dantowen819511mo 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!

markmarston1mo ago

Shoutttttt

jackgallagher1mo ago

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

chillout1mo 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.brooke1mo 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.sage1mo 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.

markmarston1mo ago

peter.lynch1mo ago

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

jamie.theodosi1mo ago

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

markmarston1mo ago

Over Bowen ?

markmarston1mo ago

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

dantowen819511mo ago

Yeah, 100% agree on Bowen! Not many players can say they’ve won their club a European title!

leeclarke05081mo ago

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

markmarston1mo ago

will.butcher1mo 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

chillout1mo 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.