West Ham United F.C. 1974-1975
Encyclopedia
West Ham won the FA Cup
Final for the second time, recording a 2-0 result against a Fulham
side captained by former Upton Park legend Bobby Moore
. Both West Ham goals were scored by Alan 'Sparrow' Taylor.
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
Final for the second time, recording a 2-0 result against a Fulham
Fulham F.C.
Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...
side captained by former Upton Park legend Bobby Moore
Bobby Moore
Robert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore, OBE was an English footballer. He captained West Ham United for more than ten years and was captain of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup...
. Both West Ham goals were scored by Alan 'Sparrow' Taylor.
| Number | |Player | Position | Lge Apps | Lge Gls | FAC Apps | FAC Gls | LC Apps | LC Gls | Date Signed | Previous Club | |
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| 1 |  Kingdom of England |
Mervyn Day Mervyn Day Mervyn Day is a former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a goalkeeper for West Ham United, Leyton Orient, Aston Villa, Leeds United, Luton Town, Sheffield United and Carlisle United. He later managed Carlisle United... |
GK | 42 | 8 | 3 | 1973 | Academy | |||
| 2 | Kingdom of England |
John McDowell John McDowell (footballer) John McDowell is an English former footballer.McDowell was a first-team regular for West Ham United for ten years, missing only the 1976–77 season due to injury. He played as a defender, replacing Billy Bonds as right-back after the latter had switched to midfield... |
RB | 33(1) | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1970 | Academy | ||
| 3 | Kingdom of England |
Frank Lampard Frank Lampard Sr. Frank Richard George Lampard is a former English football player.Lampard was born to Frank Richard Lampard and Hilda D. Stiles . He has a sister Gwendoline, who is a year younger than himself... |
LB | 40 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1967 | Academy | |
| 4 | Kingdom of England |
Billy Bonds Billy Bonds William Arthur "Billy" Bonds MBE is a former professional footballer and manager, who is most often associated with West Ham United with whom he spent 27 years as player and manager... (Capt) (Hammer of the Year) |
DCM | 31 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1967 | Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic F.C. Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,... |
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| 5 | Kingdom of England |
Tommy Taylor | CH | 39 | 7 | 3 | 1970 | Leyton Orient Leyton Orient F.C. Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63... |
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| 6 | Kingdom of England |
Kevin Lock Kevin Lock Kevin Lock is an English former professional footballer who played as a central defender.Lock played for West Ham United, making his debut against Sheffield United on 29 February 1972... |
CH | 41(1) | 8 | 3 | 1971 | Academy | |||
| 7 | Kingdom of England |
Billy Jennings Billy Jennings Billy Jennings is an English former footballer who played as a striker.A former England Youth international, Jennings signed for West Ham United from Watford for £110,000 in 1974, shortly after becoming Watford Player of the Season... |
CF | 32 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1974 | Watford | ||
| 8 | Kingdom of England |
Graham Paddon Graham Paddon Graham Charles Paddon was an English footballer who played as a midfielder.-Career:Paddon made five League appearances for Coventry City, scoring one goal, before signing for Norwich City in October 1969 for £25,000... |
M | 40 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1973 | Norwich Norwich City F.C. Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The... |
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| 9 | Kingdom of England |
Alan Taylor | CF | 11(3) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1974 | Rochdale | ||
| 10 | Kingdom of England |
Trevor Brooking Trevor Brooking Sir Trevor David Brooking CBE is a football player turned manager, on-air analyst, and administrator.Brooking attended Ripple Infants School and left Ilford County High School with 11 O-levels and 2 A-levels.... |
CM | 36 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1967 | Academy |
| 11 | Kingdom of England |
Pat Holland Pat Holland Pat Holland is an English former footballer who played for West Ham United.Holland, a midfielder, made 296 appearances for the east London club between 1969 and 1981, including the FA Cup Final in 1975 and the European Cup Winners Cup Final in 1976, where he scored one of West Ham's goals as they... |
LW | 18(4) | 4 | 4(3) | 2 | 1 (1) | 1969 | Academy | |
| Important Players | |||||||||||
| 9 | Kingdom of England |
Bobby Gould Bobby Gould Robert Anthony "Bobby" Gould is an English former footballer and manager.-Playing career:Born in Coventry, Gould started his career at Coventry City, making his debut for the club whilst still an apprentice at the age of 16. He did not sign professional until June 1964... |
F | 31(3) | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1973 | Bristol City Bristol City F.C. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City... |
| 2 | Kingdom of England |
Keith Coleman Keith Coleman (footballer) Keith Coleman is a retired English footballer who played as a fullback. He collected an UEFA Cup Winners' Cup runners-up medal in 1976 while playing for West Ham United.... |
RB | 27(2) | 1 | 1 | 1973 | Sunderland | |||
| 11 | Kingdom of England |
Keith Robson Keith Robson Keith Robson is an English former professional footballer.Robson, who was usually used as a winger or utility player, played for Newcastle United youth teams before signing with the first team in 1971. He played only fourteen games over three seasons before signing for West Ham United for £60,000... |
LW | 25 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1974 | Newcastle United Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger... |
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| 11 |  Bermuda |
Clyde Best Clyde Best Clyde Cyril Best MBE is a Bermudian former football player who most notably played as a striker for West Ham United, and was one of the first black players in British football... |
F | 12(3) | 2 | 1 | 1969 | Academy | |||
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| 12 | Kingdom of England |
Johnny Ayris Johnny Ayris Johnny Ayris is an English former football right winger. He started his career as a youth team player at West Ham United making his first team debut in October 1970 against Burnley. He played 68 games in all competitions for West Ham scoring two goals.Ayris played youth team football for England... |
F | 2 (4) | 3 | 1 | 1970 | Academy | |||
| 4 | Kingdom of England |
Alan Curbishley Alan Curbishley Llewellyn Charles "Alan" Curbishley is an English football manager and former professional player.... |
M | 1 (1) | 1974 | Academy | |||||
| 8 | Kingdom of England |
Alan Wooler | M | 1 | 1973 | Reading Reading Town F.C. Reading Town Football Club are a Semi-Professional English football club in the Hellenic League Premier Division, based in Reading, Berkshire.The club previously played in the Combined Counties Football League, but with the agreement of the leagues involved, swapped places with Badshot Lea in time... |
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