'Memries' Sheffield United vs West Ham United: matches 1961 - 1994

[HammerInPeace]

Been meaning to do this for a while. Will try to do one every few days. Obviously, the short write-up is from a WH point of view. I'll try to sort out some of the formatting!

LEAGUE DIVISION 1
Date 23/9/61 Bramall Lane Att 21,034 Pos 17 3 F-A 1-4 H-T 0-2 Scorers: Dick 13, 88, Musgrove 41, Sealey 87, Pace 90. Referee A Jobling

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Hodgkinson Coldwell Shaw G Richardson Shaw L Summers Allchurch Russell Pace Kettleborough Simpson
Rhodes Kirkup Bond Hurst Brown Moore Scott Woosnam Sealey Dick Musgrove

The Bramall Lane crowd were entertained beforehand by the Regimental Band of the Coldstream Guards, then tormented by West Ham once play began, then infuriated when the ref disallowed Kettleborough's effort which would have made it 1-2. Three goals in the last three minutes.


Date 10/2/62 Upton Park Att 21,829 Pos 5 6 F-A 1-2 H-T 0-1 Scorers: Woosnam 88, Pace 41, 74. Referee R Mann

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Leslie Kirkup Bond Bovington Brown Moore Scott Woosnam Sealey Dick Musgrove
Hodgkinson Coldwell Shaw G Richardson Shaw J Summers Allchurch Kettleborough Pace Russell Simpson

All West Ham's early season gloss has disappeared. The Blades have gone 13 games without defeat and in Derek Pace have one of the stars of the moment. Walter Winterbottom must have admired his volley which opened the scoring. At the death, Woosnam scored, then hit the bar.

End of Season:
Home Away
P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
5th SU 42 13 5 3 37 23 6 4 11 24 46 47
8th WH 42 11 6 4 49 37 6 4 11 27 45 44

 

[Sportbilly /Detroit Blade]

I don't know if it's me, but I don't recall seeing any posts from you in ages HammerInPeace so good to have you back. Maybe I've just not been as active .

Maybe you've been too busy trimming the hairs on your Frank McAvennie wig?!

 

[Silent Blade]

Been meaning to do this for a while. Will try to do one every few days. Obviously, the short write-up is from a WH point of view. I'll try to sort out some of the formatting!

LEAGUE DIVISION 1
Date 23/9/61 Bramall Lane Att 21,034 Pos 17 3 F-A 1-4 H-T 0-2 Scorers: Dick 13, 88, Musgrove 41, Sealey 87, Pace 90. Referee A Jobling

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Hodgkinson Coldwell Shaw G Richardson Shaw L Summers Allchurch Russell Pace Kettleborough Simpson
Rhodes Kirkup Bond Hurst Brown Moore Scott Woosnam Sealey Dick Musgrove

The Bramall Lane crowd were entertained beforehand by the Regimental Band of the Coldstream Guards, then tormented by West Ham once play began, then infuriated when the ref disallowed Kettleborough's effort which would have made it 1-2. Three goals in the last three minutes.


Date 10/2/62 Upton Park Att 21,829 Pos 5 6 F-A 1-2 H-T 0-1 Scorers: Woosnam 88, Pace 41, 74. Referee R Mann

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Leslie Kirkup Bond Bovington Brown Moore Scott Woosnam Sealey Dick Musgrove
Hodgkinson Coldwell Shaw G Richardson Shaw J Summers Allchurch Kettleborough Pace Russell Simpson

All West Ham's early season gloss has disappeared. The Blades have gone 13 games without defeat and in Derek Pace have one of the stars of the moment. Walter Winterbottom must have admired his volley which opened the scoring. At the death, Woosnam scored, then hit the bar.

End of Season:
Home Away
P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
5th SU 42 13 5 3 37 23 6 4 11 24 46 47
8th WH 42 11 6 4 49 37 6 4 11 27 45 44

Post in thread '60 years ago this month...'

Sep 23, 2021

Sept 23, 1961
United 1-4 West Ham
Attendance: 21034

This will have no doubt been one of those games which fixed the expression ‘After the Lord Mayor’s Show’ firmly in my young brain. After the 89th minute Pace winner v Wednesday, celebrated on the Kop in the company of my school pal Wednesdayite, one week later it was confirmation yet again that inconsistency was the problem we needed to overcome.
I assume the trauma of this ‘hammering’ was immense, because the match did not exist in my mind until I looked a few weeks ago at the results for that season. It does not appear in the...

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Post in thread '60 years ago this month...'

Feb 10, 2022

March 10, 1962
West Ham 1-2 United
Attendance: 21829

I have to apologise again for the decline in standards in my posts on this thread; with my scrapbook having ended, I again had the problem that I can’t find the programme for this game. I will have been playing school football, but I am pretty sure my brother will have travelled to the game. But for some reason, it seems to have disappeared. Fortunately, Silent Blade has again rescued me, by providing the following report:

It is clear that this was a classy performance by United, with the settled lineup...

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[bornablade]

It's never crossed my mind before but I wonder how close Doc Pace was to being recognised by England.

His goalscoring record was impressive and consistent. 253 appearances for us with 140 goals.

 

[Brynner]

It's never crossed my mind before but I wonder how close Doc Pace was to being recognised by England.

His goalscoring record was impressive and consistent. 253 appearances for us with 140 goals.

My first hero in football when I was 6 and first started going to the Lane with my Dad. Had his name and 'Up The Blades' painted on my rattle. They were all the rage back then .
Can't recall him ever being on the verge of the England team, but I was only a sprog back then.
Certainly knew where the net was though. Not especially tall, but a great header of the ball and could certainly put himself about.
Great memories of those times. Hodgy in goal, Joe Shaw at centre half, Doc Pace centre forward and all of them around the 5' 9" mark.
Mind you a different game back then.

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

Been meaning to do this for a while. Will try to do one every few days. Obviously, the short write-up is from a WH point of view. I'll try to sort out some of the formatting!

LEAGUE DIVISION 1
Date 23/9/61 Bramall Lane Att 21,034 Pos 17 3 F-A 1-4 H-T 0-2 Scorers: Dick 13, 88, Musgrove 41, Sealey 87, Pace 90. Referee A Jobling

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Hodgkinson Coldwell Shaw G Richardson Shaw L Summers Allchurch Russell Pace Kettleborough Simpson
Rhodes Kirkup Bond Hurst Brown Moore Scott Woosnam Sealey Dick Musgrove

The Bramall Lane crowd were entertained beforehand by the Regimental Band of the Coldstream Guards, then tormented by West Ham once play began, then infuriated when the ref disallowed Kettleborough's effort which would have made it 1-2. Three goals in the last three minutes.


Date 10/2/62 Upton Park Att 21,829 Pos 5 6 F-A 1-2 H-T 0-1 Scorers: Woosnam 88, Pace 41, 74. Referee R Mann

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Leslie Kirkup Bond Bovington Brown Moore Scott Woosnam Sealey Dick Musgrove
Hodgkinson Coldwell Shaw G Richardson Shaw J Summers Allchurch Kettleborough Pace Russell Simpson

All West Ham's early season gloss has disappeared. The Blades have gone 13 games without defeat and in Derek Pace have one of the stars of the moment. Walter Winterbottom must have admired his volley which opened the scoring. At the death, Woosnam scored, then hit the bar.

End of Season:
Home Away
P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
5th SU 42 13 5 3 37 23 6 4 11 24 46 47
8th WH 42 11 6 4 49 37 6 4 11 27 45 44

As I commented 5 years ago (see post by Silent Blade ), that 4-1 ‘hammering’ has been totally erased from my memory. Despite your best efforts, that is still the case Thanks for posting this; I look forward to more

 

[HammerInPeace]

LEAGUE DIVISION 1
Date 29/9/62 Upton Park Att 22,707 Pos 13 8 F-A 1-1 H-T 0-1 Scorers: Scott 64, Shaw G 22(pen). Referee R Spittle

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Leslie Bond Burkett Peters Brown Moore Scott Woosnam Byrne Hurst Musgrove
Hodgkinson Coldwell Shaw G Richardson Shaw J Summers Allchurch Kettleborough Pace Hodgson Hartle

Blades' manager John Harris was aggrieved about Scott's equaliser, from Bond's booming cross, which might have been offside. West Ham had gone behind when Moore toppled Allchurch and Graham Shaw fired the penalty in off the bar. Thereafter Alan Hodgkinson stood defiant.


Date 16/2/63 Bramall Lane Att 18,176 Pos 12 10 F-A 0-2 H-T 0-1 Scorers: Boyce 34, Sealey 77. Referee C Duxbury

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Hodgkinson Coldwell Shaw G Richardson Shaw J Summers Allchurch Kettleborough Pace Hodgson Simpson
Standen Kirkup Burkett Bovington Brown Moore Brabrook Boyce Sealey Byrne Scott

Six weeks have been frozen off. The icy pitch causes Standen and others to come out after half-time wearing canvas boots with rubber soles. The change helped earn West Ham's fifth away win, bettered only by Everton and Wolves. Boyce scored off a post, Sealey headed the second.

End of Season:
Home Away
P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
10th SU 42 11 7 3 33 20 5 5 11 25 40 44
12h WH 42 8 6 7 39 34 6 6 9 34 35 40

 

[North Shields Blade]

LEAGUE DIVISION 1
Date 29/9/62 Upton Park Att 22,707 Pos 13 8 F-A 1-1 H-T 0-1 Scorers: Scott 64, Shaw G 22(pen). Referee R Spittle

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Leslie Bond Burkett Peters Brown Moore Scott Woosnam Byrne Hurst Musgrove
Hodgkinson Coldwell Shaw G Richardson Shaw J Summers Allchurch Kettleborough Pace Hodgson Hartle

Blades' manager John Harris was aggrieved about Scott's equaliser, from Bond's booming cross, which might have been offside. West Ham had gone behind when Moore toppled Allchurch and Graham Shaw fired the penalty in off the bar. Thereafter Alan Hodgkinson stood defiant.


Date 16/2/63 Bramall Lane Att 18,176 Pos 12 10 F-A 0-2 H-T 0-1 Scorers: Boyce 34, Sealey 77. Referee C Duxbury

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Hodgkinson Coldwell Shaw G Richardson Shaw J Summers Allchurch Kettleborough Pace Hodgson Simpson
Standen Kirkup Burkett Bovington Brown Moore Brabrook Boyce Sealey Byrne Scott

Six weeks have been frozen off. The icy pitch causes Standen and others to come out after half-time wearing canvas boots with rubber soles. The change helped earn West Ham's fifth away win, bettered only by Everton and Wolves. Boyce scored off a post, Sealey headed the second.

End of Season:
Home Away
P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
10th SU 42 11 7 3 33 20 5 5 11 25 40 44
12h WH 42 8 6 7 39 34 6 6 9 34 35 40

Enjoyed the referee’s name for the Upton Park 1962 game. Plenty of scope for a bit of terrace humour.