1960 - 1969
Trophy Cabinet

1960-61

1961-62

1962-63

Augsburg XI 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

1963-64

The Football League Representative Match

League of Ireland v. Football League

Dalymount Park, Dublin 2 October 1963

The League of Ireland celebrated a famous night at Dalymount Park in Dublin by beating the might of the Football League 2-1 for the first time in 17 representative fixtures. Before a crowd 25,000 the Irish part-timers managed by Alf Ramsey beat their professional opposition which included three West Ham United players Bobby Moore, Martin Peters and Johnny Byrne. Centre-forward Byrne squander a penalty chance in the 33rd minute, before heading the opening goal five minutes later.

On this occasion, this was a good as it got for the Football League side as the Irish side scored twice in the second half. Ramsey declaring afterwards, “We had chances, but the Irish ran us into the ground.”

Football League Lineup:

Waiters

Armfield, Wilson, Milne, Moore, Peters

Callaghan, Hunt

Byrne, Melia, O'Grady

Bobby Moore's
Representative medal

Football League Representative

Martin Peters No.6 shirt
(Moore wore No.5 that evening)

1964-65

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

1964-65

Augsburg XI Internationales

June 1965

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

1965-66

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.

BBC Sports Team of the Year Award

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.

1966-67

Geoff Hurst

1967 Evening Standard London Five-A-Side

Despite competing in the Evening Standard’s London Five-A-Side Championships regularly since the tournament’s inception in 1954, 1967 was the first time the Hammers’ won the event. The Hammers defeated Queens Park Rangers (3-0), Charlton Athletic (2-1 and Arsenal 4-0 in the final to win the tournament. Geoff Hurst received this winners memento.

Wembley 1967

1967-68

1968-69

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