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West Ham won the FA Cup

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
FA Cup Final Team
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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
Other Players
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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