FAC FAC 3rd round - 3rd January 1970

[erimus74]

Boro 2 West Ham 1

1st match of the new decade & could it be any bigger, mouth watering cup tie with one of the capitals biggest teams coming to Teesside including 3 members of the 1966 world cup winning team in their ranks, plus Clyde Best, Frank Lampard & Billy Bonds, they had a team to frighten the very best in the 1st divison, now PL

A crowd of 32,585, at the game, our biggest gate of the season & biggest since beating Oxford 4-1 in the final game of the 66/67 season

Boro ran out winners with goals from Hughie Mcllmoyle & a Derrick Downing diving header sealing an unforgettable cup win

Stan Andersons team

Willie Whigham
Gordon Jones
Alex Smith
Frank Spraggon
Bill Gates
Derrick Downing
Joe Laidlaw
George Smith
John Hickton
Hugh McIlmoyle
Willie Maddren

West Ham
Bobby Ferguson
Bobby Moore
Alan Stephenson
Bobby Howe
Billy Bonds
Frank Lampard
Ronnie Boyce
Martin Peters
John Sissons
Clyde Best
Geoff Hurts

[Johnny Thunder]

That was some West Ham side that.