Results tagged “Bobby Moore”

When England walk out to face the USA in their opening World Cup game on June 12 there's one man who might have more reason to feel proud than most.

Around half of England's line-up for that game could be products of West Ham's youth academy, overseen for the past 37 years by Tony Carr.

David Beckham might be missing from England's squad playing Brazil in Qatar this weekend but he's still on track to break the national appearance record.

But former England striker Martin Chivers believes the LA Galaxy player does not deserve to surpass Peter Shilton's 125 caps.

"It's good to be competitive but the rivalry between fans has gone too far now. I just wish it would stop."

Martin Peters is a man caught in the middle of the hatred that has developed between West Ham and Tottenham supporters, and it's getting him down.

Carlton Cole is not the new Martin Peters, at least according to the original Martin Peters.

The West Ham striker was likened to Peters by Sir Geoff Hurst in a tabloid paper this week, because he is a relative newcomer to the England side. But Peters, who scored England's second goal in the 1966 World Cup final against West Germany, thinks Sir Geoff has got it wrong.

A childhood brush with a football icon has inspired a part-time artist to stage a charity exhibition in Canary Wharf.

The artist, who goes by the name of Popkin, has 17 paintings on display at First Edition in Cabot Square, which he hopes will be sold to raise money for the Bobby Moore Fund for cancer research.

The football season is almost upon us but before it starts in earnest West Ham will honour arguably their greatest son in their final friendly game.

The Bobby Moore Cup match will be held at Upton Park when the Irons meet Italian side Napoli on August 8.

WEST Ham have announced the retirement of their number six shirt in memory of the late Bobby Moore.

This Saturday's friendly against Villareal will see the the claret and blue number six permanently withdrawn from the squad list, following approval from the Premier League.

Next month marks the 50th anniversary of Moore's first-team debut for the Irons. He went on to play 643 games for the club, leading them to triumph in the FA Cup in 1964 and the Cup Winners Cup in 1965.