Division 1 of the League, Baleyn Ground, Monday, August 25, 1958
West Ham United: Gregory, Bond, Cantwell, Malcolm, Brown, Lansdowne, Grice, Smith, Keeble, Dick, Musgrove
Wolverhampton Wanderers: Finlayson, Stuart, Harris, Slater, Wright, Flowers, Deeley, Broadbent, Henderson, Mason, Horne
Two weeks before a teenager named Bobby Moore made his debut at West Ham United, Baleyn’s land welcomed his rival for a larger medium in England.
The wonderful Billy Wright spent the entire players career with Wolverhampton Wanderers, making his debut in the first team at age 15 in 1939 and totaling 541 senior appearances, a safe number that would have been much larger in World War II.
After debuting in England as of September 22, 1946, Wright’s inspiring qualities were identified while his country’s captain in 90 of his 105 foreign appearances. Wright also led the wolves to the FA Cup in 1949 and the name of the first department in 1954, 1958 and 1959.
Among those triumphs at the time and third championship, 34 years took his team of wolves to the Baleyn soil to face the newly promoted Hammers on August 25, 1958.
West Ham had been promoted on the last day of last season thanks to a 3-1 victory in Middlesbrough, however, it is its exceptional spatial form that led Ted Fenton’s team as a department for the moment, a single defeat in 21 games .
And it is that the reigning league champions arrived to face the department of rulers two champions on Monday of the first holidays of the season 1958/59.
What followed one of the maximum memorable matches that the stadium pointed out witnessed its 112 years of history.
The team of the wolves that reached the east of London represented much more than its remarkable semi-center and captain. Four members of the Stan Cullis winning team had traveled in the FIFA World Cup in 1958 Ultimate in Sweden – Wright, Eddie Clamp, Bill Slater and Peter Broadbent.
While Clamp lost Baleyn Floor’s game, Tenaz Slater and the footballer of the year and the exciting midfielder Broadbent were there. It also provides other English foreigners in midfielder Ron Flowers, who component of the English team in England of the FIFA World Cup in 1966 throughout Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters.
The South African end recruited from the baking that fortunate to open from the wolves, but moved him away from the purpose of Ernie Gregory when he is well located.
However, West Ham was not intimidated through his illustrious opponents, and settled temporarily in the game, the goalkeeper directing Malcolm Finlayson. Half of the right John Smith, 19, approached the opening of the upper story of the Hammers, however, was rejected twice through the Scottish cap, while Vic Keeble can only direct a Mike Grice cross of par in par.
A minute before part time, the blockade damaged when Malcolm Musgrove and Keeble combined to establish John Dick, who gave no possibility of Finlayson.
At the moment, part and West Ham continued playing with an enthusiasm and a flavor that the champions simply cannot handle. In the absence of 17 minutes, the effect of the surprise was demonstrated when Malcolm’s semi-center played Smith and the young academy product was not mistaken to 25 meters.
Good fortune is not a blow of luck: West Ham also hit the carpentry 3 times and the full price of his victory.
Those of us who probably ever enter and those who simply do not discharge the admission or who simply do not lend a hand that the hole had the hole assembled through long press reports that transmitted the forces of the road as much as possible.
A newspaper report can involve its enthusiasm after the first high -flying attack by West Ham in more than 26 years: “It reached the form of the champions, this game had everything: crafts, speed and objectives. These are the Fenton opposite graphics to the Culis Lobos, and how the houses pursued and hit the wolves.
“In the first half, the Hammers attack had Billy Wright and twisted. Musgrove and Grice, on the wings, have threatened the star defense of the Midlanders, and with the aim, Gregory never had difficulties with an attractive shot. “
The adjustment for the next Saturday’s house was opposed to Aston Villa, a 7-2 rhythm of some other West Midlands team, also effective in their fulfillment for children in Blaret and Blue.
“Those of us who probably ever enter and those who may not download the admission or simply not lend a hand full of the hole with long press reports that transmitted the strengths of the road as much as possible. “
The same program also discussed the compliment in the Hammers through a director of the Lobos, who commented: “You have a team: they deserve to win and we have no complaints. “
Perhaps the largest fulfill paid to the new children of division one through the great Wright, who visited the costumes in the house after the game.
“Thank you for the boys of the game,” Wright said, “and thanks for the fierce, at least he showed that we are. “
The two clubs would get advantages of the 1958/59 seasons. West Ham was built on his successes at the beginning of the season to finish the sixth place on the table, the highest position never made through the club and only won twice. As was the case last year, the Hammers record was founded on its exceptional house form, because Fenton took his team to 15 wins in 21 championship games in Baleyn Ground.
Wolves compiled the same record of the house of 15 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, but thirteen victories off the doors. With 28 victories in 42 games, the stars of Cullis reached a moment of consecutive name of Department one, completing six problems of Manchester United, of course, at the time of two numbers for a victory.
While the wolves were undoubtedly the most productive team in the country, a definitive night in East London, were time in West Ham United.
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