Product Description

Following the successful launch of WEST HAM UTD: In My Day (volume one) last year, we're back with volume two packed with 20 exclusive interviews with former West Ham United players.

Former Upton Park favourites from decades spanning from the late-1950s to the late-90s recall their highs and lows of life with the Hammers through a series of compelling interviews.

As well as providing a fascinating insight into what playing for the East London club meant to players who wore the claret and blue, In My Day also presents more than 160 evocative black and white photographs from days gone by, many of them published here for the first time.

Among those featured in this edition are cult hero Julian Dicks, 1980 FA Cup winner Geoff Pike, 1975 FA Cup winners Pat Holland and Mervyn Day, Irish legend Liam Brady and Golden Boy Frank McAvennie, whose goals shot Hammers to within touching distance of the championship in 1986.
IN MY DAY (Vol 2) also features the following ex-Hammers: Tim Breacker, Mark Robson, John Moncur, Steve Potts, Bobby Barnes, Johnny Ayris, Dudley Tyler, Lawrie Leslie, Joe Kirkup, Jack Burkett, Peter Brabrook, Bobby Ferguson, Alan Stephenson, Bill Lansdowne and Ken Brown. Plus memories of the 1972 League Cup marathon semi-final and the 1976 European Cup Winners' Cup final in Belgium.

They all provide a fascinating insight - both on and off the field - into the running of the Premier League club that has seen turbulent times in its past 50 years. Their greatest memories and the experiences they would like to forget. Why did they sign and what made them leave? Cup-winning highs and the lows of relegation, we talk to the heroes and the villains.

It's all here in this magnificent 248-page book produced by Terry Roper and Tony McDonald.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #41716 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 2
• Binding: Paperback
• 248 pages

Customer Reviews

Alvin Martin talks about West Ham United: The Managers
Alvin Martin is unique in that he is the only past or present West Ham United player to have served under five of the 11 full-time managers featured in this book, including Ron Greenwood who coached him when he first joined the Hammers as an apprentice.

A West Ham United legend, centre-half Alvin made 595 first team appearances for the Hammers and gained 17 full England caps between 1978 and 1996. He is now a respected radio pundit for TalkSPORT.

Martin said about West Ham United: The Managers:

"In all the years I've been associated with West Ham, this is the only book I've picked up that has given me a genuine insight into what really happened during my 21 years at the club. Much of what I read came as a surprise to me.

"The book covers many issues that were clouded in mystery when I was there, so to read the comments and views of my fellow professionals - fascinating and revealing quotes from the horse's mouth, if you like - was something that I found very enlightening. A lot of the time players don't divulge that sort of thing - the modern footballer usually responds to probing questions with a straight bat - but it was nice to read how other people viewed so many different aspects of the managers and how they went about their job.
"This book covers everything that happened at West Ham in a factual, knowledgeable and revealing way.
"I gave a copy to my dad and he loved it. Like me, he couldn't put it down."

West Ham The Inside Story
I thoroughly recommend this book to all Hammers fans. It is compelling reading as Tony McDonald reveals the inside stories from his many interviews with the managers. Controversy and hard hitting comments are in plentiful supply The club has only had 11 managers in its entire history but you will be enthralled to read about chirpy cockney Harry Redknapp, the fans hero Billy Bonds, the great John Lyall and finally what has present manager Alan Curbishley have to say about his first roller coaster season. A superb read and one that all West Ham supporters will enjoy