West Ham 5-0 Newcastle – Sat 24th March 1979
Scorers: McDowell (2), Lampard, Robson, Devonshire
Team: Parkes McDowell Martin Bonds Brush Lampard Brooking Holland Devonshire Cross Robson
This is another game that I remember well. On that day the Hammers seemed to sweep aside a lamentable Newcastle team that seemed to be suffering from heading so far South.
Although their team boasted the powerful Peter Withe and Magpies legends Irving Nattrass and Terry Hibbitt, they were as ineffective as their team mates on a day when West Ham were just playing the type of football that’s synonymous with the claret and blue.
Their chances were few that afternoon, but we took ours and could have had more in reality. John McDowell was never known for his goalscoring prowess, but bagged two on that day, followed by Frank Lampard Snr, Pop Robson and a delightful goal from Dev.
West Ham were thoroughly in charge for the 90 minutes. Let’s hope history repeats itself.
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