Five memorable West Ham victories over Newcastle
Our record against the Magpies stands in their favour at the moment with played 127, won 39, drawn 37 and lost 51.
However, within those statistics are some memorable games, if you’re wearing claret and blue that is.
Our third home game of the season is upon us already and with a less than stellar start at the Boleyn, the Upton Park faithful will be looking for a win, but not just any kind of win.
With the type of football being played away from home, I think it’s safe to say that we are expecting to see a standard, a style, a certain beauty of the footballing kind that we could only dream of under the previous regime.
With the team that’s been put together by Bilic and the Board, with the kind of players that we have at our disposal, we should be in a position to field what is effectively our strongest team in many a year and a team with attacking flare and defensive nous.
I look at the Newcastle side and I don’t see the same quality. They sit second bottom in the league, but after that 0-0 draw at Old Trafford, we can’t take this game too lightly. Look what’s happened already!
West Ham games against Newcastle are rarely goalless. Only nine in 127 matches have ever been a no goals game, so we should be looking forward to seeing plenty of action, plenty of West Ham attack, plenty of cohesion at the back and a result to make us all proud.
We may even see one or two of the deadline day transfers making an appearance, but all I know is this – I can’t wait.
When you consider the legends for both sides that have graced these matches, maybe we have legends in the making on show, on Monday night. Another memorable West Ham win? Let’s hope so!
So here’s a look at five memorable victories over Newcastle…
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West Ham 5-0 Newcastle – Sat 6th April 1968
Scorers: Brooking (3), Sissons (2)
Team: Ferguson, Moore, Stephenson, Bonds, Lampard, Boyce, Peters, Brooking, Sissons, Dear, Redknapp
On yet another magical Saturday afternoon at the Boleyn, the crowd walked down Green Street after the game full of praise for this performance.
Top scorer that season, Geoff Hurst, was out that day and although his skills and presence were missed, you wouldn’t think it from the game that glorious afternoon.
Moore was majestic at the back, marshalling those around him in that unflappable style that was Mooro. Brooking ran the midfield, with Peters ghosting left or right of him at will.
Down the flanks were Redknapp and Sissons providing the ammunition with the poacher, Brian Dear, ready to take any chances that came his way. In the end it wasn’t the forwards, but Brooking and Sissons that made their mark.
A resolute hat-trick from Brooking and two well taken goals from Johnny Sissons sealed the points. Despite Newcastle boasting Scottish favourite, Bobby Moncur in their side, a certain Bryan Robson up front and the Welsh wizard Wyn Davies joining him as the striking partner, it just wasn’t to be their day, as the claret and blue steamrollered over the unfortunate Geordies.
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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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West Ham 8-1 Newcastle – Mon 21st April 1986
Scorers: McAvennie, Martin (3), Stewart, Orr, Cottee, own goal, Goddard.
Team: Parkes, Stewart, Martin, Gale, Orr, Parris, Ward, Dickens, Devonshire, Cottee, McAvennie, (Sub, Goddard for Dickens)
This is a game that had to be mentioned. It was notable for two things really.
Firstly, that Alvin Martin scored a hat-trick, but also a hat-trick against three different goalkeepers in the same match!
In a season that the Hammers were actually going for the title, we were on a bit of a roll. After a fairly inauspicious start to that campaign, where we only one two of the first nine games, we beat Nottingham Forest 4-2 at Upton Park and never really looked back.
Unfortunately for the Magpies, they lost their usual goalkeeper Martin Thomas to injury with Chris Hedworth taking the position between the sticks. Later on, and after a few more goals, Hedworth went off injured as well with a shoulder injury. So Peter Beardsley was their third goalkeeper that night and Alvin’s hat-trick became a reality against three different keepers.
The match was also to be remembered for an own goal by a former West Ham boss. On a day to forget for the Magpies players and fans, Glenn Roeder thought that West Ham hadn’t scored enough and clearly wanted to add his name to the scoresheet.
He did, just at the wrong end if you’re in black and white stripes. More please!
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Newcastle 0-3 West Ham – Sat 31st October 1998
Scorers: Wright (2), Sinclair
Team: Hislop, I.Pearce, Ruddock, Ferdinand, Lomas, Keller, Sinclair, Lampard, Impey, Kitson, Wright
I had to mention an away victory at the home of the Magpies somewhere, and this game is worth mentioning.
Generally speaking this isn’t one of our happier grounds away from Upton Park, so to score three goals without reply was and is an achievement, bearing in mind last season’s final day game up there.
It’s also worth highlighting that former Hammer Stuart Pearce was red carded that day, just minutes after the break. Up until then, it had been a pretty stale affair, but with the sending off and a man advantage, West Ham took the lead through Ian Wright in the 56th minute.
With a muted St. James’ Park, their agonies became worse as time went on. Trevor Sinclair added a second for the Hammers on 76 minutes and Wright wrapped up the points bang on the 90.
Despite the fact that Alan Shearer was playing that night alongside Paul Dalglish, West Ham managed to stifle him and the service to him. Not the kind of play that Shearer was used to.
Solano, another former Hammer, was so ineffective on the wing that night that he was substituted, as Newcastle used all three subs to try and make the difference that never came.
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West Ham 3-0 Newcastle – Sun 23rd September 2001
Scorers: Hutchinson, Di Canio, Kanoute
Team: Hislop, Dailly, Repka, Schemmel, Winterburn, Courtois, Hutchinson, Carrick, Sinclair, Kanoute, Di Canio
So back to Upton Park for another whitewashing of the black and white stripes.
3-0 to the home side who were essentially the underdogs, as Newcastle had only just trounced the champions, Manchester United the previous week with four goals.
They were in form, had Shearer and Bellamy up front and were guided by the vastly experienced Bobby Robson.
However, form guides are there to be largely ignored and torn up and this one was well and truly ripped to pieces. Newcastle came to Upton Park that day not having won in London since the end of 1997.
In a one-sided game, Di Canio showed his qualities and Schemmel had an outstanding game alongside debutant Tomas Repka. In the 18th minute Don Hutchinson, also on his debut, headed us in front and put Newcastle on the back foot for the remainder of the game.
Although West Ham were entirely dominant, it took until the 53rd minute for the second goal to arrive. Beautifully set up for Di Canio by Dailly, Paolo mesmerised the defender before slotting past a bemused Shay Given in the Magpies goal.
More misery was to be heaped upon Newcastle, when, in the 82nd minute, Kanoute scored the third and sealed the win without much response from lacklustre opponents.
For such a display was extraordinary bearing in mind Roeder’s side collapse at Middlesbrough the previous week.
Mention must be made of John Moncur. After coming as sub, he managed to get booked within a few seconds and that must surely be a record and another talking point of this match.
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