Relive the greatest moments of West Ham United Football Club through the newspaper reports of the time, captured in these unique, beautiful, hand made books, which includes:
- The inside cover full personalised with the recipients name and a message.
- The recipients name gold embossed on the front cover (optional)
This commerative book makes an ideal and unique football gift for any Hammers fan. Starting in 1904 with coverage of the opening game at the new Stratford stadium (beating Millwall 3-0), and continuing right up to the end of last season this book charts a glorious history of great games and League and Cup titles through the decades of the 20th century.
Top stories include coverage of the first ever FA Cup Final at Wembley against Bolton, winning the War Cup in 1940, Division 2 Champions 1958 and with record points in 1981, winning the FA Cup in 1964, 1975 and 1980 and the Cup Winners Cup in 1965, and Finalists in 1976. Read about the 17 year old Bobby Moore’s 1st Division debut in 1958, Geoff Hurst’s 6 goals in the 8-0 win over Sunderland in 1968, the signing of Jimmy Greaves in 1970, Trevor Brooking’s farewell game in 1984, Harry Redknapp’s appointment in 1989, Rio Ferdinand’s departure in 2000, the great escape from relegation in 2007 and right up to the end of last season.
A unique and wonderful gift and must have for all West Ham fans.
To view the contents, click on this link (PDF file)
How the Books are Made
The papers are reproduced from scans of original Mirror newspapers going
back over a 100 years that are stored in our extensive archive.They are individually
printed to order onto a high quality thicker paper to provide greater durability.
The books are 38 x 30 cm in size. Total number of pages: 146
