1962–63 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United
1962–63 season
Chairman Reg Pratt
Manager Ron Greenwood
Stadium Boleyn Ground
First Division First Division 12th
FA Cup Sixth round
League Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League:
Geoff Hurst (13)

All:
Geoff Hurst (15)

Season summary

This was West Ham's fifth season in the First Division since their return in season 1957-58. The club were managed by Ron Greenwood and the team captain was Bobby Moore.

The season started badly for West Ham and it was not until their sixth game that they managed to win. By the end of 1962 they were in 11th place.[1] Their season was greatly affected by the bad winter of 1962-63 when no games were played at all between 29 December 1962 and 4 February 1963. They finished in 12th place. Geoff Hurst was the top scorer with 15 goals in all competitions and 13 in the league. The next highest scorer was Johnny Byrne with 14. Bobby Moore and Ken Brown made the most appearances; 47 in all competitions.[1] West Ham made the sixth round of the FA Cup before being eliminated by Liverpool but only managed to reach the third round of the League Cup before losing to Rotherham United.

The season saw the last West Ham appearance for future club manager John Lyall who had to retire due to injury, John Dick who had been at the club since 1953 and the first season as a regular player and first goals for future World Cup winner, Martin Peters.[2][3][4]

Leading goalscorer, Geoff Hurst

First Division

PosClubPWDLFAGAPts
1Everton422511684422.00061
2Tottenham Hotspur4223910111621.79055
3Burnley4222101078571.36854
4Leicester City4220121079531.49152
5Wolverhampton Wanderers4220101293651.43150
6Sheffield Wednesday4219101377631.22248
7Arsenal4218101486771.11746
8Liverpool4217101571591.20344
9Nottingham Forest4217101567690.97144
10Sheffield United4216121458600.96744
11Blackburn Rovers4215121579711.11342
12West Ham United4214121673691.05840
13Blackpool4213141558640.90640
14West Bromwich Albion421671971790.89939
15Aston Villa421581962680.91238
16Fulham4214101850710.70438
17Ipswich Town4212111959780.75635
18Bolton Wanderers421552255750.73335
19Manchester United4212102067810.82734
20Birmingham City4210131963900.70033
21Manchester City42101121581020.56931
22Leyton Orient42692737810.45721

Results

West Ham United's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
18 August 1962 Aston VillaA1-337,657Byrne
20 August 1962 Wolverhampton WanderersH1-430,002Musgrove
25 August 1962 Tottenham HotspurH1-632,527Woosnam
29 August 1962 Wolverhampton WanderersA0-036,844
1 September 1962 Leyton OrientA0-223,918
3 September 1962 LiverpoolH1-022,258Scott
8 September 1962 Manchester CityA6-124,069Peters, Scott, Byrne, Musgrove, Hurst
12 September 1962 LiverpoolA1-239,261Byrne
14 September 1962 BlackpoolH2-224,695Scott, Musgrove
22 September 1962 Blackburn RoversA4-015,454Peters, Byrne, Hurst, Musgrove
29 September 1962 Sheffield UnitedH1-122,800Scott
6 October 1962 Birmingham CityH5-021,150Byrne (2), Hurst, Musgrove, Brown
13 October 1962 ArsenalA1-149,597Scott
22 October 1962BurnleyH1-134,612Hurst
27 October 1962 Manchester UnitedA1-329,419Hurst
3 November 1962 Bolton WanderersH1-219,885Moore
10 November 1962 Leicester CityA0-221,064
17 November 1962 FulhamH2-217,668Peters, Hurst
24 November 1962 Sheffield WednesdayA3-121,762Peters, Brabrook, Scott
1 December 1962 West Bromwich AlbionH2-220,769Moore, Hurst
8 December 1962 EvertonA1-138,701Brabrook
15 December 1962 Aston VillaH1-121,529Peters
22 December 1962 Tottenham HotspurA4-444,650Kirkup, Peters, Scott, Boyce
29 December 1962 Nottingham ForestA4-318,660Brabrook (2), Byrne, McKinlay (og)
16 February 1963 Sheffield UnitedA2-018,176Boyce, Sealey
2 March 1963 ArsenalH0-431,976
9 March 1963 BurnleyA1-117,197Byrne
18 March 1963 Manchester UnitedH3-128,950Brown, Sealey, Brennan (og)
23 March 1963 Bolton WanderersA0-319,177
2 April 1963 Sheffield WednesdayH2-120,048Hurst, Byrne
6 April 1963 FulhamA0-226,761
12 April 1963 Ipswich TownH1-323,170Scott
13 April 1963 Leicester CityH2-025,689Sealey (2)
15 April 1963 Ipswich TownA3-221,988Hurst, Peter, Brabrook
20 April 1963 West Bromwich AlbionA0-110,315
22 April 1963 Nottingham ForestH4-118,179Peters, Moore, Hurst (2)
27 April 1963 EvertonH1-228,391Meagan (og)
1 May 1963 Birmingham CityA2-314,410Scott, Hurst
4 May 1963 Blackburn RoversH0-118,898
11 May 1963 Leyton OrientH2-016,745Brabrook, Scott
13 May 1963 BlackpoolA0-012,434
18 May 1963 Manchester CityA6-116,602Brabrook, Boyce, Hurst (2), Sealey (2)

FA Cup

Main article: 1962-63 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R34 February 1963 FulhamH0-021,000
R3 Replay20 February 1963 FulhamA2-120,000Boyce, Byrne
R44 March 1963 Swansea CityH1-025,924Boyce
R516 March 1963 EvertonH1-031,77 Byrne
R630 March 1963 LiverpoolA0-149,036

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R2 26 September 1962 Plymouth ArgyleH6-09,714Peters, Byrne (3), Hurst, Musgrove
R316 October 1962 Rotherham UnitedA1-311,581Hurst

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
England DF John Bond
England MF Eddie Bovington
England MF Ron Boyce
England FW Peter Brabrook
England FW Martin Britt
England DF Ken Brown
England DF Jack Burkett
England FW Johnny Byrne
England DF John Charles
Scotland FW Ian Crawford
England FW Brian Dear
Scotland FW John Dick
England GK Alan Dickie
No. Position Player
England FW Geoff Hurst
England DF Joe Kirkup
England MF Bill Lansdowne
Scotland GK Lawrie Leslie
Scotland DF John Lyall
England DF Bobby Moore (captain)
England MF Malcolm Musgrove
England MF Martin Peters
England GK Brian Rhodes
England FW Tony Scott
England FW John Sissons
England GK Jim Standen
Wales FW Phil Woosnam

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics - 1st Division 1962-63". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  2. "John Lyall". Daily Telegraph. 20 April 2006. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  3. "John Dick". www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  4. "Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics — Martin Peters". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
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