On This Day, 19th April: Southampton & Watford Beaten, Birthdays For Behrami & Hart
West Ham Four-Zero Southampton, 19th April 1952
19th April 1952 – Nat King Cole was number one with ‘Unforgettable’ and Ted Fenton’s mid-table West Ham United beat George Roughton’s Southampton Four-Zero in a Second Division encounter in front of 18,119 at The Boleyn Ground.
This match was the Hammers’ final house recreation, and last victory, of the 1951/52 marketing campaign – they might close the season with two away attracts, at Brentford and Sheffield Wednesday. They came up towards a aspect containing future Chelsea and England right-back Peter Sillett, while fellow full-back Bill Ellerington had already been capped by the Three Lions.
West Ham’s objectives in this victory 68 years in the past got here courtesy of a brace from 32-year-old East Ham-born outside-right Terry Woodgate (pictured) and strikes from 21-year-old inside-right Jim Barrett Junior (the son of Hammers legend and England international ‘Massive Jim’ Barrett) and 24-year-old Irish centre-forward Fred Kearns.
John Terence (‘Terry’) Woodgate had made his Hammers debut earlier than the Second World Struggle, on 7th April 1939 in a 2-0 Good Friday house defeat to Bradford Park Avenue. He gained a daily place within the first workforce after the battle having served for greater than six years with the Essex Regiment and Royal Artillery. He scored a seven-minute hat-trick towards Plymouth in a Football League South fixture at Upton Park on 16th February 1946. He bagged a total of 74 objectives in 355 appearances within the claret and blue, making his last look in a 5-1 Essex Professional Cup defeat at Colchester on 22nd October 1953 before transferring to Peterborough in March 1954 following the emergence of Harry Hooper and Malcolm Musgrove as common first-team contenders. He later played for March City United, and went on to be the landlord of the Cock Inn pub in the Cambridgeshire city of March after his retirement from enjoying. Terry Woodgate died in the city of March, aged 65, on 26th April 1985.
West Ham went on to finish the 1951/52 season in 12th position. Bert Hawkins was the membership’s prime goalscorer with 15 objectives from 37 matches. Southampton completed 13th, Sheffield Wednesday gained the Second Division title, Manchester United gained the league and Newcastle gained the FA Cup.
West Ham United: Ernie Gregory, George Wright, Harry Kinsell, Derek Parker, Malcolm Allison, Frank O’Farrell, Terry Woodgate, Jim Barrett Junior, Fred Kearns, Gerry Gazzard, Jimmy Andrews.
Southampton: Fred Kiernan, Peter Sillett, Billy Ellerington, Bryn Elliott, Stan Clements, Joe Mallett, Eric Day, Ted Bates, Walter Judd, Jimmy McGowan, Tom Lowder.
Watford Zero-2 West Ham, 19th April 1986
John Lyall’s West Ham United arrived at Vicarage Street, the home of Watford, for a First Division fixture on 19th April 1986 in entrance of 16,696 whereas en path to a record-breaking third-place end. George Michael was number one with ‘A Totally different Nook’ and Fright Night time topped the UK box workplace.
The Hammers took the lead after 59 minutes when Alan Devonshire launched into a run deep into Watford territory before enjoying a cross into the trail of the on-rushing Tony Cottee who struck his 23rd aim of the season. The Hornets fell further behind when captain Alvin Martin’s ball ahead found Scottish striker Frank McAvennie who rounded the goalkeeper earlier than slotting into the web. The objectives from this match could be seen on the WHTID social media pages.
Lyall’s West Ham would finish the season in third place, while Graham Taylor’s Watford would end 12th. Liverpool gained a league and FA Cup Double and Cottee was voted Hammer of the Yr, with McAvennie runner-up.
West Ham United: Phil Parkes, Ray Stewart, Tony Gale, Alvin Martin, George Parris, Mark Ward, Alan Dickens, Neil Orr, Alan Devonshire, Tony Cottee, Frank McAvennie.
Pleased 35th Birthday Valon Behrami
Valon Behrami was born in Mitrovica, Yugoslavia (now Kosovo) on 19th April 1985 but moved to an Italian-speaking village in Switzerland when he was five. He started his career with Lugano in 2002 earlier than shifting to Italy a yr later, signing for Genoa. An all-action midfielder who might also play at right-back, he spent the 2004/05 season on loan at Verona before joining Lazio completely in 2005, initially in a co-ownership deal which was made outright in January 2006. Behrami also made his first appearance for Switzerland in 2005.
In July 2008, the 23-year-old Behrami was signed in a £5m deal by Alan Curbishley as West Ham’s essential summer time purchase. He made his debut at right-back in a 2-1 residence win towards Wigan on 16th August 2008, the opening day of the 2008/09 season. Curbishley left the membership simply four matches into the campaign and was changed by Gianfranco Zola – Behrami, now a fixture in midfield, scored his first aim underneath the Italian’s tutelage in a 1-0 win at Sunderland on 23rd November 2008. His solely different aim in his first marketing campaign got here in a 2-Zero FA Cup fourth spherical win at Hartlepool on 24th January 2009. His season was led to March 2009 when he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament damage in a home match towards Manchester City – the damage would hold him out for six months.
The Hammers struggled towards relegation in 2009/10 with Behrami scoring just one objective, an important early strike in a Three-0 residence win over Hull on 20th February 2010. Behrami was a part of the Switzerland squad which exited the 2010 World Cup in South Africa on the group stage – he was sent off in a 1-Zero defeat to Chile. He made just eight appearances in the first half of the 2010/11 season underneath Avram Grant but scored two objectives – the first in a 2-2 draw at Birmingham on 6th November 2010, together with his last objective for the club coming three weeks later in a 3-1 residence win over Wigan. Behrami made his final appearance in claret and blue in a 5-Zero defeat at Newcastle on fifth January 2011 – he had scored five objectives in 60 appearances for West Ham United. These 5 objectives might be seen in my video under.
Behrami left West Ham for Fiorentina in late January 2011 however departed for Napoli the next yr. He moved to Germany, becoming a member of Hamburg in 2014, earlier than returning to the Premier League with Watford in 2015. He returned to Italian soccer in 2017, signing for Udinese. Behrami, who turns 35 at this time, signed for Genoa in January of this yr, rejoining the club that first introduced him to Italian football again in 2003. He has gained 83 caps for his country, scoring twice.
Comfortable 33rd Birthday Joe Hart
Joe Hart was born in Shrewsbury on 19th April 1987 and was Head Boy at his faculty, Meole Brace, in his last yr there. He was a competent cricketer, briefly enjoying for Shrewsbury CC in the Birmingham and District Premier League and in addition spending two years in Worcestershire’s youth squads. Hart represented his hometown soccer membership though, making his full debut for non-league Shrewsbury in April 2004, a day after his 17th birthday. He performed for the membership in League Two within the following two seasons and earned international recognition, profitable six caps at Beneath-19 degree for England. He was voted into the 2005/06 PFA League Two Group of the Season by his fellow professionals and he moved to Premier League Manchester Metropolis at the end of that season.
Hart spent January 2007 on mortgage at Tranmere in League One and joined Blackpool in an identical short-term deal in April that yr. He turned first-choice goalkeeper at Manchester City underneath Sven-Goran Eriksson in 2007/08 – he had, by this point, also made his England Underneath-21 debut underneath the tutelage of former Hammer Stuart Pearce. Hart made his senior England debut beneath Fabio Capello in a 3-0 away win over Trinidad and Tobago on 1st June 2008, a match which also saw West Ham’s Dean Ashton win his only senior England cap. Hart was a half-time alternative for an additional former Hammer, David James, in that match. January 2009 noticed Hart lose his beginning place at Metropolis to new signing Shay Given, although he would go on to symbolize England Underneath-21s in the 2009 European Championships, a event which noticed Mark Noble captain the Young Lions. Hart saved, and scored, a penalty in the semi-final shoot-out towards Sweden but was booked for leaving his goalline in the course of the shoot-out and was suspended for the Last, which England misplaced 4-Zero to Germany. Hart gained 21 caps for England at Underneath-21 degree.
Hart joined Birmingham on loan for the 2009/10 season and was named in the PFA Premier League Staff of the Season at the finish of the campaign. He was named in Capello’s England squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, alongside former Hammer James and then-West Ham custodian Robert Inexperienced. Hart was chosen forward of Given for the 2010/11 season by Roberto Mancini; he gained the FA Cup on the end of the season and was once more voted into the PFA Group of the Season as City gained the Premier League title in 2011/12. Hart helped England to the quarter-finals of the European Championships underneath Roy Hodgson in 2012 and stored the very best variety of Premier League clean sheets for the third consecutive season in 2012/13, a campaign which once more saw him play in the FA Cup Remaining. Hart again gained the Premier League beneath current Hammers supervisor Manuel Pellegrini in 2013/14 and was England’s first-choice goalkeeper on the 2014 World Cup, a event which saw the Three Lions exit on the group stage.
Hart additionally represented Manchester City in the Champions League, being described as a “phenomenon” by Lionel Messi in February 2015 after a efficiency towards Barcelona during which he produced a record-breaking ten saves through the match. Hart’s performances at Euro 2016 played an element in him dropping his place underneath new supervisor Pep Guardiola at Manchester City and he joined Torino on loan for the 2016/17 season, turning into the primary English goalkeeper to signal for a Serie A membership because the league’s inception in 1929.
The 30-year-old Hart joined Slaven Bilic’s West Ham United on a season-long loan in the summertime of 2017 and made his debut in a Four-Zero defeat at Manchester United on 13th August 2017. He went on to keep six clean sheets in 23 appearances. Hart gained four caps for England while he was with the Hammers, three in 2018 World Cup qualifiers towards Malta, Slovakia and Slovenia. In October 2017, Hart was targeted in his automotive by thieves in Romford, who stole his watch, pockets and cell phone while he was at a petrol station. His most up-to-date England look came during his time as a Hammer, in a goalless draw with Brazil at Wembley on 14th November 2017, his 75th senior cap in complete for his country (he has additionally twice captained his nation).
Regardless of this international clear sheet, Hart lost his home place to Adrian underneath new manager David Moyes the following month when the Spaniard got here in to switch him towards Manchester Metropolis, Hart’s dad or mum club. Hart did play in a League Cup quarter-final defeat at Arsenal and played all three of the Irons’ FA Cup matches in 2018, together with two ties towards hometown membership Shrewsbury. He gained his beginning place in the league again in March 2018 and stored a clear sheet in an important 3-Zero residence win over Southampton; he additionally notably impressed in a 1-1 draw at Chelsea the following weekend. Hart’s 23rd and ultimate appearance for West Ham got here in a 4-1 loss at Arsenal on 22nd April 2018. He was not named in Gareth Southgate’s 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. After his season in east London, Hart joined Burnley in a permanent transfer in the summer of 2018. 33 as we speak, he's presently second-choice behind Nick Pope at Turf Moor.
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