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In the fifties, the Hammers emerged with their Football Academy and their team which included six full internationals. This is the story of those days, through the eyes of those who played and the voices of those who watched.'
From the Author
50 interviews with West Ham players of the 50'sIn 1958 West Ham United emerged from a 26-year hibernation outside top flight football, storming back as Second Division champions wiht 101 goals. In their second game back they beat the mighty Wolves, the eventual champions. In the same month they overpowered Manchester United, who would be runners-up. And in the spring of 1959 they shook fortress Highbury with a glorious 2-1 victory over the team that that would take third place.