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This was a tale of fireworks, Millwall shirts and balaclava-clad berks but West Ham schooled Alphabet FC to leave them with egg on their faces. At the London Stadium last week a number of AZ supporters showed up proudly wearing Millwall shirts. It was a tale of fireworks, Millwall shirts and balaclava-clad berks but West Ham schooled Alphabet FC.
They didn’t bank on meeting West Ham man mountain ‘Knollsy’ – pictured at the top of this article – and others who kept the limp AZ attack at bay just as Moyes’ team had on the pitch.The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Nothing sums up the Cockney wit better than the nickname West Ham fans gave their opponents – Alphabet FC.
In it you will find the club greats - and not so greats - on events, themes and experiences in the club's eventful past and present. As West Ham’s players hunkered down for the night ahead of the huge semi-final second leg in Holland, AZ fans were at it again. From John Barnes to King Kenny, Ray Clemence to Ian Rush, Liverpool Legends Alphabet asserts the quintessential A to Z of players, captains and managers that have paid their dues for one of the greatest teams in football history.
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