![]() ![]() Robson says: “It had been raining all day before the second leg and the fans had been queueing up well before kick-off. They ended up winning 2-1, but there was enough in the game that I thought, with our little stadium and the noise the crowd generated in a night game, we would have a great chance.” “We scored early in the away leg, when Graham Paddon scored a 30-yard screamer. ![]() “I do remember they were a really good side,” recalls Brooking. So, what are the memories of that match in 1976? Sir Trevor Brooking and Keith Robson were members of the West Ham team that reached the 1976 European Cup Winners' Cup final (Daniel Hambury/Stella Pictures Ltd)īrooking went on to make 647 appearances for West Ham, finally retiring more than eight seasons later, while Robson moved on to Cardiff in 1977 and then to a number of clubs, including Team Hawaii, South China Athletic Association and, finally, Wroxham, in Norfolk, where he still lives. ![]()
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