1987–88 West Ham United F.C. season
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Again John Lyall waited until three quarters of the season had passed before bringing any new signings to the club. Even so, the two players he did eventually bring in, Julian Dicks and Leroy Rosenior, would play a major part in helping the club to just avoid relegation for the second season running.
Alan Dickens had to play most of the season as a striker as Frank McAvennie had signed for Celtic without a replacement being found until Rosenior's arrival.
West Ham eventually finished in 16th place in the First Division.
Midfielder Stewart Robson was voted club player of the year, though Tony Cottee was once again top goalscorer with 13 in the league and 15 in all competitions. However, Cottee would be sold to Everton for a national record £2.2 million by the start of the following season, leaving manager John Lyall with a big gap to fill in the forward positions as he had lost his two highest goalscorers within a year of each other.[1]
Number | Player | Position | Lge Apps | Lge Gls | FAC Apps | FAC Gls | LC Apps | LC Gls | Date Signed | Previous Club | |
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West Ham United 1987-88 First XI | |||||||||||
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Tom McAlister | GK | 39 | 2 | 2 | 1981 | Bristol Rovers | |||
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Ray Stewart | RB | 33 | 4 | 2 | September 1979 | Dundee United | |||
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George Parris | LB | 27(3) | 1 | 2 | 1985 | Academy | |||
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Billy Bonds (Captain) | CB | 22 | 2 | 1967 | Charlton | ||||
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Gary Strodder | CB | 27(3) | 1 | 2 | 2 | March 1987 | Lincoln | ||
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Liam Brady | LM | 21(1) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | March 1987 | Ascoli | |
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Mark Ward | RM | 37 | 1 | 2 | 2 | August 1985 | Oldham Athletic | ||
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Alan Dickens | F | 25(3) | 3 | 1 | 0 (1) | 1982 | Academy | ||
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Paul Ince | CM | 26(2) | 3 | 0 (1) | 2 | 1986 | Academy | ||
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Tony Cottee | CF | 40 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | September 1982 | Academy | |
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Stewart Robson (Hammer of the Year) | CM | 37 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | January 1987 | Arsenal | |
Important Players | |||||||||||
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Kevin Keen | M | 19(4) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1986 | Academy | ||
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Tony Gale | CB | 17(1) | 2 | August 1983 | Fulham | ||||
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Alvin Martin | CB | 15 | 2 | July 1976 | Academy | ||||
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Tommy McQueen | LB | 10(2) | 1 | 1 (1) | March 1987 | Aberdeen | |||
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Paul Hilton | CB | 9 (5) | 3 | 1 (1) | 0 (1) | 1984 | Bury | ||
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Leroy Rosenior | CF | 9 | 5 | March 1988]] | Fulham | ||||
Other Players | |||||||||||
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Frank McAvennie | CF | 8 | 1 | June 1985 | St Mirren | ||||
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Julian Dicks | LB | 8 | March 1988 | Birmingham City | |||||
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Steve Potts | D | 7 (1) | 1 | 1 | May 1984 | Academy | |||
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Eamonn Dolan | CF | 1 (3) | 1986 | Academy | |||||
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Phil Parkes | GK | 1 | February 1979 | Queens Park Rangers | |||||
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Alan Devonshire | LM | 1 | October 1976 | Southall | |||||
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Neil Orr | CM | 1 | January 1982 | Morton | |||||
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Stuart Slater | M/F | 0 (2) | 1987 | Academy | |||||