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Statue

World Cup statues

Erection date: 28/4/2003

Inscription

{Around plinth of statue:}
Bobby Moore Captain• Ray Wilson• Alan Ball• Nobby Stiles• Bobby Charlton• George Cohen• Roger Hunt• Gordon Banks•Jack Charlton•Alf Ramsey Manager•Martin Peters•Geoff Hurst.

Site: World Cup Winners 1966 (2 memorials)

E6, Barking Road and Green Street Junction

In the 1966 Football World Cup on 30 July, England beat Germany and the whole country went football crazy.  This statue recreates an event that happened immediately after the game and pictures of which were spread far and wide.  A number of the key players in this game were from West Ham, hence the location of this statue.

The plaque is horizontal on the plinth in front of the sculptural group.

2016:  The Hammers are about to move out of the nearby Boleyn Ground into the Olympic Stadium and we've heard they will take this statue with them.  The old ground will be developed for housing and there are plans to erect another statue there.

2018: The reports that Newham council announced the decision that the statue will stay at this location.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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