{"id":287704,"date":"2023-09-16T01:38:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T01:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=287704"},"modified":"2023-09-16T01:38:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T01:38:29","slug":"my-favourite-shirt-with-tony-cottee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/my-favourite-shirt-with-tony-cottee\/","title":{"rendered":"My favourite shirt with Tony Cottee"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>My favourite shirt with Tony Cottee: West Ham&#8217;s 1985-86 kit brings back memories of a great season&#8230; we nearly won the league and beat Newcastle 8-1!<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>West Ham came third in the first division table that year, four points behind first<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>They had great victories including the Newcastle win and beating Chelsea 4-0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Quite a few spring to mind but the most sensible and honest answer is the Boys of \u201986 shirt. We had such a great season with that shirt, nearly winning the league. I was in Prague in June when West Ham won the Conference League and it was amazing how many fans were wearing that iconic top. It resonates with, shall we say, the more mature fan.<\/p>\n<p>It was a very simple but different top, away from what we usually wore at West Ham. A standout memory from that season is beating Chelsea 4-0, but we wore the white away kit.<\/p>\n<p>In the home shirt, beating Newcastle 8-1 in April (even though I got the hump because I didn\u2019t score) was another.<\/p>\n<p>We battered Newcastle that night and it was one of West Ham\u2019s biggest ever league victories.<\/p>\n<p>The last home game against Ipswich sticks out, too. We beat them 2-1 and the fans came on at the end singing, \u2018We\u2019re gonna win the league\u2019. That was a great moment for the supporters.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/22\/75491385-0-image-m-10_1694813781587.jpg\" height=\"519\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>West Ham&#8217;s 1985-86 shirt was picked by Tony Cottee (R) as his favourite ever shirt in football<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/22\/75491409-0-image-m-11_1694814017669.jpg\" height=\"483\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cottee was part of the West Ham team that nearly won the first division title that season<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12524645\/My-favourite-shirt-Tony-Cottee-West-Ham-memories-nearly-won-league-Newcastle.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My favourite shirt with Tony Cottee: West Ham&#8217;s 1985-86 kit brings back memories of a great season&#8230; 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