1979–80 West Ham United F.C. season

A Second Division West Ham side beat an Arsenal side that had been in the previous two FA Cup Finals, had just finished 4th in the First Division and who were overwhelming favourites to win.

Winning the Cup for the third time, West Ham manager John Lyall tactically outsmarted his Arsenal counterpart Terry Neill by paying a 4–5–1 system, stifling Arsenal's creative midfield that included future West Ham signing Liam Brady and the steely Brian Talbot.

The only goal in the 1–0 victory was scored by Trevor Brooking.

No.	Player	Position	Lge Apps	Lge Gls	FAC Apps	FAC Gls	LC Apps	LC Gls	Date Signed	Previous Club
FA Cup Final Team
1	Phil Parkes	GK	40		8		8		1979	Queens Park Rangers
2	Ray Stewart	RB	38	10	8	3	8	1	August 1979	Dundee United
3	Frank Lampard	LB	35(1)		7	1	6		1964	Academy
4	Billy Bonds (Captain)	CD	34	1	5		9		May 1967	Charlton Athletic
5	Alvin Martin (Hammer of the Year)	CD	40	2	7		8	1	August 1974	Academy
6	Alan Devonshire	LM	34	5	8	1	7		September 1976	Southall & Ealing Borough
7	Paul Allen	RM	31	2	7 (1)	1	7		1979	Academy
8	Stuart Pearson	F	24(1)	5	8	2	3	1	August 1979	Manchester United
9	David Cross	CF	38(1)	12	5	1	9	5	December 1977	West Bromwich Albion
10	Trevor Brooking	CM	36	3	8	1	3	1	July 1965	Academy
11	Geoff Pike	CM	27(4)	5	7 (1)	1	6	1	July 1973	Academy
Important Players
3	Paul Brush	LB	27		6		4		1977	Academy
11	Jimmy Neighbour	W	22(1)	1	4				September 1979	Norwich
6	Pat Holland	M	21(5)	4	1		8	1	April 1969	Academy
Other Players
8	Billy Lansdowne	F	5 (3)	1			4 (1)	3	1978	Academy
11	Nicky Morgan	F	4 (2)	1			1		1978	Academy
8	Dale Banton	F	2 (2)				1		1979	Academy
1	Bobby Ferguson	GK	2				1		1967	Kilmarnock
3	Mark Smith	LB	1				1		1979	Academy

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Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Bolton Wanderers Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Norwich City Nottingham Forest Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Birmingham City Bristol Rovers Burnley Cambridge United Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Chelsea Fulham Leicester City Leyton Orient Luton Town Newcastle United Notts County Oldham Athletic Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Shrewsbury Town Sunderland Swansea City Watford West Ham United Wrexham

Third Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Brentford Bury Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Hull City Mansfield Town Millwall Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Reading Rotherham United Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southend United Swindon Town Wimbledon

Fourth Division	Aldershot Bournemouth Bradford City Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Huddersfield Town Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Peterborough United Port Vale Portsmouth Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walsall York City

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