A 9ct gold medal, the reverse inscribed The Football Association Challenge Cup, Winners, with ring suspension; F.A. Cup Final, match programme 2/5/64; and a black and white photograph of West Ham United with the F.A. Cup and Charity Shield in the foreground (3)

JIM STANDEN Jim Standen was born in Edmonton, London on 30th May 1935. He was signed by West Ham from Luton Town in 1962 after the Hammers regular goalkeeper Lawrie Leslie broke a leg. Standen who had been second choice 'keeper at his first club Arsenal to the Welsh Internationalist Jack Kelsey, ended up again understudy to England's International 'keeper Ron Baynham at Kenilworth Road before being given his first team chance with West Ham. There was no way that Standen was going to lose-out this time and he soon became first choice goalkeeper in the famous West Ham side of the 60's. In 1967 Standen lost his place to Bobby Ferguson the recent signing from Kilmarnock and he went to play for Detroit Cougars in the United States Professional League. He then returned to England for the 1969-70 season and played eight games for Millwall before joining Portsmouth. He played 13 games for The Pompey before retiring from playing. He returned to the U.S.A and is currently coaching goalkeeper's at Fresno University in California. Jim Standen, was also an accomplished cricketer and won a Championship with Worcestershire and topped the first-class County bowling averages with 64 wickets at an average of 13 runs. He was also a winner of the Gillette Cup 'Man of the Match' award in its first year. Standen made a total of 179 League and 57 Cup appearances for West Ham. The following six lots were awarded to JIM STANDEN (See also lots 94 and 95)

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A 9ct gold medal, the reverse inscribed The Football Association Challenge Cup, Winners, with ring suspension; F.A. Cup Final, match programme 2/5/64; and a black and white photograph of West Ham United with the F.A. Cup and Charity Shield in the foreground (3)

Lot Essay

In what was regarded as the most exciting F.A. Cup Final since the "Matthews match", 11 years before, West Ham United twice came from behind to beat Second Division Preston North End 3-2. It became clear from the start that this was not going to be a walk-over for the First Division side with Preston matching The Hammers in skill and determination. In fact Preston opened the scoring after 10 minutes with Howard Kendall (the then youngest ever F.A. Cup finalist) starting the move which led to Dawson's shot being parried by Standen with Holden forcing the ball over the line. West Ham, despite looking nervous, equalised immediately. Captain Bobby Moore stole the ball and moved upfield before finding Byrne, who put John Sissons away on a fine run and he calmly shot past Kelly in the Preston goal.
Undaunted by this set-back Preston continued to press for another goal and controlled the mid-field area in which Kendall was prominent and deservedly regained the lead five minutes before the break when Dawson headed home from a corner. In the second-half West Ham began to control the game and eventually a Geoff Hurst header which rebounded off the bar against Kelly in the North End goal and rolled agonisingly over the line for the equaliser. With both teams beginning to tire and extra-time looming Hurst went on one last powerful run through the middle before passing the ball out to Brabrook on the right-wing. He immediately headed for the penalty box and floated a cross to the far post for Boyce to head the ball back into the opposite corner for a dramatic last minute winner.

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