In Febuary 1930 West Ham faced local Rivals Millwall in
To get to this round the Hammers had defeated Notts County in the 3rd round 4-0 then Leeds 4-1 with both games being played at the Boleyn to set up the first meeting in 15 years between the old enemy.
The Hammers attack was led by all time leading goalscorer Vic Watson, who was in the midst of his greatest season. in the 44 games he played that season Watson scored 50 goals. 42 of those came in the league and 8 in just 4 FA Cup games.
The Hammers team on the day were as follows
Ted Hufton
Alfred Earl
Charlie Cox
Jim Collins
Jim Barrett
Albert Caldwell
Tommy Yews
Stanley Earl
Vic Watson
Viv Gibbons
Jimmy Ruffell
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| Gibbons Yews and Watson |
The game was over as a contest before half time as first Gibbons, then Watson scoring two in between a goal scored by Tommy Yews set alight the 26,000 crowd the had brave the weather. Newspaper report from the day claimed that the attendance may have been higher if the West Ham board hadn't seen fit to double the gate entrance fee for this game leaving 8,000 less fans at the game that had seen the 4-1 victory over Leeds in the previous Round.
Millwall's goal was scored in the second half after a mistake by West Ham keeper Ted Hufton, though it was to be no more than a consolation as West Ham marched into the sixth round.
The fans probably at that time dreamed of a return to Wembley but West Ham's cup bubble was burst as Arsenal was pulled out the bag to face the hammers in the next round.
The Gunners would dispose of west Ham at The Boleyn 3-0, in their team that day was a familiar cup foe in David Jack, now of Arsenal but back in 1923 Captain of Bolton Wanderers and scorer of the first Ever Goal to be scored at Wembley in the famous final of that year, one which the Hammers lost 2-0.
But in 1930 we are lucky enough to witness the goals as Movitone news cameras were on hand to film the game in what is the first ever filmed meeting between West Ham and Millwall.
