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Blast from the past
West Ham United have met Everton on three previous occasions in the League Cup, with the Hammers yet to beat the Toffees in the competition.
Today’s focus takes us back nearly 37 years, to the club’s first ever League Cup tie with Everton on 30th November 1983. Billy Joel was number one with ‘Uptown Girl’, Never Say Never Again topped the UK box office, and Danger Mouse had just recorded an all-time highest viewing figure for a British children’s programme of 21.59m. The Hammers, meanwhile, welcomed their First Division rivals for this Milk Cup (as it was then known) fourth round tie in front of 19,702 on a Wednesday evening at Upton Park.
John Lyall’s West Ham went into the game in second place in the First Division having lost only three of their first 15 games. The Hammers had reached the fourth round stage having disposed of Bury and Brighton, while Everton had knocked out Chesterfield and Coventry. Future Everton striker Tony Cottee lined up for the Irons while current Hammers assistant manager Alan Irvine started for the Toffees.
Howard Kendall’s visitors took the lead through Peter Reid after just two minutes but a Derek Mountfield own goal drew the hosts level before half-time. Kevin Sheedy restored Everton’s lead ten minutes into the second half before 27-year-old midfielder Geoff Pike (pictured above) scored his first goal of the season to secure a 2-2 draw with just three minutes left of the game.
West Ham United: Phil Parkes, Ray Stewart, Alvin Martin, Steve Walford, Frank Lampard, Steve Whitton, Geoff Pike, Trevor Brooking, Alan Devonshire, Tony Cottee (Neil Orr), Dave Swindlehurst.
Everton: Neville Southall, Gary Stevens, Derek Mountfield, Kevin Ratcliffe, Mark Higgins, Alan Irvine, Andy King, Peter Reid, Kevin Sheedy, Adrian Heath, Graeme Sharp.
The Hammers would lose the replay 2-0 at Goodison Park after extra time. The Toffees went on to reach the League Cup Final of 1984, losing to Merseyside rivals Liverpool in a replay at Maine Road.
Aside from this fourth round draw in 1983, West Ham’s remaining League Cup record against Everton is as follows:
1983 – Everton 2-0 West Ham (4th round replay)
2007 – West Ham 1-2 Everton (Quarter-Final)
Club Connections
David Moyes sends a side to face his former club. Former Hammer and Toffee David Unsworth is currently in charge of the Under-23s at Goodison Park. They are joined in representing both clubs by:
Goalkeepers: George Kitchen, Richard Wright.
Defenders: William Wildman, George Eccles, David Burrows, Bob Young, Lars Jacobsen, Lucas Neill, John Russell, Alex McCartney, William Kelly.
Midfielders: Harry Dawson, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Don Hutchison, Joe Blythe, Mark Ward, Niclas Alexandersson, Danny Williamson, Ian Bishop.
Strikers: Tony Cottee, Chas Crossley, Tony Weldon, Alex McDonald, Mike Newell, Enner Valencia, Nikica Jelavic.
Super Slaven Bilic played for both clubs and managed the Hammers. Sam Allardyce has managed both the Toffees and the Irons.
Today’s focus though is on a player who played for West Ham having joined on loan from Everton. The son of a professional footballer, Ray Atteveld was born in Amsterdam on 8th September 1966 and began his career with Haarlem in 1985 – he had initially harboured ambitions to play top-level tennis and had won the Amsterdam Championships. A tough-tackling midfielder who could also deputise at right-back, he signed for Everton in 1989, going on to make 68 appearances for the Toffees and scoring two goals.
In February 1992, the 25-year-old Atteveld was signed on a month’s loan by Billy Bonds as West Ham battled against relegation from the First Division. Atteveld actually made more appearances in the FA Cup for the Hammers than he did in the league, becoming the club’s first ever Dutch player when making his debut by starting the fifth round tie at Sunderland’s Roker Park which ended in a 1-1 draw on 15th February 1992; he was again selected for the replay back at Upton Park 11 days later. John Byrne’s double put the Second Division Wearsiders in control before two wonder strikes from Martin Allen put the Irons back on terms. David Rush grabbed the winner as Sunderland progressed all the way to the Final that year. Atteveld’s only league appearance for West Ham was sandwiched in between the two cup ties, at Hillsborough in a 2-1 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday.
Unable to regain favour at Goodison Park, Atteveld left Everton for Bristol City in the summer of 1992 and played with former Hammers Nicky Morgan and Leroy Rosenior at Ashton Gate. He departed for Belgium’s Waregem the following year. Atteveld returned to the Netherlands with Roda and went on to have spells with fellow Dutch sides Vitesse, Groningen and Den Haag – where he broke his leg – before retiring in 2002.
Atteveld was assistant manager to Rinus Israel at Den Haag from 2001 to 2004 and held a similar position under Huub Stevens at Roda in 2006/07. He has since managed Roda and Den Haag in his native country as well as AEL Limassol in Cyprus. He later worked as a consultant academy coach at FC Banants Yerevan in Armenia before moving to Kazakhstan in 2013 where he worked as Academy Director at FC Kairat Almaty. Atteveld was Assistant Performance Director at Israeli club Maccabi Tel-Aviv, a post he held from 2016 to 2019 with responsibility for the development of the Under-11 to Under-16 age groups at the club. Atteveld managed Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam last season. Now 54 and manager at Maccabi Netanya, Atteveld lives in Israel with his Kazakh wife.
Referee
Wednesday’s referee will be Yorkshire-based Darren England, who will take on his first ever senior Hammers appointment.
England has refereed one match so far in 2020/21 – the League Cup third round match between West Brom and Brentford eight days ago. He awarded three penalties in that match.
Possible line-ups
Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti is without Jonas Lossl, Mason Holgate, Jarrad Branthwaite, Jean-Philippe Gbamin and Cenk Tosun.
David Moyes is without Ryan Fredericks, Issa Diop and Josh Cullen. West Ham have kept just one clean sheet in their last 24 League Cup meetings with Premier League opponents, with that coming in a 4-0 quarter-final win against Manchester United in 2010/11.
Possible Everton XI: Pickford; Kenny, Keane, Digne, Nkounkou; Sigurdsson, Delph, Bernard; Walcott, Richarlison, Iwobi.
Possible West Ham United XI: Randolph, Johnson, Balbuena, Alese, Masuaku; Soucek, Snodgrass; Yarmolenko, Lanzini, Anderson; Haller.
Enjoy the game – Come On You Irons!