Bonds and Brooking make emotional return

West Ham United legends Billy Bonds and Sir Trevor Brooking joined a host of former teammates in bidding Farewell Boleyn. The two greats were joined by their fellow 1975 and 1980 FA Cup winners, as well as other familiar names and faces from Claret and Blue years gone by. Former player and manager Alan Curbishley, 1975 FA Cup winners Alan Taylor, Kevin Lock and Bobby Gould, 1980 FA Cup winners Phil Parkes, Alvin Martin and Ray Stewart and Seventies stars Derek Hales, Mick McGiven, Bobby Howe and Trevor Hartley were all given a huge hand by the Boleyn Ground faithful. Brooking and Bonds both gave emotional interviews to the crowd, who welcomed their words with warm applause.