MIKE MILES RECALLS WHEN WEST HAM UNITED BAGGED THEIR FIRST EUROPEAN SILVERWARE ALMOST 60 YEARS AGO...

IN 2023 West Ham United won the UEFA Conference League, over half a century since their first, and only previous, European triumph, the now defunct Cup Winners’ Cup, in 1965.
Ron Boyce had headed the winning goal in the final minute of an enthralling FA Cup final against Second Division Preston in May 1964, which earned the Hammers competitive European football for the first time.
Just 144 days after they had lifted the FA Cup at Wembley, West Ham began their first European campaign. Their...