Even the blurred, sepia footage cannot obscure West Ham’s breathtaking ambition on the night they won the European Cup Winners’ Cup. To watch that final back now is to be reminded of what the club’s supporters have always looked for in their heroes.
There is Martin Peters, never shirking the most technically challenging pass. Bobby Moore, demanding possession and taking up some extraordinarily high positions. Geoff Hurst, the third of the club’s holy trinity, relentlessly pounding crosses and shots at 1860 Munich in the warm evening sunlight of Wembley Stadium in 1965.
There are only two goals, though West Ham might have scored seven, and when the German goalkeeper Petar Radenkovic races out of his area to bring down Brian Dear as he canters towards goal in the second half, there is no fuss.