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Regarded as one of the finest club matches ever played. The Hammers returned to Wembley only a year after their last visit and thrilled millions across Europe, as they turned out a performance that could only be described as sensational.
Having beaten La Gantoise, Sparta Prague, Lausanne and Real Zaragoza along their route to the final, the Hammers were in fine form going into the Wembley showdown.
Forced into a couple of late changes through injuries to Bovington and Byrne, Brian Dear who began the season in the third team, started at centre-forward, with Hurst dropping back into Midfield and Alan Sealy who had missed out on Wembley success the previous year, out on the right wing.
The Hammers soon stepped into their rhythm. Moore commanded the back-line, intercepting challenges and carrying the ball forward with style; Hurst dictated the tempo of the game in the centre of the field with an intelligent array of passes and runs, whilst supported by the equally hard-working Boyce and Peters; Sealy remained a constant threat with his pace, and the movement of Dear and Sissons often left the Germans chasing shadows.
As early as the second minute, the Germans were on the back-foot, when Moore found Hurst on the left, who crossed for Dear to narrowly head over.
The attacks continued throughout the first and into the second half, but for all their creativity and endevour, the game remained at a deadlock.
The breakthrough came with twenty minutes remaining when Ronnie Boyce split the defence with a superbly weighted pass.
Alan Sealy latched onto the through ball and composed himself before rifling a shot high into the roof of the net.
With the Germans still reeling and the celebrations continuing, Sealy netted again when he capitalised on the German keepers inability to hold Moore's cross.
Wembley erupted and Alan Sealy etched his name firmly into the Hammer's history books.
As Bobby Moore climbed the Wembley steps for the second time in successive seasons, who would have guessed that the Hammer's skipper would be doing it all over again in just over a years time to claim football's ultimate prize.
