by Staff Writer
Tuesday, 24th February 2026
It's 33 years ago to the day that arguably West Ham United's greatest ever player, Bobby Moore, died.
Aged just 51 at the time, Moore - who captained West Ham to FA Cup and Cup Winners Cup glory and England to its only World Cup win in 1966 - passed away two years after undergoing an operation for suspected colorectal cancer.
To commemorate Bobby's life, over the years we have published a number of articles on Knees up Mother Brown - some of our favourites, we present to you below...
Bobby Moore, gone but never forgotten (by Paul Walker)
https://www.kumb.com/article.php?id=44273
"Moore was the best defender I have ever seen. I first started watching West Ham in the year Moore made his first team debut against Manchester United in 1958 and his departure in 1974 broke my heart just a little..."
Viva Bobby Moore: Brian Dear (by Chris Scull)
https://www.kumb.com/article.php?id=3195
"He was a great pal. When it was time to relax he was good fun. He wasn't a drunk or whatever but he enjoyed a beer and that's what we did socially..."
Legend on a legend (by Staff Writer)
https://www.kumb.com/story.php?id=126729
"He didn't look great then and he died within the next three or four months. You just wondered what Bobby Moore was doing in Grimsby on a cold, wet night. He should have been used a lot more, they could have made much more of him."
Moore than just a milestone (by Paul Walker)
https://www.kumb.com/article.php?id=44926
"Manchester United were beaten that Monday night in September 1958 as West Ham went top of the old First Division. Moore lasted one more game in the side and played just five games in all that term and a mere 13 the next. But we were witnessing greatness in the making..."
The KUMB Podcast: Bobby Moore Special
https://www.kumb.com/story.php?id=126727
"When I was a little boy, no more than three or four, Bobby Moore lived around the corner from me. He used to train by running up and down the hill my house was on. If I knew then what I knew now, I would have run out there and joined him every day, just trying to keep up..."
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