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 Johnny BYRNE 1962-1966 
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Name: John Joseph Byrne

Nickname: 'Budgie'

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Country: :ENG: England
Club: West Ham United
Shirt Number: 9 | 10
Position: ★ CF, SS, AMF
Side: RF/BS
Age: 23-26 years (13/05/1939)

Height: 173 cm
Weight: 73 kg

Attack: 87
Defence: 43
Balance: 78
Stamina: 83
Top Speed: 80
Acceleration: 83
Response: 85
Agility: 82
Dribble Accuracy: 85
Dribble Speed: 78
Short Pass Accuracy: 86
Short Pass Speed: 78
Long Pass Accuracy: 79
Long Pass Speed: 75
Shot Accuracy: 85
Shot Power: 82
Shot Technique: 84
Free Kick Accuracy: 70
Curling: 76
Header: 78
Jump: 80
Technique: 88
Aggression: 84
Mentality: 78
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 85

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 7
Weak Foot Frequency: 7
Consistency: 5
Growth type: Early/Lasting

CARDS:
P15 - Free Roaming
S02 - Passer
S05 - 1-Touch Play
S06 - Outside Curve


SPECIAL ABILITIES: Tactical dribbling - Playmaking - Middle Shooting - Dribbling - Outside

Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Attack-Minded

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Born in Sussex, Byrne was precociously successful at Crystal Palace. The diminutive striker, affectionately known as 'Budgie', was brought to Upton Park by Ron Greenwood in March 1962 for a then British record fee of £67,000.

He made his Hammers debut in the same month at Sheffield Wednesday, and went on to become one of the Club's greatest and most popular players. A very modern type of attacker, standing only 5ft 8in but weighing 11.5 stone, he was adept at dropping off his marker, finding space, and either launching a colleague with an inspired pass, or using his own pace, skill and powerful right foot to set off for goal himself. 'Budgie' played for West Ham during one of the most successful periods in the Club's history, helped lift the Hammers first FA Cup at Wembley in 1964 and the European Cup Winners Cup a year later.

His exceptional talents were never in doubt but, although he won 11 caps and scored eight goals for England, he never fully established himself at international level. Things might have been different if only he had figured, as he surely should have done, in the 1962 World Cup in Chile. It seemed likely that he would. But in a game against West Bromwich Albion, he had been involved in a fracas in the tunnel, at the end of the 90 minutes, with Don Howe, the West Bromwich and former England right-back. Word was that the powers that be at the Football Association - where a selection committee still, nominally at least, pick the team - were displeased by this, and consequently excluded him.


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Footages:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olpmix9ZrRQ&list=PLQeImK1MmqkhjiiJqirs1COnV6UBpKazE&index=14 short tribute for West Ham United.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3ACUBwFHc4 for England.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOrkJrHFcRY Johnny Byrne’s outstanding performance when in Crystal Palace.
https://youtu.be/GW7j8UfCyMw against Dortmund in Cup Winners Cup Semi-final ‘66: 3:22s heading pass, 4:22s 1st touch, 10.58s ball control & dribbling & pass, 15:05s crossing to Moore, 16:56s heading & dribbling & passing, 22:01s ball control & dribbling & passing, 24:19s 1-touch backheel pass, 27:18s 1-touch cross, 31:48-31:54s heading & ball control & outside pass, 35:15s crossing, 40:00s 1-touch lofted through pass, 42: 55s scoring by a header, 1:00:09s 1st touch ball control & pass, 1:02:31s 1-touch pass, 1:03:05 beautiful ball control & through pass, 1:12:56s good through pass, 1:29:07s nice 1st touch & pass.
https://youtu.be/8jfXVLWKLPc against Arsenal ‘65: 3:25s outside pass, 12:48s dribbling, 13:35s smart back-heel pass, 15:34s 1-touch pass, 16:14-16:30s initiating a counter attack, 19:09-19:20s dribbling & a nutmeg pass & crossing, 38:09s dribbling & crossing, 39:42s 1st touch & pass, 44:08s scoring from penalty
https://youtu.be/I1A6bxLlBwk FA cup final ‘64: 4:21s dribbling & passing, 7:07s Ball control & passing, 12:25s 1-touch assist to Sissons, 14:30s 1-touch lofted ball to Hurst, 16:32s lofted pass, 17:59s volley, 26:09s dribbling & finishing, 29:30s dribbling & passing, 35:15s winning ball & beautiful through pass to Hurst, 43:46s 1st touch & passing, 44:48s 1st touch & passing, 47:50s 1-touch pass, 52:28s beautiful ball control, 58:59s, dribbling & passing, 1:02:53s beautiful ball control, 1:06:33s ball control & lofted through pass, 1:06:57s feint & pass, 1:07:28s beautiful crossing with left foot, 1:08:31s ball control & through pass, 1:10:16-1:10:20s close ball control & pass, 1:10:29s ball control & crossing, 1:19:59s through pass, 1:30:19s lofted pass.
https://youtu.be/-hbiXbJxo-c against Sheffield United '66: 3:05s 1-touch pass to Boyce, 6:53s 1-touch lofted pass to Brabrook, 13:28s 1st touch & passing to Hurst, 14:33s passing to Sissons, 15:48s ball control, 17:00s defending & through pass to Hurst, 20:44s defending & passing, 21:06s 1-touch through pass to Hurst, 24:35s lofted pass to Brabrook from set piece, 28:32s 1-touch through pass to Sissons, 31:33s ball control and finishing.
https://youtu.be/nnpV7DImGwc against Stoke City '65: 11:12s 1-touch pass, 14:13s outside pass,19:03s 1st touch & dribbling & passing, 37:58s heading, 40:50s heading.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnpV7DImGwc&t=3s against Stoke City in 1965, 18:57s ball control & dribbling past 3 players
https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/nov/12/guardianobituaries
https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2004/november/11-november/burn-budgie-byrne
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Byrne_(footballer)


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