John Sissons 1975

John Sissons was born September 30th, 1945 in Hayes, Middlesex, England, who played for West Ham United, Sheffield Wednesday, Norwich City and Chelsea.

John played as inside left for Middlesex and England Schoolboys, but was moved to outside left by Hammers manager Ron Greenwood. He made his senior debut for the East London club on May 4th, 1963, a home game against Blackburn Rovers. He became the youngest player to score in an FA Cup Final at Wembley, in May 1964, and second youngest to appear behind his Preston North End counterpart Howard Kendall. He went on to play 213 league (37 goals) and 52 cup (16 goals) games for West Ham. He then moved to Wednesday in 1970 for £60,000. He made 115 league appearances for the northerners, scoring 14 goals, before moving to Norwich, where he rejoined former team-mate John Bond.

He played for West London club Chelsea FC, 11 times during the 1974-75 season.

He joined the Rowdies on loan from Chelsea, and became a great help in the Rowdies Soccer Bowl '75 drive. Scoring 5 goals in 22 games. He was offered the chance to return in 1976, but declined. But, instead went to South Africa to play out his career with Cape Town City and with his former West Ham teammate Johnny 'Budgie" Byrne.

Today, John is now a successful businessman in Cape Town, South Africa.