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    No ifs or Butts for Pete about Asia

    By Jason Dasey

    Wednesday, July 1, 2009

    His stay at Upton Park lasted less than three seasons but Peter Butler can lay claim to being part of a unique slice of West Ham United history. As well as playing in the Hammers' first Premier League campaign, he started at the club on the same day as Harry Redknapp and recognised the early potential of a cheeky apprentice called Frank Lampard. From the early to mid-1990s Butler experienced a West Ham era that included Julian Dicks, Tony Cottee, Lee Chapman, Martin Allen and Clive Allen, plu ...

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