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Chelsea ace Lampard driven by West Ham World Cup glory trio

Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard admits he is driven to emulating the success enjoyed by West Ham United's World Cup winners.

During his formative years at West Ham, Lampard would look at a picture of England's most glorious moment every time he walked into the club's Chadwell Heath training ground.

It showed Bobby Moore ­lifting the Jules Rimet Trophy. Either side of him stood Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters.

"Yeah, we haven't quite achieved what they did," Lampard said. "But that picture of the three of us was just the start of ­everything and hopefully we can do something in the next month or so.

"I remember that photograph of Bobby Moore with Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters at West Ham.

"It's the romance of it all. You know how they are held in people's memories; how ­everyone still looks at them and still respects them.

"When you see Geoff Hurst now. It's amazing how ­everyone holds him in such regard - and quite rightly so. There's a magic to that. Those men deserved it. Hopefully we can get ­somewhere near them."

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