The late, great Bobby Moore died 15 years ago this week and the Premier League's fixture computer could not have generated a more fitting way to commemorate the occasion.
Moore, England's World Cup-winning captain, only played for two English clubs during his illustrious career and, by poignant coincidence, both meet at Craven Cottage tomorrow, where struggling Fulham take on West Ham.
"We will try and honour the occasion as much as we can," said Hammers boss Alan Curbishley.
"Both teams will wear armbands and it is quite right that someone of his stature should be remembered.
"I used to come to West Ham as a schoolboy and do pre-season training with Bobby Moore. We used to go running around Epping Forest and I soon became aware that he knew a shortcut or two!
"I was about 14 but Ron Greenwood invited me in to do pre-season during the school holidays. That is a great memory.
"My first introduction to the club was people like Bobby Moore and Frank Lampard (senior)."
Moore spent 16 years at Upton Park, where there is now a stand named in his honour, and he represents the heart and soul of a club who, despite the new foreign ownership, remain firmly entrenched in their local roots.
Born in Barking, Moore made nearly 550 appearances for West Ham and lifted the FA Cup in 1964, the year he was made England captain, and the European Cup Winners Cup in 1965.
A year later, of course, he made it a Wembley hat-trick by lifting the World Cup after England's victory over West Germany.
Moore moved across London in 1974 to end his career with a three-year stint at Fulham, although in his twilight playing years he did turn out for San Antonio Thunder and the Seattle Sounders in the USA.
The coincidence of this weekend's fixture is not isolated. In his first season at Craven Cottage, Moore helped Fulham reach the 1975 FA Cup final, where they faced, of all teams, West Ham. Fulham lost that final 2-0 and it was to be Moore's last game at Wembley.
Curbishley added: "I went to watch Bobby Moore's first game at Fulham and, amazingly, they went on to the FA Cup final and played West Ham.
"I was an apprentice here at the time and I had played in a couple of games near the final and I thought I might have been in the squad, but I wasn't. I went to the final as part of the club and it was a great result."
Lucas Neill, West Ham's current captain, is determined to honour Moore's memory with a victory that will help the Hammers remain in the hunt for European qualification.
"I have the utmost respect for his achievements and it is an honour to wear the captain's armband like he did for West Ham," said Neill.
"Bobby was truly one of the greatest. What a weekend it would be if we can get a win at Fulham that would push us up the table and at the same time celebrate the life of a West Ham and England legend."
While West Ham are chasing Europe, the need for points is more desperate at the Cottage.
Fulham are in the relegation zone and embroiled in a ferocious battle against the drop. Only seven points separate Roy Hodgson's side in 19th from Sunderland in 14th.
West Ham were in a similar position last season and escaped, but only after putting together a run of seven wins in nine games that Curbishley does not believe can be repeated.
Asked what advice he would give Hodgson, Curbishley said: "Win six more games. That is all I can say.
"Hodgson has a great wealth of experience and he has steadied the ship. Now he just needs to pick up results.
"We know what they are going through. Last year, we were in a very similar position with 12 games to go. We know what they are up against.
"The bottom sides will have all come into the season thinking of better things. We experienced it last season and it is very difficult to get out of it."
