Carlos Tevez’s goal v Spurs, 2007
Spurs defender Paul Stalteri left the home crowd going back to Upton Park station with a plethora of rage, anger and disappointment after his last minute tap in to make it 4-3 to the North Londoners resulted in the claret and blue fans attending work on a Monday morning with glum faces.
However, after Hammers centre midfield stalwart and academy graduate Mark Noble opened the scoring, the man and legend who spearheaded the great escape in 2007 finally claimed his first West Ham goal in the first weekend of March that year.
Carlos Tevez’s looping 25 yard free kick evaded a squandering Paul Robinson and put Alan Curbishley’s side 2-0 to the good in the 42nd minute against their London rivals.
Despite the agonising defeat, the celebration from the Argentine superstar showed passion and love for the West Ham fans which is still something to cherish from Upton Park’s closure in 2016.
Furthermore, before the kick-off the Hammers fans paid tribute in tremendous and sophisticated style, marking the death of England’s greatest player and World Cup winner with a series of memorial events.
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This will be an ongoing feature, Graham. We’ll get to those games, I’m sure.
WHU have been at the Boleyn 111 years and yet you choose 5 memorable games from only the past 15 years. What about the previous 96? Foe example the 1965 European Cup Winners Cup semi final victory over Real Zaragoza or the 8-0 victory over Sunderland in 1968 when Geoff Hurst scored six goals
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