Alex G 11:40 Tue May 17
Memorable Final Appearances as a Hammer
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Sunday may have been Mark Noble's last appearance for us, he may get on against Brighton, but it got me thinking about how other Hammer's final appearances have gone for us.
Frank McAvennie surely claims the greatest fairy tale ending... knowing he would be released at the end of the season he comes on at half time in his final match and bangs in a hat trick to say farewell in style.
Tevez's last match probably upped the drama, grabbing the winner at Old Trafford that saved us from relegation. Shame he ended up turning out for Man United the following season. Similarly Rio's final match saw him move to the side he'd just beaten, having starred in our first victory in decades at Elland Road.
Not all goodbyes have a happy ending... Di Canio's last match saw us relegated, with Joe Cole also making his last appearance (at least for his first spell with us) in the same match with the added indignity of a red card.
Which other last games for West Ham stick in people's minds?
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yngwies Cat
11:42 Tue May 17
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Liam Brady and his worldie.
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On The Ball
11:47 Tue May 17
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I enjoyed Repka crying. You'd think he wouldn't really be that fussed, but we obviously meant a lot to him.
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,
11:54 Tue May 17
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Replace cried because he faced a massive wage reduction.
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Mad Dog
12:01 Wed May 18
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Mcavennie v forest (in des walker's farewell.game)
and Brady immediately spring to mind
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
12:04 Wed May 18
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Marc-Vivian Foe.
Kicked some Leeds cunt in the head near the end of a filthy game and walked before the ref even got the card out.
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eastend joker
1:01 Wed May 18
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David Speedie v Cambridge
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SDKFZ 222
1:50 Wed May 18
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Bobby Moore v Hereford in the FA Cup in 1974:
He made a mistake for their goal and was then taken off with an injury. It was rather a sad and ignominious ending to his stellar career with us.
Lionel Scaloni:
Enough said about this the better, but I often wonder what might have been if he had just wellied the ball down the touch line instead of passing the ball infield to Dailly.
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Kearley
2:43 Wed May 18
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Already been said, but Frankie Mac against Forest was a Hollywood script and Brady was a great moment.
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the straw
9:44 Wed May 18
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Tevez's winner didn't keep us up. Point would have done us. Mental that this myth still gets pumped out even by our own fans.
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Huffers
10:58 Wed May 18
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Joe Cole didn't get sent off on his final game for us (first spell). In fact, I dont believe he ever got sent off for us.
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Irish Hammer
11:02 Wed May 18
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🇮🇪
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IOz4wVRjEuI
Last professions game he ever played. What a way to go out
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Lee Trundle
11:09 Wed May 18
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Mauricio Taricco.
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Far Cough
11:10 Wed May 18
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Joe Cole smashed a hole in the wall at some shithouse stadium, Bolton springs to mind?
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Huffers
11:10 Wed May 18
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Yeah, in the 6 pointer in April. Terrible day.
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Huffers
11:11 Wed May 18
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Dean Ashton went off with a cut ear away to WBA after a couple of minutes. Went down for stitches but by the time he came back out the tunnel he had been subbed off. I think Kevin Keen was manager that day as Zola had been announced a couple of days earlier but was taking over after international break.
Ashton never played again.
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Lee Trundle
11:13 Wed May 18
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Probably the most disappointed (other than the FA Cup final loss?) I've ever been as a West Ham supporter that day.
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Takashi Miike
11:17 Wed May 18
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has to be Brady for me, I'm just gutted I was on the North Bank and not closer to the mayhem when he scored
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southbankbornnbred
12:08 Wed May 18
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Frankie, Brady, Tevez - you could barely write those scripts without somebody accusing you of hamming it up...
I saw Frankie not long after that game and he was still buzzing even though it was his farewell appearance. Mind you, Frankie was often 'buzzing'!
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ludo21
12:54 Wed May 18
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It seems you obviously love or hate Tomas Repka... I loved him and his send off was fantastic.
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Lato
1:16 Wed May 18
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Frankie all day long.....good shouts for Brady and Tevez tho!
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