English Premiership; Saturday, April 3, 2010; Goodison Park. Liverpool
Everton 2 West Ham Utd. 2
English Premiership; Saturday, April 10, 2010; Upton Park, East London
West Ham Utd. 1 Sunderland 0
Are these the two results that lift West Ham out of the gloaming? The Hammers dug deep and came back twice against high-flying Everton, despite Mido missing a penalty and his first potential goal for us and the team going behind twice. When West Ham went down 2-1 with five minutes to go, it must have felt like the death-blow on a season of under-achievement, but then Julian Faubert floated in a delightful header that Araujo Ilan, our Brazilian, launched towards, heading in a wonder equaliser.
Then a week later, we secured a magical three points against a tough Sunderland side featuring ex-Hammer Anton Ferdinand. Our goal again came courtesy of Ilan, who poked a Carlton Cole flick-on past the goalkeeper that came from a deep lob from Manuel da Costa. There were some tense minutes and furious defending in the last part of the game, and the relief was evident when the final whistle went.
Meanwhile, my venue for these great games has undergone some earth-moving reverberations. It is all speculation, but it seems the bar was fined for allegedly serving alcohol to underage fans (that’ll probably be Arsenal supporters, who have the average age of 14). This fine was passed on to staff, who, understandably, did not like the plan, so people have left and one even, apparently, spent a night in jail. So fans of some teams are boycotting the place. Who says the only drama is on the pitch?
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