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Four-goals-Michail in the Footsteps of the Eighties
“Scoring four goals is an amazing feeling” (Michail Antonio, 11 July 2020)
Three hundred and eighty five games into his senior career, Michail Antonio has achieved plenty.
But on the 386th he took a step he had never taken before to give West Ham United a huge three points at Norwich City on Saturday.
Antonio netted his first senior hat-trick to help the Hammers to a 4-0 victory, and even better than that, he notched all four goals on a remarkable afternoon for the visitors.
In doing so, he became the first Hammer since David Cross to score four in a game – and that came back in September 1981 – so it was without surprise that the No30 wore the broadest of smiles after the final whistle.
Forward David Cross played for West Ham from 1977-1982. He won the FA Cup with West Ham in 1980 (1-0 against Arsenal, goal: Trevor Brooking) and was the Division 2 Golden Boot winner of the 1980/81 season. He scored four goals in a game on two occasions, against Grimsby Town on 11 April 1981, and against Tottenham Hotspur on 2 September 1981.
On 1 October 1980, Cross scored West Ham United’s first, and to date only, hat-trick in European competition in a 5–1 win against Castilla.
Within the current season, fifty years after West Ham’s last win of silverware, one of the Club’s goalkeepers is David Martin, son of Alvin Martin who was a member of the FA cup winning team of 1980. And now Michail Antonio follows in the footsteps of David Cross, an other hero of that generation!
Clockwise: Alvin Martin and his son David, Trevor Brooking celebrating his 70th birthday last year, four goals-heroes David Cross and Michail Antonio
40 years 1 month and 1 day from today FA Cup Final 1980
Happy Hammers: revisiting West Ham’s triumph: West Ham 1 Arsenal 0 https://www.theguardian.com/football/triumph-in-pictures
Video 1980: West Ham 1-0 Arsenal https://youtu.be/B0Iwn9o86HM
Video 2020: Norwich City 0-4 West Ham
https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2020/july/11-july/goals-norwich-city-0-4-west-ham-united
Four goals, that’s six points clear
West Ham have convincingly beaten Norwich on Saturday afternoon with Michail Antonio scoring all four goals. The Hammers mustered their first away win since David Moyes has taken over in January and are now six points clear of the relegation zone with only three games to go.
Michail Antonio is the first West Ham player to score four goals in a top-flight match since David Cross in 1981Norwich are relegated with this seventh successive league defeat which left Daniel Farke’s side anchored at the foot of the table, 13 points from safety with only three games – and a maximum nine points – to play.
Norwich’s third relegation in seven seasons was sealed by Antonio’s superb performance in front of goal.
The forward volleyed the first from inside the six-yard area after Issa Diop’s flick from a corner before using his head to guide Mark Noble’s free-kick beyond Tim Krul.
Hammers skipper Noble also provided the ball over the top for Antonio’s hat-trick. Krul saved his initial shot but it fell invitingly for the West Ham player to head over the line. His fourth was a tap-in after Ryan Fredericks’ pass.
West Ham’s first Premier League away win under David Moyes lifts them six points above the relegation zone, with two of their remaining three matches at home to fellow strugglers Aston Villa and Watford (winning 2-1 over Newcastle at the same time) and an away game against Manchester Utd.
Michail Antonio: “Being the first player to score four goals in one game for West Ham in the PL is an amazing feeling”
Match report: Norwich City 0-4 West Ham United: Michael Antonio scores four to send Canaries down
Masked Britain
FACE MASKS will become mandatory in shops and enclosed spaces, Boris Johnson has indicated, as he said it was time for the country to “go back to work”, The Telegraph reports.
The Prime Minister, who posed in a face covering for the first time yesterday, said the Government needed to be “stricter” on enforcing guidelines for wearing them indoors.
He said: “It’s very important that people should be going back to work if they can now. I want to see more people feeling confident to use the shops, use the restaurants, get back into work, but only if we all follow the guidance.”
On Tuesday, Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor, announced £30 billion in giveaways to encourage “cautious” people to return to pubs, restaurants, shops and attractions, which were allowed to reopen last weekend. Many retailers have remained closed, particularly in town centres, as office workers on whom they rely for much of their trade were still mostly working from home.
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