West Ham had the talent and they appeared to have points. Not so. Nottingham Forest had Brian Clough; Leeds had recently been in the Champions League semi-finals...
Boro were docked three points after they insisted they were unable to field a team at Ewood Park because of an injury and illness crisis. The FA weren’t having it and punished the Teessiders by stripping them of the points that ultimately would have saved them from the drop.
They lost only two of their last 12 and reached both domestic cup finals. Which they lost. And they still went down.– but Steve Gibson wasn’t put off from buying some big names. Boro bought Paul Merson at the start of their season in the second tier, with Paul Gascoigne, Marco Branca, Hamilton Ricard and Alun Armstrong all following.
Three wins in 24 games left West Ham bottom of the table. They roused themselves to win seven of their last 14, but it wasn’t enough to save their skin. With Trevor Brooking now in charge after Roeder had to step down due to ill health, the Hammers were relegated on the final day despite amassing 42 points.Through the summer and during the following season, the Hammers raked in around £40million for Cole, Defoe, James, Trevor Sinclair, Glen Johnson and Frederic Kanoute.
They spent another year in the second tier, this time finishing sixth but Pardew’s side returned to Cardiff to beat Preston and secure a place back in the top flight at the second attempt.Three top-half finishes in four seasons, but the Hammers failed to heed their warning after flirting with another relegation in 2010. Instead they appointed Avram Grant and went down in disgrace the following year.
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