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00:00Never going to be the smoothest of fixtures for struggling West Ham United in October 2001
00:05The Hammers had just lost 5-0 to Everton
00:08And now took on Graeme Souness' Blackburn Rovers, who were unbeaten at home
00:12And everyone in central Lancashire, it seemed, was determined to keep it that way
00:19A vibrant atmosphere inside the ground
00:21Back in the big time, Rovers were enjoying the attention
00:26They were without Damien Duff and Keith Gillespie, who were injured, while Marcus Bent was suspended
00:31Summer signing Corrado Grabbi needed to add to his meagre tally of just one goal for the season
00:36England international Trevor Sinclair had handed in a transfer request during the week
00:40But was still included in the West Ham line-up
00:43Thomas Repka was back from suspension
00:45But Glenn Roda had to do without Joe Cole, who was suffering from a foot injury
00:50There appeared to be plenty for Graeme Souness and Sven-Jørgen Eriksson to talk about
00:55Your commentator is Ian Crocker
01:00Blackburn Rovers are unbeaten this season here at Ewood Park
01:06In fact, they've only lost one of their last 22 home games
01:10This place has become a bit of a fortress
01:14And West Ham certainly know it
01:16The Hammers have lost on their last five visits
01:20And they've made a dreadful start to this season
01:22Just one win so far against Newcastle
01:25They come into this game on the back of a 5-0
01:28Drubbing at Everton
01:34John Moncure didn't take long to get his first tackle in
01:37Just over 20 seconds
01:39That's what he's all about
01:46It will be Bjorneby to take this free-kick then for Rovers
01:50Who are looking for a flying start
01:56A free-flip from their captain on the end of it
02:00Shandy Hislop not troubled
02:03Blackburn happily spraying the passes around at the moment
02:06Here's Bjorneby
02:10Johnson could still be in
02:13Soma just about dealt with it
02:15Moncure's header doesn't go very far
02:17And Lucas Neal can deliver this time
02:21Schemmel let it go
02:24And it was kept in
02:26Although to little avail for Blackburn
02:28By Dunne
02:30Got out by Tugay and Dunne
02:36Moves into the area
02:37West Ham held off him
02:39More or less encouraged David Dunne to have a go
02:42And he sure did
02:45Might have produced a better finish as well
02:49West Ham
02:52Letting him come all the way
02:54Schemmel
02:55Trevor Sinclair is going to latch on to this
02:59He has Johansson for company
03:02Sinclair has actually been in fine form this season
03:05And of course he was in Sven Ure and Eriksson's England squad against Greece
03:09Oh Friedel was struggling with that
03:11Here's Di Canio
03:13Twisting and turning
03:15And he tries again
03:19And Blackburn are living dangerously as Canute knocks it down
03:22But safely collected by Brad Friedel
03:27That cross though
03:29Certainly caused consternation for Blackburn
03:33Tugay
03:35Labbe
03:38Damian Johnson
03:41Taking on Soma
03:43Cracking cross as well from Johnson
03:46And
03:47Johnson on the end of it
03:56Teasing centre here from Damian Johnson
03:58He was always
04:00Going to struggle to screw that one back
04:02And back
04:09And Sunez took charge of Blackburn in March 2000
04:13And brought them back into the top flight
04:24Foul by Freddy Canute
04:28Here's Henning Berg who missed the Worthington Cup game against Middlesbrough
04:32In midweek
04:35He had a foot problem
04:37But back in the side today
04:40Referred to Craig Short
04:43Berg though pretty much a regular since his return to Ewood Park
04:48His second spell at the club
04:50Played for a team called Manchester United in between
04:55Nils Erik Johansson
04:58Gives it to his central defensive partner Berg
05:03Rabbe
05:05Tugay
05:07Flipcroft
05:17Hutchison
05:20Di Canio
05:23He's about to run into trouble
05:25He's hanging in there
05:26Paulo Di Canio
05:29Well he'll try anything
05:33Di Canio making his 100th appearance for West Ham today
05:37And I'm sure he would
05:38Like to mark that milestone in
05:41Some extraordinary way
05:59Lucas Neal with the throw
06:08Eight goals for Blackburn at the finish of eight different scorers
06:11Although one of them was David Beckham of course
06:14And goal
06:16Christian Daly seemed unaware of the presence of Flipcroft
06:20Done with a shout from his teammates then
06:22Here's Gerardo Grabbi
06:25And in it goes
06:28To Gary Flipcroft
06:30And Blackburn are one up
06:34West Ham's defence never really
06:37Looked very comfortable
06:39From the moment Christian Daly lost out to Flipcroft
06:44Gerardo Grabbi teased and tormented them
06:47And Flipcroft
06:49Made a little run in to get on the end
06:53Of Grabbi's delivery
06:58And Blackburn lead West Ham by a goal to nil
07:15Sinclair to Kanuta
07:23West Ham get a corner
07:28Freddie Kanuta
07:29Top scorer last season for the Hammers with 14
07:35It's only his fourth appearance of this season
07:37He's been struggling with
07:39Hamstring injury
07:42Christian Daly would love to get one against his former club
07:46He will be keeping a check on Sinclair
07:49Di Canio delivers
07:50Rutgers header
07:52Booted away by Dunn
07:58And it's in
08:16It's come through to Gary Flipcroft
08:20Perfect pass from Flipcroft
08:23Damian Johnson was the obvious outlet
08:25And Thomas Redknapp just got something on that
08:28And needed to
08:30Dunn
08:34Di Canio completes the clearance
08:40It's Bjorneby
08:43Dunn is hugging the touchline
08:51Tugay
08:53Henningberg
08:55Come in
09:01And Dunn goes for goal
09:04David Dunn
09:07With a wonderful strike
09:10And Blackburn double their lead
09:14Nothing much is going right
09:17For West Ham this season
09:19But maybe there's a message there
09:21For Sven-Jürgen Eriksson from the England under-21 captain
09:25David Dunn
09:27Maybe he's ready
09:28For promotion to the senior squad
09:35A quite superb strike
09:37From Dunn
09:38West Ham have been done at the moment
09:402-0 down
09:42After 27 minutes at Ewood Park
09:44Now are the
09:45Hammers heading for another threshing in the north-west
09:48Coming into this one on the back of a
09:495-0 defeated Everton
10:00Blackburn
10:01On the attack again with Johnson
10:04West Ham being run ragged at the moment
10:07Tugay
10:08Is available
10:10He goes for the far post
10:11And it's another one
10:16Blackburn
10:18Have a third
10:21And West Ham
10:23Are falling apart
10:24Damien Johnson will claim the final touch
10:29Tugay
10:30With a lovely cross
10:32Towards Grabby
10:33And onside
10:36Johnson finished it off
10:40And
10:42Blackburn are 3-0 up
10:43Inside half an hour at Ewood Park
10:45And it's becoming awfully embarrassing
10:47For West Ham United
11:02And the way Blackburn are playing at the moment
11:04They could even fancy getting more before half-time
11:16Grabby
11:17Striding his way through
11:25And
11:26Another car is going to come out here for Thomas Repka
11:29A crude challenge from behind
11:33And West Ham are losing the plot
11:35At Ewood Park
11:38Repka crashing into Matt Jansen
11:41And he joins John Moncur in the book
11:44Repka just back from the suspension as well
11:51You wanna be?
11:55John Moncur was probably lucky
11:56He didn't make contact with Dunlop
11:59Moncur already on a yellow card
12:01Blackburn in the mood for more
12:02Grabby trying to get in
12:03And Christian Daly has to nut it behind for a corner
12:09Daly having a torrid time
12:11Against his former club
12:14West Ham conceding three
12:15In the opening half-hour
12:31Tugay takes the corner
12:33And he'll get it back promptly from Flipcroft
12:38Tugay always aware of any opportunities
12:40And done!
12:41Blistering effort
12:43He is really in the mood today
12:45In front of the England manager
12:48David Dunn
12:49Could be about to step up to the senior side
12:52As far as international football is concerned
12:54If he carries on like this
13:07He's carried
13:12He's carried
13:15Trevor Sinclair
13:18Michael Carrick
13:19Oh, Carrick has got one back
13:23Some hope for West Ham
13:24But no hint of a celebration
13:27Because Carrick and his colleagues know
13:31That there's still a very, very, very long way
13:35To go after that
13:37Cracks in the first half-hour
13:40But Michael Carrick has planted that firmly into the bottom corner
13:43And West Ham have scored for only the fifth time this season
13:50Schemmel
13:51Cross to Carrick
13:59Carrick gave it straight to Dunn
14:05It's half-time
14:06And Blackman Rovers
14:09Are strolling it
14:10Hugely impressive performance
14:12Gary Flitcroft put them on their way
14:14David Dunn with a sizzling second
14:18And moments after he'd scored a glorious goal
14:23Damien Johnson nipped in for a third
14:25Michael Carrick got one back for West Ham
14:27But at the break
14:28It's Blackman 3, West Ham 1
14:40West Ham start the second half
14:45The Hammers currently in the drop zone
14:47And it looks like they will stay there
14:49And it looks like this will be their worst start to
14:52A season
14:54Since the middle of the 1990s
15:01Hayden Fox
15:05And again
15:06Showed too much of it though to Flitcroft
15:08Who's been excellent
15:15Blackburn away to Arsenal next
15:18Then home to Leicester before
15:20Graeme Souness faces two
15:23Of his former clubs
15:25His management career
15:26Southampton and Liverpool
15:29He ought to be penalised for his challenge on Don Hutchison
15:33Five million pound buy from Sunderland
15:36In comes a free kick and a free header
15:38For Sinclair
15:40And it bounces over the bar
15:42And how West Ham could have done with that
15:47It suddenly would have been
15:48Very, very interesting at 3-2
15:51Di Canio's delivery and
15:53Well Blackburn might ask questions of the defending
15:56Because there was nobody around Trevor Sinclair
15:59And that's a bad miss really
16:06Now Jansen
16:11Shakir Hislop collects
16:21Foul by Lucas Neal
16:30Hayden Fox has
16:32Moved into Christian Daley's position
16:36Grant McCann also on to West Ham in place of
16:40Moncure
16:41Kauric
16:42Seeking out Sinclair
16:44Bit of work for Lucas Neal to do
16:59Sinclair
17:02Doesn't quite reach Kanute
17:05Kanute
17:12Kanute turns but
17:14Dragged his effort wide
17:15West Ham were claiming a deflection
17:18And I think the officials
17:21Agreed
17:24Canio wants to take it in a hurry
17:26And he does
17:27Oh and Kanute's header
17:30Well not many from Blackburn were ready for it but
17:33Brad Friedel was
17:35Di Canio didn't hang around
17:36Straight in there
17:37Kanute rose
17:38Straight at Friedel
17:40His two guy
17:42And maybe a chance here
17:45But credit to Repka
17:46Who does look a class act
17:51Not a regular in the Czech Republic team
18:00Flitcroft seems to be everywhere
18:03And Rabi
18:06Was caught by Repka
18:07Who's already on a yellow card
18:08He's off
18:10It's a red card for Thomas Repka
18:14And it
18:15Just goes from bad to worse for Glenn Rohde
18:17Can you believe it
18:18He can't
18:21Graham Souness is bemused by it as well
18:25But Thomas Repka is off
18:31I have to say
18:33It looked a little harsh
18:36But
18:42But
18:43Thomas Repka
18:44Is sent off for the second time
18:47In his West Ham career
18:56It's all happening at Ewood Park today
18:59But it's not very good news
19:01For West Ham United
19:02Blackburn
19:05Had been on the rack a little bit
19:06At the start of the second half
19:07But they still of course
19:09Have that 3-1 lead
19:20Rabi chasing this
19:21But across comes Hayden Fox
19:35Rabi
19:37Rabi
19:39Blackburn fans giving Rabi plenty of encouragement
19:41Just the one goal for him since
19:44His big money move from Italy
19:46To Guy
19:47Oh
19:49It's an own goal
19:51From Lacan
19:56Well
19:57That really does sum up
19:59Glenn Rohde's
20:01Day
20:02And Glenn Rohde's season
20:03West Ham weren't ready for the corner, two guys entered in, he tried to clear it off the line, oh dear.
20:12Not a lot you can say about that, really.
20:14Really?
20:28Flatburn looking for number five!
20:32It's just turned away.
20:36Jansen is frustrated.
20:38Done, tucked it through, Jansen lifted it over his lot.
20:45Double substitution.
20:47Not a bad pair to bring on, you have to say.
20:50Mark Hughes, still going strong.
20:53And Craig Hignett.
20:57Hammaby is coming off, and so too is Johnson, I think.
21:09Hughes.
21:15Neal.
21:21Tugay!
21:23Oh!
21:25That is just brilliant!
21:31Tugay the turn.
21:34Scores number five.
21:39Just look at this, he's a player who oozes quality.
21:43What a finish.
21:45The Hammers hammered by brilliant Flatburn.
21:48Flatburn looking for number six, Dunn's effort, his lot couldn't hold on to it.
22:10They have number six, and it's Matt Jansen.
22:14It's a bad time, he got it on the out.
22:18The torture continues for West Ham United.
22:29Blitzed by Flatburn.
22:33Jansen on the rebound, after David Dunn had stung the palms of Shaka, his lot.
22:39Three minutes have added on time, have Flatburn finished yet?
22:44Or have they got more to offer?
22:49Tugay.
22:52Tugay.
22:54Lovely pass to Dunn.
22:56He's got Jansen with him.
22:58He'll use it!
23:00It's going to be another one!
23:04Craig Hignett.
23:08Flatburn have seven.
23:11Flatburn are in heaven.
23:14It doesn't get much better than this, does it?
23:17Look at West Ham, absolutely ragged yet again.
23:23And Dunn and Jansen combine to set it up for Craig Hignett.
23:32What a memorable day for Flatburn Rovers.
23:37It's going to be a torturous trip back to London.
23:40As I mentioned, they were beaten 7-1 at Manchester United a couple of seasons ago.
23:44They have taken another hammering here in the northwest of England.
23:51Dunn.
23:53Here they go again.
23:55Seconds remaining.
23:57Tugay.
23:59Hignett.
24:01Looking for another!
24:03Oh, he's put it wide.
24:04Even at 7-1, he's a bit annoyed with himself.
24:07Because Craig Hignett, who scored the seventh, should have had the eighth.
24:11Tugay slipped him in with ease.
24:15It was nearly a case of come in at number eight.
24:21West Ham's time is certainly up.
24:27Glenn Dunn.
24:28West Ham's time is certainly up.
24:34Glenn Roeder has seen his West Ham side absolutely taken apart by Flatburn Rovers.
24:42David Dunn and Gary Flipcroft played prominent parts in a fantastic victory for Rovers.
24:52Flatburn are banging their drums, and no wonder.
24:56Positive performances all round from everyone.
24:59It ends at Ewood Park.
25:01Flatburn Rovers 7, West Ham United 1.
25:05Jubilant scenes at Ewood Park, and rightly so following that performance.
25:10Rovers fans had endured a season out of the Premier League,
25:13and results like that confirmed they were back among the major players of English football.
25:17Doom and gloom for West Ham then, but Glenn Roeder turned things around,
25:21and they eventually finished a very healthy season.