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Saturday September 1, 2007 Finished Madejski Stadium

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Reading

West Ham

  • Bellamy 5’
  • Etherington 49’
  1. West Ham crush Reading

    West Ham crush Reading

    West Ham took sweet revenge on Reading for their thrashing at the Madejski Stadium last year with a comprehensive 3-0 victory. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Reading
    • West Ham
    • 90 It's all over. Great victory for West Ham. They were lucky to be ahead at the brea, but they really put Reading to the sword in the second period. That must feel good for the Hammers' players who got thrashed 6-0 here last year.
    • 90 GOAL! Etherington finally makes it three for West Ham. The wide man was put clean through on goal and this time managed to find the net.
    • 90 Bellamy is taken off for the last few seconds. He jogs off slowly before Boa Morte comes on to replace him. Job done for the striker today.
    • 89 Reading are piling men forward, but it looks like too little, too late.
    • 87 But he gets away with it. Bellamy was trying to play out time in the corner but the Irishman didn't like it at all.
    • 87 Stephen Hunt and Craig Bellamy have a bust up in the corner flag. Hunt threw a punch there!
    • 85 West Ham miss another glorious chance to make it three. Carlton Cole is clean through in the area, but Hahnemann saves the low shot with his foot.
    • 83 The ball falls nicely for Ingimarsson on the edge of the area, but he completely misses the ball with his shot!
    • 82 But as soon as Reading get a chance they're on the attack. Convey whips in a dangerous cross towards Kitson, but it's just cut out and put behind for a Reading corner.
    • 81 West Ham are taking the sting out of things. They make a defensive change - Spector on for Bowyer.
    • 77 Doyle flashes a shot just wide. Reading are really going for this, but they need to show more composure up front.
    • 76 But Green saves from Doyle! The England goalkeeper dived low to his left to parry the Irishman's spot kick.
    • 75 Penalty to Reading! Green brought down Kitson as the pair raced for a loose ball. It was a clear foul. Green is lucky not to pick up a second yellow card there. He was cautioned earlier for time-wasting.
    • 74 Reading make their final change. Long term injury victim Convey comes on for Lita.
    • 72 Lita flashes a shot wide from just inside the six yard box. He'd done well to get on the end of a Doyle cross from the left, but he couldn't control his effort.
    • 71 West Ham should have finished this off by now after those chances for Bowyer and Etherington. Reading are going for broke and playing an amazingly high line in defence.
    • 68 Reading make another change. New boy Cisse is on for Gunnarsson in midfield.
    • 67 No. Great save by the American keeper to keep the game alive.
    • 67 Etherington is one on one with Hahnemann. Can he make it three?
    • 64 Now West Ham make a change. Carlton Cole is on for Dean Ashton up front.
    • 62 Big chance for Bowyer. He was clear on goal, but his left footed shot went wide.
    • 61 Substitution for Reading. They bring on Dave Kitson for Fae.
    • 58 Etherington makes a lively run down the left. It comes to nothing but the winger's obviously enjoying himself out there. He looks back to somewhere near his best.
    • 56 Lita dribbles into the box menacingly. But he's well tackled by Neill.
    • 52 Corner number nine almost pays off for Reading. The cross finds Duberry in space, but the defender gets under his header and sends it into the crowd behind the goal.
    • 50 You have to feel sorry for Reading. They really shouldn't be two down here, but West Ham's counter attacking play has been superb.
    • 49 GOAL! Etherington doubles West Ham's lead. West Ham caught Reading on the break again. A clever one-two between Etherington and Bellamy sent the left-winger through on goal and he finished powerfully.
    • 46 No changes from either side at the break, but Bellamy did seem to be worrying about his thigh in the warm-up. He might have a problem there.
    • 46 The second half gets under way.
    • 45 Howard Webb blows his whistle for half time. Reading can consider themselves unlucky to be behind, but the extra class West Ham have in attack is the difference so far.
    • 44 Noble shoots straight at Hahnemann from the edge of the area after a corner is cleared out to him.
    • 44 West Ham are slowing down the pace of the game now with some nice possession football.
    • 42 Hunt hits the bar for Reading! His delicate shot from the edge of the area bounces off the top of the crossbar.
    • 41 Fae wins corner number seven for Reading, but again West Ham clear.
    • 39 West Ham win a corner now and they almost score. The second ball fell to Bowyer who controlled nicely, but fired a left footed volley wide.
    • 37 And West Ham make a lightning break. Bellamy bears down on goal on the left wing. He crosses to Noble, but his pass goes to an opposition player.
    • 37 No
    • 37 Yet ANOTHER corner to Reading. Will this one come to anything?
    • 35 Duberry makes a diving header from a cross from the left... but it falls wide of the left-hand post.
    • 35 That one comes to nothing... but Doyle promptly wins another corner.
    • 34 Doyle chases down a long ball wide on the left to win a corner off Ferdinand.
    • 32 Reading are making loads of chances. This time a deep cross from Hunt goes all the way to Fae on the other wing. He finds Doyle... but the forward's shot is charged down and is collected easily by Robert Green in the West Ham goal.
    • 30 Shorey whips in a free kick from the left this side. Terrible defending by West Ham, who let the ball go straight across the six yard box. But somehow Reading don't score.
    • 27 Replays suggest the 'foul' by Anton Ferdinand was actually just inside the area. It would have a harsh though. Ferdinand pushed Lita, but the striker fell down far too easily.
    • 27 Leroy Lita takes a tumble on the edge of the area, but Howard Webb waves play on.
    • 25 Fae makes a strong run down the right wing. He breaks into the box, but his cross is woeful. Goal kick.
    • 22 Lita heads wide from a wicked Shorey cross from a free kick wide on the right. He could have done more with that.
    • 20 Etherington then tries kicking the ball out of the Reading keeper's hands. Nice try... but it's obviously a free kick!
    • 20 George McCartney finds himself in all sorts of space on the left wing. He has loads of time to find a team mate in the centre, but his cross goes straight to Hahnemann.
    • 18 Dean Ashton does really well to scoop a cross in from the byline. But it's cut out by a Reading defender.
    • 16 A long ball over the top almost puts Bellamy through again. Hahnemann comes out of his area to clear just in time, but Craig Bellamy is making Duberry and Ingimarsson look very, very slow.
    • 15 Reading have a free kick on the edge of the area. Fae knocks it in, but West Ham clear and break quickly. Etherington steams down the left and crosses for Noble who's arriving late into the box... but he shoots over!
    • 14 Which again comes to nothing. But Reading are having a right go now.
    • 13 Stephen Hunt makes a great run down the left. His deep cross is headed out for a corner.
    • 12 Harper has another shot from the edge of the away. It defects narrowly wide off Upson for a corner, which is well defended again.
    • 10 Reading win a corner, but again it's cleared away comfortably by the away side.
    • 9 Chance falls to Harper on the edge of the area... but the Reading midfielder doesn't connect well with the shot. It's cleared away.
    • 8' Reading are reacting strongly to that early blow. The ball falls to Lita in the area, but he can't do anything with it and West Ham scramble the ball away.
    • 5 GOAL! Craig Bellamy is put through by Lee Bowyer. He finishes first time after one touch. The keeper had no chance.
    • 3 Reading win a corner, but it comes to nothing.
    • 2' Leroy Lita and Lucas Neill have clashed by the corner flag already. Could be an interesting battle that.
    • 1 We're under way here. The Hammers will be looking to avenge last year's 6-0 drubbing in this fixture.
    • 1' Welcome to EUROSPORT's live coverage of Reading v West Ham.

  • Team Stats

    Reading Stats West Ham
    51% Possession 48%
    13 Shots 16
    2 Shots on target 8
    0 Saves 0
    14 Corners 4
    14 Fouls 10
    1 Offsides 6
    0 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    21 Tackles 29
    230 Accurate passes 212
    79 Bad passes 36

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Reading
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Marcus Hahnemann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 0
      16 Ivar Ingimarsson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 25 10 1
      3 Nicky Shorey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 22 0
      2 Graeme Murty 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 27 4 4
      29 Michael Duberry 0 1 0 4 3 0 0 8 1 0
      6 Brynjar Gunnarsson 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 22 5 5
      20 Emerse Fae 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 3 2
      15 James Harper 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 30 8 2
      10 Stephen Hunt 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 19 13 3
      8 Leroy Lita 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 12 2 0
      9 Kevin Doyle 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 16 4 2
      17 Bobby Convey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 1
      12 Dave Kitson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0
      4 Khalifa Cissé 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
      32 Adam Federici 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 André Stéphane Bikey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • West Ham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Robert Green 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0
      5 Anton Ferdinand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 5
      3 George McCartney 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 18 8 5
      2 Lucas Neill 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 29 1 6
      6 Matthew Upson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 5 1
      16 Mark Noble 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 38 4 4
      17 Hayden Mullins 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 24 4 1
      29 Lee Bowyer 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 16 0 2
      11 Matthew Etherington 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 24 4 1
      9 Dean Ashton 0 2 1 4 2 2 0 7 1 1
      10 Craig Bellamy 1 3 1 0 3 3 1 29 6 1
      18 Jonathan Spector 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
      12 Carlton Cole 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 4 1 1
      4 Daniel Gabbidon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      34 Luis Boa Morte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Richard Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90 GOAL! Etherington finally makes it three for West Ham. The wide man was put clean through on goal and this time managed to find the net.
    • 87 Stephen Hunt and Craig Bellamy have a bust up in the corner flag. Hunt threw a punch there!
    • 85 West Ham miss another glorious chance to make it three. Carlton Cole is clean through in the area, but Hahnemann saves the low shot with his foot.
    • 83 The ball falls nicely for Ingimarsson on the edge of the area, but he completely misses the ball with his shot!
    • 81 West Ham are taking the sting out of things. They make a defensive change - Spector on for Bowyer.
    • 76 But Green saves from Doyle! The England goalkeeper dived low to his left to parry the Irishman's spot kick.
    • 75 Penalty to Reading! Green brought down Kitson as the pair raced for a loose ball. It was a clear foul. Green is lucky not to pick up a second yellow card there. He was cautioned earlier for time-wasting.
    • 72 Lita flashes a shot wide from just inside the six yard box. He'd done well to get on the end of a Doyle cross from the left, but he couldn't control his effort.
    • 67 Etherington is one on one with Hahnemann. Can he make it three?
    • 62 Big chance for Bowyer. He was clear on goal, but his left footed shot went wide.
    • 61 Substitution for Reading. They bring on Dave Kitson for Fae.
    • 49 GOAL! Etherington doubles West Ham's lead. West Ham caught Reading on the break again. A clever one-two between Etherington and Bellamy sent the left-winger through on goal and he finished powerfully.
    • 42 Hunt hits the bar for Reading! His delicate shot from the edge of the area bounces off the top of the crossbar.
    • 39 West Ham win a corner now and they almost score. The second ball fell to Bowyer who controlled nicely, but fired a left footed volley wide.
    • 35 Duberry makes a diving header from a cross from the left... but it falls wide of the left-hand post.
    • 30 Shorey whips in a free kick from the left this side. Terrible defending by West Ham, who let the ball go straight across the six yard box. But somehow Reading don't score.
    • 25 Fae makes a strong run down the right wing. He breaks into the box, but his cross is woeful. Goal kick.
    • 22 Lita heads wide from a wicked Shorey cross from a free kick wide on the right. He could have done more with that.
    • 15 Reading have a free kick on the edge of the area. Fae knocks it in, but West Ham clear and break quickly. Etherington steams down the left and crosses for Noble who's arriving late into the box... but he shoots over!
    • 5 GOAL! Craig Bellamy is put through by Lee Bowyer. He finishes first time after one touch. The keeper had no chance.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Howard Webb

  • Reading

    Manager: Steve Coppell

    On the Field

    • Hahnemann
    • Murty
    • Duberry
    • Ingimarsson
    • Shorey
    • Fae
    • Gunnarsson
    • Harper
    • Hunt
    • Doyle
    • Lita

    Subs

    • Kitson
    • Convey
    • Bikey
    • Federici
    • Cisse

    Injured

    • Oster
    • Little
    • Sonko
    • Long

    Suspended

    None

  • West Ham

    Manager: Alan Curbishley

    On the Field

    • Green
    • Neill
    • Ferdinand
    • Upson
    • McCartney
    • Bowyer
    • Mullins
    • Noble
    • Etherington
    • Ashton
    • Bellamy

    Subs

    • Wright
    • Boa Morte
    • Gabbidon
    • Cole
    • Spector

    Injured

    • Ljungberg
    • Parker
    • Dyer
    • Quashie
    • Davenport
    • Faubert

    Suspended

    None