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00:002001 and already a season of mixed fortunes for Everton who'd briefly led the Premier League at one point
00:05But they came into this match in poor form having lost their last three
00:10Visitors West Ham United arrived all the more confident for their recent success against Newcastle United
00:15The season though was still in its early stages and the blue half of Merseyside remained optimistic
00:2132,000 inside Goodison for this one
00:24To try and stop the rot Walter Smith gave Thomas Radzinski his first start in midfield
00:29He was hoping the inspiration of Paul Gascoyne and the physical presence of Thomas Graveson would hold sway
00:36A year earlier Paolo D'Acanio had made headlines with one of the season's great sporting gestures by refusing a goal-scoring opportunity
00:43He wasn't planning any further favours today
00:46Rigobert Song replaced the suspended Thomas Repke, Don Hutchison came up against his former club
00:52Now in his fourth year as Everton manager
00:54There was significant pressure on Walter Smith to deliver while Glen Roder was embarking on his first full season as manager of the Hammers
01:01your match commentator is John Champion
01:05A pleasant autumnal afternoon as Paul Dirkin
01:09Blows his whistle and gets his underway
01:13Everton beaten in their last three games, but with an early chance here for Kevin Campbell, which is blocked by Rigobert Song
01:19West Ham fresh from their first win of the season last weekend
01:243-0 over Newcastle
01:26Both these sides
01:28Come here after awkward experiences in the League Cup in the week
01:32With defeats on penalties, Everton to Crystal Palace, West Ham are the hands of Reading
01:38The hands of Reading
01:46Everton with seven points from their six games so far sitting in 11th place in the Premier League table
01:56It's over hit by Steve Watson
02:03The travelling West Ham support
02:06Making itself heard already
02:09Here's Winterburn
02:15Now Alexanderson
02:17Quickly past Winterburn
02:19Ratzinski
02:23It's come loose and Sheffield's been forced to clear
02:27Thomas Ratzinski making his first start for Everton
02:31So close to marking that occasion with a goal
02:36Searching run from Alexanderson beyond Winterburn and Hutchison
02:42And when it came loose, Sebastian Schemmel was on hand
02:46Walter Smith in his fourth season in charge of Everton
02:50It was 16th last season
02:53With 42 points, it was less than comfortable for them
02:57Kanuta
02:59Paul Gascoigne came in slightly recklessly and he's gone down clutching his knee
03:05And here's an early concern for Everton
03:09Freddie Kanuta's in the wars as well but
03:12Paul Gascoigne came in, swung that right leg and seemed to stub it into the turf
03:18And has jarred the right knee
03:21Faces of concern for Ken Wright, Sir Philip Carter and Walter Smith
03:29Gascoigne still receiving treatment
03:33So Everton playing with ten effectively for the time being
03:37Ratzinski
03:39Kevin Campbell
03:48And now it's West Ham's turn
03:51And it's a penalty
03:54It's a penalty as through ball comes to nothing
03:57And Everton have got to make a decision here about Paul Gascoigne
04:02Judging from his body language, he wants to come back on
04:06But the Everton staff seem reluctant
04:13Shades of NFA Cup final those years ago and the
04:16Very reckless challenge that day on Gary Charles that ruled him out for so long
04:22Self-inflicted injury
04:28Here's Winterburn
04:31Gascoigne walking quite gingerly back towards the halfway line on that far side
04:36Accompanied by the newly appointed physio here, Rob Riles
04:46And now the debate can take place as to whether Gascoigne
04:50Will, can, should continue
04:54And the consensus seems to be that they need to make a change
04:58And so Mark Pembridge is going to come on
05:06After only five minutes of play
05:12Not the start that Walter Smith wanted
05:15He's learning about the severity of the problem from Rob Riles
05:22Song, back on Merseyside
05:25Stimped with Liverpool
05:29Kanute
05:34An elusive player at his best, Freddy Kanute
05:37Signing from Lyon
05:42David Wearaway
05:45Michael Carrick
05:49Kanute has stayed wide
05:55Sinclair
05:56Hutchison
05:58And Di Canio deflected over
06:03A very warm reception when he came out today, Paolo Di Canio after
06:07That remarkable act of sportsmanship here last year where he declined the opportunity to score the winning goal because
06:13An opponent was injured
06:18Kanute
06:28Anxious times for Walter Smith
06:33Gravesen
06:42Matinski beaten in the air by Schemmel
06:45Larry Naismith will try and make something of it
07:01Now Pembridge
07:04Helped on its way up and beyond the bar
07:07By Shaka Hizlop
07:12Pembridge recruited to add bite to the Everton midfield
07:15And a goal scoring threat too
07:19Everton's confidence
07:21Dented by that 4-1 defeated Old Trafford
07:23A 3-1 loss in the derby to Liverpool
07:261-0 defeat of Blackburn
07:29Three losses in a row
07:32And this after that bright start to the season
07:35Seven points from the opening three games
07:38And top position for 48 hours at least
07:43Now back in mid-table
07:47It's lofted by Carrick
07:49Xavier
07:53Back whence it came with Michael Carrick
07:57Di Canio
08:05Campbell
08:06Pembridge
08:08Dane
08:09Gravesen
08:13Steve Watson
08:25Laurent Courtois
08:29Kanuta
08:35West Ham have failed to score in three of their five
08:38Premier League outings so far this season
08:40This is promising though with Schemmel
08:42Oh and Di Canio
08:47Well they couldn't have hoped for a much more presentable chance than that
08:52It's neatly worked
08:54Schemmel's ball in and it just needed a touch
09:00Agonisingly wide
09:06Overcloved
09:07by Xavier
09:11Di Canio
09:13Difficult for him to hide after a mistake
09:20Pembridge
09:21Radzinski
09:22Campbell
09:24This is better for Everton
09:26It's Thomas Radzinski
09:30Thomas Gravesen
09:32Song
09:36Caught a slip off the outside edge
09:41Smile of relief as much as anything and a
09:43frown of disapproval from the bench
09:52Schemmel
09:56Sinclair
09:59Kanuta
10:04It wasn't as tight as it might have been
10:06Space and time by Xavier
10:12It's a luxury you can't really afford
10:14Freddy Kanuta too frequently
10:31Harvey Smith had so much success with his
10:33Rangers
10:34Began as the youth team coach at Dundee United
10:43Glenn Roeder in his first full season in charge of West Ham
10:46Only the ninth manager in the club's history
10:51Campbell
10:53Left aside by Gravesen
10:56Canadian Radzinski
11:03Proving centre
11:05And it's still in play
11:07Gravesen
11:10Alexander-Serne
11:11Campbell
11:13That's a really well worked goal
11:17And it owes an awful lot to the persistence and
11:19concentration of Thomas Radzinski
11:25Archie Knox and Walter Smith
11:28Delighted with a lead established in the final
11:30minute of this first half
11:34Alexander-Serne initially
11:37And the minute firm and downward
11:41And scoring
11:43From Kevin Campbell
11:48It is fourth of the season
11:56Everton have shown greater ambition than West Ham
11:58on the whole
12:00So maybe on that basis alone they deserve their lead
12:04Whistle for half time
12:08And a different feel, a different mood
12:10Thanks to Kevin Campbell's goal in the 45th minute
12:12of this first half
12:14Dispatched well from Alexander-Serne's cross
12:16Everton 1
12:17West Ham 0
12:25West Ham have lost every away game so far
12:29Four in total
12:31And their only goal has been a Paolo Di Canio penalty
12:34at Elland Road against Leeds
12:40So they have a trend that they need to buck
12:44Here's Radzinski though for Everton
12:51It's been a lively presence, the man signed from Anderlecht
12:55Plenty of international experience with Canada
13:01Winterburn
13:06Alexander-Serne
13:09Radzinski
13:16Foul by Winterburn on Alexander-Serne
13:26An opportunity for Mark Pembridge to use his
13:28trusty left foot of his to swing this in
13:34It's Pembridge
13:36Oh, and it's in!
13:38And it's an own goal by Don Hutchison
13:45It's a horrible mess
13:49Hutchison who's scored enough goals
13:51in Everton blue on this ground
13:55Now he's got a chance
13:56on this ground
13:58Now contributes to their cause again
14:01They're playing in Clarendon blue
14:05Delivery was excellent from Pembridge
14:08But Hislop and Hutchison
14:11confounded each other's attempts to clear
14:18Player sold by Walter Smith to Sunderland
14:22Don Hutchison
14:24Has helped establish a 2-0 Everton lead
14:28Not been a happy hunting ground since he left
14:30He was sent off here with Sunderland last season
14:37Di Canio
14:42Ahead of Naismith
14:45It's a throw
14:46Now he gives his all to whatever cause he's pursuing
14:52A nifty bit of business to move him on by Walter Smith
14:54if he's still got a score for Everton
14:58Di Canio
15:00And Canute
15:02Top of the bar
15:08The shake of the head
15:10By the striker recruited from France
15:12The shake of the head
15:14By the striker recruited from France
15:32Sink there
15:34Ball was put out of play by Pembridge
15:37Here's Canute
15:43Weir
15:46It's a foul
15:51Canute penalised
15:57I don't know how long this time
16:03So many absences through injury Paul Gascoigne
16:13Pembridge
16:30Carrick
16:33Di Canio
16:37No problem for Paul Gerrard
16:43Never played with any flow today West Ham
16:58Carrick
17:03Gravesen
17:06Radzinski to his left
17:09Campbell now to his right
17:11But Gravesen's still got it and he's scored
17:16West Ham backed off and backed off and invited him
17:19to have a pop
17:26And his response has in all probability put this game beyond West Ham now
17:33Plenty of opportunity for a challenge to be made
17:36They jockeyed him and jockeyed him
17:39And then he outboxed them
17:44Created the angle
17:46Used it perfectly
17:51First goal in over a year for Thomas Gravesen
18:05Everton well on their way
18:09West Ham who failed to win here on their last seven visits
18:14And a hefty defeat is looming
18:23Very much like Handball but Paul Durkin was much closer than any of our cameras
18:32Courtois
18:36Weir's header
18:39Gay-Smith beaten by the bounce
18:42And Sinclair high and wide
18:54Fruitless afternoon for West Ham United
18:57What efforts they've had have generally been from long range
19:01Largely have been inaccurate
19:08Purchasen
19:11Carrick
19:13Gravesen got a foot to it
19:15Now he'll have a go
19:21Dipping viciously
19:39Puts that save into the useful category
19:53These two sides were level on points at the end of last season in the Premier League table
20:00And plenty between them today
20:01And here with the effort
20:13This was both inventive
20:15And dangerous from Thomas Gravesen
20:18Not the best out of his lot
20:19Thomas Gravesen
20:21Not the best out of his lot
20:30Alex Alderson
20:33Hits Campbell
20:37And it's straight at his lot
20:43And Everton are looking the likelier to score the next goal as well
20:47As we enter the final quarter of an hour
20:50Kevin Campbell
21:08Kevin Campbell
21:12Steve Watson
21:17Campbell
21:19Down this street end rising in expectation
21:22Here's Watson
21:25And again
21:27And it's four for Everton
21:38Steve Watson scores his first Premier League goal for the club
21:44Right hand of his lot
21:46Carried the first effort
21:48Could do nothing about the second
21:51Buccaneering run from an overlapping fullback
21:54Brings due reward
21:58And West Ham here are sinking without trace
22:07Via the armpit
22:09Of their goalkeeper
22:13A man given to easy smiles, Walter Smith
22:16Even in this situation
22:23Di Canio
22:28Trying to create an opportunity for himself
22:30Hit Weir
22:41Alex Alderson
22:46Carried
23:03Henrich
23:09Daley's mistake
23:11Here's Radzinski
23:13Angles difficult but not impossible
23:15What a mess
23:24But what an afternoon for Everton
23:28They lead 5-0
23:30And Thomas Radzinski
23:32Has marked his first start for the club
23:34With his first goal
23:39Christian Daley
23:41Almost exclusively at fault
23:43Very well to score from that far out
23:575-0 down
23:59A long way from home
24:13This is a day that West Ham will want to forget as quickly as they possibly can
24:17And that process starts now
24:20Handshake between Glenn Roder and Walter Smith
24:23Archie Knox and Paul Goddard, the two assistants
24:27As one side of the game
24:29As you are likely to see
24:30Applause
24:32From Bill Kenwright
24:33Up in the director's box
24:34And from right around the 32,000 crowd here at Goodison
24:38Goals from Campbell
24:40A Hutchess known goal
24:41Graveson, Watson and latterly Thomas Radzinski
24:44It was a stroll in the sunshine for Everton
24:46Who are definitely back on track
24:48The Hammers are struggling
24:49Beaten here at Goodison
24:51By five goals to nil
24:53A magnificent performance by Everton
24:55Who were finally able to shake themselves out of that poor run of form
25:00But what a disastrous return to Goodison it was
25:03For Don Hutchison in particular
25:05West Ham fans were able to take heart from their team's performances
25:08Later on that season
25:09Under Glenn Roder
25:10The Hammers managed to lift themselves up to 7th place
25:14Everton though finished just above the relegation zone
25:17Another desperately disappointing outcome
25:20For a club with such a proud and distinguished history