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West Ham United’s first-year scholars secured their place in the quarter-finals of the U17 Premier League Cup earlier this week with a 3-1 win over defending champions Tottenham Hotspur.

A competition reserved for players born on or after 1 September 2008, our squad, mainly comprised of first-year scholars and a handful of schoolboys, have cruised through to the knockout stages of the competition with three wins out of three, scoring eleven goals and conceding just three.

Mirroring the format of the U18 Premier League Cup, which our young Hammers won last season, only the winners from the eight different groups progress through to the quarter-finals. The 32 teams include all 29 Category One Academies as well as Watford, Charlton Athletic and Swansea City.

Our U17s began their Group G campaign with a 4-0 victory at Ipswich Town on 16 September, before a 4-2 home triumph over Norwich City on 30 September set up a winner-takes-all tie at Rush Green Stadium against London rivals Tottenham.

Under the lights on Tuesday night at the first-team training ground, our U17s claimed a comfortable 3-1 win over the Lilywhites, the only side to have won this competition twice since its inception in 2021.

The other seven teams to join us in the last eight are Crystal Palace, Leicester City, Liverpool, Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and West Bromwich Albion.

Taking a look back at a classic West Ham United moment on this day in history...

It is a moment that will be talked about by West Ham United supporters for generations to come.

Three goals down at Tottenham Hotspur with eight minutes of the 90 left to play on this day in 2020, West Ham looked dead and buried. But Fabián Balbuena’s header and a Davinson Sánchez own-goal gave the visitors hope.

It was hope that Manuel Lanzini cashed in on with a quite magnificent leveller in the fourth minute of stoppage time.

Aaron Cresswell’s wide free-kick was headed out to Lanzini, who paid no attention to Harry Winks closing in, fading an unstoppable first-time 25-yard shot beyond Hugo Lloris’ reach and into the top corner via the underside of the crossbar, sparking wild celebrations on the pitch and in the Hammers' technical area and dugout.

“I didn’t think anything, I just shot, and man it was so good!” Lanzini later smiled.

It will be remembered as a fine individual strike, but Lanzini was quick to point out the role Angelo Ogbonna played in disrupting Winks’ attempts to block his path to goal.

“Angelo did a good job because he gave me the time to shoot and put the ball there,” he explained. “Maybe Winks could block without that.”

The Tottenham man could not get there, though, with an unforgettable result, and Lanzini rates the goal as the finest he has ever netted: “It was a difficult shot, the first goal I’ve scored like that in my career. We were 3-0 down and had nothing to lose. It’s probably the best goal I’ve ever scored!”

Three second-half goals condemned West Ham United to a 3-0 home Premier League defeat by Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.

Pape Matar Sarr, Lucas Bergvall and Micky van de Ven found the net in the space of 19 minutes after the break as Thomas Frank’s side took the derby honours at London Stadium.

In the midst of Spurs’ three-goal salvo, West Ham also had Tomáš Souček sent-off for serious foul play, completing a difficult evening for head coach Graham Potter and his squad.

Kyle Walker-Peters expressed his frustration after three second-half goals condemned West Ham United to a disappointing 3-0 defeat at home to Tottenham Hotspur.

The Hammers started brightly in front of a vociferous crowd at London Stadium, with arguably the best chance of the half falling to Lucas Paquetá, who narrowly shot wide shortly after the quarter-hour mark following a neat move that was partly initiated by Walker-Peters.

Captain Jarrod Bowen had a go at goal in the very early stages of the second period, but Pape Matar Sarr’s 47th-minute header shifted the momentum in the visitors’ favour, and a Tomáš Souček red card, for a mis-timed tackle on João Palhinha, put West Ham further on the back foot.

Another header, from Lucas Bergvall, and a close-range Micky van de Ven finish put the result beyond doubt, and Walker-Peters explained that there was a sense of what might have been in the home dressing room at full-time.

“In the first half, we felt like we had a certain amount of control,” said our No2, who came through the youth ranks at Tottenham, and scored one goal in 24 senior appearances for the north Londoners between 2017 and 2020.

“We had some good chances, made good decisions, and just didn't put the ball in the back of the net. In the end, we were punished for that, and that just shows the level that we’re playing at.

“In the Premier League, you have to be ruthless when you get opportunities, because it’s hard to get those openings, and teams make you pay, like Spurs have done today.

“We need to go away and analyse the goals. It (set-pieces) is something we’ve been really working on, so we have to look at that and improve for the next game.

“We also need to make sure we dust ourselves down quickly after we concede goals, stay focused and keep ourselves in the game. We’ve got things to look at, but in the end I think today just wasn’t meant for us.”

A third defeat in four Premier League outings so far in 2025/26 pushes West Ham back down the table, to 18th at the time of writing, and Walker-Peters stressed how hard the team will work to bounce back at the first time of asking against Crystal Palace next Saturday.

On a personal note, the 28-year-old is pleased to have been picked from the start in each of the Hammers’ last three outings in all competitions, and he is hoping to play a key role in a charge up the ranks in the weeks to come.

Walker-Peters added: “It’s important not to get too high or low in football. We’re obviously very disappointed tonight, and this hurts for sure, but come Monday, we’ll get back to work and start focusing on putting things right against Crystal Palace.

“I am enjoying being here at the Club, and being in the team. The boys and the management have made it really easy for me to settle in, so that’s all been really good. Obviously now a run of results is the next thing, and hopefully I can play a part in making that happen.”

Head Coach Graham Potter said a defensive lapse to concede the opening goal ultimately set his West Ham United team on course for a 3-0 home Premier League defeat by Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday evening.

The Hammers had played well in the first half, creating chances and going close to opening the scoring through Lucas Paquetá, but were ultimately unable to break the deadlock in their favour before the break.

Then, within two minutes of the restart, Pape Matar Sarr was left unmarked from Xavi Simons’ corner and powered a header into the home net.

Tomáš Souček was then sent-off for a high tackle on João Palhinha and Spurs took advantage against ten men, closing the game out quickly through Lucas Bergvall’s header and Micky van de Ven’s low shot.

For West Ham, who fielded four summer signings, including 20-year-old El Hadji Malick Diouf and 21-year-old Mateus Fernandes, and had Crysencio Summerville making his first start since January, it was a challenging second half.

Potter felt his team had played well until falling behind, praised the performance of 21-year-old debutant Soungoutou Magassa off the substitutes’ bench, and said conceding the opening goal and going a man down so soon afterwards had ultimately changed the course of the game in Tottenham’s favour.

I’m disappointed of course with the end result in the second half because we made one mistake.

We had defended the set-pieces well and we made a mistake for the first goal.

Obviously the red card quickly in the space of five minutes changes the dynamic because they get another goal and then we're on the back foot.

For the first half, I thought it was a decent performance. There were lots of positives in the first half and that's the painful thing because the scoreline in the end is completely unpleasant for us.

But at the same time there were glimpses of positivity, I thought, especially in the first half. Like I said, the second half, the game goes away from us so quickly and that's the level and we have to learn from that. Like I said, the first half is what we have to focus on and remain positive.

I thought the front four were dangerous in the first half.

I thought they were supported well with Kyle Walker-Peters on the right, and supported well with Malik Diouf on the left.

I don't think Tottenham's chances against us created too much at all. They had pressure and set-pieces which is what we had to deal with and again I thought we dealt with them well until the start of the second half when we made a mistake.

And that's again the level, the detail, the margins and then we went 1-0 behind and quickly went down to ten men.

The game changed at that point and then it's an uncomfortable second half for us, there's no doubt.

We want to give our supporters more but, when the scoreline was what it was, it was a difficult evening for the boys.

At the moment we're just hurting because we've lost the game, I understand that completely.

We've played two games at home against the World Club champions and another team that's also in the Champions League, so there's quality against us. Nevertheless, we're disappointed because we wanted to do better, we wanted to have more points.

Mateus was good, coming back from international duty was not easy for him. It was Cry's first start and there's positives there that Malik was really good, that Soungou did well in difficult circumstances when he came on.

Kyle, I thought played well, so there were individuals that were there, but it's difficult to say that because the scoreline is what it is and we're all hurting from that.

We have to dust ourselves down.

It is what it is, we have to deal with it and then we have to move forward, but the boys are an honest group, they are, and we'll be ready.

Three goals inside the opening 19 minutes of the second half sent West Ham United to a 3-0 defeat by Tottenham Hotspur at London Stadium.

The Irons started strongly and went close to taking a 14th minute lead when Kyle Walker-Peters led a break down the right. Jarrod Bowen and Mateus Fernandes combined to set-up Lucas Paquetá, who sold Pedro Porro a dummy but then placed his shot wide.

Tottenham thought they had taken the lead shortly afterwards, but Micky van der Ven was penalised for a push on Walker-Peters before Cristian Romero headed Mohammed Kudus' corner home.

The visitors grew in strength as the half wore on, but the Irons repelled their efforts to ensure they went back to the changing rooms level.

However, the north Londoners were proving dangerous from set-pieces and a corner two minutes after the break paved the way for the game's first goal as Sarr found space at the back post to nod into the net.

Tomáś Souček was then sent-off for a high tackle on Joǎo Palhinha before Lucas Bergvall's header doubled the advantage in a nightmare start to the second period.

With 63 minutes on the clock Bergvall turned provider, running into the box to lay-off to van der Ven for a measured finish.

West Ham United 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League, London Stadium, Saturday 13 September 2025, 5.30pm BST

Three second-half goals condemned West Ham United to a 3-0 home Premier League defeat by Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.

Pape Matar Sarr, Lucas Bergvall and Micky van de Ven found the net in the space of 19 minutes after the break as Thomas Frank’s side took the derby honours at London Stadium.

In the midst of Spurs’ three-goal salvo, West Ham also had Tomáš Souček sent-off for serious foul play, completing a difficult evening for head coach Graham Potter and his squad.

The first half was a stop-start affair, with six goal attempts interspersed with ten free-kicks, including the one awarded for a foul by Micky van de Ven that caused Cristian Romero’s 18th-minute header to be disallowed by referee Jarred Gillett.

If not incensed, Spurs were disappointed by the Australian’s whistle for van de Ven’s push on Kyle Walker-Peters, which created space for Romero to nod Mohammed Kudus’s near-post corner past Mads Hermansen.

And the visitors were complaining again on 35 minutes when Mateus Fernandes and van de Ven wrestled in the West Ham penalty area as Kudus delivered another inswinging corner, but Gillett and VAR John Brooks both decided a foul had not been committed.

Before those two moments, West Ham had started the better, with El Hadji Malick Diouf and Crysencio Summerville – making his first start since January – repeatedly speeding down the Hammers’ left, and Walker-Peters and Jarrod Bowen doing likewise down the right.

On 14 minutes, Walker-Peters, Fernandes and Bowen combined to set up Lucas Paquetá, whose feint created space for a shot, only for the Brazilian to drag wide. Either side, delicious Diouf crosses just eluded Bowen and Fernandes.

West Ham’s threat receded, though, with Tottenham enjoying increasing spells of possession in the home half and looking dangerous from the eight corners they won in the opening 45 minutes.

From one, Maximilian Kilman blocked a Pape Matar Sarr header narrowly wide. From another, two minutes before half-time, Hermansen clawed Kudus’s initial delivery away, then produced a superb point-blank save to keep out Romero’s follow-up shot, keeping the game goalless going into the break.

Sadly, it did not remain that way for long and by the midway point of the second half Tottenham were out of sight and West Ham were down to ten men.

After Bowen had shot wide, an unmarked Sarr powered in Xavi Simons’ corner at the far post less than two minutes in.

West Ham briefly rallied, with Vicario saving from Bowen and catching Diouf’s header, and Kilman heading over, but the game was soon over.

On 55 minutes, Souček’s chest control let him down and, in his eagerness to recover, he slid and caught Palhinha high on the shin. Gillett immediately showed the Czech a red card on his 250th appearance for the Club.

Within 90 seconds, Romero picked out Lucas Bergvall and the Swede sent a header looping over Hermansen and into the net.

Then, minutes after Potter had sent on Soungoutou Magassa for his debut, teenager Bergvall squared and van de Ven swept home a third.

The remainder of the game was, predictably, played in the home half as the ten men in Claret and Blue sought to keep the score down, and Hermansen and substitute Andy Irving did their bit in added-time, both denying Kudus a goal on his return.

West Ham United: Hermansen, Walker-Peters, Mavropanos, Kilman, Diouf, Fernandes (Magassa 61), Ward-Prowse (Irving 90+1), Souček, Summerville (Luis Guilherme 61), Bowen ©, Paquetá (Wilson 68)

Subs: Areola (GK), Wan-Bissaka, Igor, Potts, Füllkrug

Sent-off: Souček 55

Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario, Porro, Romero ©, van de Ven (Danso 80), Spence (Udogie 71), Palhinha, Bergvall (Johnson 80), Sarr, Kudus, Simons (Richarlison 71), Tel (Odobert 79)

Subs: Kinský (GK), Davies, Bentancur, Kolo Muani

Goals: Sarr 47, Bergvall 57, van de Ven 64

Booked: Spence

Referee: Jarred Gillett

Attendance: 62,459

West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League, London Stadium, Saturday 13 September 2025, 5.30pm BST

Tomáš Souček makes his 250th appearance for West Ham United in Saturday’s Premier League fixture with Tottenham Hotspur at London Stadium.

The 2021 Hammer of the Year and 2023 UEFA Europa Conference League winner becomes the 54th player to reach the milestone, and just the second non-British and Irish player to do so, following his Czech compatriot Luděk Mikloško.

Souček will appear in the Premier League for the 198th time since debuting in a 3-3 home draw with Brighton & Hove Albion on 1 February 2020, three days after joining from Slavia Prague.

The 30-year-old has been a huge presence in the West Ham midfield over the previous five-and-a-half seasons, scoring 42 goals and assisting 13, while making numerous important clearances and interceptions and winning hundreds of aerial duels.

Today’s game marks Souček’s 13th career appearance against Spurs, and he will be looking to replicate the goal he scored here against our north London rivals in August 2022.

He will line up in midfield alongside Mateus Fernandes and James Ward-Prowse as head coach Graham Potter makes one change to the team which kicked-off the 3-0 win at Nottingham Forest nearly a fortnight ago.

Crysencio Summerville makes his first start since January after impressing as a substitute at Forest on his return from injury, setting up Jarrod Bowen’s opener, winning the penalty for Lucas Paquetá’s second and being part of the move for Callum Wilson’s third.

Niclas Füllkrug moves to the substitutes’ bench in the only switch from the victory in the East Midlands.

Mads Hermansen, who kept his first clean sheet for the Club at the City Ground, continues in goal.

Kyle Walker-Peters and El Hadji Malick Diouf will fill the full-back positions, with the latter looking to make it back-to-back appearances with an assist after setting up Wilson’s late goal in Nottingham. Walker-Peters has also registered an assist since arriving in the summer, crossing for Souček to score in the Carabao Cup tie at Wolverhampton Wanderers in August.

Dinos Mavropanos and Maximilian Kilman will form the centre-back partnership. Kilman enjoyed four Premier League wins over Tottenham during his time at Wolves.

Portugal U21 star Fernandes makes his home debut, having impressed in his first appearance for the Club at Nottingham Forest, while Ward-Prowse continues his record of having appeared in every game under Potter since returning from a loan spell at the City Ground in early February.

Paquetá will seek to continue his outstanding start to the 2025/26 campaign. The No10 has scored three goals in four appearances for West Ham, including one in each of the previous two Premier League games against Chelsea and Forest and one at Wolves in the Carabao Cup. The 28-year-old also found the net for Brazil in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying win over Chile during the September international window.

Captain Bowen also scored at the City Ground in our previous Premier League fixture. The England international has three goals against Spurs to his name, including one in a 2-1 victory in north London in December 2023.

The substitutes’ bench looks strong, with City Ground goalscorer Wilson and fellow centre-forward Füllkrug, who has recovered from the calf injury he suffered while on international duty with Germany, both included.

Potential debutants Soungoutou Magassa and Igor are also among the potential replacements, as are Alphonse Areola, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Freddie Potts, Andy Irving and Luis Guilherme, who has recovered from a shoulder injury.

Returnee Łukasz Fabiański will warm-up with the goalkeepers, but is not included in the matchday 20, while Ollie Scarles, Jean-Clair Todibo and Guido Rodríguez miss out after being unused substitutes at Nottingham Forest.

West Ham United: Hermansen, Walker-Peters, Mavropanos, Kilman, Diouf, Fernandes, Ward-Prowse, Souček, Summerville, Bowen ©, Paquetá

Subs: Areola (GK), Wan-Bissaka, Igor, Magassa, Potts, Irving, Luis Guilherme, Wilson, Füllkrug

Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario, Porro, Romero ©, van de Ven, Spence, Palhinha, Bergvall, Sarr, Kudus, Simons, Tel

Subs: Kinsky (GK), Danso, Udogie, Davies, Bentancur, Odobert, Richarlison, Kolo Muani

Referee: Jarred Gillett