Remembering great goals: Carlton Cole's masterpiece for West Ham against Wigan in March 2009
In his 2014 autobiography, Sir Alex Ferguson confessed: «I hope that before I die, someone will explain to me what the «West Ham style» is. What is it, really? They last won a trophy back in 1980.» The legendary Scotsman said this in defence of his friend Sam Allardyce, whose direct, physical brand of football incited fierce debates among the regulars at Upton Park.