Former Hammer Dave Cross spent six years at the club between 1977 – 1982 where he scored 99 goals from 234 appearances including a four nil win over Spurs where he scored all four goals.
Speaking exclusively to ClaretandHugh earlier this year– he declared: “It’s still my club, the first result I look for even though I am working for Blackburn Rovers on opposition analysis.”
In his role as an analyst of opposition teams in the Championship Dave nicknamed Psycho by West Ham fans has seen a lot of Michail Antonio and said: “He has tremendous pace and that’s scary. He is big and powerful. I think he was a terrific buy and could be a major player for us.”
In 2013 Psycho spoke to WHUFC.com to remember that historic 4-0 win over Spurs.
“For me to get four goals against Tottenham in a West Ham shirt was the pinnacle of my career in terms of the joy it bought to the West Ham fans. The first half of the match they pummelled us and all I could remember of the first half was chasing Steve Perryman up and down their right flank.
“Steve kept bombing on and I was just hoping we could get through to half-time at 0-0 but then Jimmy Neighbour got down the right-hand side managed to cross one in and I scored so we went in 1-0 up at half-time.
“The second-half we settled down played a lot better and I got the other three goals, so it was fantastic.”
“I probably played better in terms of my touch and what I did on the field but goals change everyone’s perception of games. Winning 4-0 at Tottenham with me getting all four goals and people still wanting to talk to me about it 30 years later shows that it must have meant so much to the Club and the fans that it’s got to be my biggest day in terms of what I did for the Club.”