David Martin makes debut

David Martin made his first debut in a West Ham shirt for the Under 23’s in a friendly against a Brentford B team last night.

The 33-year-old son of Alvin Martin played all ninety minutes at Griffen park with 19-year-old Joseph Anang an un-used substitute.

The friendly with the Bees finished 2-2 with Antony Sully and Nathan Holland the two West Ham scorers.

West Ham United U23: Martin; Ashby (Parkes 59), Ngakia (Parker 44), Alese, Hannam (Belic 80); Rosa (Corbett 82), Forson (Powell 45); Kemp (Holland 45), Scully (Baptiste 68), Dju (Caiger 59); Afolayan (Akande 59)  Subs: Anang, Parker

The Hammers remain second in the Premier League 2 table division 2 behind Manchester United with both scoring the maximum six points from a perfect start of two wins out of two.

West Ham beat Newcastle in their opening game at home 3-0 and went on to beat Newcastle away 2-1 last Saturday, they face Reading at home this Friday for their third game of the season as they attempt promotion back to division one in Premier League 2.