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Former Hammer Paolo Di Canio completed his second night of a three-night tour with John Hartson last night. West Ham supporters have paid between £36 and £121 to listen to the West Ham legend at the Broadway in Barking.

Perhaps the most beloved West Ham player of the last 20 years, Paolo Di Canio excited and excelled, frustrated and, at times, overheated during his three-and-a-half seasons in Claret and Blue. He made 141 appearances scoring 51 goals between 1999-2003 for the Hammers.

The passionate Italian always wore his heart on his sleeve whenever he pulled on a Hammers shirt, having joined Harry Redknapp’s squad after being banned for pushing referee Paul Alcock while playing for previous club Sheffield Wednesday. However, the gamble paid off as Di Canio inspired West Ham to a fifth-place Premier League finish in his first few months in east London. Later the same year, 1999, he was part of the team which won the UEFA Intertoto Cup by defeating French club Metz over two legs.

The 1999/00 season also ended in memorable style as Di Canio scored an unforgettable volley in West Ham’s Premier League win over Wimbledon at the Boleyn Ground before being voted Hammer of the Year.

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I am Season Ticket Holder in West stand lower at the London Stadium and before that, I used to stand in the Sir Trevor Brooking Lower Row R seat 159 in the Boleyn Ground and in the Eighties I stood on the terraces of the old South Bank. I am a presenter on the West Ham Podcast called MooreThanJustaPodcast.co.uk. A Blogger on WestHamTillIdie.com a member of the West Ham Supporters Advisory Board (SAB), Founder of a Youtube channel called Mr West Ham Football at http://www.youtube.com/MrWestHamFootball,

I am also the associate editor here at Claret and Hugh.

Life Long singer of bubbles! Come on you Irons!

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