Nobody associated with West Ham has more reason to see off Everton on Saturday than manager Slaven Bilic.
For after 18 years, the boss meets the club he joined from the Irons back in 1997 and now catches up with them as Irons boss!.
He made just 28 appearances for Everton in three seasons after being regularly troubled by a nagging groin strain that required rest and treatment.
After missing the first quarter of the season, Bilić was left wondering if he would get back into the Walter Smth – managed Everton side. He was released in July 1999.
Slaven has taken stick from a certain sector of supporters for the move but players have little choice in these matters once a club decides to sell.
And a victory over the Toffees first time around since taking over as boss would be tremendous for him and us given we have failed to beat the Merseysiders since 2007 thanks to Bobby Zamora.
The all-time record shows us beating them 37 times, drawn 28 and lost a staggering 67 times!
That’s bad!
The games against the toffees are always sticky