**The Gavin and Stacey finale aired on Christmas day at 9pm, and West Ham and Tottenham Hotspur fans would have noticed a surprising little twist.**
It seemed like the entire nation gathered around their televisions for the Gavin and Stacey finale, [West Ham](https://www.hammers.news/club/) and Tottenham fans included.
The TV show has been a British institution since 2007 – a classic that many of us have used to help get through tough times.
Matthew Horne, who plays Gavin from Billericay in Essex, is a Tottenham fan in real life, as he is in the hit TV series as well.
Meanwhile, his best mate ‘Smithy’, portrayed by James Corden, is a die-hard Hammer.
The fact that the series has lasted 17 years in an era where new shows are released every day seemingly is testament to the quality of the programme.
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There was a treat for the Hammers fans watching the finale – one that ended with a sour-tasting twist unfortunately though…
During the series finale last night, eagle-eyed Hammers fans would have noticed something very interesting.
Smithy began his stag do in a local pub, with all of his best mates adorned in West Ham kits from different eras.
This would obviously have been a tough thing to do for the Spurs supporting Matthew Horne, and his character Gavin of course!
However, he took a cheeky swipe at Corden – the show’s co-creator.
With all the lads gathered around the pub, the camera panned round to Gavin, and there was a surprise twist – one that was undoubtedly instigated by Horne himself.
The fact that he put a Tottenham badge over the Hammers crest actually angered me at first!
However, give him his due, it was top-class trolling of us as a fanbase at the very highest level.
Fair play to Horne is what I say. It must have been incredibly hard for him to wear the strip of one of his team’s biggest rivals.
Whilst the fact that he covered the badge with a Spurs logo annoyed me at first, I would have done the same if it had been the other way around.
The Gavin and Stacey finale was a fantastic piece of British television.
And any West Ham and Tottenham fans watching would have absolutely loved Smithy’s stag do scene.