Despite a convincing last day 3 – 0 win over Leeds United, [West Ham](https://www.claretandhugh.info/no-more-tinkering-west-ham-v-leeds-united-preview-team-news-predictions-line-ups/) have been relegated from the Premier League thanks to Tottenham winning 1-0 just up the road against Everton.
The Hammers goal never looked threatened as Daniel Farke’s side did their best to roll over and let the West Ham grab their three points: But David Moyes’ Everton were unable to make any impression on the game thanks to Everton’s lack lustre attacking and a last minute Kinsky save to deny the Toffees a goal.
Amid uproar ar Tottenham and subdued scenes at London Stadium, the Hammers stood, and watched, an waited thanks to the delay in the Spurs kick off thanks to a faulty headset which held up the second half in north London for five minutes.
Eventually the whistle blew, Spuds celebrated and the Hammers were confirmed down. The highest points total in the last fifteen years – 39 – proved too little to save West Ham’s skin.
Plenty of time for the post mortem this summer: Too little too late for this Hammers’ group of players which stumbled in their previous three losses which at the end, proved too big a mountain to climb.
After such a poor start to the season Nuno tried, and almost pulled it off: This had a feeling of the end of an era after fourteen years in the top flight as many in this this expensively assembled group of players are unlikely to pull on the claret and blue shirt again.