West Ham United’s relegation was confirmed on the 38th and final match of the Premier League season.
But as far as Ian Wright is concerned, the damage was done on matchday 37.
West Ham slipped to a 3-1 loss at Newcastle on a day when Nuno Espirito Santo’s selection ‘mistakes’ cost the Londoners dear. A drab defeat in the North East left West Ham United needing a miracle on Sunday.
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David Moyes may have saintly status at his old employers but there was to be no walking on water from his uninspired Everton outfit; Tottenham heads staying narrowly above water as the Hammers felt the salt fill their lungs.
West Ham United’s Newcastle debacle all-but secured relegation
Ian Wright, speaking on Sky Sports after Joao Palhinha’s strike secured Premier League football for Spurs, feels that West Ham simply left themselves with too much to do on a day when the Tottenham defeat they so craved never looked likely.
“When you look back on everything, you look back at that Newcastle game, what was at stake, and how badly they performed… I think Tottenham deserved to come out for that alone,” says Wright, who enjoyed a brief spell at Upton Park in 1998/99.
“When they look back at that Newcastle game…
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“Of course, you can go back to any game that they lost, but it was that one in particular [which cost West Ham]. They dropped the ball.
“It was one of the most pitiful performances I’ve seen from a side who are going against relegation.”
West Ham finish the 2025/26 campaign with 39 points. This means that, of the five sides to be relegated out of the Premier League with the highest points tally, the Hammers feature twice on that list.
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