00:00Well, the players made their way on to the pitch as you can see the borough bear over the far
00:05side geeing up the crowd.
00:07Pre-season football is well and truly back. It is the second pre-season match for West Ham United.
00:12Stevenage against West Ham United coming up.
00:15West Ham just happy to hold on to position here. It is a pre-season friendly, of course.
00:21Take the time, create the opportunities, give everybody a touch of the ball. Here is La Madrid.
00:26I think the Stevenage boys have already realised that if they close down, it started well. It started, you know,
00:32pressing really well.
00:34Oh, it's a lovely ball into the box. It's Ward-Prowse and the under-follow-up into the back of
00:38the net.
00:39He was straight into Marshall, but he couldn't hold on to it.
00:42And at the second time of asking, James Ward-Prowse makes it 1-0 to the Hammers.
00:48Delighted for him to mention him earlier on in the commentary, you know, excited to see him play with the
00:53boys who were sort of in the first team last year.
00:54They're not given a chance, but it's brilliant from West Ham.
00:56It started at the goalkeeper, Golem Bekkis and Kilman just knocking the ball.
01:03It looks like they're going nowhere, really.
01:04But as I mentioned, moving it side to side, lovely, you know, couple of balls into midfield.
01:09Boys can turn and he's probably disappointed he didn't score the first effort, but got fortunate off the keeper and
01:14tapped it in.
01:14But a real, real nice goal from West Ham, you know, inevitably made my job a lot easier.
01:22Here is Bowen, trying to feed it through to Tati.
01:26Can he get there? He gets a shot away and it's netled in to the back of the net.
01:30And it is 2-0 now to West Ham.
01:34And it's Tati with the second.
01:36It's brilliant. It started from Kilman, I believe.
01:38We're struggling for replays here, but I think Kilman was quite comfortable on the ball.
01:42Played a lovely ball into Gerard Bowen.
01:45Acres of space turned.
01:46Lovely weighted pass into the space for Tati to run on to.
01:49It's quite a clever finish, really.
01:50Just keep us rushing out.
01:52Looks like there's going to be a bit of a collision and he's just told it past him.
01:55Great finish, great goal.
01:58Here is Golombekis, only player on the pitch from the first half.
02:04Junior Robinson getting a bit of a tussle.
02:08Shouts a shoot.
02:09Oh, it's a wonderful effort from Terry Taylor.
02:11And I wonder, it looks like Arreola did get a touch on that, forcing to make him the save.
02:17Tips it over.
02:19Here is Saxon Early, pushed out to the left-hand side here.
02:24This is Dan Butler.
02:25Another ball into the box.
02:26It's on for free here.
02:27It's over the bar.
02:28Should score.
02:30He'll be very disappointed with that.
02:32Great play.
02:35It's going to be all change very shortly for Stephen.
02:38If Jamie Reid is waiting to come on for the home side.
02:41Here's Lewis Orford now.
02:48Oh, it's a lovely ball through.
02:49It's Callum Marshall.
02:51Oh, what a wonderful save that is.
02:55Devastated if he hasn't tucked that away because that would have been an unbelievable goal.
02:59Back into a bit of a rhythm for West Ham.
03:02He's controlled things comfortably in the opening 45 minutes.
03:10That was Preston Theron.
03:15Just 19 years of age.
03:17Here is Lewis Orford running on his Mayers.
03:20Puts it into the box.
03:21It comes off the post.
03:23Oh, Cornet coming so close.
03:25Now the shot's in.
03:26Oh, that is beautiful.
03:32I was just about to say, Cornet's got to score.
03:35I think he was a bit worried about the post, but now I'm absolutely, he's buzzing, he hasn't scored.
03:40Because Lewis Orford has just scored a wonderful goal.
03:43Well, I have seen him do that for the under-21s quite a few times last season.
03:47We're able to see a little bit of a replay.
03:51At the London Stadium and just hearing that.
03:54Especially when, you know, a lot of the fans know and certainly people who know me how much I love
03:58the football club
03:58and how much I love my time and how much I love playing every game for West Ham.
04:02So that was a special, special time.
04:04But all the chance and the fans were incredible.
04:07Oh, what a save that is.
04:10Brilliant play down the left-hand side there by Job and Malcolm and Phoenix Patterson.
04:15The delivery in was pinpoint perfect.
04:19And it forced Ariella into an acrobatic save.
04:24Actually, I never gave you the quiz question answer, the James Collins quiz question answer.
04:29The shot comes in.
04:30Oh, my word, it's just whipped wide at the post.
04:38It was the number 26, Joe Knight, getting his head on to it.
04:4320-year-old, joined from Brighton under-21s.
04:47That was Caelan Casey.
04:49Has it managed to stay in play?
04:50It has it's ricocheting around on the volley, into the back of the net.
04:54And it's for...
04:59Caelan Casey.
05:00Oh, has it been tapped in?
05:01Has he had the shot and it's been tapped in?
05:02I think it's been tapped in and I think it might well be Josh Arjala with the final touch.
05:10We'll have another look at it.
05:14It's headed back on by Marshall, wasn't it?
05:17It falls to...
05:18And it hits.
05:19It's Josh Arjala.
05:19It comes off.
05:20It's Casey.
05:21And it was going wide, actually.
05:22So it needed the touch from Arjala.
05:24I'm not surprised.
05:24Talking about your fitness and you can lose concentration, but he'd be delighted with the application of these West Ham
05:30players.
05:32Yeah, you keep getting a little bit of trouble there.
05:34If it falling in a little bit, kinder for Connor Brooks, who might have been able to have a go
05:38first time.
05:38Here's Firon into the box.
05:40It's a delightful ball.
05:41It's in the back of the net.
05:43And it is five.
05:47Well, all the work by the number 68, Preston Firon.
05:51A delicious ball in the danger zone.
05:55Poked home.
05:56And it's Stevenage 0, West Ham United 5.
05:59It's come from a bit of a mistake from the Stevenage goalkeeper trying to play out.
06:03They nicked the ball.
06:04He took the ball into the back of the net.
06:06And it was literally the last kick of the game.
06:10And it's a five-star performance for West Ham United here in Stevenage.
06:16Stevenage 0, West Ham United 5.
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