On This Day: Captain Kevin Nolan at the double in vital Aston Villa victory

 

Taking a look back at a classic West Ham United moment on this day in history, in association with Basset & Gold..

West Ham United were struggling mightily at the foot of the Premier League table going into February 2014.

However, a 2-0 win at home to Swansea City got things moving in the right direction and the Hammers travelled to Villa Park a week later knowing a victory would take them out of the relegation zone.

Captain Kevin Nolan led by example, scoring both goals as Sam Allardyce's side silenced the vast majority of the 36,261 crowd with a 2-0 away win.

West Ham would win their next two matches, too, against Norwich City and Southampton, to climb as high as tenth, before finishing the 2013/14 season in the relative safety of 13th place.

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