Taking a look back at a classic West Ham United moment on this day in history, in association with Heineken...
Matthew Etherington was West Ham United's hat-trick hero in a 5-0 Division One victory over struggling Wimbledon on this day in 2004.
The Hammers had drawn their previous two league matches at Burnley and at home to Walsall, leaving them in fifth position. However, the visit of the relegation-threatened Dons proved to be just the tonic Alan Pardew's side required to make a return to winning ways.
West Ham dominated from start to finish, but had to wait until the 37th minute for Etherington to tap them into the lead. Two minutes later, Bobby Zamora doubled the hosts' advantage from 25 yards. Into the second half and Etherington made it 3-0 on 49 minutes before former Wimbledon midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker added a fourth just after the hour-mark.
Left winger Etherington completed a memorable personal performance by completing the first and only hat-trick of his West Ham career with 20 minutes remaining.
West Ham would finish the season fourth in the table, only to be beaten 1-0 by Crystal Palace in the Play-Off final at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Wimbledon's misery was compounded as they finished bottom of the table, having collected just 29 points from 46 league games played.
Enjoy that five-star display again in the video player above.
