At first he was unnoticed at Bolton, then he became a hit at Barnsley which earned him his January transfer to West Ham, now Ricardo Vaz Te has scored the winning goal that sees the Hammers promoted back into the Barclay's Premier League. His goal came three minutes from time when the game looked destined to be heading into extra time.
The game started better for Blackpool and Matt Phillips could have had a hat-trick within the first 15 minutes. His first effort was saved onto the pot by Rob Green, his second was straight at the keeper when put through one-on-one and his third effort was curled outside the post.
But West Ham grew into the game and it soon became a question of when they would score, not if, as the started firing shots at Matt Gilks. The deadlock was finally broken ten minutes before half-time when a ball was played over the defence and into the running Carlton Cole's path. The striker then blasted his shot past the Blackpool keeper.
But the Seasiders came out all guns blazing in the second half and caught West Ham cold. In a carbon copy of the opener, a ball was lofted over the defence and into Tom Ince's path. He poked the ball around Green to equalise within three minutes of re-emerging from the tunnel.
Both teams had chances to win the game during the second half but it was looking like it would ultimately be settle by extra time or even penalties. But sloppy defending caused a scramble in which the ball would eventually fall to Vaz Te who was more than happy to smash the ball into the roof of the net to send West Ham back into the Premier League.
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