Classic match
West Ham United 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League
7 August 1999
Harry Redknapp's Hammers made the perfect start to the 1999/00 Premier League season, with this precious victory over London neighbours Tottenham Hotspur at the Boleyn Ground.
While this was the Club's first league meeting of the new season, West Ham were well into their stride come 7 August, having already come through four Intertoto Cup clashes unscathed. With a total of just five goals in those European clashes, this rather went to form too, being settled by a solitary strike.
A comparatively well-rested Spurs held firm for the best part of 45 minutes, before Frank Lampard struck the eventual winner on the stroke of half time, much to the approval of most of the 26,010-strong crowd.
As it turned out, this was the first of eleven home league wins that season, as Redknapp guided West Ham to a creditable ninth-place finish, just two points above Spurs.
Lampard is mobbed after putting the Hammers in front
Complete record - 7 August
2011 West Ham United 0-1 Cardiff City (Championship)
2004 Leicester City 0-0 West Ham United (Championship)
1999 West Ham United 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur (Premier League)
Played 3, Won 1, Drawn 1, Lost 1, Scored 1, Conceded 1