On this day - 1 January

Classic match

Ipswich Town 0-2 West Ham United
Championship
1 January 2005

The Hammers got 2005 off to the perfect start by winning 2-0 at Ipswich Town on the first day of the year.

Indeed, the game got off to the perfect start too as Marlon Harewood netted in the opening seconds.

Hammers goals bookended the contest as Matthew Etherington then made the points safe in the very last minute.

West Ham and Ipswich would go on to meet in the Championship Play-Off semi-finals that year, with the Hammers progressing 4-2 on aggregate before defeating Preston North End in the final.

Complete record

2013 West Ham United 2-1 Norwich City (Premier League)
2011 West Ham United 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers (Premier League)
2008 Arsenal 2-0 West Ham United (Premier League)
2007 Reading 6-0 West Ham United (Premier League)'
2005 Ipswich Town 0-2 West Ham United (Championship)
2002 Leeds United 3-0 West Ham United (Premier League)
2001 Manchester United 3-1 West Ham United (Premier League)
1997 West Ham United 0-1 Nottingham Forest (Premier League)
1996 Manchester City 2-1 West Ham United (Premier League)
1994 Everton 0-1 West Ham United (Premier League)
1992 West Ham United 1-3 Leeds United (Division One)
1991 Bristol Rovers 0-1 West Ham United (Division Two)
1990 West Ham United 4-2 Barnsley (Division Two)
1988 Norwich City 4-1 West Ham United (Division One)
1987 West Ham United 4-1 Leicester City (Division One)
1985 West Ham United 1-3 Queens Park Rangers (Division One)
1983 West Ham United 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur (Division One)
1980 Orient 0-4 West Ham United (Division Two)
1977 Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 West Ham United (Division One)
1974 West Ham United 4-2 Norwich City (Division One)
1972 West Ham United 3-0 Manchester United (Division One)
1966 West Ham United 0-3 Nottingham Forest (Division One)
1955 Notts County 5-1 West Ham United (Division Two)
1949 West Ham United 1-2 Chesterfield (Division Two)
1947 Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 West Ham United (Division Two)
1938 West Ham United 1-1 Aston Villa (Division Two)
1930 Sheffield United 4-2 West Ham United (Division One)
1927 West Ham United 1-2 Derby County (Division One)
1924 Sheffield United 0-2 West Ham United (Division One)
1921 West Ham United 7-0 Coventry City (Division Two)

Played 30, Won 13, Drawn 2, Lost 15, Scored 52, Conceded 53