On This Day: Hammers fly past Bluebirds to reach Wembley

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

West Ham secured their place in the EFL Championship Play-Off final by emphatically beating Cardiff City at the Boleyn Ground on this day in 2012.

The Hammers led 2-0 from the first leg through two Jack Collison strikes and that was added to after just 15 minutes of the second leg, when Kevin Nolan headed in Matt Taylor's corner.

Ricardo Vaz Tê made it 4-0 on aggregate with a powerful strike after 40 minutes, before Nicky Maynard put the finishing touches to a dominant performance with a thunderous third late on.

Wembley success was to follow 12 days later as the Hammers struck late in the day to see off Blackpool and secure a swift return to the Premier League.

Enjoy the goals from that afternoon against Cardiff again in the video player above!


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