It was not the ninth of Joon, or a summers’ efternoon in eiteen hundred an’ sixty-two, and West Ham United stopped Newcastle United gannin’ along to three Premier League points with a resolute display at St James Park.
The Hammers may not have exactly raced past Blaydon, pass’d the foaks alang the Scotswood Road, across the River Tyne and into toon, but they their bus wheel did not fly off as Paquetá's goal secured a 1-1 draw for the outsiders from east London.
Newcastle may not have been beaten on home turf at St James' Park, but the Irons pushed them all the way to a photo finish, sending lots o’ lads an’ lassies in Claret and Blue home, if not aal wi’ smiling faces, but certainly with expressions of contentment at a race well run.
Watch two-minute highlights from St James' Park here with West Ham TV.
