UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, July 16, 2015
Birkirkara DDLDW 0
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West Ham United LLLWW 1
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1st Leg · Boleyn Ground · 33,048 att.

Match Report

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James Tomkins' late winner saves West Ham's blushes in Europa League

James Tomkins' scrappy goal in the 90th minute saved West Ham's blushes with a 1-0 win over Birkirkara in the Europa League second qualifying round.

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Lineups

WHU

  1. 13Adrián G
  2. 17Joey O'BrienD
  3. 3Aaron CresswellD
  4. 2Winston ReidD
  5. 5James TomkinsD
  6. 4Kevin NolanM
  7. 21Morgan AmalfitanoM
  8. 16Mark NobleM
  9. 7Matthew JarvisM
  10. 20Modibo MaïgaF
  11. 10Mauro ZárateF

Substitutes

  1. 33Stephen HendrieSUB
  2. 19James CollinsSUB
  3. 66Martin SamuelsenSUB
  4. 1Darren RandolphSUB
  5. 36Elliott LeeSUB
  6. 23Diego PoyetSUB

Timeline

  1. 38' Zach Muscat (Birkirkara) Yellow Card at 38'
  2. 45' Edmond Agius (Birkirkara) Substitution at 45'
  3. 49' Kurt Zammit (Birkirkara) Substitution at 49'
  4. 59' Tiago dos Santos (West Ham United) Substitution at 59'
  5. 64' Joey O'Brien (West Ham United) Yellow Card at 64'
  6. 65' Vito Plut (Birkirkara) Substitution at 65'
  7. 69' Aaron Cresswell (West Ham United) Yellow Card at 69'
  8. 70' Elliot Lee (West Ham United) Substitution at 70'
  9. 79' Diego Poyet (West Ham United) Substitution at 79'
  10. 82' Winston Reid (West Ham United) Yellow Card at 82'
  11. 90' James Tomkins (West Ham United) Goal at 90'

UEFA Europa League News

All news
News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.