MOYES: REMEMBER SIR TREVOR AND GO FOR GLORY

DAVID MOYES reckons it’s high time one of his West Ham stars created a moment of FA Cup magic to rival Sir Trevor Brooking’s.

Hammers legend Brooking headed home the goal which won the 1980 final against Arsenal at Wembley.

But, since then, success in the competition has been hard to come by, with the penalties defeat by Liverpool at the Millennium Stadium in 2006 the closest they have come. Manager Moyes (right) sees no reason why his men can’t go on a run in the competition this season, though, and give Hammers fans some new memories to hold dear.

Ahead of today’s clash with Leeds, he said: “It is time. We have a team that could easily, given the right draw, given the right moment, challenge anyone for the FA Cup.

“But we have to get through the first tie — and it’s a tough tie. I have not seen much of Sir Trevor recently because of Covid, but I’ve been at a couple of functions with him and had dinner with him a while back as well.

“I would like to have him around more often, seeing the players. Same goes for many other former players too, I’d love to get more of them in to say hello but Covid has made that really difficult.”

Moyes is looking to balance the rigours of wanting to do well in the Premier League, Europa League and FA Cup. And he added: “It is nearly an impossible balance to get it right.

“I would love to have a good run at the FA Cup, I want to do well in the Europa League, if I can do that as well.

“Also, because our league position last season gave us the chance to be in the Europa League, you don’t want to give up your Premier League games very easily. We want to try to challenge the top teams.”