McCarthy made two changes bringing in Mancienne and Elokobi for Ward and Guedioura. The tried and tested 4-5-1 was yet again McCarthy main weapon against a West Ham side in decline.
From the off Wolves were the dominant force and Kevin Foley came close to making it 1-0 but rattled the bar from an acute angle. Karl Henry and Dave Jones were taking the pee out of the West ham centre midfield, including Scott Parker
Wolves went ahead on 27 minutes why Tompkins made a complete hash of a Wolves long ball and Kevin Doyle pounced onto the free ball cut in from the left and struck a sweet shot into the bottom right hand corner passed the dispairing grasp of England keeper Robert Green. Wolves should have a penalty shortly after after Kovac studded Dave Jones on the back of the calf but referee Phil Dowd Bottled it
Scott Parker finally got his midfield going just before half time. His placed shot rebounded off the post and his rebound was parried on the line by Marcus before Big George booted the ball into the stand. At half time the West ham players were booed off the pitch by their own
Despite being behind West ham still started the second half like they had lead in their boots and it was Wolves who were having the majority of possession
Then in a devasting three minute Blast Wolves cruised into a 3-0 lead. On 57 minutes Dave Jones slotted a ball through the steam train known as Ronald Zubar who fired in an unstoppable shot from the right hand side of the box.... right in front of the jubilant Wolves
Then Wolves made it three with a goal that would have graced any stadium and any of the top teams. Elokobi hit a 30 yard ball to Jones, yet again Dave Jones supplied a sublime 20 yard ball to Matt Jarvis who shot from the edge of the area into the corner of the net.... more jubliant scenes behind the goals
The hammers fans vented their spleen towards their players with many singing "Your not fit to wear the shirt" before scurried away into the East End night.
Though West ham had a few efforts on goal which were dealt with by Hannaman well they got an undeserved goal in injury time when Franco beat the offside and chipped over the American keeper
But it wasn't going to deflate the Wolves party and Wolves fans celebrated both in the ground and all over the Midlands (and Beyond) as Premiership survival edged closer and closer