David Moyes Making the Hammers Believe Again

One year after narrowly surviving relegation, West Ham sit fifth in the league table after 28 matchdays, whilst having one game in hand on several of their top four rivals -- Chelsea, Leicester City, Liverpool and Manchester United. It has been a turbulent period for West Ham since moving out of the historic Boleyn Ground in 2016, but under the management of David Moyes, the Hammers are dreaming of European football.

Born in Glasgow, Moyes played for various Scottish and English clubs before hanging up his boots at Preston North End and taking over as manager in January 1998. Whilst the club were facing the threat of relegation to Division Three, Moyes took them to the brink of promotion to the Premier League, but they would narrowly lose to Bolton Wanderers in the play-offs.

His impressive spell at Preston saw him replace fellow Scotsman Walter Smith as Everton manager in March 2002, with the Toffees clinging to their top-flight status by the skin of their teeth. Thanks to an impressive run of form that saw them defeat Fulham, Derby County, Southampton and Bolton Wanderers, Everton staved off the threat of relegation and finished 15th. They would do one better the following year, finishing 7th and becoming the first club to play 100 seasons in England's top division.

After narrowly surviving the drop in 2003/04, Everton achieved their best season to date in 2004/05, sealing Champions League football and finishing in fourth place on the back of stellar goalscoring form from Tim Cahill, who scored 11 Premier League goals after arriving from Millwall. Bit by bit, Everton established themselves as a perennial top-half side and European challenger under Moyes, qualifying for the UEFA Cup/Europa League on three separate occasions.