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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Ryan Giggs Maintains Record for Scoring in All 17 of the Premier League's Seasons Against West Ham

Ryan Giggs (Pic:Getty)

With a swing of that trusty right foot, Ryan Giggs maintained his record of scoring in all 17 seasons since the Premier League's advent.

And as Manchester United spirited three points away from their traditional East End graveyard, Giggs proved beyond dispute he is not just a sentimental pick.

United ayatollah Sir Alex Ferguson doesn't do nostalgia by teamsheets. And on yesterday's evidence, Giggs - 35 going on 21 - isn't ready for superannuation just yet.

Giggs might score with his right peg about as often as London is blanketed in snow, but his 62nd minute goal was enough to deliver United's eighth consecutive win, six of them by 1-0 margins.

Hammers manager Gianfranco Zola, who played until he was 37, can envisage Giggs carrying on even longer, saying: "It would have been better for me if he had stayed in Manchester.

"But when you have such a talent, it is all down to desire - if you have the hunger to keep challenging yourself all the time, you can play for many years. When I was his age, I just didn't want to give up. That's why I kept playing for so long."

It has never ceased to amaze the pearly king tendency that West Ham can raise their game so regularly against the best team in the country but sink to the occasion so effortlessly when lesser lights are in town.

Under Zola's tutelage, however, it promises to be a different story.

Mixing high marks for artistic impression and backbone in equal measure, Zola has taken just five months, on his maiden voyage in management, to make wishful thinkers at Stamford Bridge yearn for his repatriation at Chelsea.

In the pantheon of Hammers cult hero centre-forwards, Carlton Cole's name may not yet be as revered as Hurst and Di Canio, or McAvennie and Cottee. But England's latest contender for the No.9 shirt, called up by Fabio Capello on Saturday night, could not be faulted for his industry, even if his finishing ultimately lacked finesse.

Under the watching Capello's gaze, Cole came closest to ending Edwin van der Sar's record lockout after just 12 minutes, but the flying Dutchman scooped the danger out of thin air one-handed.

And as Jack Collison, the latest precocious talent to graduate from the academy of football, enjoyed a showcase for his expansive skills, Van der Sar was extended again by Hammers skipper Lucas Neill's speculative curler.

For all Cole's energy and Collison's promise, however, Van der Sar's box has become an unprecedented no-go zone and West Ham's enterprise petered out around the final third.

United always carried the more incisive threat, even if they had to wait for more than an hour to prove that a Red Devil's trident is a more lethal weapon than a Hammer.

From a half-cleared corner, Paul Scholes sprayed a pass out to the left touchline and Giggs took it in his stride.

Cutting inside Cole's lunge and selling Scott Parker a dummy, Giggs drilled a low shot through a crowded area beyond Robert Green's left hand.

For West Ham, consolation at the end of their eight-match unbeaten run may yet present itself in the FA Cup against Middlesbrough on Saturday.

But for United, still in the hunt for a mind-blowing quadruple - Premier League, Carling Cup, FA Cup, Champions League - the bubble shows little sign of bursting.

West Ham: Green 6, Neill 7, Upson 7, Collins 7, Ilunga 7, Parker 6, Noble 6 (Savio, 76), Collison 7, Behrami 7 (Tristan, 87), Di Michele 6, Cole 6.

Man Utd: Van Der Sar 7, Rafael 7, Ferdinand 7, Vidic 7, O'Shea 6, Carrick 7, Scholes 6, Giggs 8, Ronaldo 6, Berbatov 7, Tevez 6 (Park, 87).

Referee: Phil Dowd.

THE MAN FOR ALL SEASONS

1990/91: 2 apps, 1 goal

1991/92: 38 apps, 4 goals

1992/93: 41 apps, 9 goals

1993/94: 38 apps, 13 goals

1994/95: 29 apps, 1 goal

1995/96: 33 apps, 11 goals

1996/97: 26 apps, 3 goals

1997/98: 29 apps, 8 goals

1998/99: 24 apps, 3 goals

1999/00: 30 apps, 6 goals

2000/01: 31 apps, 5 goals

2001/02: 25 apps, 7 goals

2002/03: 36 apps, 8 goals

2003/04: 33 apps, 7 goals

2004/05:32 apps, 5 goals

2005/06: 27 apps, 3 goals

2006/07: 30 apps, 4 goals



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