David Moyes sometimes talked about “bumps in the road” during West Ham’s frenetic season, but there were times when the potholes looked cavernous and the bumps mountainous.
Now, though, with Premier League status assured, Moyes can concentrate entirely on his destination. Tomorrow night, his team, too often fragile in the Premier League this season but impregnable in Europe, hope to win their first European trophy since 1965, when Bobby Moore hoisted aloft the European Cup Winners’ Cup.