February 24 has been a date circled in the diaries of West Ham fans for quite some time. For David Moyes, too, although for much of the winter, the idea that the Scot would survive to see it without first resurrecting the Hammers’ season looked unlikely.
And yet, here we are, the Hammers this lunchtime finally learning of the next stop on their soon-to-resume European tour, while looking nervously ahead to Saturday’s meeting with Nottingham Forest, a must-win in their relegation battle on the home front.
