
The island party resort of Ayia Napa is 20-odd miles round the coast from here, a familiar Promised Land for the young Brit abroad seeking a coming-of-age foam party and a five-euro fishbowl.
Larnaca, though, seems a more fitting stop on West Ham’s drawn-out European tour, David Moyes and his side here among the ruins of the ancient Greek city of Kition, seeking to rescue their crumbling season.