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Goodbye Upton Park: Our teams at West Ham

West Ham United play their final competitive game at their 112-year home against Manchester United tonight having hosted all of our clubs at some stage.

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The Hammers will move to the 60,000-capacity London 2012 Olympics venue next season, after completing their home fixtures with an emotional evening.

Wolves, West Brom, Walsall and Aston Villa have all been the visitors at Upton Park at various stages over their existence, here Craig Birch looks at the last time.

1, West Ham versus Wolves, FA Cup third round, 9 January 2016.

You only have to go back to the start of this year to find what turned out to be Wolves' last-ever trip to the Boleyn Ground, after the two clubs were drawn together in the FA Cup.

Ultimately, the match will be remembered for far more than Nikica Jelavic's cruel late winner, the only goal of the game which was struck in the 85th minute.

All of the talk was of Benik Afobe, who was unsurprisingly left out of the Wolves squad with his £12million move to Bournemouth imminent. He signed the following day.

Wolves also lost his replacement in the team, Bjorn Sigurdarson, to what look like a very serious injury, potentially to his back, so soon after recovering from painstaking back surgery.

There were positives here, with 3,000 away fans certainly enjoying their day out to watch a match that on another day Wolves could easily have secured a replay from.

Debutant Michal Zyro made a promising first appearance in Wolves colours.

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2, West Ham versus West Brom, Premier League, 29 November 2015.

A Winston Reid own goal and an improved second-half performance earned West Brom a point in a 1-1 draw in their last-ever trip to Upton Park.

Rickie Lambert’s shot deflected off the Hammers captain five minutes after the break to hand the Baggies a share of the spoils.

Tony Pulis’ men had trailed at the break to Mauro Zarate’s stunning free-kick after a poor first half display.

But they were much better in the second period and had chance to win it, with Salomon Rondon denied by a brilliant save from Hammers goalkeeper Adrian.

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3, West Ham versus Aston Villa, Premier League, 2 February 2016.

Striker Jordan Ayew left boss Remi Garde almost speechless after his disgraceful red card helped condemn Aston Villa to a 2-0 defeat on their last-ever trip to Upton Park.

Garde could not afford any sentiment at a club he featured he played on for Arsenal in the late 1990s. Villa were going down and he would be out of a job by the end of the following month.

Ghana striker Ayew left his struggling side in the lurch when he was dismissed for a vicious elbow into the face of Aaron Cresswell after just 17 minutes.

Rock-bottom Villa had been on top at that point, having forced a couple of corners and seen a reasonable penalty shout turned down, when Gabby Agbonlahor's cross hit Michail Antonio's arm.

Ayew, who was jostling for position with Cresswell from a throw-in deep in West Ham territory, swung out his elbow into the defender's face and left him sprawled on the floor.

And it was Villa who ended up with a bloody nose after Antonio and Cheikhou Kouyate struck in the second-half to end the 10-men's resistance.

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4, West Ham versus Walsall, Division One, 6 March 2004.

Little did Walsall know their league trip to Upton Park would be their last, as you have to go back 12 years to find the last meeting between the two clubs.

The Saddlers were on their way to relegation under Colin Lee's management and they arrived in London on this day with the sole purpose to survive.

They were struggling, but here they were also resilient. The Hammers had the lion's share of possession, but failed to turn their domination into goals.

Adam Nowland, Marlon Harewood and Bobby Zamora came close, while Walsall nearly went ahead after the break when Kris Taylor's header hit the woodwork.

West Ham piled on the pressure late on but the great form in the away goal of Jimmy Walker - who would sign for the Hammers that summer - kept it a goalless draw.

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