By Sergio Silva
Dec 22, 2024, 10:08 AM EST
This Saturday’s meeting West Ham against Brighton in the Premier League had a special flavor beyond the result (1-1) as it remembered a young player from the Hammers under-15s who unfortunately passed away recently.
This is Oscar Fairs, whose name and photograph appeared on special t-shirts worn by West Ham players, led by Mexican Edson Álvarez, to commemorate the member of the club’s youth ranks. “One of ours” it was read on the back of the t-shirts.
Fairs, who worked as a goalkeeper for West Ham’s under-15 team, lost his battle with cancer on December 13, which was a hard blow to the Hammers family who did not miss the opportunity to pay him an emotional tribute. before their game this Saturday.
In addition to taking the field with the shirt alluding to Oscar Fairs, the West Ham players also held a minute of silence followed by one of applause to commemorate the life of their young teammate from the youth teams.
West Ham have been very eventful recently with off-field issues with the car accident suffered by striker Michail Antonio who, in the best case scenario, is expected to be out of action for at least a year to recover from the injuries he sustained. caused the accident.
West Ham adds another draw
The team of Mexican midfielder Edson Álvarez could not leave the three points at home against Brighton, which earned a 1-1 draw, the second in a row for the team led by the Spanish Julen Lopetegui that has not finished taking off in this Premier season League.
Mats Wieffer (m.51) was in charge of opening the scoring for the visitors at the London Stadium in the English capital, but the joy did not last long for Brighton after Mohammed Kudus (m.58) leveled the actions shortly after putting definitive figures on the match corresponding to date 17.
This result leaves Edson Álvarez’s West Ham in 14th place in the standings this season in the Premier League as a result of five wins, an equal number of draws and seven defeats for a total of 20 points.
The Hammers’ next match will be this Thursday against Southampton before facing the leader of the table, Liverpool next weekend in the last match of 2024.
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