Revenge is sweet, says Sibbick as Wimbledon stun West Ham

AFC Wimbledon teenager Toby Sibbick came off the bench to score the goal that saw Premier League West Ham beaten 4-2 in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Saturday and hailed the win as “revenge”.

Wimbledon, bottom of League One and 58 places adrift of the Hammers, were 2-0 up before the break and 3-0 ahead moments into the second half, with Scott Wagstaff scoring two goals.

West Ham, 10th in the top flight, got back to 3-2 down through substitutes Lucas Perez and Felipe Anderson.

But Sibbick, on as a substitute, headed in a deserved winner two minutes from time.

“It is probably one of the highlights for me, scoring against Premier League opposition,” Sibbick told BT Sport.

“We thought we were unlucky in the League Cup (West Ham scored two late goals to beat Wimbledon 3-1 in August) and got our revenge tonight.”

Wagstaff added: “I thought the boys were excellent. It’s a great win – look at the fans. This is what it is all about.

“We need to make sure we do that now every week. It’s not been good enough this season from us and we know that.”

Wimbledon manager Wally Downes said: “The result was the plan, but it certainly wasn’t my idea to go and win 4-2!

“What was important for the players was they got over the performance they put out on Tuesday night (when they lost 3-0 at home to Fleetwood).

“I told them it was a great game to blow the cobwebs away from a poor performance.”

Downes, once a member of of Wimbledon’s original ‘Crazy Gang’ as a player for the south London side, added: “There is a load of analysis that we do, and I’m part of that, but football is random and on any given day, any team can beat any other team.

“We used to do it all the time, and we’ve done it tonight.”