West Ham 1-0 Birkirkara | Europa League second qualifying round match report

• West Ham 1-0 Birkirkara
• Tomkins 90It was worth the wait in the end for Slaven Bilic, even though there was a brief moment when the West Ham United supporters seemed to mistake him for Sam Allardyce and offered a reminder of unhappier times with a few frustrated jeers midway through the second half of this sleepy game. July is an odd time to play football and an even odder time to boo your own team. Some people are never happy. Related: Stewart Downing returns to home-town Middlesbrough f