Hammers have too much firepower for weary Wolves

Wolves 1 West Ham 3

Brian Deane, Marlon Harewood and David Connolly bagged a goal apiece before the interval to see the Division One Hammers safely into Monday’s fifth-round draw at the expense of their Barclaycard Premiership hosts.

Vio Ganea was the player on target for Wolves but the Romanian’s first goal in English football served as scant consolation for the Black Country club. Pardew is beginning to suspect this year’s FA Cup might have the Hammers’ name on it.