Hammers end up emphatic winners against Boro

West Ham 3 Middlesbrough 0

Dean Ashton’s first goal since the 2006 FA Cup final put the gloss on an emphatic first home win of the season for West Ham.

The striker, who missed the whole of last term with a broken ankle, put his injury nightmare behind him by adding to strikes from Lee Bowyer and Luke Young’s own-goal.

Tuncay hit the crossbar and Jeremie Aliadiere rattled an upright for Middlesbrough, but the Hammers ran out deserved winners at Upton Park.