Yarmolenko saves point as Villa stay up

West Ham 1 Aston Villa 1

It's off to the Railway Tavern at Stratford for this one, where I'm reunited with Nigel, Fraser, Matt and new dad Gavin. Matt is wearing his lucky Dukla Prague away shirt and Nigel has his lucky banana ready for half-time. We take our table in the socially-distanced pub as drinks are brought to us by the staff.  

The game is poor, with Villa coming for a draw and West Ham lacking intensity and missing Cresswell's crosses on the left. Antonio fires wide when through and Grealish scuffs one good chance. Grealish looks to have won it for Villa late on with a late dribble and shot through Fabianski. At this point I could have done without the Hammers fan  behind us hollering abuse at the screen and in my ear. But a minute later sub Yarmolenko takes a speculative long-range shot and it cannons off a defender's boot up intro the net. Bit of a fluke but we'll take it.

So it's a nice unbeaten run at the end of the season and now a chance to rebuild. We retreat to the concrete garden. Fraser celebrates with a cigar and Gav with a fag. Both are touched for a free cigar and cigarette by a punter. Then Nigel has us discussing the best bands from Scotland, Ireland, Germany and Canada before following up with his best Icelandic films. This was almost like a day out at football again. One day we'll be back. Have a good close season everyone. Irons!