Goals from Carlton Cole and Junior Stanislas ensured West Ham United ended the 2008/09 Barclays Premier League season on a high note by firing the Hammers to a 2-1 final day win that confirmed Middlesbrough's relegation.
Cole struck 12 minutes before half-time, side-footing the ball into the far corner of Brad Jones' net following neat build-up play from Luis Boa Morte and the rampaging Herita Ilunga.
The goal was the England striker's tenth in the league this term and 12th in all competitions, easily the best single-season haul of the 25-year-old's career.
Gary O'Neil drilled Boro level on 50 minutes, only for Stanislas to hammer the final nail in the visitors' relegation coffin with a 20-yard strike that goalkeeper Jones should have kept out.
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