Two goals just after half-time from Sam Baldock were sandwiched between John Carew’s 12th minute opener and Jack Collison’s 55th minute strike were enough to give the Hammers their biggest win at the Boleyn for over 6 years.
Manager Sam Allardyce admitted he was pleased with the performance of his side despite them missing a number of chances to really boost their goal difference.
“It was confidence boosting,” Sam told the official site. “Especially at home because it has been our achilles heel as everyone knows results wise. Today we got everything right. We were defensively sound. We had quality of play in possession and quality of finishing when the opportunities arose.
“It is not often I can say I am a little disappointed we only scored four with the chances we created. There were a number of other chances we had that could have been converted but I like the way we finished Blackpool off in the second half and we took the chances we did.”