West Ham ended its eight-match losing streak on Sunday with a 2-1 win over Blackburn in the English Premier League.
Teddy Sheringham scored in the 21st minute with a header from the middle of the box off a cross from Yossi Benayoun.
The 40-year-old former England striker had made only his second start of the season and scored the first goal for West Ham in six league games.
"We needed to get off to a good start and if Blackburn had got the first goal it could have been very difficult in the circumstances," Sheringham said. "But the goal gave us a platform and something to keep hold of."
Hayden Mullins made it 2-0 in the 80th minute, scoring from a cross by Matthew Etherington.
Blackburn sharpshooter Benni McCarthy pulled a goal back in injury time and Francis Jeffers nearly earned a draw, but headed the ball over the bar.
"I thought the players were very brave today," West Ham manager Alan Pardew said. "This is not a place for hiding, you have to stand tall and be counted and they did that."
Blackburn manager Mark Hughes said striker Jason Roberts broke his foot during the match. He was taken off in the 28th minute and replaced by Jeffers.
The win -- only the club's second of the season -- moved West Ham from 19th to 16th. Blackburn stayed 11th.
Pardew said he was touched by fans chanting "There's only one Alan Pardew" after weeks of speculation about his job.
"I'm not the most emotional of people but I was a little bit choked at the start with the way they backed me and I thank them for that," he said.
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