London derbies are always special but especially against Spurs, says West Ham's Zamora

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The two sides clash at Upton Park on Sunday lunchtime in their first meeting since the seven goal thriller at the end of the season threatened to send the plunging the Hammers back into the Championships.

Unhappy memories: Bobby Zamora and his West Ham team-mates will seek to avenge last season's 3-2 defeat at Upton Park

Spurs left-back Paul Stalteri swept in an injury-time winner to give his side a 4-3 victory after they had been trailing 3-2 a couple of minutes before the end of a pulsating performance from both sides.

The defeat stung West Ham and Zamora admitted his team-mates feel they have a score to settle with their neighbours when he admitted: "London derbies are always special, especially when they are against Tottenham, but the boys will be fired up for this one more than ever.

"There is always a great passion and intensity when we play Spurs and the fans are particularly up for it.

"Everyone remembers last year's 4-3 defeat to Tottenham at Upton Park, it was one of the games of the season. A lot of pundits thought our old rivals had sent us down when they scored the injury-time winner and our chances of staying up did not look good at the time.

"But we showed a lot of character and fight to prove everyone wrong and stay up in the end. Now we will be looking to gain revenge and take three points as we chase a place in Europe next season."

Zamora was with Spurs before moving to Upton Park as part of the deal which sent Jermain Defoe to Tottenham and he added: "I enjoyed my time with them and the fans were very good to me."

A lifelong Hammers fan, he has been sidelined for much of the campaign and the East Enders have also been hit by injuries to forwards Dean Ashton and Craig Bellamy.

Zamora revealed he has overcome his frustrations at not playing by spending time on his Playstation and said: "I love the EA Sports games like Tiger Woods PGA Tour even though I can't play golf."