Davies gives Bolton hope

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Kevin Davies' close-range finish after 46 minutes secured Wanderers' first win in nine league matches.

Davies had two headers cleared off the line in the first half, while El-Hadji Diouf and Kevin Nolan had goals disallowed for offside.

After two minutes, Diouf won a corner off Anton Ferdinand but the centre-back went down holding his left hamstring and was unable to continue, being replaced by John Pantsil.

Bolton went close in the sixth minute when Davies headed back across goal and Jonathan Spector, now in the centre of defence, headed out from under his crossbar.

Bobby Zamora won a 10th-minute corner off Jlloyd Samuel but Dean Ashton's near-post shot was weak and wide.

West Ham's first effort at goal came in the 38th minute when Ashton broke from midfield but shot straight at Ali Al Habsi. Pantsil was booked for a foul on Davies and Ivan Campo's free-kick was flicked on by Davies to Diouf who side-footed home only to be flagged offside.

A minute after the interval another Davies header forced Robert Green to turn the ball for a corner from which Wanderers took the lead.

Spector failed to deal with Matt Taylor's inswinging delivery and Davies pounced to fire home only his fourth goal of the season and the 100th of his career.

Nolan thought he had made it 2-0 in the 65th minute when he scored from close range after Green could only parry Diouf's shot, but he was offside.