West Ham recorded a third successive Premier League victory when they comfortably dispatched Swansea 4-1 at the Liberty Stadium on Boxing Day.

Goals from Andre Ayew, Winston Reid, Michail Antonio, and Andy Carroll secured another important win for Slaven Bilic’s men, who moved up to 11th as a result of their sixth league victory of the campaign.

The Hammers looked to be struggling when they were thumped 5-1 at home by Arsenal at the start of the month, yet a draw at Liverpool and then crucial home wins over Burnley and Hull eased the pressure on Bilic, and indeed moved West Ham away from the bottom three.

It means that they enter their New Year’s Eve clash against champions Leicester eight points clear of the bottom three, and now just four points behind Everton in seventh.

Confidence is certainly growing in the Hammers squad after a fine run of form, and they’ll hope that they can get closer to replicating last season’s seventh place finish in the top-flight in the second half of the season.

In what has been a pretty decent year for West Ham, we thought we’d take a look back at their 2016, and have thus selected their top THREE games of the year…

Everton 2-3 West Ham (March 5)

West Ham knew that they still had a chance of reaching the Premier League’s top four before their trip to Everton in March, although found themselves 2-0 down with just a quarter of an hour to go against Roberto Martinez’s side.

Romelu Lukaku put the hosts ahead after just 13 minutes and, although Kevin Mirallas got sent off 11 minutes before half time, Aaron Lennon doubled their lead after the break.

However, Bilic’s men refused to give up and, after Lukaku missed a penalty with 20 minutes left, Michail Antonio got one back 12 minutes from time to give the visitors hope.

And they continued to knock on the door, with Diafra Sakho equalising three minutes later before Dimitri Payet completed a remarkable turnaround in the final minute.

It was a massive win for the Hammers in their bid to keep in touch with the top four.

West Ham 3-2 Manchester United (May 10)

West Ham’s final game at Upton Park turned out to be a cracker, as they came from behind to beat Manchester United 3-2 back in May.

The Hammers led through Diafra Sakho’s first half strike, but then found themselves 2-1 down thanks to two Anthony Martial goals in the second period.

However, Michail Antonio headed home to equalise with 14 minutes left, and then centre-back Winston Reid netted the winner ten minutes from time to secure the three points.

It was fitting end to a wonderful era at Upton Park for West Ham, and one game they aren’t going to forget in a hurry.

West Ham 2-1 Chelsea (October 26)

There haven’t been too many moments for West Ham fans to cheer about this season, but arguably their best win at the London Stadium was their League Cup success over Chelsea back in October.

Antonio Conte’s Blues had won their preceding three games before a trip across London to West Ham, but were beaten 2-1 by Bilic’s men in what was an absorbing contest at the London Stadium.

Cheikhou Kouyate headed the hosts into an early lead before Edimilson Fernandes doubled their lead just after the break with a fine strike and, although Gary Cahill netted a late goal for the visitors, it wasn’t enough to prevent the Hammers reaching the last eight of the competition.

Even now, West Ham are the only team to have beaten Chelsea since Conte switched to a back three.