West Ham United legend Tony Cottee is happy Sam Allardyce has penned his two-year contract.

Cottee, who notched 146 goals for the Club in 336 games across two spells, has been mightily impressed with West Ham's achievements over the past couple of seasons, and is backing Allardyce to deliver more success.

He told West Ham TV: "I'm delighted that Sam has signed a new contract. Above all else, the Club needs stability - we can't keep getting rid of managers, firing managers and appointing someone else.

"We need it to be like the good old days and for somebody to be here for four, five, six, seven years, and I think that's what we'll get with Sam, we'll get the stability.

"I was always confident that we would finish between tenth and 15th this season. To actually be in the top part of that scale is a great achievement.

"To be in the top ten of the Premier League in any season is a good achievement by any club, so it's great that we did it at the first attempt back."