As if David Moyes needed any further reminders of what happened 46 years ago, it was raining as West Ham's manager held court at Eintracht Frankfurt's Deutsche Bank Park on Wednesday.
Another nod to that famously soggy night in 1976 when they beat these German opponents 3-1 to reach the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup, overturning a 2-1 first-leg loss.
Yet Moyes was not in the mood for reminiscing about the good, old days at his pre-match press conference. Instead the 59-year-old wanted to outline why this is the 'new West Ham'.