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Jesse Lingard and West Ham squad throw eggs and flour over Mark Noble with skipper mobbed by team-mates on rowing machine on 34th birthday

As a Premier League captain on your birthday, perhaps you would expect several shiny apples from squad members looking to impress you.

Not so Mark Noble.

The West Ham legend, who has 525 appearances for the east London club, was instead pelted with eggs and flour on a rowing machine by his fellow squad members on his 34th birthday.

Mark Noble was pelted with eggs and flour by West Ham team-mates on his 34th birthday
Jesse Lingard (front left) filmed the prank in the club gym and shared the video on Instagram

A hilarious video shared on Instagram by team-mate Jesse Lingard showed the whole caper, with the Hammers players surrounding Noble's machine as he completes a training exercise.