West Ham showed there are plenty more where Rio Ferdinand and Frank Lampard came from as their latest youth crop demolished Coventry in The Times FA Youth Cup final second leg to spark a typical East End knees-up at Upton Park.

Strikers Bertie Brayley and Richard Garcia struck two goals each, but there were also outstanding performances from the other two scorers on the night, defender Adam Newton and winger Michael Carrick.

And that is without mentioning the hottest prospect of them all, their midfield dynamo Joe Cole who ran the show.

After winning last week's first leg 3-0, the club did not anticipate the level of support on Friday night. Only three sides of the ground were open, but officials had to open the East Stand at the last minute and delay the kick-off by 10 minutes as more than 21,000 flocked to witness a memorable night of action.

The Hammers opened the scoring after two minutes when Newton's cross was steered home by Brayley.

The second goal came after 27 minutes when speedy wing-back Newton did it on his own as he raced down the right, cut inside and thundered a left-foot drive in off the post.

The Hammers were gifted a third on 32 minutes when referee Rob Harris - who had his dressing room trashed by Ian Wright on his last visit here - awarded a harsh penalty against Coventry for a foul by Callum Davenport on Garcia.

It was Garcia who stepped up to drive the ball into the bottom right corner and keep up his record of scoring in every round of the competition.

The lead was increased after 59 minutes thanks to another slice of luck as Carrick's cross from the left hit Thomas Cudworth and fell at the feet of Brayley to poke the ball home and take his tally in the competition to six goals.

Carrick scored the goal his hard work deserved after 74 minutes when he swept home a low cross from Garcia. Then he returned the compliment in the final minute with a brilliant probing run before setting up Carrick to cap the night with a fine sixth goal.

Poor Coventry were simply overwhelmed, and their only real efforts came in the first half when Stephen McPhee chipped the ball over the bar after goalkeeper Stephen Bywater was left stranded, and then Gary McSheffrey drilled a shot wide.

The Hammers youth team can finish the season on another high on Tuesday when they face Sheffield Wednesday in the final of the Premier Academy Under-19 Cup.

Hammers boss Harry Redknapp and most of the current first team were in the stand watching their young proteges and for the West Ham manager, the message was loud and clear - the future's bright, the future's claret and blue.