On re-signing Dicks, manager Harry Redknapp commented that he believed that his chairman thought he "was off his rocker" because Dicks was considerably heavier than when he had departed for Liverpool a year earlier. His first game in his second spell for the Hammers, on 22 October 1994, saw a 2–0 home win against Southampton and, in keeping with his reputation, Dicks was booked. Dicks played a major part in helping to keep West Ham in the Premier League in 1994–95 scoring five goals. The 1995–96 saw him equal highest goalscorer, with Tony Cottee, for West Ham in the Premier with ten league goals. This season also included a game as goalkeeper in a game against Everton on 19 December 1995. Dicks took over the goalkeeper's gloves after regular 'keeper, Ludek Miklosko had been sent-off for a foul on Daniel Amokachi. He let in two goals as Everton won 3–0. He was named Man of the Match. In 1996–97 he scored twice in a crucial London derby against Tottenham Hotspur on 24 February 1997 at The Boleyn Ground that West Ham won 4–3. Before the game West Ham had not won in nine games. The game signified the start of a fight back against relegation from the Premier League. West Ham had been in 18th place before the game but would go on the finish 14th at the end of the season.