Source: PA
Grant suffers unhappy birthday
Avram Grant called off his birthday celebrations after seeing his West Ham side sink to the bottom of the Barclays Premier League table with a 1-0 home defeat to Birmingham.
The Hammers appeared to be on the up after a midweek win at Blackpool but they looked back to their inconsistent worst today, rarely threatening the visitors' goal throughout in a disjointed performance.
Nikola Zigic's second-half header was enough to see the home side off and put Grant's position as manager back under the spotlight.
The win moved Blues out of the relegation zone but the Hammers are now two points off safety having played a game more than most of their relegation rivals. Grant admits the defeat has put a serious dent in his team's chances of staying up, and as a result his plans to celebrate his 56th birthday have now been shelved.
"I am not so happy, my birthday is cancelled," Grant said.
"How can I celebrate? We didn't score and didn't win. It is not happy birthday but it is not me that is important, it is the team. We take a few steps forward and one back and we need to learn from this. We deserve to stay up but we need to do it. We cannot lose games like this."
