Birmingham appoint Grant

Birmingham have appointed former West Ham assistant manager Peter Grant as first-team coach at St Andrew's. Grant fills the role vacated by Roy Aitken, who last week left the Barclays Premier League club to link up with David O'Leary at United Arab Emirates outfit Al Ahli. Blues boss Alex McLeish told his club's official website: "I've known Peter for a long time. He was an adversary of mine in my Aberdeen playing days, when he was a stalwart for Celtic. "He is a competitive man who has been brought up in a winner's environment due to the traditions of Celtic. "He has successfully made the transition into becoming a coach and my diligence shows me he is the right man for the job. "His personality is akin to that of the man we have just lost, Roy Aitken, and that will be a great asset to us."

Source: PA