west ham 1 Birmingham 1

It was a bright start by the hosts, with Ashton looking lively and keen to impress watching England manager Fabio Capello, and West Ham took the lead in the seventh minute.
From a long throw in, Cole headed the ball across goal towards the right-hand post, where Ljungberg arrived to stab home from close range.
The Hammers were in full flow now, and a well-worked move found Bowyer with the space to shoot from the edge of the area, but his low effort was just wide.
Birmingham were forced to quickly regroup, or face being over-run.
The Blues were handed a life-line after 16 minutes when referee Mark Clattenburg pointed to the spot following a needless foul by Hammers captain Neill on McFadden.
The Scot got up to take the penalty himself, and made no mistake from 12 yards, beating Robert Green with a low strike into the left corner. the first man to beat him from the spot this season
all in all it was a poor display by the hammers the day got worse when lee bowyer was shown red for a nothing challenge witch curbs says we will appeal against.

zamora and bellamy on target

Bobby Zamora and Craig Bellamy were both on target for the Hammers as they beat QPR 2-1 in a friendly yesterday Zamora, out since August with a knee injury, played 60 minutes, while Bellamy, recently recovered from an abdominal problem, lasted five minutes longer both men now aim to get back in contention for the first team