Football: Curbs Curses Fad Influence ; West Ham 1 Ljungberg 7 Birmingham 1 Mcfadden (Pen) 16

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ALAN CURBISHLEY may have been wearing a new suit for the visit of Birmingham, but it was a case of the emperor's new clothes as West Ham came close to being fully exposed.

Suited and booted in the West Ham dugout, Curbs was left throwing water bottles in disgust as Freddie Ljungberg's opener was cancelled out by a James McFadden penalty.

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Football: Curbs Curses Fad Influence ; West Ham 1 Ljungberg 7 Birmingham 1 Mcfadden (Pen) 16

Lee Bowyer's red card added more frustration to West Ham's afternoon, the midfielder dismissed when a two-footed challenge on Damien Johnson persuaded Mark Clattenburg to give the midfielder his ma...

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