Bubble has burst for Grant and Hammers

HE may see it differently but at least Avram Grant’s last match in charge of West Ham United was about as thrilling as it possibly gets.

At 7.11pm last night, a member of West Ham United’s media staff confirmed the rumours that he had been sacked after this stunningly enthralling and quite ridiculous encounter which saw the London side become the first this season to be relegated from the Premier League.

The locality of Wigan, with its flat-cap image, its fondness for pies and its industrial landscape lends it a perpetually dour image but yesterday it had enough drama, sparkle and sensation to outshine Hollywood, Cannes and St Tropez put together.