Birmingham City

I have got permission to start reproducing Blues News articles after our home games.
So here we go, here is the article about Kevin Phillips that was in the Everton programme.
Blues striker Kevin Phillips has urged his team mates to turn ‘a good season into a fantastic season’ by becoming the most successful Birmingham City [...]

Sorry we’ve been a bit quiet the last couple of days, unfortunately work has meant that updates are limited. Anyway – Nat one of our regular contributors on the forum, has written this article on Ridge. Enjoy!
This season has thrown up a number of contenders for Blues’ Player of the Season, which is to [...]

I met up with Will in Guildford at around 10.30 for the journey north and had the third degree from him because I was a few minutes late. He was revelling in the fact that he had been at our prearranged meeting point on time – a world first! Nevertheless, I had to take the [...]

2-0 down with Everton destroying us, the sleeves are rolled up and the battle commences. A deft Jerome flick pulls it back to 2-1 and early in the second half during sustained pressure – Gardner scores his first goal for the club and a beauty it was too.
I thought this was a really good game [...]

After the win in midweek at crisis club Portsmouth – we return to St Andrews to face an Everton side who appear to be improving week by week.
With key players like Arteta returning, Everton have gone on a decent run. Landon Donovan has been another player who has made a big impact. He is on [...]

Here is another article by Dale.
You’re Alex McLeish. You have players like Michael, Gardner, Phillips and young Jake Jarvis at your disposal. You have guided your team to premier league safety with ten games still to play. What’s your next move?
The man himself has reiterated his desire to push as high up the table as possible before [...]

Here is Bazza’s report from Tuesday night.
I went straight from work to Will’s place where I met his wife Julie for the first time. I introduced myself and said that yes, I really was the serial killer she thought I was given that Will had met me originally via the blog and therefore the internet. [...]

At the recent supporters clubs forum, it was announced that the club would be looking at the tannoy system during the Everton game.
Here are the instructions if you wish to give your feedback, (taken with permission from the official site):

PA SYSTEM – WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Over the last few months we have been receiving feedback [...]

There isn’t a lot to talk about today so I thought I would take this moment to talk about the bitterness that is coming from across the City.
I’m sure we have all had a bluenose come up to us and laugh about what happened in the Carling Cup Final – they couldn’t accept that Nemanja [...]

As you can imagine, after Saturday’s game – the forum was full of disappointment, pointed comments and suggestions of how we could have won.
Here is a hotch potch of those thoughts and some of  my added comments.
I’m of the opinion that straight after the game is not the time to analyse, hence a 24 hour [...]

Well we are out of the cup and there’s still a quarter of the league season to go but goal scoring remains a problem.  The failure to sign a striker in January could well be telling.  It looks like whoever ends up our leading scorer this year will do so with under ten goals but [...]

I had to re-type this, the tear stains on the original prevented me from copying it straight over.
Over to Bazza:
I have found it very difficult even the day after to find the heart and energy to write my report on this game such is the sense of disappointment that I am sure is [...]

I received the following e-mail from Sarah Gould today, regarding the forthcoming memorial service for Gil Merrick. I have a story that one of our members told me that I will be passing on. Either contact Helen – or send it to me via our contact page and I will make sure the club receive [...]

One of our forum regulars, “Cliffmann,”  is a friend of Martin Taylor. He offered to speak to Martin to gain an interview for Joys and Sorrows.
So over to Cliff:
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Joe Hart, Blues, Match Attacks. That’s probably my 7 year old sons current loves in life in the right order. Match Attacks for those unfamiliar with them [...]

Here is Dale’s latest article, this week about us achieving the magical 40 point mark!
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Birmingham City has secured another season in the premier league! All seems a bit of an anti-climax though doesn’t it? No last day heroics, no depending on other clubs results and no pitch invasion to get at the owners of the [...]

We have now got 99 followers, so who is going to be our 100th follower? Are you looking for a Twitter news feed for Birmingham City?
If you don’t follow us yet, please do. That way you will get a notification sent to your Twitter account whenever we update the blog with a new article. Find [...]

Bazza’s latest match report.
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Will and I were joined for this one by my eldest son, home from University for a few days. We had a pretty clear journey punctuated by the occasional manic exhortation of “TWO!” referring to magpies that I saw on the roadside and in trees. I am ridiculously superstitious when it comes [...]

This article was originally published on sportingintelligence.com here last week.  I received an e-mail from Nick Harris who is the editor, asking if I would like to re-publish it. So here it is:
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By Brian Sears
26 February 2010
Never before in Premier League history have there been so many “big cushion” wins, and by that I mean [...]

I’ve delayed writing this until today because I wanted a chance to see the replay of the penalty incident first on Match of the Day. 
Let’s be honest about it, it was a dive.  Not as bad as the David N’gog one for Liverpool but it was never a penalty.  If it had been given against us we [...]

Tomorrow sees us face Wigan at St Andrews in the Premier League. I am going to be at this one as it also the latest fans forum at the club – more on that next week!
After a couple of disappointing results in the league, we will be looking to win and secure the 40 point [...]