Birmingham United F.C.

Big spending Birmingham City have signed 6 players and sold 6. With players such as Emile Heskey and Muzzy Izzet Joining an already strong team, the club could be challenging for Europe this season. Players In: Emile Heskey ? Liverpool - £6,250,000 Birmingham City?s major signing of the season was England striker Emile Heskey. Heskey had a bad time at Liverpool so moved to the Midlands club for just over £6 Million. Expected to partner Mikael Forssell up Front. Jesper Gronkjaer ? Chelsea - £2,200,000 The Dane left big spending Chelsea in an attempt to get Regular first team football. Birmingham beat off competition From ...  Read the complete review

Steve Bruce knew it was going to be hard when he led Birmingham City to promotion from the Nationwide League last season. Brummie rivals West Bromwich Albion may be bigger favourites to go straight back down, but certainly Birmingham City are among the clubs expected to fight a year long battle against the drop. The gulf between the Premiership and the lower divisions is massive these days, with money being a major reason for the divide. Membership of the top flight brings massive rewards, but it is also necessary to splash out big to get the players to keep you there, and each year the sides who come up are pushed to retain their status. Last year ...  Read the complete review

For gods sake Blues....even West Brom can get promoted! - Advantages: The true Birmingham club , Great fans, Funded by porn - Disadvantages: Always fall at the final hurdle, St Andrews

First an apology, this opinion will not simply be about Birmingham City Football club, more about a new proposed system that could rearrange the football league as we know it. The new program goes by the name of the Phoenix league, Birmingham are apparently going to one of the forerunners for the new league, and I have some rather strong feelings about them in particular. So basically this is another excuse for me to have a go at something, enjoy! Like I say there is a new proposed system that could promise to make the most drasric changes since the introduction of the Premiership. It is pretty common knowledge that the amount of money in football is ...  Read the complete review

Nowhere at present. I have supported Birmingham City all my life and find the recent events very depressing. Out of all the clubs in Division one Birmingham deserve to be in the Premiership more than any other. Unfortunatley I cannot see this happening this season and unless we improve in every area it won't happen for a while. Some Who is to blame? Trevor Francis (ex-manager) ? He is no longer at the club yet the recent events involving him have caused a great disturbance. I feel he did a great job while he was at the club but feel you can pinpoint the exact moment that he lost it - the Penalty shootout at Preston last season. It was at ...  Read the complete review