Birmingham Team News
Blogger Given Free Transfer
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Due to my upcoming work commitments, I can’t keep up this blog.
So You Want to Write for The Offside…
…here’s what we’re looking for:
Basics: You must be able to write in English. You don’t have to be perfect, but we want accurate spelling and complete sentences that actually make sense. Readers like sentences they can read.
Swearing [...]
Category: Birmingham Team News
Opps, Summer has made me forget about Birmingham
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Sorry about it folks, but I work for my current side here in Buffalo NY (Buffalo City FC). And my blogging time has been limited to nothing. Ah such the life of working in football. But some big things have happened here.
First Birmingham stole Barry Ferguson from Rangers recently. The manager Alex McLeish said” [...]
Pictures and reaction to the Promotion (stolen idea from Toby)
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From Alex“I think we’ve deserved it over the season. We’ve ground results out when we’ve needed to and I think it’s been over-talked that we’re not a good team.
“I know there are a lot of great teams in the Championship who have been in the Premier League and struggled to get back up and the [...]
Category: Birmingham Team NewsOne more than we go up
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Venue: Madejski Stadium Date: Sunday, 3 May Kick-off: 1315 BST
Coverage: Score updates on BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sport website. Full match commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and BBC Radio Berkshire.
From the Manager
(bcfc.com)
“It was a hard couple of days after Preston where we had to stew [...]
Category: Birmingham Team NewsMcLeish Ahead of Reading
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I was sitting around shooting the breeze with my boss before watching a match, and it dawned on me, I haven’t written about the Blues for a while. So when I saw on the BCFC website that the gaffer had his weekly press conference, what a good reason to do have a blog out.
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Beating Watford aint what it used to be.
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And that’s sad, they have a hell of a history, too bad they are just horrible right now. But I’ll take the win, if and only because it gets the Blues one more step close to the EPL.
Watford: Loach, Mariappa, DeMerit, Williamson, Doyley, Cork, Jenkins, Rose (Harley 59), McAnuff, Smith, Hoskins (Rasiak [...]
Well, it was a point.
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Charlton:
Elliot, Butterfield, Ward, Hudson, Youga, Sam (Ambrose 90), Racon (Dickson 79), Zhi, Bailey, Shelvey, Kandol.
Subs Not Used: Randolph, Holland, Burton.
Booked: Bailey.
Birmingham: Maik Taylor, Carr, Jaidi, Ridgewell, Murphy, Larsson (Phillips 49), Bowyer, Johnson, Fahey, Bouazza (McFadden 65), Jerome (Bent 59).
Subs Not Used: Doyle, Queudrue.
Booked: Murphy, Jaidi.
Att: 20,022
Ref: Lee Probert (Wiltshire).
Well it’s always good [...]
Wow, Beating the League Leaders!!!!!!!!
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(For more analysis on the match, read the Wolverhampton blog here, as done by Toby).
Birmingham: Maik Taylor, Carr, Jaidi, Ridgewell, Murphy, Larsson (Bouazza 87), Carsley, Bowyer, Fahey, Phillips (McFadden 46), Jerome (O’Connor 57).
Subs Not Used: Doyle, Queudrue.
Sent Off: Carsley (37).
Goals: Jerome 45, O’Connor 69.
Wolverhampton: Hennessey, Foley, Craddock, Berra, Hill (Jarvis 46), [...]
Fit to be Tied Up
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Birmingham: Maik Taylor, Carr, Jaidi, Ridgewell, Queudrue (Murphy 81), Larsson, Carsley, Bowyer, Bouazza (Sinclair 63), O’Connor (Phillips 68), Jerome.
Subs Not Used: Doyle, Fahey.
Goals: Jerome 38.
Norwich: Marshall, Otsemobor, Doherty, Shackell, Bertrand, Gow, Clingan, Lappin, Carney, Mooney, Lee.
Subs Not Used: Nelson, Drury, McDonald, Smith, Adeyemi.
Booked: Lee, Marshall.
Goals: Clingan 53.
Att: 18,159
Ref: Mark Haywood (W Yorkshire).
Well another point, [...]
Well at least it was another point.
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FULL-TIME: BARNSLEY 1 BLUES 1
Barnsley (4-4-2): Heinz Muller; Marciano Van Homoet (Mounir El Haimour 83), Darren Moore, Dennis Souza, Rob Kozluk; Daniel Bogdanovic, Bobby Hassell, Hugo Colace, Jamal Campbell-Ryce; Jon Macken (Adam Hammill 77), Michael Mifsud. Unused subs: Luke Steele (gk), Martin Davaney, Maceo Rigters.
Booked: Hassell 43,
Goals: Mifsud 82
Blues (4-4-2): Maik Taylor; Stephen Carr, Martin [...]
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