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CLUB DIRECTORY Chairman of the Board: Thomas Wagner Board: Thomas Wagner, Garry Cook, Matthew Alvarez, Andrew Shannahan, Kyle Kneisly, Laura Torrado, Wenqing Zhao and Gannan Zheng Chief Executive Officer: Garry Cook Managing Director: Ian Dutton Chief Financial Officer: Mark Smith Honorary Vice-President: Mike Wiseman Advisory Board Chairman: Tom Brady FOOTBALL MANAGEMENT: Men’s Technical Director: Craig Gardner Women’s Technical Director: Hope Powell CBE Men’s Head Coach: John Eustace Assistant Head Coach: Keith Downing and Matt Gardiner Goalkeeper Coach: Maik Taylor Women’s Head Coach: Darren Carter Women’s Assistant Head Coach: Emily Simpkins Women’s General Manager: Sarah Westwood Lead Goalkeeping Coach: Tony Elliott Head of Physical Performance: Sean Rush Chief Medical Officer: Dr Roddy Macdonald Head of Performance Analysis: Carl Blakemore Head Physiotherapist: Pete Shaw First Team Physiotherapist: Dave Hunt Academy Manager (Football): Liam Daish Academy Manager (Operations): Danetta Powell Under-21s Head Coach: Steve Spooner Under-18s Head Coach: Martyn Olorenshaw Head of Youth Development Blues Women: Paul Cowie Club Secretary: Zoe Jones CONTRIBUTORS Editor: Thomas Smith Words: Sharron Atkins, David Brown, John Clarke, Chris Dunn, Aaron Flower, Jake Malbasa, Dale Moon, Andy Tudor, Thomas Smith, Samuel Ward, Ignition Sport Photography: Roy Smiljanic, Richard Hammersley, Pete Lopeman, Robin Poulson, Jonathan Sarabadu, Alex Styles, Joe Williams, Getty Images, Fotosport (Roger Parker), Rex Features Publisher: Ignition Sport CONTENTS 8 JOHN EUSTACE 10 DION SANDERSON 14 HELP HARRY HELP OTHES 16 CLUB NEWS 19 THE OPPOSITION 24 A DAY TO REMEMBER 28 LEE BUCHANAN INTERVIEW 36 JUNIOR BLUENOSES 42 MASCOTS news 43 SUPPORTERS’ MESSAGES 44 BCFC COMMUNITY TRUST 50 LUCY QUINN 54 TOM ROSS’ FIVE-A-SIDE TEAM 55 SUPPORTERS’ CORNER 56 ATTIRED AND WEARY 58 LEE CAMP INTERVIEW 62 UNDER-21S REPORT COVER STORY Tonight’s cover, along with the matchday, is dedicated to Help Harry Help Others, with more information about HHHO available on pages 14 and 15. The design, which depicts Harry Moseley and his iconic bracelets, is by Brad Lloyd, whose full works can be found at glorydaysartwork.co.uk. CONTACT Address: St. Andrew’s Stadium, Cattell Road, <strong>Birmingham</strong> B9 4RL Telephone: 0121 772 0101 (Ticket Office, option 2 / Commercial, option 3 / Blues Store, option 4) Website: BCFC.com X: @BCFC / @BCFCWomen / @BCFCAcademy / @BCFCTickets / @BCFCEnquiries @BCFCCommunity Facebook: <strong>Birmingham</strong> <strong>City</strong> FC / <strong>Birmingham</strong> <strong>City</strong> Women Instagram: @BCFC / @BCFCWomen TikTok: @BCFC / @BCFCWomen BCFC.COM BLUES NEWS | 3