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2 | BLUES NEWS BIRMINGHAM CITY V CARDIFF CITY

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 Manager: Tony Mowbray 

Assistant Manager: Mark Venus 

Interim Manager: Gary Rowett 

First Team Technical Coaches: 

Paul Robinson and Dave Carolan 

First Team Coaching Staff: 

Ashley Cole, Pete Shuttleworth 

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 Physiotherapist: Pete Shaw 

First Team Physiotherapists: 

Dave Hunt, Keiren Stimpson 

Academy Manager (Football): Liam Daish 

Academy Manager (Operations): 

Louisa Collis 

Under-21s Head Coach: Steve Spooner 

Under-18s Head Coach: Martyn Olorenshaw 

Professional Game Academy Manager: 

Paul Cowie 

Club Secretary: Zoe Jones 

CONTRIBUTORS 

Editor: Thomas Smith 

Words: Sharron Atkins, Dave Bowler, 

David Brown, John Clarke, Chris Dunn, 

Aaron Flower, Tom Keens, Jake Malbasa, 

Dale Moon, Andy Tudor, Thomas Smith, 

Samuel Ward, Zach Woods, Ignition Sport 

Photography: Roy Smiljanic, Flynn Duggan, 

Richard Hammersley, Jae-Hoon Jung, 

Pete Lopeman, Robin Poulson, 

Jonathan Sarabadu, Alex Styles, 

Joe Williams, Getty Images, 

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CONTENTS 

8 GARY ROWETT 

10 DION SANDERSON 

14 MIKE RIGG APPOINTED 

16 JORDAN JAMES 

SHORTLISTED 

17 BLUES LAUNCH WHATSAPP 

19 THE OPPOSITION 

24 A DAY TO REMEMBER 

28 IVAN SUNJIC INTERVIEW 

36 JUNIOR BLUENOSES 

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43 SUPPORTERS’ MESSAGES 

44 BIRMINGHAM CITY FOUNDATION 

52 UB40 AT BLUES 

54 KERYS HARROP FIVE-A-SIDE 

TEAM 

56 ATTIRED AND WEARY 

58 JONATHAN GROUNDS 

INTERVIEW 

62 UNDER-21S REPORT 

63 UNDER-18S REPORT 

COVER STORY 

Tonight’s cover celebrates the recent 

exploits of Birmingham City midfielder 

Jordan James. The Wales international, 

who recently earned his 10th senior cap, 

became a Blues centurion before his 20th 

birthday and within the same week period, 

he was shortlisted for the EFL Championship 

Young Player of the Season. Design by 

Dan Thompson (@ddtdesignstudio). 

CONTACT 

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THE BIG PICTURE 


More than 25,000 supporters attended the Easter Monday 

Double Header as Birmingham City came together with UB40 

to launch the Club’s naming rights partnership, St. Andrew’s 

@ Knighthead Park, as shown on the Main Stand’s new livery. 


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TOUCHLINE TALK 

GARY ROWETT 

Good evening and welcome to our Sky Bet Championship game against Cardiff City. 

It is great to be back at St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park for the first of successive 

home matches. This week is not going to be wholly defining in the outcome of our 

season, but we would be naïve to think that these two fixtures are not a great opportunity to 

take show what we are about as a team and take control of our situation. 

You felt the impact of the crowd during the win over Preston North End and I know that will 

continue to be a powerful weapon in our armoury between now and the end of the season. 

There was fantastic energy inside the Stadium that afternoon, it was a real flavour of what 

we can expect this week, and I thought, as a group, we took confidence from that going to 

Leicester City. 

Whilst they made us defend for large periods of the game, we navigated that challenge 

well and had some bright moments of our own. We got into some good positions and pulled 

ourselves level by half-time. The goal itself was the result of something we identified to hurt 

Leicester, and credit to Jay Stansfield for his discipline and determination in putting the 

theory into practice. 

It was just a shame, irrespective of the opposition, that we were unable to apply pressure 

like this more often and as the second-half progressed, we lost some of our control, and 

then had the disappointment of conceding a decisive late goal for the second time in three 

matches. 

At this stage of the campaign, though, we have to quickly move on and tonight, as the 

was the case against Preston, it is about putting in a complete 90-minute performance and 

maintain our concentration levels throughout. 

This is critical as whilst Cardiff might be in a comfortable spot on the table, they may look 

to try some new things which could present a different challenge. Their manager will also no 

doubt have them well organised and motivated to not let their season peter out, especially 

on the back of losing at the weekend. 

Cardiff will not, though, have a home crowd in full voice behind them. The atmosphere will 

be electric, and on the pitch we have got to use that. At times we may have to be patient, 

but I know the supporters will stick with the team. I cannot thank everyone enough for their 

support since I returned to the Club. 

Bluenoses will also be buoyed by the news from the early hours of yesterday morning and, 

along with them, I look forward to hearing more about the Club’s exciting plans for the future 

from Chairman of the Board, Tom Wagner, who will be in attendance tonight. 

Keep Right On, 

Gary Rowett 



CAPTAIN’S COLUMN 

DION SANDERSON 

Good evening and welcome to St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park for our Sky Bet 

Championship fixture against Cardiff City. 

What we need to do is thrive under the pressure of these remaining games, feed off 

the energy we know you Bluenoses will provide from the stands, and take every game as 

one we need to go for the three points in. Now is the time to go out there and prove what we 

are all about. 

The game against Leicester City on Saturday was tough to take, especially knowing that 

we could have gone to one of the best teams in the league and taken a result. We battled as 

hard as we could, but it was not to be. 

I think we did a lot of things right, though, and really frustrated them at times, as well 

as putting in huge amounts of effort across the pitch. You can tell it did not go unnoticed 

because, despite the loss, every single Bluenose applauded us and sang after the game, 

which is something we massively appreciate. 

Like I said post-match, I think we showed them too much respect at times. We needed to 

go and press them more and be on the front foot, which is how we got our goal. We will look 

to make those corrections going forward. It all comes down to that concentration in the 

final moments. Too many times this season we have given away late goals, and that needs 

to stop. At this level, you get punished for not being on it for the full 90 minutes and beyond. 

That being said, I would like to shout out Jay Stansfield for his goals in consecutive 

games. He has come out and silenced any doubters and continues to run himself into the 

ground for this club and has been integral all season. 

Tonight’s opponents, Cardiff City, have had a decent season and are in a position where 

they do not have to worry about the threat of going down. At the same time, they are not 

really competing for play-offs either, but that does not mean they have nothing to play 

for. They are a tough, stingy team defensively and have some talent going forward. Their 

manager will not accept them taking their foot off the gas, so we must go into it at 100%. 

We have been in every day recently making sure that we are as prepared as possible for 

these back-to-back home games. The dressing room remains a really positive one; we 

need to stick together now more than ever and make sure that we are taking points from 

these upcoming matches. 

Finally, everyone is excited by the plans for a Sports Quarter and word-class new stadium 

on the former Wheels site. You cannot doubt the Owners’ ambition for the Club and the city 

of Birmingham, and we are all excited to be on this journey. 

Keep Right On, 

Dion Sanderson 





MIKE RIGG JOINS BLUES ACADEMY 

STAFF APPOINTMENT: ACADEMY TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, MIKE RIGG 

Blues are pleased to confirm the appointment 

of Mike Rigg to the position of Academy 

Technical Director. 

The 53-year-old, experienced in creating pathways 

between academy and first-team football, joins 

with immediate effect and will connect with the 

Academy’s existing leadership, Academy Manager 

(Football), Liam Daish, and Academy Manager 

(Operations), Louisa Collis, laying the foundations to 

enable growth, as the Football Club works towards 

its ambition of regaining Category 1 status ahead of 

the 2025/26 season. 

Rigg brings a wealth of coaching, administrative 

and strategic experience from the professional 

game, working in the top four divisions of the English 

pyramid and across age-group activity in Men’s, 

Women’s and international football. 

He was most recently Technical Director at UAE 

Pro League Club Al Jazira from 2021, and the Level 

5 Technical Directors Licence holder has previously 

occupied the same position at Burnley, the Clarets’ 

first such appointment, Manchester City, Queens 

Park Rangers and FA Wales during his 34-year 

career. 

Rigg will primarily be based at The Knighthead 

Training and Academy Grounds. 

Chief Executive Officer, Garry Cook, said: “Nothing 

is more important to the future success of this 

football club than the Academy. That is why we have 

appointed Mike Rigg, a senior, respected leader 

in the professional game. His goal is to make the 

Academy world class, attracting the best young 

talent and developing them into outstanding 

professionals and people. He will be given the time 

and the necessary support to make the Birmingham 

City Academy revered across the globe.” 

Academy Technical Director, Mike Rigg, said: “I 

spoke to Garry Cook and Craig Gardner and they 

shared the plans and vision for the Club. To be part 

of that, at a club with the history, traditions and 

potential of Birmingham City is really exciting. It is a 

really important time as we work towards Category 1 

status. It is a significant challenge, but it is essential 

to attract and develop the best possible players. 

“I have been fortunate over the past 20-plus years 

to see youth development on a global scale and the 

EPPP (Elite Player Performance Plan) introduced 

by the Premier League in 2012 has created the best 

youth development system in the world. Ensuring we 

are at the top table is critical. 

“However, youth development is something you 

have to consistently work on, seven days a week, 365 

days of the year. Player recruitment, player coaching 

and development, education and welfare are all 

fundamental to what we do. We will be looking to 

make our Academy world leading in all these aspects 

in the years to come. 

“The immediate plans will be to achieve Category 1 

status but this is just the start. Our ambitions are to 

be recognised as a world class youth development 

programme.” 

Welcome to Blues, Mike! 


GARY ROWETT RARING TO GO FOR 

SUCCESSIVE B9 MATCHES 

GARY ROWETT IS LOOKING FORWARD TO BACK-TO-BACK HOME FIXTURES, STARTING WITH 

TONIGHT’S VISIT OF CARDIFF CITY. 

Blues’ latest Sky Bet Championship encounter 

saw them fall to a late defeat against 

Leicester City, but they will look to use that 

result as motivation heading into their first of three 

remaining 2023/24 fixtures at St. Andrew’s @ 

Knighthead Park. 

In the last home encounter, against Preston North 

End on Easter Monday, the Interim Manager earned his 

first victory since returning to the Club as Birmingham 

City earned maximum points to end a three-game 

winless run in B9. 

Speaking to BluesTV at the Birmingham City Elite 

Performance and Innovation Centre, Rowett explained 

that positives would be taken from the defeat at 

Leicester and highlighted the B9 games as an 

opportunity to showcase the quality within the squad. 

“Coming off the back of the Preston game, it was 

a nice flavour of what we can expect in the home 

games in terms of the atmosphere and a positive 

performance. I think the team has performed a lot 

better at home this season than they have away from 

home, which is something you would expect, but 

something we need to work on in two games’ time. 

“It’s a big week and like I said after the game, you 

never want to feel that way but certainly Leicester 

away, I don’t think many teams are going to get much 

from the game even though we felt we were in a 

position to go and get a point, but I think you take the 

positives out of the performance and knowing a week 

like this is going to have a bigger chance to define your 

season than perhaps Leicester away. 

“It’s about us doing what we need to do at home, it is 

about us performing with the right intensity and quality 

on and off the ball and if we can do that, I am sure 

we can have a positive week and again, it’s another 

opportunity to show what we are all about as a team.” 

Blues are expected to be backed by another raucous 

crowd this evening versus the Bluebirds, hoping to 

earn back-to-back home successes for the fourth 

time this season. 

Having tasted that winning feeling upon his return 

to St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park, Rowett is hungry 

for more and explained the importance of the loyal 

Bluenose supporters heading into the contest. 

“It was a pleasure to be out there again against 

Preston. That home atmosphere and that home 

feeling of that win, that had been a long time coming, 

and we have to go and do the same sort of thing again. 

“We know the crowd will turn up, we know the fans 

will be in full voice and we know the atmosphere will 

be electric, so we have got to use that. At times, if it 

doesn’t go our way, we have to be patient and keep 

believing in what we are doing and we have to make 

sure that we do everything we can to make life very 

difficult for this Cardiff side. 

“We have to turn up as a team, but the one thing 

I will never doubt is the fans will turn up with that 

atmosphere.” 


JORDAN JAMES UP FOR CHAMPIONSHIP 

YOUNG PLAYER OF THE SEASON PRIZE 

EFL AWARDS 2024: SHORTLISTS ANNOUNCED 

Blues’ Jordan James has been nominated for the EFL Championship 

Young Player of the Season, sponsored by EA SPORTS FC. 

The 19-year-old, who recently made his 100th competitive appearance 

for the Men’s First Team, has been recognised for a stellar campaign that has 

included eight league goals from midfield. 

This tally features efforts during victories over Huddersfield Town and 

Sunderland, a 95th-minute equaliser in Tony Mowbray’s first game in charge 

versus Swansea City and the winner as Birmingham City came from behind to 

beat Sheffield Wednesday at St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park. 

James, a 10-time Wales international, is in the running for the award alongside 

Leeds United’s Archie Gray and Norwich City’s Jon Rowe. 

He was previously shortlisted for the League Football Education’s Apprentice 

of the Year award for the Sky Bet Championship in 2022. 

The winner will be announced at the English Football League’s annual 

ceremony in London on Sunday 14 April. 

Congratulations, JJ! 


WHATSAPPENIN’ 

WITH BLUES? 

THE CLUB IS EXCITED TO LAUNCH A 

WHATSAPP CHANNEL FOR SUPPORTERS. 

This will bring Bluenoses to the heart of Birmingham 

City, being a hub for all the latest news from the Men’s, 

Women’s and Academy teams, plus details from the 

important happenings off the pitch. 

To follow the channel: 

• Head to the updates tab on WhatsApp 

• Tap the + icon next to ‘Channels’ 

• Select ‘Find Channels’ and search for ‘Birmingham City’ 

• Tap the + icon next to the channel to begin receiving Blues in 

your inbox 

• To never miss an update, also be sure to tap the bell in the top 

right-hand corner of the channel 



CARDIFF CITY 

Nickname: The Bluebirds 

Formed: 1899 

Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium 

Stadium Capacity: 33,316 

Manager: Erol Bulut 

Last season finish: 21st in the Championship 

Last time won at St. Andrew’s: 1-3 in August 2023 (League Cup) 

Record v Blues: Won 32, Drawn 19, Lost 30 


CARDIFF CITY 

BLUEBIRDS UNDER 

BULUT’S WING 

Inconsistency and uncertainty have been the buzz 

words around Cardiff City since the turn of the year, 

such has been their fluctuating form. 

The Bluebirds lost five of their first eight games 

of 2024, then had a four-game winning streak that 

included a home success over high-flying Ipswich 

Town to keep them on the fringes of the play-offs. 

Yet for every silver lining a cloud has not been far 

behind. The Welsh side’s winning run abruptly ended in 

demoralising fashion by neighbours Swansea City and 

the Easter period once again highlighted their Jekyll 

and Hyde persona. A 0-2 defeat at Cardiff City Stadium 

to Sunderland on Good Friday was transformed two 

days later with an excellent response at play-off 

chasing Coventry City – winning 1-2. 

So last weekend’s 1-3 reverse in CF11 to Hull City – the 

Tigers’ first win in seven games – was even more galling 

and brought up a ninth defeat on their own patch this 

term. It effectively ended Cardiff’s lingering hopes of 

gatecrashing the play-off party from 11th spot and had 

manager Erol Bulut bemoaning a lack of consistency. 

He explained to BBC Radio Wales: “This is the 

Championship, first of all. Anything can happen. We 

have had this all season. We’ve been really good for 

three, four or five games then we have a break and don’t 

have the consistency. This is our biggest point about 

the team when we think about next year. We have to 

manage the players and the players must manage 

themselves to be consistent. 

“There have been too many ups and downs during the 

season. You can see then you cannot push to the higher 

level without this, you’re only left in mid-table.” 

Plans for next season are in stasis because Bulut 

remains on a one-year contract that expires in the 

summer. Such dugout uncertainty had the club’s 

Supporters’ Trust expressing their concerns to the 

board over the current situation. Bulut has repeatedly 

expressed his desire to remain with the Bluebirds long- 


term, but no offer of a contract extension has led to 

background noise of growing discontent and instability. 

Cardiff had a brush with relegation last season in 

finishing just five points clear of the drop zone, but 

are already seven points better off this time thanks 

to favoured 4-2-3-1 or 4-4-2 systems that help them 

control proceedings. 

Although Jak Alnwick was between the posts up until 

February, USA international Ethan Horvath has been 

No.1 since and has three clean sheets in 11 outings. 

Shielding the former Luton Town promotion winner has 

been imposing Greek ever-present Dimitrios Goutas, 

alongside Liverpool loanee Nat Phillips since January. 

Nigeria international Jamilu Collins has been a regular 

at left-back, with 2022/23 Player of the Year Perry Ng 

excelling once again at right-back with a career-best 

return of six goals. 

Further defensive options include long-time 

Millwall defender Mahlon Romeo, the colossal Mark 

McGuinness and England Under-21s cap Josh Wilson- 

Esbrand borrowed from Manchester City. 

A plethora of centre-midfield talent helps Cardiff 

remain in control and hard to break down. Alongside 

long-serving captain Joe Ralls has been combative 

Greek international Manolis Siopis as a trusted anchor, 

although Welsh icon Aaron Ramsey has been back in 

contention this month after a calf injury and the unsung 

Ryan Wintle is a league centurion for the club. 

Down the left-wing Nottingham Forest loanee Josh 

Bowler has been given the nod more often than not this 

campaign, although Republic of Ireland international 

Callum O’Dowda has pressed his case since returning 

from injury last month. On the opposite flank Karlan 

Grant, a £15 million signing for West Bromwich Albion 

in 2020, has scored six times on a season-long loan. 

Another former Baggie in Callum Robinson, once 

prolific at Preston North End, has recently returned 

from a three-month lay-off and scored in this fixture 

last season. 

Cardiff have scored twice or more on six away 

days this term and have started with David Turnbull 

and Yakou Meite in their last two outings. Scotland 

international Turnbull was Motherwell and Celtic 

Player of the Year north of the border but is yet to open 

his account since his January switch, while battlehardened 

Ivorian Meite last found the target in October. 

Wales international Rubin Colwill’s aerial presence 

and invention have often been a fallback option from 

off the bench this term, although he is a doubt tonight 

with an ankle problem. Powerhouse Famara Diedhiou, 

an Africa Cup of Nations winner with Senegal in 2021, 

has been loaned from Granada to help provide more 

attacking clout and youngster Ollie Tanner has had a 

breakthrough campaign at this level to be proud of. Yet 

the towering Kion Etete’s absence with a groin injury 

has been a big miss of late. 

IN THE DUGOUT 

Erol Bulut 

DOB: 30 January 1975 

Appointed: June 2023 

Three managers in Steve Morison, Mark 

Hudson and Sabri Lamouchi were 

responsible for Cardiff’s lowest finishing 

position since 2003 last season, so the 

progress made under Erol Bulut this term has 

been there for all to see. 

Although the former Fenerbahce boss arrived 

at a standing start last June, the passionate 

tactician has the Welsh club comfortably in 

mid-table and, until recently, even fancying 

their chances of a late play-off push. 

There have been criticisms of his approach 

not being on the front foot enough, yet the 

49-year-old boasts a 40% win ratio in his first 

role in British football and is hoping to extend 

his stay in CF11 beyond his current one-year 

deal. 

A former coach in the Turkish Super Lig 

with Yeni Malatyaspor and Alanyaspor, prior 

to working alongside Turkey’s Under-21s, 

he commented in March: “I cannot make a 

decision because it is not in my hands. The 

plans the club should make for the new season 

- transfers, pre-season and things like that - 

we haven’t had any meetings in that direction. 

I would like to stay, of course, and continue 

to build with the players. When we look back 

to the start of the season and now, there has 

been big progress.” 


CARDIFF CITY 

KEY THREE 

12. NATHANIEL PHILLIPS Centre-back | DOB: 21 March 1997 

The Liverpool loanee has only had a dozen appearances for Cardiff City since arriving 

in January but already has the Bluebirds clamouring for a permanent signature. 

The imperious centre-back has made quite an impression since his arrival, with 

temporary stints at Stuttgart in 2019/20, during AFC Bournemouth’s promotion of 

2021/22 and with Celtic for the first six months of this campaign, proving beneficial. 

Although the Bolton-born ball-winner’s has Premier League and UEFA 

Champions League appearances for his parent club, if he cannot establish himself 

in Liverpool’s backline next season Cardiff boss Erol Bulut would gladly make his 

stay in South Wales permanent. He remarked: “Nat came in January and settled 

in really well. He’s one of the leaders in defence. If I’m the coach here again next 

season, I don’t know, but I would like to see him again here.” 

8. JOE RALLS 

Centre-midfielder | DOB: 29 July 1999 

The all-action box-to-box midfielder has been synonymous with Cardiff for 

more than a decade and continues to set the standards. 

The 30-year-old is topping the club’s assists charts this season with seven, in 

what is his 13th campaign at the Cardiff City Stadium. Having debuted for the club 

in 2011, the Bluebirds’ long-term captain was twice named Young Player of the Year 

and was a promotion winner to the Premier League in 2018/19. 

He has more than 350 league appearances for Cardiff City and is in a unique 

position to acknowledge the progress being made under Erol Bulut. 

He said: “Looking at it all season, there’s been progress, we’re just outside the top 

10 now. It would be great to try and get as high as we can and to finish strongly. The 

manager has helped us a lot.” 

10. AARON RAMSEY 

The current Wales captain went full circle last year when he returned to his 

Cardiff roots and to where his career all began. 

The Bluebirds’ Young Player of the Year for 2008 went on to have a glittering 

career at the highest level with Arsenal, where he was twice crowned Player of the 

Year and lifted three FA Cups. 

The 33-year-old, once described by Arsene Wenger as a “complete midfielder”, 

also lifted silverware with Juventus and Rangers before spending 2022/23 with 

Nice. 

Although in the twilight of his illustrious career, the 84-capped Wales 

international still possesses the vision and peerless technique that made him one 

of the best in the business. Knee and calf injuries have plagued this campaign, yet 

he has still scored on visits to Leicester City and Ipswich Town, as well as in the 

Attacking-midfielder | DOB: 26 December 1990 

South Wales derby against Swansea City, and is building back his match sharpness. 


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A DAY TO REMEMBER 

CARDIFF CITY 

Organised football has been on the go for 

150 years and more now, but when looking 

at most of the major clubs, while they may 

have moved about a bit in their early days, once 

they settled on a home in the late 19th or early 

20th century, they have generally stayed put 

ever since. Heading off to a new stadium remains 

quite a rare event and so when the Cardiff City 

Stadium was officially opened for competitive 

business on Saturday 8 August 2009, it was a day 

to remember. 

Riverside AFC had started life at Sophia Gardens 

before eventually moving to Ninian Park in 

September 1910, two years after they changed 

their name to Cardiff City. As an opposition 

supporter, Ninian Park was one of the great 

grounds to visit if you were a connoisseur of 

raucous, intimidating atmospheres, an old 

fashioned, bearpit of a stadium where the 

supporters were right on top of the action and 

very much a part of the game. Although it had 

reached the end of its useful life after 99 years, it 

would not be an easy act to follow. 

Yet right from the outset, the Cardiff City 

Stadium did just that. It is different in character, 

of course, as a fully modern venue in which to 

watch the beautiful game would be, but right from 

the outset, so sympathetic was its design that it 

transported much of that Ninian Park atmosphere 

across Sloper Road with it, launching itself as 

one of the very best homes of football for the 21st 

century. 


It certainly helped that on the 

day it hosted its first competitive 

fixture, against newly promoted 

Scunthorpe United, the Bluebirds 

ran riot, ending the opening day 

of the season with three points, 

four goals and a place at the top 

of the Championship table. It all 

happened in front of a crowd 

of 22,264 that roared on a 

Cardiff side that had only just 

missed out on the play-offs 

the previous season and gave 

early notice that there would 

be no such mistakes this time 

around. 

A sickness bug had attacked the Cardiff squad 

in the days ahead of the game and Scunthorpe 

looked to take full advantage with a swift start 

that required David Marshall to make two fine 

saves. But from midway through the first-half, City 

took command, inspired by the ailing Joe Ledley. 

The Welsh international was only able to make it 

to half-time, so ill was he before the game, but by 

the time he departed, he had helped his side to an 

unassailable lead. 

The hosts hit the front after 21 minutes, a neat 

stroke of fortune in their new home as Peter 

Whittingham’s shot cannoned into Michael 

Chopra and looped over Joe Murphy and into the 

Scunthorpe net. 10 minutes later and it was 2-0, 

Ledley firing off a shot that looked 

bound for the net, Jay Bothroyd 

making sure with a deft diversion 

of the ball on its way. On the brink 

of half-time, the game was made all 

but secure when Chopra, who had 

also hit the post earlier, scored his 

second and Cardiff’s third, a clever 

dummy getting him into position to 

score from Bothroyd’s pass. 

To their credit, the Iron tightened 

things up after the interval, 

while Cardiff were content to 

keep possession and play within 

themselves in front of a full house 

that was getting maximum value 

from being present on such a historic day. Icing 

was duly applied to the cake three minutes into 

added time, Chris Burke was brought down in 

the box to give Whittingham the chance to slam 

home the penalty. It was the first of his 25 goals in 

a season in which he topped the Championship’s 

goalscoring chart. 

The Bluebirds would go on to finish fourth 

that season, the first of a hat-trick of top-six 

finishes that would all, ultimately, end in play-off 

disappointment before, in 2012/13, they ran away 

with the Championship to earn a first-ever season 

in the Premier League and a place in the top 

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INTERVIEW 

IVAN 

SUNJIC 

IVAN THE ENGINE 

They say that a change is as good as a 

rest, and that has proved to be the case 

with Croatian midfielder Ivan Sunjic this 

campaign. After going out on loan to Hertha 

Berlin last term, he returned to St Andrew’s 

@ Knighthead Park fired up for another 

assault on the Sky Bet Championship. With 

31 appearances to his name thus far, he has 

been a central figure in every sense, and so it 

was clearly time that Blues News caught up 

with him. 

On the table for conversation was the season 

so far and the hard work that still needs to be 

done in the run-in, but Sunjic was also quizzed 

on his career as a whole and just how it is that 

his homeland of Croatia, population 3.8 million, 

has become a global footballing powerhouse. 

Ivan, thanks for sparing Blues News some time 

as you prepare for this hectic run-in to the end 

of the season. Going back to your start in the 

game, Croatia produces an incredible number 

of top players for a country with such a small 

population. How do they do it? 

I think we have good academies, for sure, and 

maybe we’re a little bit lucky as well! I think that 

as players, we go to an academy from a young 

age, and there is always one style of play all 

the way through the years. The results of that 

are there for you to see. We have really good 

academies. Not all clubs, obviously, but the top 

four or five clubs, they produce good young 

players. 

Do you think that has encouraged players 

to stay in Croatia maybe a little bit longer 

than they would if those systems were not in 

place? 

I think it did in the past. But these days 

everything has changed a little bit. Young 

players, they want to move abroad faster than 

they used to, which is a pity. I think for young 

players to play in Croatia, it’s really nice, it’s 

really good for them to grow up in the game 

there. 

As a youngster, which players did you look up 

to? 

To be honest, I didn’t have a role model. 

Obviously, the 1998 generation was big in 

Croatia. In that World Cup, they were third, 

so all of that generation are very important. I 

was too young for this, but my dad was always 

talking to me about that generation, and so I 

looked into them. But player-wise, I didn’t have 

a role model. 



That Croatian team in 1998, it was just a few 

years after independence had happened, Croatia 

was still a very young country. Do you think that 

because of that, players feel they have a bigger 

responsibility and are representing Croatia on the 

international stage? 

Like you said, in terms of history, we were young, 

we still are. Before the 1990s, when Yugoslavia was 

there, we were a part of that bigger country. But that 

1998 team, I think that was a point when the world 

started to know us, so football was very important 

in that. But then, after that, we had 20 years when 

we were waiting for a big result in a tournament 

again. Then in two World Cups, in 2018 and 2022, we 

won medals again in both of them. Now, because 

of this success, people forget that 30 years ago, 

Croatia wasn’t even in World Cups! It’s like we set the 

standard now. But for me, it’s not realistic that we’ll 

always be fighting for medals. Hopefully, we can, but 

we have set the standard very high for a country like 

ours. 

You came to England to join Birmingham City in 

2019 and have played a lot of Championship football 

now. What have your impressions of the league 

been over the years? 

To be honest, every season for me is 

similar football-wise. During my period, 

the level has been quite similar, to be 

honest, I don’t think too much really 

changed. It is a lot of games, of course, 

it is always hard this way, and I think the 

consistency is the key in this league. 

Either you have that, or you don’t. If 

you don’t have it, you struggle, like 

this season. That’s the nature 

of the game. 

There have been some 

really good teams in this 

league in my time here. The 

Leeds team that went up with 

Bielsa was amazing. Brentford 

had really good players, a good 

academy, good scouting and 

you see that now in the Premier 

League, Brentford is doing very 

well. I don’t really look so much at 

individual players, I’m considering 

the whole team more. There have 

been some great teams in the 

Championship, and they are the ones 

that go up. And every now and again, 

a big team from the Premier League 

comes down into this division and 

makes it even harder than it was. This season we 

have had Leicester, Southampton and Leeds come 

down, so the division is even stronger than a couple 

of years ago. 

You are a Croatian player that has gone away and 

played in England and in Germany. Not as many 

English players go and play abroad. What sort of 

experiences have you gained from playing in a 

different country? 

It is very interesting. It’s a different culture, 

obviously, a different language, a different style of 

living. Everything is different. But now, these days, 

I think a lot more English players go abroad as well. 

Back in the day, it wasn’t like that. I think now, maybe 

because Jude Bellingham has been so successful, 

maybe more of them now are thinking, ‘I will go 

abroad as well.’ It is a big change. Different culture, 

different weather, different food, everything’s 

different, but this is exciting. I think I settled very 

well, very quickly, when I joined here. 

Does Birmingham feel like home now, or at least a 

second home away from Croatia? 

Yes, definitely. It’s five years since I left. Obviously, I 

was in Germany for a year but in general, most of my 

career is in England, basically. In Croatia, I played 

four seasons of senior football. So now here, it 

has been four, and one in Germany, so 

five abroad. I have played more abroad 

than in Croatia. 

You had a season in Berlin and by 

the time you came back, training 

had moved from Wast Hills to the 

Birmingham City Elite Performance 

and Innovation Centre in Henleyin-Arden. 

What did you make of 

that change? 

The facilities are 

unbelievable! I think this is 

the standard that we should 

have, or we should be trying 

to reach. Honestly, we have 

everything we need to do our work or 

to recover, there is a new pitch as well 

which is amazing. It’s a beautiful place. 

We cannot ask for anything more than 

this to do our work. 

Although things have not gone how 

we would want on the pitch this 

season, the training ground is a 

symbol of how things are moving 



forward. The Stadium, the dressing rooms, all the 

things that are happening around the Club are very 

positive. 

Exactly, things are improving very quickly. But we 

have to get the football right. It’s been a very tough 

season. To have four managers, it’s tough to deal 

with that. We need to be honest and realistic. It’s not 

a normal environment. But it happened, so we have 

to get on with it. We don’t want excuses. We need to 

carry on and get the results we need. All the things 

around us are going in the right direction. But us as a 

team, we need to show the same on the pitch. 

Gary Rowett has taken charge until the end of the 

season. What impact has he made? 

We need to try to buy into what he wants in the 

time he is here. There are only five games left and 

we need to stay in this league. It’s as simple as that. 

Hopefully, we will. I think we have enough quality 

to do the job. But again, we need to show that on 

the pitch. We just try to stick together. The Preston 

game was important. It was a day when we had to 

get three points, no matter what, and we did that. 

Three points, move on to the next game. 

You came on at 1-0 in the Preston game and you 

seemed the perfect man to screen things and help 

make sure of the clean sheet. 

For me, if I play one minute or 90, I always do my 

best for that period on the pitch. I think that’s how 

we all should be. If you’re honest, if you work hard, 

eventually, the rewards will come. That’s how I see 

the game and that is how I always try to play. 

You always bring incredible stamina to a game, 

you seem to be able to run and run, however 

many games there are. Have you always had that 

energy? 

I think I always train hard, but I think it comes 

naturally as well. Thankfully, I have always had that 

during my career. 

There has been a great atmosphere at St. Andrew’s 

@ Knighthead Park right throughout the season, 

but it seems even stronger in these last few 

games. To have the Bluenoses right behind you 

must be so important at this time of the season? 

Of course. Especially the Preston game, I think 

it was a fully packed stadium. All the Stadium was 

bouncing. That means a lot to us. I know the fans 

have had a tough, tough season as well, and a tough 

couple of years really. But the Preston game, the 

atmosphere was amazing. Hopefully, that will carry 

on with three games left at home. 

For us, we just need to perform on the pitch, do 

the crowd proud, work hard as a unit. I think with 

the crowd, with that atmosphere, I think we can 

win games, especially at home. That relationship is 

always important. If we perform with the desire, I 

think the crowd will back us all the way. 



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Welcome to Blues News 

We hope you enjoy this dedicated trivia section to help 

put your noggin to the test with some tricky brain-busters 

about this evening’s opponents, Cardiff City, and our own 

Blues heroes past and present. 

WORDSEARCH 

M A H G N I T T I H W E J C 

U Y E L D E L C S X D A O A 

U G O U T A S C P L W L Q R 

W A H S N R A E P P L Y P P 

E J E N G I V E T I B A M O 

F G Q Q P J O H N S O N R H 

C G I N G F Q S A P G H V C 

Q E R A M S E Y R X V S M Q 

A P E R O O M T G Q H Z P O 

CAN YOU FIND THE 11 SURNAMES OF CARDIFF CITY PLAYERS, PAST AND 

PRESENT, WE’VE HIDDEN IN THE WORDSEARCH BELOW? 

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GROUND TRACKER 

GETTING TO 

KNOW…. 

How much do you know about our stars wearing 

royal blue? This week we recall the career of 

defensive midfielder KRYSTIAN BIELIK… 

1. The 26-year-old made his first appearances 

in English football for which London club after 

leaving Legia Warsaw? 

2. After a loan with Blues in 2016/17, then stints 

at Walsall and Charlton Athletic, who signed 

the midfielder for £8 million in 2019? 

3. Blues’ No.6 signed at St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead 

Park permanently in June 2023, but with which 

nation has he gained 11 international caps? 

ROLL CALL RECALL 

Can you help identify these Blues players from 

the last decade from a snapshot and brief clue? 

A promotion 

winner at Plymouth 

Argyle on loan from 

Blues, now looking 

to repeat the trick 

with Barnsley. 

French midfielder 

signed from 

Nottingham Forest, 

he won all three of 

his appearances with 

Blues in 2014/15. 

Won a Scottish title 

with Rangers, and 

silverware in the 

Indian Super League, 

after leaving 

Blues in 2019. 

Put your geography to the test by 

matching these club crests to location 

A, B and C in the UK. Bonus points if 

you can name the county the club is in. 

KNOW YOUR 

OPPONENTS 

Put your knowledge of this evening’s 

opponents to the test! 

1. What is Cardiff City’s nickname? 

2. Where do tonight’s visitors play their 

home games? 

3. What position did the Welsh club finish in 

the Championship last season? 

4. Who is Cardiff’s manager? 

A 

5. Cardiff eliminated Blues from this 

season’s Carabao Cup, but can you 

remember the score from that August tie? 

C 

B 


WHO PLAYS HERE? 

Can you identify the home of 

these Red Devils? 

WHO 

AM 

I? 

1. Born in London, I was in Chelsea’s 

youth team before making my senior 

professional debut for Fulham in the 

Europa League. 

2. My first league appearances came on 

loan at Bristol Rovers in League Two. 

3. I became a regular starter while at 

Walsall from 2015/16. 

4. Cardiff’s 2019 Player of the Season, I 

earned promotion with the club and was 

ever-present during the Welsh side’s 

Premier League campaign of 2018/19. 

5. Now in my fourth season with Blues, 

I’ve been the Philippines’ No.1 goalkeeper 

since 2008. 

YOU KNOW ME! 

Can you identify these footballing bosses 

from across the world? 

FLAG IT UP… 

Can you match these past and present Blues players to the 

flag from the international team they have represented… 

ANSWERS: GETTING TO KNOW. 1. Arsenal, 2. Derby County, 3. Poland. GROUND TRACKER: A. Stockport County (Cheshire), B. Northampton Town 

(Northamptonshire), C. Brentford (Middlesex). ROLL CALL RECALL: 1. Sam Cosgrove, 2. Guy Moussi, 3. Greg Stewart. KNOW YOUR OPPONENTS: 1. The 

Bluebirds, 2. Cardiff City Stadium, 3. 21st in Championship, 4. Erol Bulut, 5. 1-3. WHO PLAYS HERE?: Manchester United (Old Trafford). WHO AM I?: Neil 

Etheridge. FLAG IT UP: Stan Lazaridis (Australia), Maik Taylor (Northern Ireland), Jacques Maghoma (DR Congo), Nikola Zigic (Serbia), Paik Seung-Ho (South 

Korea), Emmanuel Aiwu (Austria). YOU KNOW ME: Stuart Maynard (Notts County), Michael Carrick (Middlesbrough), Xabi Alonso (Bayer Leverkusen). 


SOMETHING 

FOR THE 

BIG KIDS! 

Get your neurons firing over some half-time refreshments 

to test if the knowledge of your beloved Blues and on this 

evening’s opponents, Cardiff City, is up to scratch. 

KNOW YOUR OPPONENTS! 

How well do you think you know this evening’s opponents 

Cardiff City and Blues’ recent meetings against them? 

1. City moved into the Cardiff City Stadium in 2009 but 

where did they play previously for 99 years? 

2. Who scored the only goal of the game in the reverse 

of this fixture last December? 

3. Name the last Welshman to manage tonight’s visitors? 

4. Can you name the sides Cardiff icon Aaron Ramsey 

has played for in the top-flights of four leagues across 

Europe? 

5. Cardiff boss Erol Bulut was born in which country? 

6. Which current Wales international scored a hat-trick 

in a 4-0 win for Cardiff here in May 2021? 

7. Cardiff have not lost in their last five visits to St. 

Andrew’s St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park but who 

scored Blues’ winner against the Bluebirds in October 

2017? 

8. Defender Mahlon Romeo has 14 international caps for 

which nation? 

9. Who top scored for the Welsh club when they were 

last in the Premier League? 

10. Cardiff lost the 2008 FA Cup Final to which club? 


SLIDE TACKLE THIS 

SPORTING TRIVIA... 

1. Which Women’s Super League icon announced her 

retirement at the end of this season? 

2. Name the only two counties not to win a County 

Championship game last season? 

3. Which team in the top four divisions of English football has 

drawn the most games this season? 

4. Who became the youngest-ever Six Nations Player of the 

Championship? 

5. Which country will host tennis’ WTA Finals for the next three 

years? 

6. Who is the highest-scoring defender in British football 

history? 

7. Muhammad Ali’s Everlast trunks worn in the ‘Thrilla in Manila’ 

fetched £4.8million at auction this April, but who did he fight 

in that 1975 epic? 

8. Which Spaniard has made the most Champions League 

appearances? Sergio Ramos, Raul or Iker Casillas? 

9. Who won a first PGA Tour title at the 135th attempt with 

victory at the Houston Open this April? 

10. Which wheelchair Rugby League side are the World Club 

Challenge winners? 

ANSWERS: KNOW YOUR OPPONENTS: 1. Ninian Park, 2. Juninho Bacuna, 3. Steve Morison, 4. Arsenal, Juventus, Glasgow Rangers, 

Nice; 5. Germany, 6. Harry Wilson, 7. Che Adams, 8. Antigua and Barbuda, 9. Bobby Decordova-Reid, 10. Portsmouth. SLIDE TACKLE THIS 

TRIVIA: 1. Steph Houghton, 2. Derbyshire and Gloucestershire, 3. Charlton Athletic (17 draws), 4. Tommaso Menoncello, 5. Saudi Arabia, 

6. James Tavernier (Glasgow Rangers), 7. Joe Frazier, 8. Iker Casillas with 183 appearances, 9. Stephan Jaeger, 10. Wigan Warriors. 


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today’s mascots 

BLAKE DUNNE 

Age: 10 

Favourite player: 

Scott Hogan 

Favourite goal celebration: 

Ronaldo’s “Sui” 

Score prediction: 2-1 

LEE FENWICK 

Age: 12 


Siriki Dembele 


Jude Bellingham open 

arms 


KEON GODWIN 

Age: 8 


Romelle Donovan 


Running arms in the air 


JOSH MEADOWS 

Age: 10 




Sanderson vs West Brom 


STANLEY 

SPOFFORD-CLARKE 

Age: 8 


Jordan James 




REMMY FIELD 

Age: 11 




Neymar tongue 

celebration 


DANIEL NEWMAN 

Age: 11 




Neymar tongue 

celebration 


JAMES MOSEDALE 

Age: 11 


Lukas Jutkiewicz 




KAYA DALKILIC 

Age: 10 




Kneeslide 


SAM McGUIRE 

Age: 10 


Lionel Messi 


Neymar 


FRANKIE 

HOLLOWAY 

Age: 8 


Jay Stansfield 


Sanderson vs West Brom 


LEO WAGNER 




Running and pointing to 

the fans 


AWAY mascot 

celebration package 

SAM WAGNER 


John Ruddy 


The Griddy 


JAKE WAGNER 






FINLEY WAGNER 


Koji Miyoshi 


Roundoff back handspring 

backflip (Obafemi Martins 

vs Arsenal, February 2011). 


ARDEN WAGNER 


Marc Roberts 


Double arm swing (Jose 

Dominguez vs Hull City, 

September 1994) 


OLLIE HUXTABLE 

Age: 12 


Perry Ng 

Favourite goal 

celebration: 


Score prediction: 

2-1 Cardiff 

DONALD COTTRELL 

Age: 90 


Gil Merrick 


Happy 90th 

Birthday, have a 

great day, love the 

Cottrell family x 


supporters’ messages 

Happy 12th birthday, 

Blake Blu Baker! 

Happy 22nd birthday, Dillon, have a lovely day 

love Mom & Dad & Archie and all the family. 

KRO! Xxxx 

Happy 70th Birthday David Turner, 

lifetime Bluenose and top Dad. 

Love from Chris, James and the Turner clan. 

Happy 80th Birthday Mavis! Supporter and 

season ticket holder of over 60 years. Lots of 

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Scaling New Heights: Birmingham City 

Foundation students take on Snowdon! 

Birmingham City Foundation’s First Gen22 

Programme launched on Monday 25 March, 

taking a group of 25 young people to Wales for 

two days of activities and challenges. 

The Gen22 Programme, funded by The United by 

2022 Legacy Charity, is a free-to-access project 

that creates opportunities for young people, aged 

16–24, from the West Midlands to gain employabilityboosting 

skills and experiences. Birmingham City 

Foundation is proud to be delivering the sports 

career focused programmes. 

The first group of young people took part in a 

range of skills workshops, including public speaking, 

safeguarding, working with young people, and first 


aid. It is a vital part of the programme to develop 

the skills and knowledge of the young people to go 

forward, promote best practices, and support and 

inspire them to access sport. 

When asked about the programme, one 

participant, Josh, said: “The Gen22 Programme is 

a really good way to get young people involved in 

activities they might not normally participate in. It 

also gives them the chance to socialise with more 

people.” 

Day 1 of the two-day trip started with an activity 

like no other: heading up to Betws-Y-Coed, everyone 

swapped their phones and trainers for helmets 

and wetsuits before tackling the Afon Ddu Gorge. 

The group waded through the streams, climbed 

waterfalls, and even had the opportunity to jump 

from the rocks into the plunge pools below. With only 

the night to rest, day two brought on an even bigger 

challenge for the group. 

The group laced up their walking boots and, along 

with staff from Birmingham City Foundation, took 

social action and hiked 1,085 metres above sea level 

to conquer Snowdon. The teamwork displayed by 

the group was phenomenal, encouraging everyone 

to push forward and reach the summit. They took on 

this challenge to raise money for the Foundation and 

the brilliant work they do. 

Josh added: “Climbing Snowdon is one of the 

proudest moments of my life because, before now, 

I probably would have never even thought about 

climbing it. However, now that I have, I will want to 

do it again. It allowed me to distance myself from 

everything that was going on in my life, and it was 

almost therapeutic in the aspect of not having to 

worry about things for a day.” 

For the final part of the Gen22 programme, the 

group will complete 30 hours of work experience 

in a professional sports setting. The young people 

have already experienced coaching the Junior Blues 

teams and have supported young people to access 

the Foundation’s matchday activations before 

fixtures at St Andrews @ Knighthead Park. As a team, 

they have already completed 315 hours of social 

action and work experience. 

Other participants have explained how coaching 

Junior Blues has been a good experience because 

it gave them a chance to develop key life skills that 

will help them in the future. The programme was fun 

overall and provided a good experience that they can 

use for coaching outside of the programme.” 

The Foundation’s Community Project Coordinator 

said: “On behalf of the Birmingham City Foundation, 

a massive thank you and well done to all involved. We 

are so proud of the teamwork and enthusiasm you 

showed during the programme. You should all be so 

proud of what you have achieved.” 


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birmingham city 

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vs 

end 

25+75+N 10+90+N 46+54+N 

8/3 

STANSFIELD (68) 

SCORERS 

4/1 54/46 

45+55+N 

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SHOTS 

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POSSESSION 

PASSES 

BLUES: Ruddy, Laird, Aiwu, Sanderson, Buchanan, Paik Seung-ho (Sunjic 90+2), Bielik, Miyoshi (Anderson 81), James 

(Dozzell 54), Bacuna (Gardner 90+2), Stansfield (Hogan 81). Subs not used: Etheridge, Roberts, Drameh, Dembélé. 

PRESTON NORTH END : Woodman, Whatmough, Lindsay, Hughes, Holmes (Seary 90+2), McCann, Mawene (Millar 63), Brady, 

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SHOTS 


POSSESSION 

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QPR Begovic, Dunne, Cook, Clarke-Salter, Paal (Larkeche 87), Hayden (Colback 60), Field, Willock (Smyth 76), 

Andersen, Chair, Frey (Armstrong 60). Subs not used: Walsh, Dykes, Fox, Hodge, Cannon. 

BLUES: Ruddy, Aiwu, Sanderson, Buchanan, Laird, Bielik (Gardner 90+1), Seung-ho, Drameh, Bacuna (James 85), 

Roberts (Miyoshi 73), Stansfield (Hogan 84). Subs not used: Etheridge, Anderson, Dembele, Sunjic, Hall. 



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1 

vs 

blues women 

MUYA (25), AYISI (46), LONGHURST (92) SCORERS QUINN (79) 

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POSSESSION 

CHARLTON ATHLETIC: Gray, Roe, Skeels, N’Dow, McKenna, Filis, Ross, Muya (Barton 57), Ayisi (Longhurst 69), 

McGowan (Godfrey 46), Johnson (Addison 69). Subs not used: Rogers, Pearse, O’Rourke, Bashford, Humphrey. 

BLUES WOMEN: Thomas, Herron, Quinn, Cho, Lawley (Dungate 88), Holloway, Moore, Agg (Quinn 64), 

Devlin (Harrison-Murray 64), Walker, Smith (Yu-ri 76). Subs not used: Clarke, Wilson, Mannu. 


UB40 ROCK OUT ST. ANDREW’S 

@ KNIGHTHEAD PARK 

Birmingham City Football Club joined forces 

with UB40 to officially launch the Club’s 

naming rights partnership, St. Andrew’s @ 

Knighthead Park, at the Easter Monday Double 

Header. 

Following Blues’ Sky Bet Championship victory 

over Preston North End, supporters were in the 

mood to party, and UB40 ensured that B9 was still 

in full voice two hours after the full-time whistle. 

The band premiered their new album, UB45, 

including the new Blues anthem Forever True, at a 

special ‘kick-off’ concert for their extensive 2024 

World Tour, performing on a pre-built stage behind 

the goal in the Gil Merrick Lower. 

This concert was in partnership with Greatest 

Hits Radio, the country’s most listened to 

commercial radio station, and was hosted by 

presenter Jenny Powell. 


IT IS AN HONOUR TO BE A BLUES 

CENTURION SAYS JORDAN JAMES 

JORDAN JAMES HAS EXPRESSED HIS PRIDE AFTER REACHING 

NEW HEIGHTS AS A PROFESSIONAL. 

Fresh from taking his tally of Wales caps 

into double figures, after facing Finland 

and Poland in the first Men’s international 

break of 2024, Blues’ midfielder has experienced 

another week to remember. 

In the space of six days, the 19-year-old made 

his 100th appearance wearing royal blue and was 

shortlisted for the EFL Championship Young Player 

of the Season prize, deserved recognition for his 

eight league goals in 38 matches. 

Speaking to BluesTV at the Birmingham City 

Elite Performance and Innovation Centre, James 

discussed both his surprise and delight at the EFL 

recognition and what it means to make a century of 

appearances for the Club. 

“I wasn’t really expecting the nomination, but the 

100 appearances was the big one for me. To make 

100 appearances for this club is an honour and for 

me and my family is a massive achievement. Not 

many people are able to do that at my age and to be 

able to do that is a great feeling. 

“The nominee has come with that and that is a 

great achievement. Hopefully, I can win it.” 

James also explained how the latest milestones 

in his professional journey can be of benefit to both 

himself and the Men’s First Team as they look to 

finish the 2023/24 league campaign as strongly as 

possible. 

“It has been a tough season for all of us but these 

achievements boost my confidence and they help 

you through to the end of the season. 

“Hopefully, I can help the team and the Club to 

have a good back end of the season.” 


MY DREAM FIVE-A-SIDE TEAM 

KERYS HARROP 

THROUGHOUT THE 2023/24 SEASON, BLUES NEWS IS SETTING THE TASK OF 

COMPILING A DREAM FIVE-A-SIDE TEAM – WITH A TWIST! 

For each home game, a different team will be published, but these will be subject to 

stipulations ensuring it is a proper challenge. 

This week, Birmingham City Women’s legend and 

BluesTV co-commentator Kerys Harrop has 

been called up to pick a team to challenge the 

game’s very best. Born in Wordsley, the 2012 Women’s 

FA Cup winner has gone with players who, like her, are 

some of the West Midlands’ finest footballers. 

CHELSEA WESTON 

Chels would have to be in there as 

she was a tough tackling full-back 

(female version of Paul Robinson). 

She looked up to him as inspiration, 

I think ha! She was a no-nonsense 

defender, Wingers didn’t like coming up against her! 

Great person to have in the dressing room too, very 

funny, and good for the social aspect of the team! 

Chelsea would be my rush keeper as she was also a 

bit crazy and was actually a decent GK in the smallsided 

games we played! 

LAURA BASSETT 

Bass would be my captain. Great 

leader, vocal, and a very good 

defender. She knew how to get the 

best out of teammates. Her and 

Chelsea at the back would be funny 

as they look the same. Chels, we used to call mini-Bass! 

DARREN CARTER 

Had to get Daz in the team as he’s a proper 

Bluenose, technically good midfielder and a fellow 

lefty like me. Need to balance the 

team out with at least one leftfooted 

player! He would be on set 

pieces scoring all the free kicks 

and worldie goals from distance. 

JUDE BELLINGHAM 

I don’t need to say much about 

Jude, do I?! What a player! The 

ultimate footballer, he can do 

everything! Physically fit and 

strong, technically very gifted, 

passionate, hard-working but most importantly 

humble. The epitome of the ultimate player! 

KAREN CARNEY 

The Wizard as Blues fans used 

to call her, as well as the Queen 

of Birmingham. Kaz has to go in 

my team, true Bluenose and a 

technically gifted player. It would 

be a fight between her and Darren about who was 

on free kicks. Maybe Kaz could take my team’s 

penalties instead. Tricky, speedy winger back in her 

heyday who was unplayable at times! 


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ATTIRED & 

WEARY 

AIDED BY THEIR PERSONAL COLLECTIONS, CHRIS DUNN AND ANDY TUDOR TALK 

ABOUT THE MANY QUIRKS AND NUANCES OF BLUES’ KITS OVER THE YEARS. 

TO THE CHAMPIONS’ BALL 

Following the hugely 

popular re-release 

of the 1993/94 

home shirt last year, 

the next offering to 

fill supporters with 

nostalgia is a re-make 

of the fabulous 

1994/95 away top. 

Originally launched 

on Saturday 30 July 

1994, the striking 

red design with 

navy trim and 

bold diagonal 

flashes was 

the first change 

strip to have been 

produced under the Blues 

Leisurewear label after the 

Club had acquired the Admiral 

franchise. Triton Showers 

were the sponsor for their third 

and final season and the shirt 

included a number of subtle 

features such as the distinctive 

‘1875’ shield on the placket and 

the Club badge and name running 

throughout the fabric. All these 

features are perfectly replicated on 

the new re-releases. 

And what a season to recall! 

Moments after relegation was confirmed 

the previous May, eternal optimist Barry Fry 

predicted that Blues would get 

100 points and 100 goals 

the following season. 

He was a tad bullish 

on points (Birmingham 

City ended up on 89) 

but 117 goals across 

all competitions and 

two trophies more 

than made up for 

that, with much of 

the excitement 

coming with 

the players 

dressed from 

top to toe in 

red. 

Worn 17 times 

across the season, it had an 

inauspicious first outing with 

Blues losing 2-1 in the first 

leg of their Coca-Cola Cup tie 

at Shrewsbury Town. It was 

a different story for its first 

League appearance, though, 

with a Steve Claridge brace 

securing all three points at 

Swansea City. 

This was the first of 11 victories 

in red throughout the season, 

which is more than any of the other 68 

away or change shirts the club have worn since 1970. 

And there were many memorable moments along 

the way. 


STEVE CLARIDGE CELEBRATES HIS OPENER AT HUDDERSFIELD TOWN. 

At Peterborough United, in September, midfielder 

Jonathan Hunt became the first Blues player to 

score a hat-trick in nearly 10 years. This ended what 

was significantly the longest period in the Club’s 

history without a ‘treble’ either before or since. 

Two months later, Blues drew Isthmian League 

side Slough Town in the First Round of the FA Cup. 

Originally scheduled to be played in Berkshire, the 

Rebels opted to switch the venue but remained the 

designated home side. Accordingly, it would be the 

first time Blues had worn anything but royal blue at 

St. Andrew’s since 1972. 

Unquestionably, the most bizarre moment in the 

red shirts came at Chester City. A resounding 0-4 

win saw the travelling fans in jubilant mood. Skipper, 

Liam Daish, joined in the fun by playing a plastic 

trumpet which had found its way on to the pitch. 

Referee John Brandwood did not see the funny side, 

however, and promptly booked Daish, which in turn 

triggered a two-match ban! 

The best was saved until last, though. On a 

sweltering afternoon at Huddersfield Town, 

Birmingham knew that victory on the final day would 

secure the league title and automatic promotion 

but the home side, who had promotion ambitions of 

their own, were no pushover. 

A tense affair exploded in the last 17 minutes with 

goals from Steve Claridge and Paul Tait sending the 

4,000 supporters who had travelled into raptures 

and ensuring that Blues had bounced back at the 

first attempt. 

Just 13 days after lifting the Auto Windscreens 

Shield at Wembley, the impressive Second Division 

trophy would be winding its way to St. Andrew’s too. 

And now we get to re-live the moment. 

Priced at £45, this beautifully remade 

shirt will soon be available from 

the Blues Store, both in-person and 

online. 

JOB DONE! BARRY FRY CELEBRATES. 

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS MEDAL. 

Chris and Andy would love to hear from 

any supporters in possession of any 

shirts that they think might be of interest 

to this feature or any future projects. 

Please contact them by emailing 

chrisdunn1982@hotmail.com or on 

Twitter @Dunny_1982 & @alfalonso. 


Former Player Interview 

JONATHAN GROUNDS 

Life has come full circle in more ways than 

one for Jonathan Grounds. Once a youngster 

coming through academy football, he now 

coaches the next generation of aspiring footballers, 

and he does it here at Birmingham City, back at the 

football club where he spent the bulk of his senior 

career, amassing 170 games in six years. 

As a boy, Grounds was spotted for Middlesbrough’s 

Under-9s and went through the ranks, going on to 

play for the first team, days he remembers fondly. 

“It was special playing for my hometown club. They 

were very good at bringing players through, so you 

were going into the first team with your mates. I came 

through the old reserve system. We were playing in 

the reserves against seasoned professionals as well, 

whether they wanted to be there or not! I remember 

playing against Les Ferdinand, Nicolas Anelka, at the 

age of 17, 18. I think that prepared you better for going 

into a first-team game. 

“As I grew up, I got to a point where, if I wasn’t in the 

first-team picture there, where could I go and play? 

Being able to play every Saturday after you’ve put all 

that effort into training is so important. Even if it was 

two loan spells throughout the season, I’d get a loan 

up until Christmas where I would get 15 to 20 games 

and then a different loan and another 15 or 20 games 

from the January. I was getting a minimum of 30 

games. You build that resilience and robustness to be 

able to play a full season.” 

That stood Grounds in good stead when he made 

a permanent move to Oldham Athletic in July 2012, 

playing just over 100 games there before Blues came 

calling two years later. 

“Malcolm Crosby was on Lee Clark’s staff here and I’d 

worked with Malcolm at Middlesbrough. He asked how 

I would feel about joining. It was my first opportunity 

to have regular Championship football, so it was a 

no-brainer. 

“Gary Rowett then replaced Lee in the October and 

he quickly identified our strengths and weaknesses. 

He didn’t ask us to do anything that we couldn’t. 

We had pace at the top end, good defenders and 

midfielders who could pass, so counterattacking was 

a good way for us to play.” 

Grounds was a regular starter under Clark, Rowett, 

Gianfranco Zola and then Harry Redknapp after he 

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took charge at the end of the 2016/17 campaign. Blues 

needed to win the last two games of the season to 

ensure Championship survival, and the first, at home 

to Huddersfield Town, did not start well, as Grounds 

recalls. 

“We missed a penalty and then Che Adams was 

sent off after about 20 minutes and you’re thinking, 

‘Oh no!’ One of the big things we worked on was set 

pieces. We had lads who could attack the ball. Down 

to 10 men, that still gave us possibilities. Just before 

half-time, we had a corner and I headed one in – I 

didn’t get many, but that was a big goal! We won 2-0 

and then beat Bristol City 0-1 to stay up. To keep two 

clean sheets in those last two games, as a defender, 

that was as big as the goal. 

“Weirdly, going down to 10 men in the first game 

benefited us because it was, ‘All hands to the pump, 

lads!’ At Bristol City, we scored quite early, and it 

suited us to play on the counterattack. We had a few 

nervy moments - I don’t think they had anything to 

play for, but we were leading 1-0 into injury time and 

they sent their goalkeeper up! I mean, come on!” 

Still very much a fixture in the side, an injury in 

February 2018 suddenly derailed Grounds’ Blues 

career. 

“A month or so before that, I’d just signed a new deal. 

I’d been going well, playing consistently for three or 

four years. The injury was just unfortunate, a tackle 

that opened my knee up. Things went downhill from 

there. There was another management change, I 

wasn’t fit when Garry Monk came in and I probably 

wasn’t his cup of tea. He had his own ideas, he wanted 

to bring his own players in. That’s football, and so I 

moved on.” 

Grounds ended his playing career at Exeter City last 

season but was quickly looking to get back on the 

grass, this time as a coach. 

“I recognised early on that coaching was something 

I wanted to go into. Probably from being 30 onwards, 

I was writing down sessions that I enjoyed or that I 

thought I could change a bit. I probably would have 

finished my coaching badges earlier had it not been 

for COVID. There was a backlog and that derailed it 

a bit. 

“I got my A-licence last summer and then got the 

opportunity to come back here in an Academy role, 

which I’m really enjoying, working across a couple of 

age groups, passing on the experience I have. I think 

it helps for the players to know that I’ve been in the 

position they are, and that I’ve played for this team. I 

know what it takes. I do say to a couple of them that 

they’ve got a lot more ability than I had, and I managed 

to churn out a career! 

“Ability is essential, obviously, but you do have to 

have more than that. As much as it’s a team sport, you 

are an individual within that team. In the end, you’re 

on your own out there, in front of 20,000 people. 

Teamwork and camaraderie help you along the way, 

but first and foremost, if your body can’t deal with the 

robustness of playing games, it’s going to be difficult 

for you. Then you have to deal with the adversity of 

supporters shouting at you, teammates, opposition. 

You do need to be really, really strong mentally. Having 

the complete package is what gets you a career.” 


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person aged 16 years or over. 

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for the safetyof their child/young person who accompanies 

them and should always keep them close. 

Please be aware of where your child/young person is always during 

your visit and have a plan to meet somewhere if you get separated. 

Ensure your child/young person knows who to contact should they feel 

lost or worried. 

Stewards are situated around the stands in high visibility jackets for 

your safety and confidence. 

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ensure your child knows not to go off with a spectator they do not know. 

Should you get separated from your child please contact a Steward 

immediately and listen to announcements over the stadium speakers. 

In an emergency, please ensure your child is aware what to do including 

how toevacuate the stadium and where to meet up with you. 

On a matchday a dedicated safeguarding steward will be available to help. 

Should you see anything that causes you a concern or doesn’t look right 

please report this to a safety steward. 

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3 

blues under-21s 

1 

vs 

Crewe Alexandra under-21s 

TUESDAY 2 APRIL | PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE NORTH | ST. ANDREW’S AT KNIGHTHEAD PARK 

Blues Under-21s defeated Crewe Alexandra 

in the Professional Development League on 

Tuesday evening. 

Goals from Romelle Donovan, Junior Dixon and 

Laiith Fairnie helped Birmingham City turn a dominant 

performance into three points at St. Andrew’s @ 

Knighthead Park after initially falling behind. 

The victory means that Steve Spooner’s side remain 

top of the PDL North table, with the development side 

in a strong position going into the final five games of 

the season. 

Blues started much stronger, with midfielder Harley 

Hamilton causing the visitors no end of problems. 

Within five minutes he had sent a lobbed effort inches 

over the bar and forced an excellent save from Crewe’s 

goalkeeper. 

The Railwaymen then took an unexpected lead 

through Max Woodcock. The midfielder took 

advantage of the hosts’ light numbers at the back as 

he finished past Brad Mayo following a counterattack. 

Thankfully, Donovan was on hand to level the scores 

just five minutes later. Dixon burst past the visiting 

BLUES: Brad Mayo, Marcel Oakley (Will Burrell 74), 

Laiith Fairnie, Zach Willis, Byron Pendleton, Josh 

Home (Captain), Harley Hamilton (Cameron Eubank 

82), Menzi Mazwi (O’Shea Ellis 57), Romelle Donovan, 

Kieran Wakefield, Junior Dixon. 

Substitutes not used: Tyrese Warmington, Frank 

Tattum. 

Booking: None. 

CREWE ALEXANDRA: Trialist 1, Stanley Dancey, 

Lucas Sant, Lewis Nolan (Muhammed Jatta 79), 

Matthew Senior, Trialist 2 (Pharrell Williams 79), Max 

Woodcock, Luca Moore, Rhys Allport (Will Perry 73), 

Marcus Agius (Captain), Trialist 3 (Jack Parry 62). 

Substitutes not used: None. 

Booking: Sant 15. 

Referee: Declan Brown. 

backline before cutting the ball back for the 17-yearold, 

who applied a perfect, first-time finish into the 

top corner. 

Somehow the go-ahead goal evaded Birmingham 

before half-time as Hamilton fizzed a dangerous 

centre across the face of goal that no one could get 

on the end of. 

Blues continued to knock on the door in the second 

45 and finally took the lead in the 61st minute. Josh 

Home robbed a Crewe defender of possession and 

when his resulting effort was saved, the ball fell to top 

scorer Dixon who comfortably dispatched his 16th of 

the campaign from close range. 

Donovan was then close to doubling his tally soon 

after as he worked the ball onto his left foot and fired a 

powerful effort just over the crossbar from 20 yards. 

Spooner’s team did eventually give themselves a 

two-goal cushion, with Fairnie adding his name to the 

scoresheet late on. Home made it two assists for the 

evening as his free kick from the edge of the 18-yard 

box found the centre-back who confidently powered 

his header into the corner. 

Speaking to BCFC.com post-match, Under-21s Head 

Coach, Spooner, said he was delighted with the three 

points and looked forward to the remaining fixtures. 

“It is really pleasing to see the boys come back from 

behind to win. I was not too worried when they scored 

as I thought we were knocking the ball around well and 

would eventually put the goals in, which we did. 

“Second-half was a better performance, the balls 

into the box found their targets and we did enough 

to add those two goals. I am really pleased for Junior 

Dixon getting back on the scoresheet, too. 

“We have five games left, I think the other teams 

below us have one or two games in hand over us but all 

we can do is continue to go out there and win the ones 

we have left.” 

The Under-21s also visited Colchester United at 

Maldon Stadium on Monday 8 April. Find out how they 

got on in the next issue of Blues News. 


1 

barnsley under-18s 

2 

vs 

blues under-18s 

THURSDAY 28 MARCH | PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE NORTH | BARNSLEY TRAINING COMPLEX 

Blues Under-18s defeated Barnsley in the 

Professional Development League on the 

final Thursday of March. 

Birmingham City emerged victorious for the 

eighth consecutive game as they bested the Tykes, 

who came into the game second in the PDL North 

to Martyn Olorenshaw’s table-topping side. 

Frontman, Frank Tattum, scored both goals in the 

first-half as the high-flying Blues extended their 

lead at the summit to a whopping 20 points with six 

games to play. 

A quick start at the Barnsley Training Complex led 

to the opening goal just 11 minutes in, with Tattum 

applying a brilliant, outside-of-the-foot finish into 

the top corner following Alvaro Ruiz Rente’s cross. 

The forward doubled both his and Birmingham’s 

BLUES: Tyrese Warmington, Byron Pendleton, 

Zach Willis, Will Burrell, Menzi Mazwi, Caleb 

Sanders, Cameron Eubank, George Wynne, 

Alvaro Ruiz Rente (Yusuf Ahmed 85), O’Shea 

Ellis, Frank Tattum. 

Substitutes not used: Oliver Sayer, Trae 

Briscoe, Daniel Isichei, Godfred Boakye. 

Booking: Mazwi 80. 

Goalscorers: Tattum 11, 39. 

tally shortly before the break, this time latching 

onto a cutting through ball from Cameron Eubank 

to beat the goalkeeper. 

The second-half saw much more of a scrappy 

affair and, although Martyn Olorenshaw’s side 

continued to dictate much of the tempo, they failed 

to create any more clear-cut opportunities. 

A goal from a corner for the hosts threatened to 

inspire a late comeback, but Blues stood resolute 

and saw the game out for another important three 

points. 

Speaking to BCFC.com post-match, Under-18s 

Lead Coach, Olorenshaw, said he was delighted 

that his side could take maximum points on the 

road against a good Barnsley outfit. 

“It is a massive result for us given they are our 

closest rivals in the table. Everyone went into it 

knowing how big a game it was, so I was over the 

moon that we came away with the win. 

“I thought first-half we were excellent, we took 

control, nullified their threat and scored two really 

good goals. The second half was a bit more scrappy 

but we dug in and ground out the result. A big day 

for us all round.” 

The Under-18s were also in action against 

Coventry City at The Knighthead Training and 

Academy Grounds last Thursday. Find out how they 

got on in the next issue of Blues News. 


FIXTURES & RESULTS 2023/24 

DATE KO OPPONENT RES COMP POS ATT STARTING XI 

AUGUST 

sat 05 3pm SWANSEA CITY A 1-1 LEAGUE 12 18,051 RUDDY LAIRD SANDERSON LONG BUCHANAN SUNJIC ❚ BIELIK ❚ 

TUE 08 7.45PM CHELTENHAM TOWN A 2-0 EFL CUP - 4,026 ETHERIDGE OAKLEY SANDERSON LONG LONGELO BACUNA 2 ❚ CHANG 

sat 12 3PM LEEDS UNITED H 1-0 LEAGUE 9 20,451 RUDDY ❚ LAIRD SANDERSON LONG BUCHANAN SUNJIC BIELIK 

sat 19 3pm BRISTOL CITY A 2-0 LEAGUE 4 22,397 RUDDY LAIRD SANDERSON LONG BUCHANAN ❚ SUNJIC ❚ BIELIK 

sat 26 3pm PLYMOUTH ARGYLE H 2-1 LEAGUE 3 20,685 RUDDY JAMES SANDERSON ❚ LONG BUCHANAN ❚ SUNJIC BIELIK 

tue 29 7.45pm CARDIFF CITY H 1-3 EFL CUP - 11,405 ETHERIDGE OAKLEY ❚ SANDERSON LONG LONGELO JAMES BACUNA 

SEPTEMBER 

sat 02 12.30pm MILLWALL H 1-1 LEAGUE 4 18,710 RUDDY DRAMEH SANDERSON LONG BUCHANAN SUNJIC BIELIK 

sat 16 3pm WATFORD A 0-2 LEAGUE 6 18,932 RUDDY DRAMEH ❚ SANDERSON LONG BUCHANAN ❚ SUNJIC ❚ BIELIK ❚ 

tue 19 7.45pm PRESTON NORTH END A 1-2 LEAGUE 7 15,838 RUDDY DRAMEH SANDERSON LONG LONGELO SUNJIC BIELIK 

fri 22 8pm QUEENS PARK RANGERS H 0-0 LEAGUE 8 19,803 RUDDY DRAMEH SANDERSON ❚ LONG BUCHANAN BACUNA ❚ BIELIK 

sat 30 3pm NORWICH CITY A 0-2 LEAGUE 12 26,231 RUDDY DRAMEH SANDERSON LONG ❚ LONGELO SUNJIC BIELIK 

OCTOBER 

tue 03 7.45pm HUDDERSFIELD TOWN H 4-1 LEAGUE 10 15,944 RUDDY DRAMEH SANDERSON LONG ❚ LONGELO SUNJIC BIELIK 

fri 06 8pm WEST BROMWICH ALBION H 3-1 LEAGUE 5 21,495 RUDDY DRAMEH SANDERSON 1 LONG LONGELO SUNJIC BIELIK 

sat 21 3pm MIDDLESBROUGH A 0-1 LEAGUE 7 28,449 RUDDY ❚ DRAMEH SANDERSON LONG LONGELO ❚ SUNJIC BIELIK ❚ 

wed 25 7.45pm HULL CITY H 0-2 LEAGUE 12 19,530 RUDDY DRAMEH SANDERSON LONG ❚ LONGELO BACUNA ❚ BIELIK 

sat 28 12.30pm SOUTHAMPTON A 1-3 LEAGUE 14 28,924 RUDDY DRAMEH SANDERSON JAMES ❚ LONGELO SUNJIC BIELIK 

NOVEMBER 

sat 04 3pm IPSWICH TOWN H 2-2 LEAGUE 14 20,940 RUDDY LAIRD SANDERSON JAMES SUNJIC BACUNA DRAMEH ❚ 

sat 11 3pm SUNDERLAND A 1-3 LEAGUE 18 40,922 RUDDY LAIRD ❚ SANDERSON JAMES ❚ SUNJIC BACUNA DRAMEH 

sat 25 3pm SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY H 2-1 LEAGUE 14 20,941 RUDDY LAIRD SANDERSON BUCHANAN BIELIK BACUNA 1 DEMBÉLÉ ❚ 

wed 29 7.45pm BLACKBURN ROVERS A 2-4 LEAGUE 16 12,693 RUDDY DRAMEH SANDERSON BUCHANAN BIELIK ❚ BACUNA DEMBÉLÉ 2 

DECEMBER 

sat 02 3pm ROTHERHAM UNITED H 0-0 LEAGUE 15 18,160 RUDDY LAIRD SANDERSON BUCHANAN BIELIK BACUNA DEMBÉLÉ 

fri 08 8pm COVENTRY CITY A 0-2 LEAGUE 16 26,729 RUDDY ROBERTS JUTKIEWICZ ❚ BUCHANAN BIELIK BACUNA ❚ DEMBÉLÉ ❚ 

wed 13 7.45pm CARDIFF CITY A 1-0 LEAGUE 16 17,669 RUDDY ROBERTS SANDERSON BUCHANAN BIELIK BACUNA 1 DEMBÉLÉ ❚ 

mon 18 8pm LEICESTER CITY H 2-3 LEAGUE 17 20,334 RUDDY ROBERTS SANDERSON BUCHANAN BIELIK BACUNA DEMBÉLÉ 

sat 23 3pm PLYMOUTH ARGYLE A 3-3 LEAGUE 18 16,589 RUDDY ROBERTS SANDERSON BUCHANAN BIELIK ❚ BACUNA 1 ❚ DEMBÉLÉ 

tue 26 5.15pm STOKE CITY H 1-3 LEAGUE 19 21,640 RUDDY ROBERTS SANDERSON MIYOSHI ❚ LONGELO BACUNA ❚ DEMBÉLÉ 

fri 29 7.45pm BRISTOL CITY H 0-0 LEAGUE 20 21,231 RUDDY DRAMEH SANDERSON DONOVAN LONGELO BACUNA DEMBÉLÉ 

JANUARY 

mon 01 3pm LEEDS UNITED A 0-3 LEAGUE 20 36,086 RUDDY BURKE SANDERSON BUCHANAN LONGELO BACUNA DEMBÉLÉ 

sat 06 3pm HULL CITY A 1-1 FA CUP - 12,200 ETHERIDGE ❚ DRAMEH SANDERSON ❚ BUCHANAN LONG BIELIK ❚ DEMBÉLÉ ❚ 

sat 13 3pm SWANSEA CITY H 2-2 LEAGUE 20 21,116 RUDDY DRAMEH SANDERSON LONG BUCHANAN ❚ BIELIK SUNJIC ❚ 

TUE 16 7.45PM HULL CITY H 2-1 FA CUP - 7,133 RUDDY DRAMEH BIELIK BUCHANAN LONGELO ANDERSON JAMES 

sat 20 3pm stoke city A 2-1 LEAGUE 20 25,058 RUDDY DRAMEH BIELIK SANDERSON BUCHANAN JAMES SUNJIC 

sat 27 3pm LEICESTER CITY H 0-3 FA CUP - 28,396 RUDDY LAIRD AIWU BIELIK BUCHANAN JAMES SUNJIC 

FEBRUARY 

sat 03 3pm WEST BROMWICH ALBION A 0-1 LEAGUE 19 25,235 ETHERIDGE LAIRD BIELIK ❚ LONG BUCHANAN ❚ DOZZELL ❚ SUNJIC 

fri 09 8pm SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY A 0-2 LEAGUE 19 25,431 ETHERIDGE LAIRD BIELIK LONG BUCHANAN DOZZELL SUNJIC 

tue 13 7.45pm BLACKBURN ROVERS H 1-0 LEAGUE 18 18,117 RUDDY DRAMEH BIELIK ROBERTS LAIRD DOZZELL 1 SEUNG-HO 

sat 17 3pm SUNDERLAND H 2-1 LEAGUE 15 27,449 RUDDY DRAMEH BIELIK ROBERTS LAIRD DOZZELL SEUNG-HO 

sat 24 3pm IPSWICH TOWN A 1-3 LEAGUE 18 29,363 RUDDY DRAMEH SANDERSON ROBERTS LAIRD DOZZELL SEUNG-HO 

MARCH 

sat 02 3pm SOUTHAMPTON H 3-4 LEAGUE 20 21,611 RUDDY LAIRD ❚ SANDERSON ❚ AIWU BUCHANAN DOZZELL SEUNG-HO 

tue 05 7.45pm HULL CITY A 1-1 LEAGUE 19 20,398 RUDDY DRAMEH AIWU BUCHANAN LAIRD SUNJIC ❚ DOZZELL 

sat 09 3pm MILLWALL A 0-1 LEAGUE 21 17,008 RUDDY DRAMEH AIWU ROBERTS BUCHANAN SUNJIC SEUNG-HO 

tue 12 7.45PM MIDDLESBROUGH H 0-1 LEAGUE 21 17,829 RUDDY LAIRD AIWU ROBERTS BUCHANAN DOZZELL SEUNG-HO 

sat 16 3pm WATFORD H 0-1 LEAGUE 21 21,266 RUDDY LAIRD AIWU BUCHANAN DRAMEH SEUNG-HO SUNJIC 

fri 29 3pm QUEENS PARK RANGERS A 1-2 LEAGUE 21 17,170 RUDDY LAIRD ❚ AIWU BUCHANAN SANDERSON SEUNG-HO BIELIK 

APRIL 

mon 01 3pm PRESTON NORTH END H 1-0 LEAGUE 20 24,511 RUDDY LAIRD ❚ AIWU BUCHANAN SANDERSON SEUNG-HO BIELIK 

sat 06 3pm LEICESTER CITY A 1-2 LEAGUE 22 31,825 RUDDY LAIRD AIWU BUCHANAN SANDERSON SEUNG-HO BIELIK ❚ 

wed 10 7.45pm CARDIFF CITY H LEAGUE 

sat 13 3pm COVENTRY CITY H LEAGUE 

sat 20 3pm ROTHERHAM UNITED A LEAGUE 

sat 27 3pm HUDDERSFIELD TOWN A LEAGUE 

MAY 

sat 04 12.30pm NORWICH CITY H LEAGUE 


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ROLL CALL & LEAGUE TABLE 

PLAYER LEAGUE FA CUP LEAGUE CUP 

APPS / GLS APPS / GLS APPS / GLS 

Emanuel Aiwu 21 (2) 0 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 

Keshi Anderson 8 (7) 0 2 (1) 0 1 (0) 0 

Juninho Bacuna 29 (11) 7 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 2 

Krystian Bielik 30 (1) 0 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 

Lee Buchanan 27 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 

Oliver Burke 10 (10) 0 1 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 

Alfie Chang 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 

Sam Cosgrove 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (2) 0 

Siriki Dembele 23 (8) 6 2 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 

Romelle Donovan 1 (6) 0 1 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 

Andre Dozzell 8 (2) 1 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 

Cody Drameh 23 (4) 0 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 

Neil Etheridge 2 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 

Gary Gardner 1 (13) 1 2 (0) 0 0 (2) 0 

George Hall 0 (6) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 

Scott Hogan 11 (12) 1 0 (2) 0 0 (1) 1 

Jordan James 23 (16) 8 2 (1) 0 2 (0) 0 

Zach Jeacock 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 

Lukas Jutkiewicz 3 (23) 3 1 (0) 1 2 (0) 0 

Brandon Khela 0 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (1) 0 

Ethan Laird 19 (1) 0 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 

Kevin Long 16 (1) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 

Emmanuel Longelo 10 (7) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 

Koji Miyoshi 25 (13) 5 2 (1) 1 1 (1) 0 

Marcel Oakley 0 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 

Paik Seung-Ho 10 (3) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 

Alex Pritchard 3 (3) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 

Marc Roberts 10 (3) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 

Tyler Roberts 6 (9) 0 0 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 

John Ruddy 39 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 

Dion Sanderson 32 (0) 1 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 

Jay Stansfield 34 (4) 11 2 (1) 1 1 (0) 0 

Ivan Sunjic 27 (5) 0 1 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 

Team Pl W D L F A GD Pts 

1 Leicester City 40 28 4 8 79 36 43 88 

2 Ipswich Town 41 26 9 6 84 52 32 87 

3 Leeds United 41 26 8 7 76 33 43 86 

4 Southampton 39 22 9 8 76 51 25 75 

5 West Bromwich Albion 41 19 12 10 64 41 23 69 

6 Norwich City 41 20 7 14 73 58 15 67 

7 Coventry City 40 17 12 11 65 47 18 63 

8 Middlesbrough 41 18 7 16 58 53 5 61 

9 Hull City 40 17 10 13 57 52 5 61 

10 Preston North End 40 17 9 14 52 55 -3 60 

11 Cardiff City 41 17 5 19 46 57 -11 56 

12 Bristol City 41 15 9 17 44 45 -1 54 

13 Sunderland 41 15 7 19 51 50 1 52 

14 Watford 41 12 15 14 57 55 2 51 

15 Swansea City 41 12 11 18 49 62 -13 47 

16 Blackburn Rovers 41 12 10 19 56 66 -10 46 

17 Queens Park Rangers 41 12 10 19 39 53 -14 46 

18 Stoke City 41 12 10 19 40 56 -16 46 

19 Plymouth Argyle 41 11 11 19 56 65 -9 44 

20 Millwall 41 11 11 19 38 54 -16 44 

21 Huddersfield Town 41 9 16 16 45 65 -20 43 

22 BIRMINGHAM CITY 41 11 9 21 45 63 -18 42 

23 Sheffield Wednesday 41 12 6 23 33 64 -31 42 

24 Rotherham United 41 4 11 26 32 82 -50 23 



BIRMINGHAM 

CITY 

INTERIM MANAGER: GARY ROWETT 

GK 

NEIL ETHERIDGE 1 ■ ■ 

ETHAN LAIRD 2 ■ ■ 

LEE BUCHANAN 3 ■ ■ 

MARC ROBERTS 4 ■ ■ 

DION SANDERSON 5 ■ ■ 

KRYSTIAN BIELIK 6 ■ ■ 

JUNINHO BACUNA 7 ■ ■ 

TYLER ROBERTS 8 ■ ■ 

SCOTT HOGAN 9 ■ ■ 

LUKAS JUTKIEWICZ 10 ■ ■ 

KOJI MIYOSHI 11 ■ ■ 

CODY DRAMEH 12 ■ ■ 

PAIK SEUNG-HO 13 ■ ■ 

KESHI ANDERSON 14 ■ ■ 

ALFIE CHANG 15 ■ ■ 

ANDRE DOZZELL 16 ■ ■ 

SIRIKI DEMBELE 17 ■ ■ 

JOSH WILLIAMS 18 ■ ■ 

JORDAN JAMES 19 ■ ■ 

GARY GARDNER 20 ■ ■ 

GK 

JOHN RUDDY 21 ■ ■ 

EMMANUEL LONGELO 23 ■ ■ 

MARCEL OAKLEY 24 ■ ■ 

JAY STANSFIELD 28 ■ ■ 

ALEX PRITCHARD 29 ■ ■ 

IVAN SUNJIC 34 ■ ■ 

GEORGE HALL 35 ■ ■ 

JUNIOR DIXON 43 ■ ■ 

EMANUEL AIWU 44 ■ ■ 

OLIVER BURKE 45 ■ ■ 

JOSH HOME 47 ■ ■ 

GK 

BRAD MAYO 48 ■ ■ 

ROMELLE DONOVAN 49 ■ ■ 

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CITY 

MANAGER: EROL BULUT 

■ ■ 1 ETHAN HORVATH GK 

■ ■ 2 MAHLON ROMEO 

■ ■ 4 DIMITRIOUS GOUTAS 

■ ■ 5 MARK McGUINNESS 

■ ■ 6 RYAN WINTLE 

■ ■ 8 JOE RALLS 

■ ■ 9 KION ETETE 

■ ■ 10 AARON RAMSEY 

■ ■ 11 CALLUM O’DOWDA 

■ ■ 12 NATHANIEL PHILLIPS 

■ ■ 14 JOSH BOWLER 

■ ■ 15 DAVID TURNBULL 

■ ■ 16 KARLAN GRANT 

■ ■ 17 JAMILU COLLINS 

■ ■ 19 ROMAINE SAWYERS 

■ ■ 20 FAMARA DIÉDHIOU 

■ ■ 21 JAK ALNWICK GK 

■ ■ 22 YAKOU MEÏTÉ 

■ ■ 23 MANOLIS SIOPIS 

■ ■ 27 RUBIN COLWILL 

■ ■ 28 ROHAN LUTHRA GK 

■ ■ 30 JOSHUA WILSON-ESBRAND 

■ ■ 32 OLLIE TANNER 

■ ■ 34 JOEL COLWILL 

■ ■ 36 RAHEEM CONTE 

■ ■ 38 PERRY NG 

■ ■ 41 MATTHEW TURNER GK 

■ ■ 43 JAI SEMENYO 

■ ■ 45 CIAN ASKFORD 

■ ■ 46 MORGAN WIGLEY 

■ ■ 47 CALLUM ROBINSON 

■ ■ 48 CAMERON ANTWI 

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