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Birmingham City: Keep Right On To The End Of The Road

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There is only one team in Birmingham worth supporting with true passion and Birmingham City is it.  I have been supporting them since 1978 when Jim Smith was the manager.  He is my favourite manager to date.   I am a blue nose ’til I die.

You can read lots more about Blues by clicking here. 

The following article is all about Blues current situation in the Championship as of March the 13th, 2024. 

It also appears (slightly edited) on Blues Focus.   It is my first article for them.  Click here to view.

How Are We Doing?  

You can see all our results from this season so far here.

As of the time of writing this on March the 13th, 2024 Blues are uncomfortably lying in 21st place,  just one point from the bottom three.  We have only drawn one game in the last five.  Our last game was our game in hand against Middlesbrough which was a must-win and we didn’t.

Is It Time To Worry?  

Worry! Yes and No! Be very anxious, most definitely!

Being worried for me depends if we can get a much-needed three points against Watford in our next game and it depends if we drop into the bottom three and stay there by the middle of April. 

We have eight games to play after Watford and I am not going to lie, it is now at the squeaky bum time of the season but we have escaped relegation before.  Will our luck run out finally and we go down to League One? We will know that for sure come our last game on the 4th of May but until it is mathematically proven we are down then the season isn’t over yet despite a majority of so-called fans on social media throwing the towel in already.

I am trying hard to keep the faith.  I’ll be honest, it’s been harder than other times we have been in this situation but I always try to take the positives out of every game and I always have hope, not just in football but in life itself.  It’s what keeps me going.  I will always back the team and most of all the badge, which will always come first for me regardless of who is playing, what manager is in charge, who owns the club or what league we are in.

Make no bones about it, April is going to be tough for us but it’s not like we haven’t been in a relegation fight before.  Blues do what we do best and that is fight until the end.  Now is not the time to point fingers and blame so and so but a time for players and fans to stay strong, TOGETHER.

Will Tony Mowbray Be Back In Charge For The Q.P.R. Game?  

It was rumoured today on social media that the Blues boss Tony Mowbray would be back after being away since the 19th of February for the home game against Queen’s Park Rangers on March the 29th.

I take rumours online with a pinch of salt but I do hope it is true, all Blues fans will feel the same I am sure, but I only want that if he is truly well enough for the task of the tough days ahead until the end of the season.  We need him now, more than ever.  

Do We Get A Temporary Manager In If Mowbray Doesn’t  Return Soon?

Some “fans” have suggested on social media that Chairman Of The Board Tom Wagner should bring in another temporary manager to take over from current temporary manager Mark Venus because he isn’t cutting the mustard.  These comments are ridiculous.  This would not only be disrespectful to Venus, but it would be especially disrespectful to Mowbray and undermine his authority.  If it were to happen he would resign for sure, as would Venus and the rest of the staff and then the temporary manager may stay, he may not and then we have to get yet another new manager and staff and hope they will be successful.  It would be total madness and have the club moving backwards, not forward and I can’t see Wagner wanting that to happen.

What If?

What if the worst comes to the worst and Blues do get relegated to League One? Then what? We keep supporting them regardless that’s what, it’s what a true, loyal Blues fan does.  Of course, it would be heartbreaking but it would not be the end of the world.

We dropped down to the old third division in 1989 for the first time in our history and it wasn’t until 2002 that we were in the Premiership (established in 1992).  Under the shrewd ownership of Knighthead Co-Founder and Co-C.E.O. Tom Wagner and the experience of manager Tony Mowbray, it won’t take as long to get back to the glory days, I am sure of that.  

Will Wagner And Knighthead Capital Depart If We Get Relegated?

Some “fans” on social media believe this will happen, but I don’t.  Wagner doesn’t look like someone who is a quitter.  He and Knighthead have invested too much time and money into Birmingham City and financially it wouldn’t make sense for them to move on without making a profit on their investment.  Wagner said it was a long-term plan to get Birmingham City back into the Premiership and, as a man of integrity,  I do not believe he would go back on his word and do that to the Blues fans.  

And Finally

Albeit we stay up or go down, win, lose or draw, everyone has a right to an opinion and to get angry, sad or whatever emotion the joys and sorrows of being a Blues fan entails but being aggressive and abusive to your own supporters,  players, manager or owners online or to their faces can’t be condoned.  I think it is better not to comment at all as things get said that shouldn’t be in the heat of the moment.  Even if what you say is meant in good faith, your words easily get misconstrued and twisted on social media and get used against you.

I am an empathetic and passionate bloke and have supported Blues since the late 70’s.  Since my teens, I have battled with depression and anxiety and at the moment,  I just can’t watch them play lately.  It does not help my mental health at all.  My anxiety and stress levels have been too high for my comfort lately. 

It’s like watching a family member or your pet suffer.  It’s heartbreaking.  However, that doesn’t make me not care what’s going on, I just currently can’t take the stress.  It genuinely makes me feel ill.

I always say, for me, supporting Blues is like having a girlfriend or wife that pisses me off or makes me sad, I love her and I forgive her but at times I need my own space, ha ha, but as the header says above, true Blues fans will always KEEP RIGHT ON TO THE END OF THE ROAD.

Blog Posts

Birmingham City: A New Era Begins.

Birmingham City: A Tribute To Trevor Francis.

Birmingham City: Blues Are Sadly Relegated To League One.

Birmingham City: Blues History.

Birmingham City: First Team Squad For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Fixtures, Results And Goal Scorers For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Gary Rowett, Paul Robinson And Dave Carolan Return To Steady The Ship For Blues.

Birmingham City: Kits For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: My First Home Game Of The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Staff For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Summer Transfers For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Trevor Francis. 

Notes And Links

The Birmingham City Club logo shown at the top of this page is the copyright of Birmingham City F.C. and has come from Blues social media pages and website. 

Birmingham City F.C. – Official website.  

Birmingham City on Facebook  – This is their official Facebook page.

Birmingham City on Twitter – This is their official Twitter page.

Birmingham City on YouTube – This is their official YouTube page.

Blues Store Online – Birmingham City’s official club store online.

Blues Focus – Official website.  Bringing you closer to Birmingham City Football Club.

Blues Focus on Facebook – This is their official Facebook page.

Blues Focus on Twitter – This is their official Twitter page.

Blues Focus on Instagram – This is their official Instagram page.

Blues Focus on YouTube – This is their official YouTube channel.

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Birmingham City: January Transfers For The 2023/24 Season

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There is only one team in Birmingham worth supporting with true passion and Birmingham City is it.  I have been supporting them since 1978 when Jim Smith was the manager.  He is my favourite manager to date.   I am a blue nose ’til I die.

You can read lots more about Blues by clicking here. 

One player was loaned in the January transfers, 2024 and two players were purchased.  They were all midfielders.

January Transfers: 2023 – 2024 Season 

Click on the player’s name to read their profile.  This will take you to Birmingham City’s official website. 

Click here to see our full first team squad for the 2023/24 season.

Midfielders 

Number 13: Paik Seung-ho.

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Welcome to Blues Paik.

Read more about Seung-ho here.

Number 16: Andre Dozzell.

Andre Dozzell
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Welcome to Blues Andre.

Read more about Dozzell here.

Number 29: Alex Pritchard.

Alex Pritchard
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Welcome to Blues Alex.

Read more about Pritchard here.

Blog Posts

Birmingham City: A New Era Begins.

Birmingham City: A Tribute To Trevor Francis.

Birmingham City: Blues History.

Birmingham City: First Team Squad For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Fixtures, Results And Goal Scorers For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Blues Are Sadly Relegated To League One.

Birmingham City: Gary Rowett, Paul Robinson And Dave Carolan Return To Steady The Ship For Blues.

Birmingham City: Kits For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: My First Home Game Of The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Staff For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Summer Transfers For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Trevor Francis. 

Notes And Links

The Birmingham City Club logo shown at the top of this page and photos of our players is the copyright of Birmingham City F.C. and has come from Blues social media pages and website, as has the subsequent information. The new summer signings for the 2023/24 season image came from The BCFC Project via Facebook.  Anything else is from Wikipedia.

Wikipedia content is subject to change.

Birmingham City F.C. – Official website.  

Birmingham City on Facebook  – This is their official Facebook page.

Birmingham City on Twitter – This is their official Twitter page.

Birmingham City on YouTube – This is their official YouTube page.

Blues Store Online – Birmingham City’s official club store online.

BCFC The Project on Facebook – This is their official Facebook page.

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Birmingham City: My First Home Game Of The 2023/24 Season Against Millwall On 02/09/2023

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There is only one team in Birmingham worth supporting with true passion and Birmingham City is it.  I have been supporting them since 1978 when Jim Smith was the manager.  He is my favourite manager to date.   I am a blue nose ’til I die.

You can read lots more about Blues by clicking here. 

Saturday the 2nd of September, 2023 was like any other day for me when I am stuck in the house on a match day.  I wake up, spend at least an hour in bed to let my brain catch up with the rest of my body, get up, have my breakfast, kill time, and watch the game on the telly.  Today was going to be a different day and a whole lot better for it.

Before The Match

As the game was a 12.30 p.m. kick-off, I woke up earlier than normal for a Saturday, at about 9.15 a.m. and it is just as well I did.  Around 15 minutes later my sister Julie rang me to ask if I was available in 30 minutes.  I said yes and asked why.  She told me my nephew Craig had a spare ticket and asked if I wanted to go. That was a no-brainer, ha ha.  I got out of bed around 9.45 a.m., had a quick shave, and was about to have a cup of tea and my breakfast when Craig arrived at 10 a.m. It was time to go to the church of Birmingham City supporters and I was buzzing.  St. Andrew’s hhyhbere we come.

We had left early so Craig could get a decent parking spot near the ground because traffic is atrocious around the Blues ground on a match day.

The journey was trouble free and after we parked we walked to The Royal George, a well-known, sought-out pub for Blues fans.  It was here where Tom Wagner and Tom Brady visited on Saturday, August 12th, 2023, before they attended their first Blues home game ever against Leeds United.

There we met Craig’s friend Stuart, who was with his son Alfie, and we collected our tickets.  Craig brought me my first pint of the day.  This was my breakfast! I would like to say it was a nice pint of lager shandy but it wasn’t, It tasted musty and off but I drank it anyway, it would have been rude not to.

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Looking towards the Royal George, Small Heath, Birmingham.

After we all had a drink and chat we headed toward where we were going to sit, The Gil Merrick Stand which is next to The Main Stand.  Nearby is a poster of Blues most well-known goalkeeper and past manager, whom the stand is named after. There was an inflatable that was free to have a go at, where kids could try to score in different holes of different value points but regardless of what they scored, they got a free lollipop.  It is a nice way to keep the kids busy before they enter the ground and Alfie enjoyed having a go.   When we eventually move to a new ground (it is inevitable) the club needs to lay on more things for the kids to do than this though.  By this is a place to get a drink and a bite to eat.  This is fine for drinks if you are an adult but not so for kids.  Stuart couldn’t get Alfie a soft drink and this needs to be sorted out in the future.  This is not me nitpicking, just being honest and I have no doubt, that as we grow and grow, Tom Wagner will rectify all this. Craig got me another pint, just lager this time and we all had another chat. There was live entertainment via a man with his guitar and there is no doubt at all that since the new owners have been in charge, the match day experience and the atmosphere outside of the ground certainly has improved for the better.

With drinks down the hatch, Craig and Stuart kindly paid for a match programme between them (I always like to get a souvenir and this has improved a lot since I last got one) we entered the ground and climbed the seamless never ending steps to get to our seats.  This was a task Craig handled well being he was on crutches due to a recent injury playing football himself!

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The Gill Merrick Stand entrance, St. Andrew’s.

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A Gil Merrick poster outside The Gill Merrick Stand, St. Andrew’s.

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The Main Stand, St. Andrew’s.

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Blues News v Millwall match programme 02/09/2023.

We settled into our seats at about 11.45 p.m., and not long after we all had a selfie.  It is said the camera never lies and this is clearly so by the bloody mark on my Blues top, ha ha.  Oh well, it is a great photo for memory’s sake anyway.

I took some photos of the ground, including the players warming up.  

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Inside St. Andrew’s, in the Gil Merrick Stand, for my first home game of the 2023/24 season with Craig, Alfie, And Stuart. 

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Blues entering the pitch for a warm-up v Millwall at St. Andrew’s.

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Blues players warming up v Millwall at St. Andrew’s.

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Blues and Millwall players warming up at St. Andrew’s.

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The big screen between The Main Stand and The Gil Merrick Stand inside St. Andrew’s.

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Inside St. Andrew’s.

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The Main Stand, inside St. Andrew’s.

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The Tilton, inside St. Andrew’s.

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The Kop, inside St. Andrew’s.

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Beau Brummie at St. Andrew’s.

Just before the 12:30 p.m. kick-off, there was a short pyro display and blue and white smoke to thrill the crowd.  This is a new thing obviously American influenced by Tom Wagner and Tom Brady and I like it.  As long as they don’t bring cheerleaders into the game then a bit of razzamatazz does no harm to the game and adds some excitement to the atmosphere in the ground.  

This was the Blues team starting today.  Our new loan signing Cody Drameh goes straight in the first 11 to make his home debut with another new loan signing, Emmanuel Aiwu taking his place on the bench.

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Blues v Millwall starting line-up.

First Half

Blues were kicking toward The Gil Merrick Stand so it would have been nice to have seen us score a goal being we had a nice, clear view of the net.  Alas, that wasn’t to be. Millwall scored an early goal against the run of play after a decent enough start from us and that knocked our confidence for almost 15 minutes.  John Ruddy should have saved their free kick. His form was off today and his passing was poor. We picked up the pace toward the end of the first half but again, against the run of play they scored a second goal but it was ruled out by a delayed offside call.  We had a late penalty decision when Keshi Anderson was fowled in their box.  This was taken by Scott Hogan that should have taken us level at the break but it didn’t turn out that way.   The penalty was weak and was easily saved by Matija Sarkic (who was on loan to us last season).

It wasn’t just Ruddy’s passing that was not good enough first half, the whole team followed suit and should have done better.  We didn’t deserve to be a goal down at the break.  We made Millwall look better than they were. The first half was very frustrating to watch indeed.  

I filmed a short clip of gameplay early in the first half.  Click here to see it.  As with the Pyro clip above it is clear I am no Steven Spielberg, ha ha, but it is all about sharing the experience of it all.

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Blues and Millwall players leaving the pitch at half-time at St. Andrew’s.

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Blues players leaving the pitch at half-time v Millwall at St. Andrew’s.

Half Time

Birmingham City 0 – Millwall 1.

Not a lot went on at the interval or at least I never noticed.  I was busy on my phone and chatting.  Stuart brought me a Coke and before you knew it, it was time to get back to our seats for the kick-off with Blues playing towards The Tilton End.

Second Half.

Blues played much better this time with plenty of chances to score but only one went in, a 53rd-minute goal from Jay Stansfield, making it two goals in two games.  I didn’t see the goal that well being it was down the other end and my eyesight isn’t the best but after seeing it in the match highlights it was a good goal with a great assist from Juninho Bacuna.  

As much as you do get a much better view watching Blues on telly, NOTHING beats being at St. Andrew’s and soaking in the great atmosphere. I wish it could be more often.

Stuart and Alfie left 10 minutes early to avoid the traffic.  I want to say thank you to Alfie for sharing his sweets today, that was kind of him.

Me and Craig stayed until the end, hoping for another late winner that never happened. 

Blues battled until the ref blew the final whistle, as we always do.  I would like to state that said referee, Josh Smith, was very favourable to the Millwall players with his decisions but that seems to be the norm for most refs when anyone plays us.  

Full Time

Birmingham City 1 – Millwall 1.

Regarding the crowd, the atmosphere in the ground was good but could have been better.  When it was loud it was loud but the crowd was too quiet at times and the Millwall fans were heard too much for my liking. 

Regarding the game, I felt like it was two points lost for us.  However, I am NOT complaining, the fact that we could feel disappointed with a draw when in the not-so-distant past we would have snapped that up is a sign of how improved we have become on the pitch.  Games like this would have ended up in a loss after starting from a goal behind and it is a credit to John Eustace for the good work he has done since being manager under dire circumstances.  If you want to call him head coach, you can but I am old school so I will call him our manager. 

After The Match

Me and Craig slowly made our way out of the ground and made our way to his car.  As mentioned above the traffic around the ground on match day is shocking, especially as it is on the 97 bus route, and it was a challenge just to get onto the road.  Slowly we made our way out of Small Heath and Craig dropped me back home thus ending my time at my first home game of the 2023/24 football season. 

Some of the best days in life are the ones that include unexpected surprises and today was one of them and I am very grateful to Craig for thinking of me.  

As we head into the international break Blues are undefeated in the league and are sitting in 4th place which is EXCELLENT.  I just hope what happened last season when we went into the break on form and then returned doesn’t happen again! 

Here is the top of the table after all Championship games were played today and match highlights. 

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Blues league position in the Championship on 02/09/2023.

 

KEEP RIGHT ON.

Blog Posts

Birmingham City: A New Era Begins.

Birmingham City: A Tribute To Trevor Francis.

Birmingham City: Blues Are Sadly Relegated To League One.

Birmingham City: Blues History.

Birmingham City: Fixtures, Results And Goal Scorers For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Gary Rowett, Paul Robinson And Dave Carolan Return To Steady The Ship For Blues.

Birmingham City: January Transfers For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Keep Right On To The End Of The Road.

Birmingham City: Kits For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Staff For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Summer Transfers For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Trevor Francis. 

Notes And Links

The selfie image shown at the top of this page is the copyright of Stuart Smith.  All other photos are copyrighted to me except the match programme, starting line-up, and league position photos which are the copyright of  Birmingham City F.C. and have come from Blues social media pages and website.

Birmingham City F.C. – Official website.  

Birmingham City on Facebook  – This is their official Facebook page.

Birmingham City on Twitter – This is their official Twitter page.

Birmingham City on YouTube – This is their official YouTube page.

Blues Store Online – Birmingham City’s official club store online.

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Birmingham City: Summer Transfers For The 2023/24 Season

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There is only one team in Birmingham worth supporting with true passion and Birmingham City is it.  I have been supporting them since 1978 when Jim Smith was the manager.  He is my favourite manager to date.   I am a blue nose ’til I die.

You can read lots more about Blues by clicking here. 

Thirteen players have been bought in this summer, either on a full contract or on loan.  

Unlike in the past when the clueless Chinese owned us and Harry Redknapp was the manager and spent money like a kid in a sweet shop (as exciting and crazy as it was at the time) Blues have been able to do all this within Financial Fair Play Regulations thanks to the savvy business experience of Tom Wagner (Knighthead / Shelby Companies).

All these signings are a great asset to a squad that will be utilised a lot during a tough league like the Championship and a special mention has to go to Technical Director Craig Gardner for his huge part in getting the deals over the line.  Well done Craig.

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New summer signings for the 2023/24 season.

Summer Transfers: 2023 – 2024 Season 

Click on the player’s name to read their profile.  This will take you to Birmingham City’s official website. 

Click here to see our full first team squad for the 2023/24 season.

Defenders 

Number 2: Ethan Laird.

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Read more about Laird here.

Number 3: Lee Buchanan. 

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Read more about Buchanan here.

Number 5: Dion Sanderson.

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Read more about Sanderson here.

Number 12: Cody Drameh. 

Loan Player

Read more about Drameh here.

Number 44: Emmanuel Aiwu. 

Loan Player

Read more about Aiwu here.

Number 26: Kevin Long.

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Read more about Long here.

Midfielders 

Number 6: Krystian Bielik.

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Read more about Bielik here.

Number 11: Koji Miyoshi.

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Read more about Miyoshi here.

Number 14: Keshi Anderson.

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Read more about Anderson here.

Number 17: Siriki Dembele.

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Read more about Dembele here.

Forwards

Number 8: Tyler Roberts.

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Read more about Roberts here.

Number 28: Jay Stansfield.

Loan Player

Read more about Stansfield here.

Oliver Burke. 

Loan Player

Read more about Burke here.

Blog Posts

Birmingham City: A New Era Begins.

Birmingham City: A Tribute To Trevor Francis.

Birmingham City: Blues Are Sadly Relegated To League One.

Birmingham City: Blues History.

Birmingham City: Fixtures, Results And Goal Scorers For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Gary Rowett, Paul Robinson And Dave Carolan Return To Steady The Ship For Blues.

Birmingham City: January Transfers For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Keep Right On To The End Of The Road.

Birmingham City: Kits For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: My First Home Game Of The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Staff For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Trevor Francis. 

Notes And Links

The Birmingham City Club logo shown at the top of this page and photos of our players is the copyright of Birmingham City F.C. and has come from Blues social media pages and website, as has the subsequent information. The new summer signings for the 2023/24 season image came from The BCFC Project via Facebook.  Anything else is from Wikipedia.

Wikipedia content is subject to change.

Birmingham City F.C. – Official website.  

Birmingham City on Facebook  – This is their official Facebook page.

Birmingham City on Twitter – This is their official Twitter page.

Birmingham City on YouTube – This is their official YouTube page.

Blues Store Online – Birmingham City’s official club store online.

BCFC The Project on Facebook – This is their official Facebook page.

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Birmingham City: Fixtures, Results And Goal Scorers For The 2023/24 Season

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There is only one team in Birmingham worth supporting with true passion and Birmingham City is it.  I have been supporting them since 1978 when Jim Smith was the manager.  He is my favourite manager to date.   I am a blue nose ’til I die.

You can read lots more about Blues by clicking here.

Below you will find all the Championship and Cup fixtures, results and goal scorers for the 2023/24 season.  Results are shown in red and clicking on the link will take you to the Blues website to give you further match details such as team line up etc. and also give you our current league table position.

Fixtures are subject to change and those changes will be noted on this page.  Games live on Sky Sports are also shown in red.

2023 – 2024 Season Fixtures

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Birmingham City’s Championship and Cup fixtures for the 2023/24 season.  Subject to change.

2023 – 2024 Season Results

Click on the links below for the match details to each game.

August

Championship: Saturday, August 5th, 2023 at Swansea.com Stadium, Swansea.

Swansea City 1 – Birmingham City 1 (Dembele – 45th minute).  

League Cup – 1st Round: Tuesday, August 8th, 2023 at The Completely-Suzuki Stadium, Cheltenham. 

Cheltenham 0 – Birmingham City 2  (Bacuna – 24th and 32nd minutes). 

Championship: Saturday, August 12th, 2023 at St. Andrew’s Stadium, Birmingham.

Birmingham City 1 – Leeds United 0  (Jutkiewicz – 91st minute). 

Championship: Saturday, August 19th, 2023 at Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol.

Bristol City 0 – Birmingham City 2 (Miyoshi – 48th minute and Jutkiewicz – 84th minute). 

Championship: Saturday, August 26th, 2023 at St. Andrew’s Stadium, Birmingham.

Birmingham City 2 – Plymouth Argyle 1 (Hogan – 8th Minute and Stansfield – 95th minute).

League Cup – 2nd Round: Tuesday, August 29th, 2023 at St. Andrew’s Stadium, Birmingham. 

Birmingham City 1 – Cardiff City 3 (Hogan – 70th Minute).

September

Championship: Saturday, September 2nd, 2023 at St. Andrew’s Stadium, Birmingham.

Birmingham City 1 – Millwall 1 (Stansfield – 53rd minute).

Championship: Saturday, September 16th, 2023 at Vicarage Road, Watford. 

Watford 2 – Birmingham City 0.

Championship: Tuesday,  September 19th, 2023 at Deepdale, Preston.

Preston North End 2 –  Birmingham City 1 (Stansfield – 46th minute).

Championship: Friday,  September 22nd, 2023 at St. Andrew’s Stadium, Birmingham.

Birmingham City 0 – Queens Park Rangers 0. 

Championship: Saturday, September 30th, 2023 at Carrow Road, Norwich.

Norwich City 2 – Birmingham City 0.

October

Championship: Tuesday,  October 3rd, 2023 at St. Andrew’s Stadium, Birmingham.

Birmingham City 4 –  Huddersfield Town 1 (Dembele – 3rd and 64th minutes, Myoshi – 23rd minute and James – 95th minute). 

Championship: Friday,  October 6th, 2023 at St. Andrew’s Stadium, Birmingham.

Birmingham City 3 – West Bromwich Albion 1 (Bacuna – 23rd minute, Sanderson 38th minute and Gardner – 87th minute). 

Championship: Saturday, October 21st, 2023 at Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough.

Middlesbrough 1 – Birmingham City 0. 

Championship: Wednesday, October 25th, 2023  at St. Andrew’s Stadium, Birmingham.

Birmingham City 0  – Hull City 2.

Championship: Saturday, October 28th, 2023 at Saint Mary’s Stadium, Southampton.

Southampton 3 – Birmingham City 1 (Stansfield – 58th minute).

November

Championship: Saturday,  November 4th, 2023 at St. Andrew’s Stadium, Birmingham.

Birmingham City 2 – Ipswich Town 2 (Stansfield – 13th minute).

Championship: Saturday, November 11th, 2023 at Stadium of Light, Sunderland.

Sunderland 3 –  Birmingham City 1 (Miyoshi – 30th minute). 

Championship: Saturday, November 25th, 2023  at St. Andrew’s Stadium, Birmingham.

Birmingham City 2 – Sheffield Wednesday 1 (Bacuna – 48th minute and James – 81st minute). 

Championship: Wednesday, November 29th, 2023  at Ewood Park, Blackburn.

Blackburn Rovers 4 – Birmingham City 2 (Dembele – 63rd minute and 78th minute). 

December

Championship: Saturday, December 2nd, 2023  at St. Andrew’s Stadium, Birmingham.

Birmingham City 0 – Rotherham United 0. 

Championship: Friday, December 8th, 2023  at The Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry.

Coventry City 2 – Birmingham City 0.

Championship: Wednesday, December 13th, 2023  at Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff.

Cardiff City 0 – Birmingham City 1 (Bacuna – 48th minute).

Championship: Monday, December 18th, 2023  at St. Andrew’s Stadium, Birmingham.

Birmingham City 2 –  Leicester City 3 (James – 14th minute and 74th minute).

Championship: Saturday, December 23rd, 2023  at Home Park, Plymouth.

Plymouth Argyle 3 – Birmingham City 3 (Stansfield – 15th minute, James 39th minute and Bacuna 62nd minute).

Championship: Tuesday, December 26th 2023  (Boxing Day) at St. Andrew’s Stadium, Birmingham.

Birmingham City 1 – Stoke City 3 (Stansfield – 69th minute).

Championship: Friday, December 29th 2023  at St. Andrew’s Stadium, Birmingham.

Birmingham City 0 – Bristol City 0.

January

Championship: Monday, January 1st, 2024 (New Year’s Day) at Elland Road, Leeds.

Leeds United 3 – Birmingham City 0.

F.A. Cup – 3rd Round:  Saturday, January 6th, 2024 at The MKM Stadium, Hull. 

Hull City 1 – Birmingham City 1. (Jutkiewicz – 18th minute). 

Championship: Saturday, January 13th, 2024  at St. Andrew’s Stadium, Birmingham.

Birmingham City 2 – Swansea City 2. (Dembele – 38th minute and James 95th minute).

F.A. Cup – 3rd Round Replay:  Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 at St. Andrews Stadium, Birmingham. 

Birmingham City 2 – Hull City 1. (Stansfield – 66th minute and Miyoshi 93rd minute).

Championship: Saturday, January 20th, 2024 at bet365 Stadium, Stoke.

Stoke City 1 – Birmingham City 2. (Stansfield – 10th minute and Bacuna 49th minute).

F.A. Cup – 4th Round: Saturday, January 27th, 2024 at King Power Stadium, Leicester.

Leicester City 3 – Birmingham City 0.

February

Championship: Saturday, February 3rd, 2024 at The Hawthorns, West Bromwich.

West Bromwich Albion 1 – Birmingham City 0.

Championship: Friday, February 9th, 2024 at Hillsborough, Sheffield.

Sheffield Wednesday 2 – Birmingham City 0.

Championship: Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 at St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham.

Birmingham City 1 – Blackburn Rovers 0 (Dozzell – 77th minute).

Championship: Saturday, February 17th, 2024 at St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham.

Birmingham City 2 – Sunderland 1 (James – 60th minute and Miyoshi 80th minute).

Championship: Saturday, February 24th, 2024 at Portman Road, Ipswich.

Ipswich Town 3 – Birmingham City 1 (James – 46th minute).

March

Championship: Saturday, March 2nd, 2024 at St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham.

Birmingham City 3 – Southampton 4 (Miyoshi – 2nd minute, Stansfield – 41st minute and Bacuna 77th minute).

Championship: Tuesday, March 5th, 2024 at The MKM Stadium, Hull.

Hull City 1 – Birmingham City 1 (Jutkiewicz – 82nd minute).

Championship: Saturday, March 9th, 2024 at The Den, London.

Millwall 1 – Birmingham City 0.

Championship: Tuesday, March 12th, 2024 at St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham.

Blues 0 – Middlesbrough 1.

Championship: Saturday, March 16th, 2023 at St. Andrew’s Stadium, Birmingham.

Birmingham City 0 – Watford 1.

Championship: Friday, March 29th, 2024 at MATRADE Loftus Road, London.

Queens Park Rangers 2 – Birmingham City 1 (Bacuna 62nd minute).

April

Championship: Saturday, April 1st, 2024 at St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham.

Birmingham City 1 – Preston North End 0 (Stansfield – 68th minute).

Championship: Saturday, April 6th, 2024 at King Power Stadium, Leicester.

Leicester City 2 – Birmingham City 1 (Stansfield – 45th minute).

Championship: Wednesday, April 10th, 2024 at St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham.

Birmingham City 0 – Cardiff City 1.

Championship: Saturday, April 13th, 2024 at St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham.

Birmingham City 3 – Coventry City 0 (Thomas [Own Goal] – 12th minute, Sunjic – 41st minute and Stansfield – 59th minute).

Championship: Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at AESSEAL New York Stadium, Rotherham.

Rotherham United 0 – Birmingham City 0.

Championship: Saturday, April 27th 2024 at John Smith’s Stadium, Huddersfield.

Huddersfield Town 1 – Birmingham City 1 (Miyoshi – 44th minute).

May

Championship: Saturday, May 4th, 2024 at St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham.

Birmingham City 1 – Norwich City 0 (Seung-Ho – 55th minute).

Blues finish 22nd and are relagated to League One.

2023 – 2024 Season Goal Scorers

Championship Games

TOP SCORER: Jay Stansfield = 12.

Jordan James = 8.

Junhino Bacuna = 7.

Siriki Dembele = 6.

Koji Miyoshi = 6.

Lukas Jutkiewicz = 3. 

Gary Gardner = 1.

Scott Hogan = 1.

Dion Sanderson = 1. 

Andre Dozzell = 1.

Ivan Sunjic = 1. 

Paik Seung-Ho =1.

Cup Games

TOP SCORER: Junhino Bacuna = 2.

Scott Hogan = 1.

Lukas Jutkiewicz = 1.

Jay Stansfield = 1.

Koji Miyoshi – 1. 

All Games

TOP SCORER: Jay Stansfield = 13.

Junhino Bacuna = 9.

Jordan James = 8.

Koji Miyoshi = 7.

Siriki Dembele = 6.

Lukas Jutkiewicz = 4. 

Scott Hogan = 2.

Gary Gardner = 1.

Dion Sanderson = 1. 

Andre Dozzell = 1.

Ivan Sunjic = 1. 

Paik Seung-Ho =1. 

2024 – 2025 Season Fixture Dates Announced

 

Fixtures for Blues’ 2024/25 League One season will be released on Wednesday the 26th of June at 9 am.

These will begin on Saturday the 10th of August 2024, with the regular league schedule concluding on Saturday the 3rd of May 2025.  The 46 rounds of matches will take place across 36 weekends, six midweeks and four bank holidays.

Meanwhile, the Carabao Cup will begin in mid-August and the Group Stage of the Bristol Street Motors Trophy, involving Sky Bet League One, Sky Bet League Two and 16 invited Under-21s Premier League teams, will start in early September.

The Men’s First Team will travel to Austria from Monday the 8th of July until Sunday the 14th of July in preparation for 2024/25, with details of pre-season games, including one during the tour, to be confirmed in due course.

Details for the above will be shown on separate pages for the new season.

Blog Posts

Birmingham City: A New Era Begins.

Birmingham City: A Tribute To Trevor Francis.

Birmingham City: Blues Are Sadly Relegated To League One.

Birmingham City: Blues History.

Birmingham City: First Team Squad For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Gary Rowett, Paul Robinson And Dave Carolan Return To Steady The Ship For Blues.

Birmingham City: January Transfers For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Keep Right On To The End Of The Road.

Birmingham City: Kits For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: My First Home Game Of The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Staff For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Summer Transfers For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Trevor Francis. 

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Birmingham City: First Team Squad For The 2023/24 Season

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Click here to see all the summer transfers for the 2023/24 season. 

First Team Squad: 2023 – 2024 Season 

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Goalkeepers

Number 1: Neil Etheridge.

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Number 21: John Ruddy.

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Defenders 

Number 2: Ethan Laird.

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Number 3: Lee Buchanan. 

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Number 4: Marc Roberts. 

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Number 5: Dion Sanderson.

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Number 12: Cody Drameh (On Loan).

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Number 18: Josh Williams.

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Read more about Williams here.

Number 23: Emmanuel Longelo. 

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Read more about Longelo here.

Number 44: Emmanuel Aiwu (On Loan).

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Midfielders 

Number 6: Krystian Bielik.

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Read more about Bielik here.

Number 7: Juninho Bacuna.

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Number 11: Koji Miyoshi.

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Read more about Miyoshi here.

Number 13: Paik Seung-ho. 

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Number 14: Keshi Anderson.

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Number 15: Alfie Chang.

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Number 16: Andre Dozzell (On Loan).

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Number 17: Siriki Dembele.

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Read more about Dembele here.

Number 19: Jordan James.

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Read more about James here.

Number 20: Gary Gardner.

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Read more about Gardner here.

Number 29: Alex Pritchard.

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Number 34: Ivan Sunjic.

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Number 35: George Hall.

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Number ?: Tate Campbell.

Read more about Campbell here.

Forwards

Number 8: Tyler Roberts.

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Number 9: Scott Hogan.

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Number 10: Lukas Jutkiewicz.

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Number 28: Jay Stansfield (On Loan).

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Number 45: Oliver Burke (On Loan).

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Retained And Released List: The End Of The 2023 – 24 Season  

The Club confirmed on the 18th of May, 2024 their list of retained and released players following the conclusion of the 2023/24 season.

Five of the Men’s First Team squad have been released.  These are Neil Etheridge, Gary Gardner, Scott Hogan, Marc Roberts and Ivan Sunjic.

New contracts have been offered to Lukas Jutkiewicz and John Ruddy.

A contract extension has been activated for Keshi Anderson.

A further seven young professionals have been released. Oliver Basey, Tate Campbell, Marcel Oakley, Rico Patterson, Callum Sullivan, Finley Thorndike and Kieran Wakefield will all leave Birmingham City following the expiration of their contracts.

Third-year scholars Morgan Dance and Pharrell Williams have also been released.

Five players have returned to their parent clubs.  These are Emanuel Aiwu, Oliver Burke, Andre Dozzell, Cody Drameh and Jay Stansfield.

Options in the Club’s favour have been exercised for Junior Dixon, Laiith Fairnie, Harley Hamilton, Sahid Kamara and Femi Olofinjana.

Rico Browne and Brad Mayo have been offered professional terms for next season.

All second-year scholars have been offered pro contracts, with further details to be confirmed during the close season.

The following players all remain under contract:

Keshi Anderson, Juninho Bacuna, Ben Beresford, Krystian Bielik, Lee Buchanan, Alfie Chang, Junior Dixon, Siriki Dembele, Romelle Donovan, Laiith Fairnie, Tommy Fogarty, George Hall, Harley Hamilton, Josh Home, Jordan James, Sahid Kamara, Brandon Khela, Ethan Laird, Emmanuel Longelo, Koji Miyoshi, Femi Olofinjana, Byron Pendleton, Paik Seung-ho, Alex Pritchard, Tyler Roberts, Dion Sanderson, Josh Williams.

To all those leaving Blues I just want to thank them for their time at the club and wish them good luck and success for the future.

Any further squad news from now on will be dealt with on a separate page for the new season.

Blog Posts

Birmingham City: A New Era Begins.

Birmingham City: A Tribute To Trevor Francis.

Birmingham City: Blues Are Sadly Relegated To League One.

Birmingham City: Blues History.

Birmingham City: Fixtures, Results And Goal Scorers For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Gary Rowett, Paul Robinson And Dave Carolan Return To Steady The Ship For Blues.

Birmingham City: January Transfers For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Keep Right On To The End Of The Road.

Birmingham City: Kits For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: My First Home Game Of The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Staff For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Summer Transfers For The 2023/24 Season.

Birmingham City: Trevor Francis.    

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