Birmingham City: Videos For The 2024/25 Season – June 2024

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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 interviews regarding Blues for June 2024 of the 2024/25 season.  You can see all the months in full here.

June 2024

Chris Davies’ First Interview With Blues T.V.

New Blues manager Chris Davies discusses his recent appointment.

On the 10th of June, 2024, new Blues manager Chris Davies spoke to Blues T.V. for the first time.

This is a great interview.  He is great to listen to, clear, articulate and knows what he is talking about, like Tom wagner, and he is going to fit in nicely with Wagner’s project.

Go behind-the-scenes with Chris Davies on his first day as Blues manager.

On the 10th of June, 2024 Davies took a closer look at the Elite Performance and Innovation Centre, as well as St. Andrew’s. 

Getting To Know Chris Davies

Chris Davies talks about his appointment as the new Birmingham City manager.

On the 14th of June, 2024, new Blues manager Chris Davies spoke to Blues T.V. about the following:

His own playing career.

His coaching experiences to date.

Working under Ange Postecoglou and Brendan Rodgers. 

His planned approach to management.

The importance of the fans.

His matchday fit plans.

This is another great interview with Davies.  After listening to this it is plain to see that things are on the up at Birmingham City, and about time to.

Ryan Allsop’s First Interview With Blues T.V.

New Blues Goalkeeper Ryan Allsop shared his first words since putting pen to paper for the Blues. 

On the 18th of June, 2024,  Birmingham City’s new goalkeeper,  Allsop sat down with Blues T.V. to discuss his move to Birmingham City.

He joined Blues at the right time and I can see him having a bright future with us.  

Brad Mayo’s Interview With Blues T.V.

New Blues Goalkeeper Brad Mayo discusses his new contract and extending his time with the Club to 2026.

On the 19th of June, 2024,  Birmingham City goalkeeper Brad Mayo sat down with Blues T.V. to discuss his contract extension for Birmingham City.

Mayo is a quality young goalie.  It is great news he is staying with us. 

Bailey Peacock-Farrell’s First Interview With Blues T.V.

New Blues Goalkeeper, Bailey Peacock-Farrell, gives an insight into his playing style and reveals why he chose to join Blues, despite interest elsewhere in his services. 

On the 30th of June, 2024,  Birmingham City’s new goalkeeper,  Peacock-Farrell sat down with Blues T.V. to discuss his move to Birmingham City.

He joined Blues at the right time and I can see him having a bright future with us. 

Watch the video here

Other Videos For The 2024/25 Season  

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Notes And Links

The Birmingham City Club logo shown at the top of this page is the copyright of Birmingham City F.C. and came from their social media pages.  

Birmingham City F.C. – Official website.  

Birmingham City on Facebook  – Official Facebook page.

Birmingham City on Twitter – Official Twitter page.

Birmingham City on Instagram – Official Instagram page.

Birmingham City on YouTube – Official YouTube page.

Blues Store  – Official club store website.

Birmingham City Foundation – Official website.

Nike – Official website. 

Undefeated – Official website.  

Birmingham City: Videos For The 2024/25 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 videos including interviews and match highlights regarding Blues, Friendly games, League One games and Cup games for the 2024/25 season including pre-season.

I have put them in monthly categories to avoid overloading this page with too many videos which will only make things slow for us all.  Just click on the month you wish to see.

June 2024

Click here to see videos for June 2024 regarding Birmingham City’s pre-season.

July 2024

Click here to see videos for July 2024 regarding Birmingham City’s pre-season.

August 2024

Click here to see videos for August 2024 regarding Birmingham City’s pre-season and season.

September 2024

Click here to see videos for September 2024 regarding Birmingham City’s pre-season and season.

October 2024

Click here to see videos for October 2024 regarding Birmingham City’s pre-season and season.

November 2024

Click here to see videos for November 2024 regarding Birmingham City’s pre-season and season.

December 2024

Click here to see videos for December 2024 regarding Birmingham City’s pre-season and season.

January 2025

Click here to see videos for January 2025 regarding Birmingham City’s pre-season and season.

February 2025

Click here to see videos for February 2025 regarding Birmingham City’s pre-season and season.

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Notes And Links

The Birmingham City Club logo shown at the top of this page is the copyright of Birmingham City F.C. and came from their social media pages.  

 

Birmingham City F.C. – Official website.  

Birmingham City on Facebook  – Official Facebook page.

Birmingham City on Twitter – Official Twitter page.

Birmingham City on Instagram – Official Instagram page.

Birmingham City on YouTube – Official YouTube page.

Blues Store  – Official club store website.

Birmingham City Foundation – Official website.

Nike – Official website.

Undefeated – Official website. 

Blue Peter: An Advent Crown For Christmas

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Blue Peter, the world’s longest-running children’s television programme, is known for its famous ‘makes’ – creative projects which transform everyday household objects into toys and gifts. 

The make featured on this page is taken from “Here’s One I Made Earlier”, a book I got from The Works at a bargain price of 75p!

The collection in this book reproduces some of Blue Peter’s most memorable designs and has a foreword by Valerie Singleton and contributions from former presenters and the ‘Queen of Makes’, Margaret Parnell.

An Advent Crown For Christmas

Blue Peter - Here's One I Made Earlier Front Cover: Image © BBC / Octopus Publishing Group
An Advent Crown for Christmas: Image © BBC / Octopus Publishing Group
An Advent Crown for Christmas: Image © BBC / Octopus Publishing Group
Blue Peter - Here's One I Made Earlier Back Cover: Image © BBC / Octopus Publishing Group

About Blue Peter

You can read all about Blue Peter here.

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Blue Peter – Official page on CBBC

You can read about Valerie Singelton here.

You can read about John Noakes here.

The images on this page are copyright of the BBC and Octopus Publishing Group.

Universal Classic Monsters

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Ever since I was little I have loved Universal classic monsters, for it is they that started my love of Horror off, even if they scared the hell out of me at first and I hid under my Mom’s arm or behind the settee at first watching them, ha ha.  That changed the older I got. 

When Halloween comes around you can be sure someone is wearing an Halloween costume that relates to one of the classic monsters mentioned below.

There will be more references to Universal Classic Monsters in the appropriate Decades sections and articles via the Horror index below.

Universal Classic Monsters

Universal Classic Monsters (also known as Universal Monsters and Universal Studios Monsters) is a media franchise based on a series of horror films primarily produced by Universal Pictures from the 1930s to the 1950s.  Although not initially conceived as a franchise, the enduring popularity and legacy of the films and the characters featured in them have led the studio to market them under the collective brand name of Universal Studios Monsters.  Steve Jones of USA Today described Universal’s most famous monsters as pop culture icons, specifically Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy and The Wolf Man.

Universal Pictures image from the Internet Archive via Wikipedia and is in the public domain

Bela Lugosi as Dracula.

This is a screenshot from the Internet Archive of the classic 1931 film Dracula.  You can see the trailer it came from here

Universal Pictures image via Wikipedia and is the public domain

Boris Karloff as The Mummy.

This is a screenshot from the Internet Archive of the classic 1932 film The Mummy.  You can see the trailer it came from here

Universal Pictures image via IMDb

Boris Karloff as Frankenstein’s Monster.

Directed by James Whale.

You can see the trailer for the classic Frankenstein film from 1931 via The Internet Archive here.

Universal Pictures image via Wikipedia and is the public domain

Lon Chaney Jnr. as The Wolf Man.

This promotional photo is from the classic1941 film The Wolf Man.

You can see the trailer for The Wolf Man via The Internet Archive here.

See more photos and relevant information further down below.

Universal Monsters Films 

For an extensive list of Universal Monsters Films click here.

Universal Monsters Films Free To Watch

Below are just some of the great Universal Monsters films for you to enjoy.

They are not all classic films to me but if I have watched one and I think it is I will say so.

The Phantom Of The Opera 1925 Silent Film In Full

Watch the classic 1925 silent film The Phantom Of The Opera starring Lon Chaney via The Internet Archive here.

See information about this classic film further down at the top of the page.

Dracula 1931 In Full

Watch the classic 1931 film Dracula starring Bela Lugosi via The Internet Archive here.

See information about this classic film at the top of the page.

Frankenstein 1931 In Full

Watch the classic 1931 film Frankenstein starring Boris Karloff via The Internet Archive here.

See information about this classic film at the top of the page.

The Mummy 1932 In Full

Watch the classic 1932 film The Mummy starring Boris Karloff via The Internet Archive here.

See information about this classic film at the top of the page.

The Invisible Man 1933 In Full

Watch the classic 1933 film The Invisible Man starring Claude Rains via The Internet Archive here.

See information about this classic film further down at the bottom of the page.

The Bride Of Frankenstein 1935 In Full

Watch the 1935 film The Bride Of Frankenstein starring Boris Karloff via The Internet Archive here.

See information about this film further down at the bottom of the page.

Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man 1942 In Full

Watch the 1942 film Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man starring Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney Jnr via The Internet Archive here.

See information about this film further down at the bottom of the page.

Universal Classic Monsters Home Video 

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Universal Classic Monsters logo.

This is the official franchise logo as displayed on home video releases

Louis Feola was the head of Worldwide Home Video for Universal Studios and said in 1999 that “a couple of years ago” he decided to “reinvigorate and re-market” Universal’s Classic Monsters catalogue which included the series Dracula, Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, The Phantom of the Opera, The Wolf Man, and The Mummy.  In 1992, in an interview with Billboard, Feola stated that to market and sell home video, the most important thing was the packaging of their sales which was “probably our single biggest priority and has been for a number of years”, and that it was key to make the series of films “look like a line”.

In 1995, MCA/Universal released a collection of the film on home video under the title The Universal Studios Monsters Classic Collection.  This series included Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, and The Creature From the Black Lagoon series.  A collection of stamps featuring Universal Classic Monsters was also released in September 1997 titled the Universal Classic Movie Monsters series.  Other characters included in the series included the Mummy and Frankenstein’s monster, both played by Boris Karloff), the Phantom of the Opera played by Lon Chaney and the Wolf Man played by Lon Chaney Jnr.

Universal Classic Monsters Merchandising

After the Universal horror films were syndicated to television, this led to a rise in the popularity of merchandise based on Frankenstein’s monster and Dracula.  Throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s, the Universal monsters were promoted via merchandising which included: Halloween costumes, Aurora model kits, paperback novelizations, makeup how-to manuals, T-shirt iron-ons, posters, trading cards, and more.  Since 1991, Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Parks & Resorts have featured characters from the Universal Classic Monsters franchise.  From 2006 to 2014, the characters also appeared in the year-round walk-through attraction, Universal’s House of Horrors, at Universal Studios Hollywood.  The franchise is also the central theme of Universal’s Horror Make-Up Show.  The live show opened in 1990 at Universal Studios Florida and is still in operation.  Merchandising of the characters in formats such as clothing and board games has continued into the 21st century.

Universal Monsters Comics

Dark Horse Comics

You can read more about Dark Horse Comics here

Dark Horse Comics released comic adaptions of several of the films, featuring four one-shots and one collected edition, in 1993 and 2006, respectively.  

You can see which comics Dark Horse Comics produced here.

Skybound Entertainment 

You can read more about Skybound Entertainment here.

Skybound Entertainment, an Image Comics company, will publish a new series of Universal Monsters comic books.

You can read more about Image Comics here.

You can see which comics Skybound Entertainment produced here.

Universal Monsters Photos

Below are just some of the great Universal Monsters films photos for you to enjoy.  They are not all classic films to me but if I have watched one and I  think it is I will say so.

Universal Pictures image via IMDb

Lon Chaney as The Phantom Of The Opera.

This photo is from the classic 1925 silent film The Phantom Of The Opera.  

You can see the trailer for The Phantom Of The Opera via the Internet Archive here.

Universal Pictures image by unknown via Wikipedia and is the public domain

The Phantom Of The Opera 1925 film poster.

Universal Pictures image by unknown via Wikipedia and is the public domain

Dracula 1931 film poster.

See information about this classic film at the top of the page.

Universal Pictures image by Karoly Grosz via Wikipedia and is the public domain

Frankenstein 1931 film poster.

See information about this classic film at the top of the page.

Image © Universal via Universal Studios and Trick Or Treat Studios
Image © Universal via Universal Studios and Trick Or Treat Studios
Image © Universal via Universal Studios and Trick Or Treat Studios

The EXCELLENT Frankenstein mask from Trick Or Treat Studios.

This is a very cool Universal Classic Monsters mask I purchased for Halloween 2023.  It is officially licenced by Universal Studios and made for Trick Or Treat StudiosIt is, to date, the favourite mask I have in my mask collection and what I have worn for Halloween parties.  To see me in this and many more masks click here.

Universal Pictures image by Karoly Grosz via Wikipedia and is the public domain

The Mummy 1932 film poster.

See information about this classic film at the top of the page.

Universal Pictures image via IMDb

Claude Rains as The Invisible Man.

This photo is from the classic 1933 film The Invisible Man

Directed by James Whale.

You can see the trailer for The Invisible Man via YouTube here.

Universal Pictures image by Karoly Grosz via Wikipedia and is the public domain

The Invisible Man 1933 film poster.

Universal Pictures image via Wikipedia and is the public domain

Boris Karloff as Frankenstein’s Monster.

This promotional photo is from the 1935 film The Bride of Frankenstein.

Directed by James Whale.

You can see the trailer for The Bride Of Frankenstein via the Internet Archive here.

Universal Pictures image via Wikipedia and is the public domain
Image © of Universal Pictures via Wikipedia

The Wolf Man 1942 film poster.

See information about this classic film at the top of the page.

Universal Pictures image via IMDb

Nelson Eddy as The Phantom Of The Opera.

This photo is from the 1943 film Phantom Of The Opera

You can see the trailer for Phantom Of The Opera via YouTube here.

Universal Pictures via Wikipedia and is the public domain

Phantom Of The Opera 1943 film poster.

Universal Pictures via Wikipedia and is the public domain

Creature From The Black Lagoon 1945 film poster.

Universal Pictures via IMDb

Ben Chapman as The Creature From The Black Lagoon. 

There were two men playing the creature in the film, Ricou Browning in the water and Ben Chapman out of the water (shown here).  None of them were credited which was unfair in my opinion considering they were both playing the actual monster in the film title and for that reason, I have rightly acknowledged them both here.

This photo is from the 1954 film Creature From The Black Lagoon

You can see the trailer for Creature From The Black Lagoon via the Internet Archive here.

You can see references and sources to the above articles here.  The above was sourced from a page on Wikipedia and is subject to change. 

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Universal Pictures – Official website.  The image shown at the top of this page, and elsewhere, of the Universal Classic Monsters logo is the copyright of Universal Pictures and was taken from Wikipedia.

The image above of Bela Lugosi as Dracula is from the Internet Archive via Wikipedia and is in the public domain.

The image above of Boris Karloff as The Mummy is from the Internet Archive via Wikipedia and is in the public domain.

The image above of Boris Karloff as Frankenstein’s Monster is via Wikipedia and in the public domain.

The image above of Lon Chaney Jnr. as The Wolf Man is via Wikipedia.

The image above of Lon Chaney as The Phantom Of The Opera is via IMDb.

The image above of  The Phantom Of The Opera 1925 film poster by unknown is via Wikipedia and in the public domain.

The image above of the Dracula 1931 film poster by unknown is via Wikipedia and in the public domain.

The image above of the Frankenstein 1931 film poster by Karoly Grosz is via Wikipedia and in the public domain.

The Frankenstein mask photos above are copyright of Universal via Universal Studios and Trick Or Treat Studios.

The image above of The Mummy 1932 film poster by Karoly Grosz is via Wikipedia and in the public domain.

The image above of Claude Rains as The Invisible Man is from IMDb.

The image above of The Invisible Man 1933 film poster by Karoly Grosz is via Wikipedia and in the public domain.

The image above of Frankenstein’s monster is via Wikipedia and in the public domain.

The image above of The Bride Of Frankenstein 1935 film poster is via Wikipedia and in the public domain.

The image above of The Wolf Man 1942 film poster by unknown is via Wikipedia.

The image above of Nelson Eddy as The Phantom Of The Opera is via IMDb.

The image above of Phantom Of The Opera 1943 film poster by inknown is via Wikipedia and in the public domain.

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Universal Pictures – U.K. official website.

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Universal Studios – Official website.

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Trick Or Treat Studios – Official website.

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