Birmingham City: Peter Pannu Posts – Part Two
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Birmingham City: Peter Pannu Posts – Part One
Birmingham City’s acting chairman Peter Pannu recently responded to media focus on his financial affairs with a lengthy statement on the club’s website. It said much about the man, his...
Peter Pannu Is Considerably Richer Than You
Birmingham City supporters haven't had very much to celebrate over the course of this season, but one of the club's directors, Peter Pannu, has had an excellent season. Well, for...
The 200% Pre-Season Previews: The Championship
With less than 48 hours to go, Rob Freeman interrupts the Premier League Previews to bring the first of three previews of the football league. In a break from tradition,...
Match Of The Past: Birmingham City
We continue our series of historical videos of the clubs of the Football League Championship this morning with Birmingham City, and six matches from the years between 1975 and 2007....
Match Of The Midweek: Birmingham City 1-3 SC Braga
There was nothing concrete upon which to link Birmingham City winning the League Cup with their relegation from the Premier League at the end of last season, of course, but...
Singing The Blues: When Is A Conspiracy Theory Not A Conspiracy Theory?
Since I first ventured onto these hallowed pages back in about 1924, there have been those amongst the readership convinced that I’ve had to move aside my Aston Villa season...
Match Of The Week: Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-3 Blackburn Rovers
Survival Sunday, then – a name that was bestowed upon the final day of the season because most issues at the top of the table had been already been resolved....
How Literal Will The Premier League’s Survival Sunday Be?
In an August 2009 Radio 5 Live programme on the Premier League’s financial troubles, Supporters Direct Chief Executive Dave Boyle addressed the issue of the “chasm” between Premier League and...
Match Of The Week 2: Birmingham City 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Perhaps the idea of “High Noon” was that of a television executive. If it was, the Premier League supporters could probably be forgiven for throwing a few curses his way...
After Notts County: England’s Club Owners. Are They Any Good?
“Are they any good?” It’s a simple question. And it is in the top one of questions supporters should ask of bidders for football clubs. But, as the BBC’s flagship...
Match Of The Week: The 2011 League Cup Final: Arsenal 1-2 Birmingham City
Perhaps today was a day for burying a few clichés. That the League Cup “doesn’t matter any more” has become one of the mantras of the modern game, but this...
Questions About Birmingham City’s Financing…
When Bates “reoccupied” Leeds United in 2007, he employed all sorts of accounting “techniques” to effectively clear most of the club’s debts, such as a quick in-and-out of administration (I’m...
The Premier League 2010/11 Previews 3 – Birmingham City: Second Season Blues?
Between the battle at the top of the table and the chaos at the bottom of it, the achievement of Birmingham City in finishing in ninth place in the Premier League...
How Ben Foster Highlights The Farce Of The Loan System
Ben Foster has made news today by becoming the first player to openly criticise the Manchester United fans’ Green and Gold campaign to oust the Glazer family. However, something more...
Are Birmingham Running Before They Can Walk?
One of the least dull points to emerge from the recent Soccerex talk-fest in Manchester was the importance of ‘local identity’ to the financial well-being of football clubs. But this...
Birmingham City: The Pornographer vs The Hairdresser
Mark Murphy looks into the circumstances surrounding the takeover of Birmingham City, which aren't necessarily as straightforward as you might have initially thought as a war of words threatens to...