Team News Mark Noble has joined the Hammers injury list but former Blue Matthew Upson has declared himself fit. Blues will give a late fitness test to Roger Johnson and if he comes through that they are likely to be unchanged from the side that drew at Villa. Jerome is likely to be fit enough
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(This is a re-publish due to a technical problem!) Andy has given me permission to re-produce his latest article. I have made some comments after it. Kev ————————————————————————————— Birmingham City record pre-tax losses of £20.5million By Andy Walker BIRMINGHAM City’s successful promotion push last season came at a hefty cost, after it emerged that the
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Picture the scene. Two managers stand nose to nose on the touchline having a disagreement about a decision the ref has given. Things get personal, the voices raised, the TV cameras zoom in to capture the facial expressions – eventually the referee comes across and sends them both to the stands. Over the coming weeks
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On a bitterly cold night at Upton Park, David Gold got his wish for his new team to triumph over his old employees but the result can hardly be described as a “whack.” Much has been said by the two Davids in the days leading up to this one. We are of course all well
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What is it about our previous board? Do they not know when to be quiet? When they ran the Blues they were always annoying other fans and causing people to look at us and take the rip out of us. I don’t know what it was, but they could say something that is quite reasonable
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