I received the following e-mail from Sarah Gould today, regarding the forthcoming memorial service for Gil Merrick. I have a story that one of our members told me that I will be passing on. Either contact Helen – or send it to me via our contact page and I will make sure the club receive
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I am aware that many of you were very fond of Gil, so I thought I would advertise this. The club have announced a memorial service for the late great Blues Legend. Taken from the Blues site: —————————————————————————————– GIL MERRICK MEMORIAL To commemorate the life of Gil Merrick, Birmingham City Football Club are holding a
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I haven’t done one for a couple of days, so here is a few stories relating to the Blues that have been in the press the last 24 hours. Kevin Phillips will keep his options open about where he plays according to SSN. Tom Ross added his thoughts about the late Gil Merrick. Mail.net. The
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The news today is dominated by the sad passing of Gil Merrick.  Our own tribute can be found here In other news The Birmingham Mail is reporting how Alex McLeish believes that the squad still has the necessary depth despite our lack of activity in January. The same source is also reporting that McLeish is
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Yesterday, it was announced that Gil Merrick died on the 3rd of February 2010 aged 88. Sometimes the word legend is over or misused, but not here. Gil was DEFINITELY a legend. He played for the club as a goalkeeper and went on to manage the side achieving the success of winning the league cup against
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