The latest “Speaks to Joys and Sorrows” is Darren Purse. Darren was a no nonsense, 110% defender who Blues fans have affection for. Darren gave me some of his precious shopping time, (yes really!), to talk about his football career, time at the Blues, Blues today, Gary Ablett and his future. The thing is, it
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This article will also be appearing in the Brighton issue of ‘Made in Brum’ magazine, priced at £1.50 available from various sellers outside St. Andrews.   KEEP BRIGHT ON Liam Ridgewell is wanted by Newcastle, apparently.  He was also voted in the Championship ‘Team of the Week’ with brace-scoring Chris Burke.  In my humble opinion
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At the time of writing this, Villa have announced they intend to interview Alex McLeish for the managers job. I think this is hilarious. In cricket, Richie Benaud said that as a captain, you always do what the opposition don’t want you to do. Villa fans don’t want McLeish, so we really should usher him
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It’s been a while since I have done a player interview, so here is another one. This time the Blues favourite Michael Johnson. (Images used with kind permission of Birmingham City FC.) So Michael, how did you get involved in football? I was playing for the city football team at 14 years old and while playing for
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Simon and I have exchanged similar questions after Saturday’s game. Here are Simon’s answers and mine are here. 1. Obviously you must be disappointed that you lost, how did you see the game? What was your general impression of the performances of both sides? At the match itself, I was absolutely gutted. I then rather
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