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July, 2013
Herding Cats
I’ve been following a couple of debates surrounding the fairly recently formed Blues Collective on a couple of the unofficial forums. The Collective held a meeting on Saturday at St Andrews to get together various supporter groups and forums under one collective header.
Tags: Blues Collective, Blues Trust
Posted in Birmingham City, Blues Fans, General Ramblings | 66 Comments »
Postcards from Hong Kong and Thoughts on Benitez

If you follow the Often Partisan Twitter or Facebook feeds you may well already know that I’m out here again in Hong Kong.
Tags: Christian Benitez
Posted in Birmingham City, Talking Points | 69 Comments »
Christian “Chucho” Benitez 1986-2013
News has broken that former Birmingham City striker Christian “Chucho” Benitez has died in Qatar at the age of 27. The Ecuadorian international striker had signed for Qatari club El Jaish from Club America of Mexico just over three weeks ago.
Tags: Christian Benitez, Chucho
Posted in Birmingham City, News | 64 Comments »
Expectations
Birmingham City kick off the new football season in just five days with the visit of Watford to St Andrews. After a mixed pre-season results-wise Blues finished with an encouraging 2-1 win over Premier League side Hull City and now Lee Clark has the job of ensuring that the positives from that game are translated into the league season.
Tags: Eddy Gnahore, Expectations
Posted in Birmingham City, General Ramblings | 41 Comments »
Supporter Group Brainstorming Session

On Friday I attended a Supporter Group Brainstorming session held at St Andrews, along with representatives from the Blues Trust, Forza Blues and the Redditch Supporters Group.
Tags: Atmosphere, Positivity, Supporters Club Forums
Posted in Birmingham City, Blues Fans, Talking Points | 88 Comments »
Ending Pre-Season in Style: Hull Match Reflections
Here are my reflections on the pre-season friendly between Birmingham City and Hull City at St Andrews.
Tags: Andrew Shinnie, Matt Green, Neal Eardley, Reece Brown
Posted in Birmingham City, Pre Season 2013, Reviews | 42 Comments »
Getting Ready for the new Season
Birmingham City face Hull City tomorrow at St Andrews in their final friendly of the pre-season before the Championship season kicks off on August 3. Lee Clark has been reported as saying that he intends to field his first XI against Hull as he looks to finalise his plans for the season.
Tags: Adam McGurk, Angus McDonald, Joe Henderson, Lee Clark, Liam Davis, Mark Little, Postivity
Posted in Birmingham City, General Ramblings, Pre Season 2013 | 105 Comments »
A Tale of Two Reeces – Solihull Moors v Blues DS Match Reflections
Blues’ reserve side were comfortable winners at the Autotech Stadium tonight after beating the Solihull Moors 3-1 thanks to two goals from Reece Brown and one from Reece Hales.
Tags: Ahmed Obeng, Amarii Bell, Angus McDonald, Callum Preston, Charlee Adams, Demarai Gray, James Fry, Joe Henderson, Kwadwo Bonsu-Asamoah, Liam Truslove, Marcos Painter, Nathan Quirk, Peter Lovenkrands, Reece Brown, Reece Hales
Posted in Birmingham City, Pre Season 2013 | 46 Comments »
Former BIH Director Back In Court Over Wrongful Dismissal Claim
Former BIH Director Lee Yiu Tung was in court today in Hong Kong over his claim for wrongful dismissal after being disqualified from being a director by Birmingham International Holdings in January of this year.
Tags: BIH, Lee Yiu Tung, Peter Pannu
Posted in Birmingham City, Chinese Media, News | 32 Comments »
Solihull Moors v Blues Development Squad Preview
Birmingham City’s development squad take on Solihull Moors at the newly renamed Autotech Stadium in their latest pre-season friendly tonight.
Tags: Demarai Gray, James Fry, Kwadwo Bonsu-Asmoah, Liam Truslove, Marcos Painter, Marlon King, Peter Lovenkrands, Reece Hales
Posted in Birmingham City, Pre Season 2013, Professional Development League | 18 Comments »