Often Partisan

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.

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Postcards from Hong Kong and Thoughts on Benitez

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If you follow the Often Partisan Twitter or Facebook feeds you may well already know that I’m out here again in Hong Kong.

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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.

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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.

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Supporter Group Brainstorming Session

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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