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Colin Doyle

End of Season – an Often Partisan Video Podcast

With the end of the season upon us I wanted to talk about renewing player contracts, testimonials and why a judge going on holiday is holding something important up.

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Which Keeper to Keep?

Birmingham City will be in the unique position this summer of having all five professionally contracted goalkeepers come to the end of their deals. Darren Randolph, Colin Doyle, Nick Townsend, Callum Preston and Connal Trueman are all out of contact come June 2015 and Gary Rowett will have to work out who stays and who goes.

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Up for the Cup? Baggies Preview in Association With EZE Group

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Blues take on local rivals West Bromwich Albion for a place in the last sixteen of the FA Cup today in front of a sold-out St Andrews. Blues eventually overcame non-league Blyth Spartans in the third round, whilst the Baggies demolished Gateshead Utd 7-0 at the Hawthorns.

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Bournemouth Preview in Association with EZE Group

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St Andrews sees its first match of the post-Lee Clark era today with the visit of Eddie Howe’s Bournemouth. With just one home win in 24, co-caretaker managers Malcolm Crosbie and Richard Beale will know the home fans are desperate for something to cheer about – particularly after last night’s win for Fulham dumped Blues into the drop zone.

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Sunderland Preview in Association with EZE Group

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Blues take on Sunderland in the second round of the Capital One Cup with the Black Cats looking to avoid an upset. Blues however will take heart from the win against Swansea last year as proof that they can beat the odds and put themselves in the hat for the third round.

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Blues to Provide Home Cheer? Bristol Rovers FA Cup Preview

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Birmingham City finally get their FA Cup campaign underway with a third round home tie against Bristol Rovers with the prize being a fourth round home tie to Premier League side Swansea.

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The Goalkeeper Conundrum

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Sky Sports this afternoon broke the news that they understood Colin Doyle is about to sign a new deal with Blues. Doyle, 27, has been with Blues since 2003 but has only made fifty-three appearances between the sticks in those ten years.

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Keep, Sell or Release – Goalkeepers

With the end of the season nearing and with so many players out of contract I thought it would be a good idea to go through the squad and analyse who I think we should keep, who we can get away with selling and who needs to be released. This is the first of five installments of that analysis.

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Sky Blues Come Back to Beat Blues Development Squad

The Blues Development Squad went down 2-1 to local rivals Coventry City in today’s development squad fixture after leading by an early Akwasi Asante goal.

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Doyle and Fahey

Irishmen Colin Doyle and Keith Fahey have been in the news in their homeland today for various reasons.

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Posted in Birmingham City, News | 29 Comments »

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