What do Birmingham City fans mean when we sing the words, “All we care about is BCFC” or wear them on scarves round our necks? I assume and hope that this is hyperbole. We care about a lot of other things in addition to caring about our club. Continue reading
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Blogging etc
I didn’t risk much when I started a blog. The worst that could have happened was that I’d waste some money and time and make a fool of myself. In other contexts, saying what you think can be dangerous. The sentence imposed on one Saudi blogger for criticising clerics was 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes to be carried out over 20 weeks. His first flogging occurred last week. And in France, cartoonists who used satire as their weapon were killed by men who used guns. Continue reading
Goodbye to Adeyemi but not to hope
I was sorry to see the confirmation that Tom Adeyemi had completed his move from Birmingham City to Cardiff City. He will be missed in midfield but his departure could provide the opportunity for some other young player to earn a regular place in the team. Continue reading
More questions than answers
We Birmingham City supporters know that there’s precious little financial transparency in football. A court in Hong Kong is digging through the evidence to determine the source of the money used to buy our club. And while we wait for the verdict, there are a lot more rumours than answers to our questions. Continue reading