Just a few days after seeing Alex McLeish leave to got back to the Premiership with Aston Villa, Birmingham City have appointed former Newcastle United boss Chris Hughton as their new manager. Just two years ago, Hughton lead Newcastle back into the Premier League, where he was dismissed about halfway into last season. He will try to get Birmingham back as well.
Hughton will also face the task of managing in the Europa League, which Birmingham qualified for by winning the Carling Cup.
Showing posts with label Birmingham City. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birmingham City. Show all posts
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Alex McLeish Resigns at Birmingham City
More manager movement news from England this morning. Birmingham City manager Alex McLeish has resigned. The club isn't making any comment about it at this time. Rumors around England are that McLeish, who formerly coached Rangers, will take over at Aston Villa. We'll see I guess.
McLeish was given a vote of confidence at Birmingham even though the club was relegated. His job was conditional on them returning to the Premier league immediately. However, as we remember, his side did win the Carling Cup this year.
McLeish was given a vote of confidence at Birmingham even though the club was relegated. His job was conditional on them returning to the Premier league immediately. However, as we remember, his side did win the Carling Cup this year.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Survival Sunday: Blackpool and Birmingham City are relegated.
Going into the final round of fixtures today in the Barclay's Premier League, West Ham had already been relegated, leaving two spots open. Five teams were on the bubble to fall into those two slots. They were:
Wigan Athletic
Blackburn Rovers
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Birmingham City
Blackpool
The top 3 escaped, the bottom two did not.
Blackpool fought hard against Manchester United, but the newly crowned champs were just too much for the Tangerines, and beat them 4-2. Birmingham City conceded a late goal at Spurs and lost 2-1, to finish them off.
For the survivors, Wolves and Blackburn squared off. Blackburn won 3-2 to seal their top flight status. Wolves remained one point ahead of Birmingham City and Blackpool. Wigan climbed out of the bottom 3 with a 1-0 win at Stoke.
I do feel bad for Blackpool, and I'm impartial as to Birmingham, who won the Carling Cup this year. This will be a huge hit to the finances of these clubs.
Wigan Athletic
Blackburn Rovers
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Birmingham City
Blackpool
The top 3 escaped, the bottom two did not.
Blackpool fought hard against Manchester United, but the newly crowned champs were just too much for the Tangerines, and beat them 4-2. Birmingham City conceded a late goal at Spurs and lost 2-1, to finish them off.
For the survivors, Wolves and Blackburn squared off. Blackburn won 3-2 to seal their top flight status. Wolves remained one point ahead of Birmingham City and Blackpool. Wigan climbed out of the bottom 3 with a 1-0 win at Stoke.
I do feel bad for Blackpool, and I'm impartial as to Birmingham, who won the Carling Cup this year. This will be a huge hit to the finances of these clubs.
Friday, April 22, 2011
EPL: Chelsea vs. Birmingham City
Earlier this season, Chelsea went to St. Andrews and lost to Birmingham City 1-0. Meh. I hate losing. On Wednesday, the two teams came to Stamford Bridge, where Birmingham was going to try to complete their first top flight double over Chelsea since 1959.
Yeah, right.
The Blues are continuing their formidable form, and dominated this match from start to finish. There's really not much to say about it, but I love to talk about Chelsea victories.
After both teams started a little sloppy, John Terry put a beautiful long ball toward the side of the 18, and a couple passes later, Florent Malouda got his head on it and put Chelsea up 1-0. Credit Drogba with an assist.
City had a couple of first half chances. In the 10th minute, John Terry made a great tackle in the 18 to save a chance. In the 21st, Jerome had a shot toward net but Cech made a nice save.
It really was all Chelsea. As I look at my notes, it's chance after chance for the Blues. Didier Drogba was playing like a wild man. In the 26th, Kalou sliced up the City Defense and scored a collector's item type goal to make it 2-0 to the Blues. Ben Foster saved a great shot from Drogba in the 36th, and the half ended with the Blues up 2.
In the second half Chelsea continued their dominating ways. In the 62nd minute, Malouda got on the end of a cross from Bertrand, making his EPL debut, and scored his second of the night to give Chelsea a 3-0 lead. In the 76th minute, Luiz was hit for a cheap foul in the box, and a minute later Larsson scored from the spot to give City a consolation goal. Torres checked in, but failed to threaten, and the match finished at 3-1 to Chelsea.
Three points here is a big deal. We went ahead of Arsenal on goal difference, and we're back to within sight of United. Chelsea still have one match at United, and United have to go to the Emirates still, so it's possible for Chelsea to win the title, but they'll have to be perfect and get some help. Still, great win in this one and great to see Drogba playing well.
Yeah, right.
The Blues are continuing their formidable form, and dominated this match from start to finish. There's really not much to say about it, but I love to talk about Chelsea victories.
After both teams started a little sloppy, John Terry put a beautiful long ball toward the side of the 18, and a couple passes later, Florent Malouda got his head on it and put Chelsea up 1-0. Credit Drogba with an assist.
City had a couple of first half chances. In the 10th minute, John Terry made a great tackle in the 18 to save a chance. In the 21st, Jerome had a shot toward net but Cech made a nice save.
It really was all Chelsea. As I look at my notes, it's chance after chance for the Blues. Didier Drogba was playing like a wild man. In the 26th, Kalou sliced up the City Defense and scored a collector's item type goal to make it 2-0 to the Blues. Ben Foster saved a great shot from Drogba in the 36th, and the half ended with the Blues up 2.
In the second half Chelsea continued their dominating ways. In the 62nd minute, Malouda got on the end of a cross from Bertrand, making his EPL debut, and scored his second of the night to give Chelsea a 3-0 lead. In the 76th minute, Luiz was hit for a cheap foul in the box, and a minute later Larsson scored from the spot to give City a consolation goal. Torres checked in, but failed to threaten, and the match finished at 3-1 to Chelsea.
Three points here is a big deal. We went ahead of Arsenal on goal difference, and we're back to within sight of United. Chelsea still have one match at United, and United have to go to the Emirates still, so it's possible for Chelsea to win the title, but they'll have to be perfect and get some help. Still, great win in this one and great to see Drogba playing well.
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