Birmingham 3-0 Middlesbrough
Alex McLeish secured his first home win as Birmingham boss as the Blues saw off an ineffective Boro at St Andrews. They went ahead when Stewart Downing sliced Gary McSheffrey’s free-kick into his own net inside the six-yard box. On the stroke of half-time, Mikael Forssell made it two when he prodded in a corner [...]
Bolton 3-0 Birmingham
Bolton made it three home Premier League wins in a row courtesy of El-Hadji Diouf’s second-half goal and a late brace from Nicolas Anelka. Bolton edged a tight first half, with Ivan Campo and Anelka testing Blues keeper Maik Taylor in the early stages. Kevin Nolan had a goal ruled out for offside before Diouf [...]
Birmingham 1-1 Reading
Birmingham boss Alex McLeish had to be content with a point after his side let slip a one-goal lead against Reading. Striker Mikael Forssell opened the scoring, bundling the ball home from close range after only four minutes. Reading equalised minutes after the break when Stephen Hunt scored from the spot after keeper Maik Taylor [...]
Newcastle 2-1 Birmingham
Habib Beye’s stoppage-time goal handed Newcastle victory against a spirited Birmingham side at St James’ Park. Cameron Jerome gave the visitors the lead when he collected a long ball from Mathew Sadler, rounded keeper Shay Given and slotted into the empty net. Obafemi Martins equalised for Newcastle from the spot after he was judged to [...]
Tottenham 2-3 Birmingham
Sebastian Larsson scored in injury time to snatch victory for Birmingham in Alex McLeish’s first game as boss after Robbie Keane scored twice and saw red. Gary McSheffrey put the Blues ahead from the spot against the run of play after Younes Kaboul brought him down. Keane scored first with a penalty after Dimitar Berbatov [...]
Birmingham 0-2 Portsmouth
Birmingham caretaker boss Eric Black’s first game in charge ended in a defeat to high-flying Portsmouth. Black chose to give Richard Kingson his debut in goal but the decision backfired when the keeper let a Sulley Muntari shot creep in under his body. Liam Ridgewell was set to level after a piercing run before Noe [...]
Birmingham 1-2 Aston Villa
Gabriel Agbonlahor’s late header gave Aston Villa a dramatic victory over city rivals Birmingham. Villa had taken the lead when Stilian Petrov’s low cross hit Blues’ defender Liam Ridgewell’s knee and bounced in. Birmingham levelled when Daniel De Ridder crossed for Mikael Forssell to head home from close range. Agbonlahor cleared a Ridgewell header off [...]
Everton 3-1 Birmingham
Everton struck twice in injury time to earn a deserved win after Birmingham threatened to snatch a point. Yakubu struck from close range to give Everton the lead after 10 minutes as David Moyes’ side dominated. Birmingham survived a succession of near misses and equalised through Olivier Kapo’s header after 80 minutes. But Lee Carsley [...]
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