Articles written by Russ. Russell Dempsey
One of the side-effects of having to watch dross at home, emphasised dramatically again in Saturday’s first half, and occasional indifferent performances away, is having speculation about the manager’s future. I’ve written before about Lee Clark’s future, so instead I thought I’d talk about some of our previous managers. Speaking Read More
I was reading the interview Kev had with Dave Langan. He’s a name I remember from my very first days supporting Blues, thirty odd years ago. Colin Todd, Archie Gemmill, Mark Dennis, Tony Coton. I missed the Francis era by a whisker, so they were the heroes I had to Read More
MR BLUE SKY VS MR SKY BLUE Made in Brum’s Barnet editorial mentioned a conversation Big Dave had with Terry McDermott. Our assistant manager suggested that he wanted Blues to be knocked out of the “Capital One” Cup as soon as possible. Now, in a way, I sympathise, in that it’s Read More
Lee Clark has brought in a veritable army of backroom staff to replace the Norwich Four. Derek Fazackerley, first team coach, Malcom Crosby, (not Bing Crosby or – indeed – Bill Cosby) chief scout (not to be confused with Sir Robert Baden Powell) and Mark Crossley… (definition courtesy of freedictionary.com) Adv. 1. crossly Read More
I was transported into a timewarp last night. Remember black and white television? Remember Muffin the Mule (before the RSPCA said that act was illegal!)? Remember when Birmingham City beat Aston Villa on a regular basis? Last night, it was interesting to see Sebastian Larsson once more pit his wits Read More
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