Failure to learn from mistakes is clearly an issue at St Andrew's - Sacking Eustace for Rooney was a clear repeat of sacking Rowett for Zola. Both times they were challenging for promotion under the sacked manager then went on to relegation battles under the new guy.
But as noted in the video, it was two separate ownership groups that made those decisions. And in fairness to Knighthead (albeit it was still an awful call), the decision to sack Eustace was reportedly made after the Norwich game 1 week before, where we'd slipped down and fans weren't happy with Eustace's negative approach to games. He then went on to win the next two, sure, one was against a terrible Huddersfield side and the other was fortuitous against West Brom.
@@MatthewDavis-yc4zo A team that had been struggling in the bottom half of the table for years was in and around the Play-Off places and ONE LOSS was enough to sack the manager? REALLY? That's your excuse? We know the real reason was marketing, get in a big name manager to get the club in the papers! - Oh and it doesn't matter that it was two different ownership groups, in fact it makes it even worse as you can't just say "oh it's the Pozzo's, that's just what they do"! Instead it's a new ownership group making the exact same mistake the last owners made!
@@MatthewDavis-yc4zospot on. Sacking eustace was a mistake at that point but the amount of people who never watched a blues game in their life spouting shite about how we were challenging for promotion is mental. We looked shite under eustace most of the time and I remember a lot of blues fans wanting him gone after that Norwich game.
Yep, strange how people forget how more than half of the fans wanted Eustace out before the West Brom game, that was just bad timing. Still Rooney was a terrible decision in hindsight.
Birmingham fan here, a very decent coverage of our years of ownership. You're probably spot on in saying that we're happy with the owners mostly due to the complete neglect we had before. But it's also fair to say, if you take the grand plans of the new stadium away, our fans would still be relatively happy with the infrastructure and matchday experience improvements we've had over the last year. It's been top class, and whilst the UNDEFEATED merchandise is expensive to buy directly, it's cheaper from the club shop and it's all quality stuff, much much better than what we've previously had. None of this excuses the relegation, but again in fairness to them, had Mowbray not stepped away due to illness (something rare that nobody could have foreseen) we would've been very likely to be safe and mid-table. For on field matters, this summer is huge. Lots of the TTA trolley dash signings out of contract and released, significant playing side investment promised, a new manager coming in, it's going to give a lot to judge them on whether they'll be successful long term or not. With the resources available we should really be getting promoted first time of asking, it'll be interesting to see how it plays out. And hopefully as a blues fan, we'll actually win some games next season. Something we've been starved of for years, let's not forget with all the off-field issues we've been sat in 17th in the championship battling relegation for about a decade now. We desperately just want to see our side win football matches.
Hi ma8 just moved to Wolverhampton over from Belfast an iam a blueman through an through so only team I can support here is Birmingham city fc can u put me in touch with a supporters club I live in Wolverhampton. Colly
@@chlcrk Definitely. I said there's been significant playing side investment promised, and damn were they not lying. The new squad would beat last year's team comfortably, and I thought we were unlucky to get relegated. It's a huge improvement, and credit to Chris Davies, he's done really really well to gel the squad together so quickly. Still areas for improvement, being a bit more clinical, creating a few more clear cut chances and both offensive/defensive set pieces. But 2nd (with a game in hand on 1st after a very tough run) 11 games in is very good. Had a few players out too that we've had to deal with, and still been great. We're enjoying watching us play for the first time in a decade - hence why there's a lot of arrogance on social media from Blues fans.
I feel fortunate to choose Wigan in 2005 as my team while started my MA in linguistics at Bham University. I was in Japan teaching English and most of my British friends had their teams, mostly the top six. I wanted to join the conversation as a non-Brit, but I didn’t want to join their teams. I had a young family and embarking to do an MA and improve my family’s future. Wigan in 2005 was a good choice. We both were starting on a new chapter. I succeed in my studies as they competed in the premiership. Wigan was my avatar during those years. Wigan has had its hard days, as have I, but they have struggled back. That’s my story of support for Wigan. In this, I can understand Birmingham fans’ desire for the future of their club. I have the same for Wigan. I wish them well.
@@johnandrews8590 Good question, though I think I answered that above. Regardless, the Brums were never in my radar like Wigan were. They were newly promoted when I started my MA. They were a small club which appealed to my growing up in north Ontario. They worked hard to succeed and I was working hard to succeed. The benefit was I avoided the mouthing off my Liverpool and Manchester mates delivered to each other. They just patted me on the head when Wigan won games. 😂
Seriously though, as an Aston Villa fan 40+ years plus! I wish Birmingham City, the club with my Home City name all the best, and the sooner they start the big rise back to the Premier League whete they belong, the better for the Whole City of Birmingham and the rivalry with Aston Villa! Im looking forward to their season in League One playomg Wrexham, and fully expect them to get Promotion as League 1 Champions! 👍🙏
Thank you for making this video.ive supported Birmingham city for my sins my whole life. Ive followed you for a few years now and i love your attitude, especially regarding lgbtq+ issues. All the best Alfie ❤
Birmingham fan here. Incredibly well researched video Alfie. I'm actually quite surprised that any non-Birmingham fan knows or puts in the effort to know all this 😂. Would love to see more on Birmingham ❤
It's 3:14 AM & I'm watching a 30+ minute video on a team I admittedly know nothing about from a creator i enjoy whilst hearing the frogs & crickets outside. Life is good 👍
As a Birmingham City fan for the last 50 years you certainly have bought back some memories! As we say in the club we keep right on 👍 Thanks for putting together this comprehensive video
As a birmingham fan I can say that these owners have restored my love for this club it was neglected for far too long despite relegation future is bright I'm sure keep right on
@@MihailBFC didn't get 1st league and Europe licences. It's a team from a 5k population town with barely a 1k seater stadium. The Maribor coach said something along the lines of "that grass field doesn't belong to the 1st league"
Btw on Tom Brady he has more actual involvement in the team, nutrition, mentality and basically anything fitness based, I believe Tom Brady’s team are working with Tyler roberts in this current off season in America
Nono… I wish your lot nothing but the best, but TB is imho is an absolute charlatan. If he rakes £ he’s good. If not, he couldn’t give af.✌🏻❤️🥂 from the N Front Range of Colorado.
i couldn't believe it mate why would any team appoint Roony as manager. especially after what he did to blues lol all i can say is good luck i wish the best and i hope his new job goes better than his last 3
Its going to take awhile but the blues will slowly return The love never dies . New young manager , and the plans for the club , long term ,are bloody impressive 💙💙💙💙
Glad to finally see us pop up on the channel Alfie! Asked for this sometime last year & it's well overdue with the amount of nonsense that's gone on the last 10+ years! Definitely glossed over a few points, but overall a great video!
As a lifelong English lower league football fan and Birmingham City being one of my favourite respective footballing clubs in my ancestrial nation,their downfall this season was due to mainly their sacking of John Eustace sir and to be replaced by an inexperienced manager was going to be a risky one to be honest with you and slowly made them to be relegated to the English League One for the first time in thirty years,good friends!!!I think based on this title of the video,they would be confident to be promoted to the English Championship after next season but they need to be spending wisely now with a limited transfer budget first,good friends!!!LONG LIVE BIRMINGHAM CITY!!!🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️
I was very surprised to find a Birmingham City Football Club sticker on the bus shelter one day, considering the fact I live slightly outside of their catchment area - here in Brisbane, Australia. So maybe it's a wise investment?
There are a good number of clubs in the area though, so it's not like they have the catchment area to themselves. Newcastle are almost alone in their city (I think Gateshead technically plays in the area, but they are National League IIRC). In Birmingham you've got Birmingham, Aston Villa and West Brom, with Walsall, Wolves and Coventry very close by. If it was just one club I'd expect them to be bigger, but as it stands, I feel like they're going to take turns with the other clubs in the area for being the biggest
@@L1am21Just 3 Miles between The Hawthorns and Villa literally not even that far on the Motorway J1 of the M5 joins with J8 of the M6 J7 is Great Barr you get of there and continue along the A34 Walsall Road and then Off to Witton. You pass Villa Park on the M6 anyway. Handsworth is a shared area of West Brom fans on the parts closer to Smethwick and West Bromwich and Villa closer to Hamstead and Perry Barr.
As a birmingham fan we have lost the most games in the EFL in the last 5 seasons. Will be nice to win some games in league one. Literally can't remember what a winning season feels like...
Alfie.....you are regularly posting high quality, insightful, original and entertaining posts, a number of times per week consistently.....I don't know how you're doing this but I'm thankful. Easily one of the best football content creators on the net
I really must commend you for taking such a detailed deep dive into the recent history of the club. Really must have taken a lot of effort, and for a club you have absolutely no affiliation with.
I’ve waited for years…now the video is here! KRO Alfie. (I could write a longer comment but there’s way too much to cover of our last few decades…just glad to have our club back)
What on earth is going on at Inverness Caledonian Thistle? Relegated to Scottish League 1 for the first time since 1999, and have just relocated their training ground to Kelty (135 miles away!)
In the past, this club had even shocked the Scottish Football after beating Celtic, which led to the infamous headline "Super Caley go ballistic, Celtic are atrocious".
it's just celebrity endorsement. they give them a dollar or two in non-voting shares. literally a handful of dollars worth. it's just advertising basically.
crazy that Plymouth gave Rooney a job, 1. He's awful 2. It puts a massive target on their backs & 3. It puts a really poor spotlight & media attention on them; all neutrals know they'll get more press as Rooney has mates in the industry rather than it being warranted
I wouldn't say that we are "Happy" but you make some great points. Despite being a division less, we are in a better place than we were 12 months ago. Trust the process. (Great video as per usual)
Alfie, great video! You're right that most fans have shrugged off relegation and are looking forward to away days at Crawley and Shrewsbury. For most fans, it feels like, for the first time since the 1970s, we are being treated like the big club we are in terms of potential. Your thoughts about Wagner were a bit harsh though. He's made an effort to engage with fans, he sings our songs and sits with us, during away games. We have owners who are ambitious and transparent. This relegation is just a blip.
31:30 Why are you showing a map of Redditch 15 miles away from Birmingham!?! If they build their new stadium out there they're going to have a lot of pissed off fans!
Yeah the map is wrong, the site they've bought is a couple of miles from the city centre in Bordesley, and up the road from the current stadium. Relatively easy to get to when walking, and plans to provide more infrastructure for travel are supposed to be in thinking of the new stadium. There's a small existing train station next to the site (Adderley Park) and HS2 will have a stop pretty close by too
@@somethinglikethat2176 Not out to Redditch it doesn't! It's a completely different town, not part of Birmingham or even of The West Midlands County! For context Metlife is about half the distance from Times Square that Redditch is from Birmingham! No-one would complain if the Blues moved to Ruberry or Longbridge as at least they're still IN Birmingham AND on the right side of the City even if they are 9-10 miles from the City Centre. Blues moving to Redditch would be like Villa moving to Lichfield or West Brom moving to Bridgnorth!
Alfie, as a blues fan I have been waiting years for you to take a look at the circus going on at our club. I guess it just took relegation to prompt it. But I must say you covered everything spectacularly and put everything into the perspective it deserves. The new owners have done so much right by the club so far in terms of infrastructure, investment and cultivating a positive atmosphere, but they were too naive, got the big footballing decisions horribly wrong and the relegation is at least partly on them. We are positive though, and I'm glad you titled and framed the video this way, because the biggest factor is that the club now have a stable future and under much more transparent owners, rather than a series of faceless criminals. Had we gone down under Yeung or BSHL the club would have gone into liquidation, it's as simple as that. So whilst it stings to be relegated having made so much off-field progress, and having narrowly avoided relegation so many times over the last decade, I suppose if there was any season to go down this was the best. And people may mock our exuberant bald American, but he is ambitious, and we will be back. KRO
As a Birmingham city fan, it’s a farce what the club has gone through this past decade and even before then. Wouldn’t wish it upon any football fan in the slightest. Thank you for the top drawer analysis as always buddy 👍🏻👍🏻
For further context on Birmingham's new owners, I implore you to watch the 2 open forums on the BCFC UA-cam channel. Our optimism stems from the ambition of the new owners, their drive and commitment to put Birmingham at the big table. Not only this but their ambitions for the City of Birmingham. We have never seen ambition like it. They've pledged 3 BILLION pounds to infrastructure alone. The football club representing the UK's second largest city has been neglected and underperformed throughout its entire history, these people have given us hope that we can finally realise the enormous potential of the club. They need to get the football side of things right and I trust they will because they've laid so many foundations behind the scenes to ensure the club moves in the right direction.
Superb video from a Birmingham city season ticket holder, I’m excited for the new season, build a winning mentality after 10 years of losing more games then we won, building a hungry academy based squad and building new infrastructure will give us an off field advantage like I’ve never before seen on my life. Great video, got a new subscriber
Great video summariezed the ownership mess quite well for the time limit. Don’t think you emphasised how bad the football has been for the last 5-10 years tho as for both the last 5 and 10 years we are up there with the most losses, least wins etc in that time period. This season was bad sure, but the playing squad is the best we’ve had in years and was finally made up of mostly non-loanees. 50 points is more than we usually get and we can’t control the teams at the top completely bottling every game against the relegation rivals ( still can’t forgive hull city for losing to Plymouth btw). The Rooney mistake was rectified and Mowbray had us playing again the owners acted quick enough to save our season but I don’t think anyone can manage the situation we had with Mowbray health well. The uncertainty over when he was gonna be back meant we persisted with his assistant who saw our form jump off a cliff. By the time we acted it was too late. Problem is now we are in league 1 I don’t see us attracting the calibre of manager we need for the long run plans
Do the video about Napoli and Sevilla. Last season, these clubs have enjoyed a success in the past, with Napoli winning the first Scudetto after 33 years under Luciano Spalletti, and Sevilla dominating the Europa League in less than a decade, despite their inconsistencies in La Liga, with 7 titles (3 of them with the current Aston Villa manager Unai Emery). They won't play in any European Football for the first time after a decade following a disastrous domestic season, having just changed their managers twice mid-season, with Sevilla itself even spending most of the weeks in a relegation zone and crashed out in the Champions League group stage by not even sealing a 3rd place for Europa League knockout playoffs.
@@ToxicCokeCola Salford is a metropolitan borough within the city of Manchester with city status, it isn’t even “technically” separate, it’s inside and part of Manchester
Alfie, i love you, thanks for being so consistent with the content. You unironically had made me so knowledgable (if that is even a word) about the beautiful game, i'm grateful to be able to appreciate it and realize that is way more complex than i suspected and the storylines are top tier ! 🖤
Looking like they have good owners now. In general investment in infrastructure means they have a good long term vision in place. Even if they are too flash orientated which lead to the F'd up the manager decision. If they can learn from Ipswich they can do well.
Pretty accurate however, the Porn Barons were forced to shell out several million in an out of court settlement after it was discovered they had lied about the club's financial state to Carson Yeung.
Also, Lee Clark had already been sacked by Huddersfield a few months before he was appointed by Birmingham. The last Huddersfield Town manager to be "poached" by another club was a little-known bloke called Bill Shankly.
I think saying 'Derby County [...] the only team to finish below them' is a little unfair, given the vast gulf in points between the two. One point plus goal difference from safety versus 25 points (realistically 26, because they weren't overcoming that goal difference!) is really more than a single place in the table adequately describes.
Loved the subtle Watford manager reference: in and out before you even saw the blade of the dagger. Despite being a Villa fan, I've never had anything against City. Their recent history has been twistier than old Spaghetti Junction.
Alfie, on a minor note, the 'ue' in 'Suen' is pronounced together, making it sound roughly like Son in Heung-min Son. The two last names, I believe, share the same Chinese character.
In the mental life as a bluenose,I'm looking forward to this season much more than any in the last decade. We've got owners who are heavily investing,a new stadium on the horizon and a team that won't be made up of loans and players who don't give a shit. Bring on league 1
23.13 the school in the bottom of the picture is st andrews and was where i went as a kid 😊 i lived at the top left of the same picture walk to school down over the bridge good old days
I had to laugh at the way he said "about someone spiking Birminghams water with ACID" Then said "thats what we're going to find out!".. i know what you meant though!!😆
I just hope we give Rowett the manager role permanently, we owe him that after last time, I feel that despite the draws to Huddersfield and Rotherham he did a great job at attempting to keep us up in the circumstances.
To over simplify, relegation to league one is a bit of bless in disguise, as we can rebuild the squad with the revenue investment from the owners in a league with little ffp regulations
The thumbnail is a bit misleading. Cause one may think relegation is the worst, bad thing, club is going downhill etc. But if you've kept your eye on Blues season after season. You know how up and down they've been, and they've barely escaped for many seasons. Even if the one odd one where they'll finish higher. It was only a matter of time before they hit that relegation. But now, with the great owners, and a chance to refresh the squad for the better, it may end up being the greatest thing for Birmingham. Sure, it could go horribly wrong too. But there is a lot to be excited about.
VfB Stuttgart finished 2nd, meaning Bayern finished 3rd this season! They've been relegated twice in recent years, only narrowly surviving last season. They seem to have an interesting story ⚽️ Over to you, Alfie 👀 I'm not gonna stop Alfie 💀
It's wild how much their fortunes have changed. The whole relegation one minute, place in Europe the next doesn't seem too uncommon there. I think the situation with Bayern might have a bit to do with other clubs in the Bundesliga starting to run their clubs better than in the past and getting on Bayern's level rather than Bayern slipping so much.
Since. Ewing relegated from the Premier league we have had 4 decent managers. Chris Hughton - couldn’t afford to keep him. Gary Monk and Gary Rowett, both could have been offered rock solid contracts when they were doing well! There were issues with both, my view is that these issues could have been sorted! Finally John Eustace who mentioned! I believe the owners have learnt lessons the hard way!
5th biggest club in the West Midlands. One cup (‘63 wasn’t a proper competition) in almost 150 years. The sooner they change their name to Small Heath the better as they constantly embarrass the name of England’s second city. They’re a proud bunch though, proud of their connection to a fictitious TV series about flat capped gangsters with hilariously phoney Brummy accents in the 1920’s and also their hooligan fans of 30 years ago. Yep, what a club.
Aha what a bitter comment . We might not be the most successful club in the WM but we bear the name of the city (quite rightly as we were the only true Birmingham club) and even though our trophy cabinet is slim, we are the only team in the West Midlands in recent history that has won a trophy😅 - all wm clubs are tinpot tbh.
It's taken several chaotic years, but here we are: Birmingham City getting the Alfie Potts Harmer treatment.
Finally
9:03 @@userrnamee8218
Who?
@@Bcfchapman09 Who are ya?
"implementing a winning mentality"
never seen that work lol.
It probably works better if you don't sack the manager while he's activity winning, but I've never run a football club.
and that was said more than a decade ago 😆
These stupid phrases created by Americans to deceive poor people. 😂
When you have to actually claim to have a "winning mentality" then you have a losing mentality.
History repeated itself only 15 years later
Failure to learn from mistakes is clearly an issue at St Andrew's - Sacking Eustace for Rooney was a clear repeat of sacking Rowett for Zola.
Both times they were challenging for promotion under the sacked manager then went on to relegation battles under the new guy.
The Bayern Munich model on sacking managers for not winning hard enough is a bold strategy....
But as noted in the video, it was two separate ownership groups that made those decisions. And in fairness to Knighthead (albeit it was still an awful call), the decision to sack Eustace was reportedly made after the Norwich game 1 week before, where we'd slipped down and fans weren't happy with Eustace's negative approach to games. He then went on to win the next two, sure, one was against a terrible Huddersfield side and the other was fortuitous against West Brom.
@@MatthewDavis-yc4zo A team that had been struggling in the bottom half of the table for years was in and around the Play-Off places and ONE LOSS was enough to sack the manager?
REALLY?
That's your excuse?
We know the real reason was marketing, get in a big name manager to get the club in the papers!
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Oh and it doesn't matter that it was two different ownership groups, in fact it makes it even worse as you can't just say "oh it's the Pozzo's, that's just what they do"!
Instead it's a new ownership group making the exact same mistake the last owners made!
@@MatthewDavis-yc4zospot on. Sacking eustace was a mistake at that point but the amount of people who never watched a blues game in their life spouting shite about how we were challenging for promotion is mental. We looked shite under eustace most of the time and I remember a lot of blues fans wanting him gone after that Norwich game.
Yep, strange how people forget how more than half of the fans wanted Eustace out before the West Brom game, that was just bad timing. Still Rooney was a terrible decision in hindsight.
Birmingham fan here, a very decent coverage of our years of ownership. You're probably spot on in saying that we're happy with the owners mostly due to the complete neglect we had before. But it's also fair to say, if you take the grand plans of the new stadium away, our fans would still be relatively happy with the infrastructure and matchday experience improvements we've had over the last year. It's been top class, and whilst the UNDEFEATED merchandise is expensive to buy directly, it's cheaper from the club shop and it's all quality stuff, much much better than what we've previously had. None of this excuses the relegation, but again in fairness to them, had Mowbray not stepped away due to illness (something rare that nobody could have foreseen) we would've been very likely to be safe and mid-table.
For on field matters, this summer is huge. Lots of the TTA trolley dash signings out of contract and released, significant playing side investment promised, a new manager coming in, it's going to give a lot to judge them on whether they'll be successful long term or not. With the resources available we should really be getting promoted first time of asking, it'll be interesting to see how it plays out. And hopefully as a blues fan, we'll actually win some games next season. Something we've been starved of for years, let's not forget with all the off-field issues we've been sat in 17th in the championship battling relegation for about a decade now. We desperately just want to see our side win football matches.
Hi ma8 just moved to Wolverhampton over from Belfast an iam a blueman through an through so only team I can support here is Birmingham city fc can u put me in touch with a supporters club I live in Wolverhampton. Colly
Well put mate
So far so good this season by the sound of it
@@chlcrk Definitely. I said there's been significant playing side investment promised, and damn were they not lying. The new squad would beat last year's team comfortably, and I thought we were unlucky to get relegated. It's a huge improvement, and credit to Chris Davies, he's done really really well to gel the squad together so quickly. Still areas for improvement, being a bit more clinical, creating a few more clear cut chances and both offensive/defensive set pieces. But 2nd (with a game in hand on 1st after a very tough run) 11 games in is very good. Had a few players out too that we've had to deal with, and still been great.
We're enjoying watching us play for the first time in a decade - hence why there's a lot of arrogance on social media from Blues fans.
I feel fortunate to choose Wigan in 2005 as my team while started my MA in linguistics at Bham University. I was in Japan teaching English and most of my British friends had their teams, mostly the top six. I wanted to join the conversation as a non-Brit, but I didn’t want to join their teams. I had a young family and embarking to do an MA and improve my family’s future. Wigan in 2005 was a good choice. We both were starting on a new chapter. I succeed in my studies as they competed in the premiership. Wigan was my avatar during those years.
Wigan has had its hard days, as have I, but they have struggled back. That’s my story of support for Wigan.
In this, I can understand Birmingham fans’ desire for the future of their club. I have the same for Wigan. I wish them well.
Why didn't you choose Brum as your team if you were studying there? Seems a bit weird to just randomly select Wigan.
@@johnandrews8590 Good question, though I think I answered that above. Regardless, the Brums were never in my radar like Wigan were. They were newly promoted when I started my MA. They were a small club which appealed to my growing up in north Ontario. They worked hard to succeed and I was working hard to succeed.
The benefit was I avoided the mouthing off my Liverpool and Manchester mates delivered to each other. They just patted me on the head when Wigan won games. 😂
you chose the wrong lancashire club, utfw
@@jaycartwright1170 Accrington Stanley wasn’t on my radar back then mate. And yes I had to look it up. I’m not British, nor have I been there.
@@michaelsalovaara567 how do you see “utfw” and think i’m on about accy stanley, coywm
@31:12 That’s a picture of Birmingham, AL , USA . As person that lives near there , I had to pause to make sure I saw what I saw
Jesus come up with a name once in a while, will you
@@Caraviaggio?
Same bro
so why didn’t you guys call it New Birmingham
so why didn’t you guys call it New Birmingham
Seriously though, as an Aston Villa fan 40+ years plus! I wish Birmingham City, the club with my Home City name all the best, and the sooner they start the big rise back to the Premier League whete they belong, the better for the Whole City of Birmingham and the rivalry with Aston Villa! Im looking forward to their season in League One playomg Wrexham, and fully expect them to get Promotion as League 1 Champions! 👍🙏
Lovely comment
In a world of clickbait journalism it’s refreshing to see such a well sourced and in depth piece on my club. Well done to all involved. Up the Blues 💙
You went down 😆
Thank you for making this video.ive supported Birmingham city for my sins my whole life. Ive followed you for a few years now and i love your attitude, especially regarding lgbtq+ issues. All the best Alfie ❤
Thanks Alice! That's very kind of you, and best of luck next season!
Birmingham fan here. Incredibly well researched video Alfie. I'm actually quite surprised that any non-Birmingham fan knows or puts in the effort to know all this 😂. Would love to see more on Birmingham ❤
As a Pompey fan living in the West midlands, I was gutted Birmingham got relegated just as we got promoted!
You'll have to go to the baggies.
@@L1am21 think id rather lose all my limbs and be forced to hobble around than do that
@@drxValorantwent there for the fa cup tie as an Aldershot fan, I've been to worse stadiums but it's basically a library
And didn't Southampton get promoted to? Wouldn't you want to play them next season
Me too!!
It's 3:14 AM & I'm watching a 30+ minute video on a team I admittedly know nothing about from a creator i enjoy whilst hearing the frogs & crickets outside. Life is good 👍
As a Birmingham City fan for the last 50 years you certainly have bought back some memories! As we say in the club we keep right on 👍
Thanks for putting together this comprehensive video
As a birmingham fan I can say that these owners have restored my love for this club it was neglected for far too long despite relegation future is bright I'm sure keep right on
"Tom Brady, who played a sport that is popular in America".
he knew full well what he was doing with this one lol
I had to Google who he was
@@ellentronicmistress4969no you didn’t
@@emilybcfc What?
Or, the most successful athlete in America's favourite sport. An elite athlete whose knowledge of sport fitness is enormous. Shame he's a Trump fan.
In Slovenia the team that just won the domestic cup got, instead of conference league playoffs, demoted to the 4th division.
bruh, wtf happened?
@@MihailBFC smells like fixed games and black bags with cash
@@MihailBFC didn't get 1st league and Europe licences. It's a team from a 5k population town with barely a 1k seater stadium. The Maribor coach said something along the lines of "that grass field doesn't belong to the 1st league"
Best wishes & speedy recovery for Tony Mowbray from a Villa fan.
I have been waiting for an Alfie video on my beloved Birmingham City. Time to strap in and see what he has to say!
Btw on Tom Brady he has more actual involvement in the team, nutrition, mentality and basically anything fitness based, I believe Tom Brady’s team are working with Tyler roberts in this current off season in America
Glengarry Glen Ross meets Ted Lasso
Nono… I wish your lot nothing but the best, but TB is imho is an absolute charlatan. If he rakes £ he’s good. If not, he couldn’t give af.✌🏻❤️🥂 from the N Front Range of Colorado.
Dont worry Birmingham we (argyle) will be back in leauge one next season now we got Rooney
You will if he plays his 2-3-5 formation like he did constantly for Birmingham!
I think he may do OK for you (he can't do anyone worse than with us) but my god, I've never known a manager so bad. Even worse than Zola!
Welcome to no fear football Jenners!
i couldn't believe it mate why would any team appoint Roony as manager. especially after what he did to blues lol all i can say is good luck i wish the best and i hope his new job goes better than his last 3
Incredible Rooney a manager who gets jobs because of his name all that's wrong in football
Its going to take awhile but the blues will slowly return
The love never dies .
New young manager , and the plans for the club , long term ,are bloody impressive
💙💙💙💙
Glad to finally see us pop up on the channel Alfie! Asked for this sometime last year & it's well overdue with the amount of nonsense that's gone on the last 10+ years! Definitely glossed over a few points, but overall a great video!
As a lifelong English lower league football fan and Birmingham City being one of my favourite respective footballing clubs in my ancestrial nation,their downfall this season was due to mainly their sacking of John Eustace sir and to be replaced by an inexperienced manager was going to be a risky one to be honest with you and slowly made them to be relegated to the English League One for the first time in thirty years,good friends!!!I think based on this title of the video,they would be confident to be promoted to the English Championship after next season but they need to be spending wisely now with a limited transfer budget first,good friends!!!LONG LIVE BIRMINGHAM CITY!!!🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️🏋🏻♂️
I wouldn't identify us as a lower league team
@@archylowe603you’re literally 2 leagues away from non-league football
@@archylowe603 facts do not care about your feelings
@arm4146 I am actually an ai bot with no feelings the championship is not lower league football
I was very surprised to find a Birmingham City Football Club sticker on the bus shelter one day, considering the fact I live slightly outside of their catchment area - here in Brisbane, Australia. So maybe it's a wise investment?
Always thought they should be much bigger and more successful than they are. They bear the name of England's second city.
@Denjasaurusand?
There are a good number of clubs in the area though, so it's not like they have the catchment area to themselves. Newcastle are almost alone in their city (I think Gateshead technically plays in the area, but they are National League IIRC). In Birmingham you've got Birmingham, Aston Villa and West Brom, with Walsall, Wolves and Coventry very close by. If it was just one club I'd expect them to be bigger, but as it stands, I feel like they're going to take turns with the other clubs in the area for being the biggest
West Brom don't play in Brum, even tho the ground is close to Handsworth
West broms ground is closer to villa than blues. despite blues and villa being in like the top 10 closest grounds to each other in England.
@@L1am21Just 3 Miles between The Hawthorns and Villa literally not even that far on the Motorway J1 of the M5 joins with J8 of the M6 J7 is Great Barr you get of there and continue along the A34 Walsall Road and then Off to Witton. You pass Villa Park on the M6 anyway. Handsworth is a shared area of West Brom fans on the parts closer to Smethwick and West Bromwich and Villa closer to Hamstead and Perry Barr.
8:05 ... wait a min... Oo are they the baddies?
How the hell he got in the ground with that fancy dress on 😂😂
They're Birmingham fans of They're the baddies
As a birmingham fan we have lost the most games in the EFL in the last 5 seasons. Will be nice to win some games in league one. Literally can't remember what a winning season feels like...
AS A VILLA FAN I'M EMBARRASSED TO BRING VISITORS TO BIRMINGHAM INCASE THEY SEE YOUR FANS AND STADIUM !!!!
@@docca123 Obsessed with Blues with much?!
As a Birmingham fan that thumbnail being the first thing I woke up to felt like a personal attack, until I read the title
BEEN WATCHING FOR 5 YEARS AND WAITED FOR THIS VIDEO!!! THANK YOU!!! KRO SOTV!!!!!
Alfie.....you are regularly posting high quality, insightful, original and entertaining posts, a number of times per week consistently.....I don't know how you're doing this but I'm thankful. Easily one of the best football content creators on the net
I really must commend you for taking such a detailed deep dive into the recent history of the club. Really must have taken a lot of effort, and for a club you have absolutely no affiliation with.
31:30 the screenshot here is not the site knighthead have bought. It is the Birmingham Wheels Park in the city centre.
I thought that, had to double check! Ngl being a Villa fan I’d have loved to give bluenoses grief for moving out of the city 😂
It’s not in the city centre though, it’s down the road from St Andrews
I’ve waited for years…now the video is here!
KRO Alfie.
(I could write a longer comment but there’s way too much to cover of our last few decades…just glad to have our club back)
What on earth is going on at Inverness Caledonian Thistle?
Relegated to Scottish League 1 for the first time since 1999, and have just relocated their training ground to Kelty (135 miles away!)
what 135 miles to travel to train lol thanks for the tip will look them up
In the past, this club had even shocked the Scottish Football after beating Celtic, which led to the infamous headline "Super Caley go ballistic, Celtic are atrocious".
Tom Brady is part of the ownership team of Birmingham City
Birmingham going the way of FTX
No way how
@@gdup1728 he, bought it? What did you think happen
3% of shares
it's just celebrity endorsement. they give them a dollar or two in non-voting shares. literally a handful of dollars worth. it's just advertising basically.
crazy that Plymouth gave Rooney a job, 1. He's awful 2. It puts a massive target on their backs & 3. It puts a really poor spotlight & media attention on them; all neutrals know they'll get more press as Rooney has mates in the industry rather than it being warranted
TBF Wayne Rooney is good with bottom of the table championship teams mainly derby county
He was doing the FA Cup Final of Saturday and they asked him about it and were nice about his Blues Stint
Spot on. He saved us from relegation last season by "managing" Birmingham. Now we're joining them. What are the board thinking?????
@@declangaming24 Guessing that was his approach with BCFC, taking them from 6th to the bottom in the hope that his management skills would kick in
If only Netflix seen the potential for all or nothing, still not to late after the rollercoaster season we’ve just had
I wouldn't say that we are "Happy" but you make some great points. Despite being a division less, we are in a better place than we were 12 months ago. Trust the process. (Great video as per usual)
Alfie, great video! You're right that most fans have shrugged off relegation and are looking forward to away days at Crawley and Shrewsbury. For most fans, it feels like, for the first time since the 1970s, we are being treated like the big club we are in terms of potential. Your thoughts about Wagner were a bit harsh though. He's made an effort to engage with fans, he sings our songs and sits with us, during away games. We have owners who are ambitious and transparent. This relegation is just a blip.
31:30 Why are you showing a map of Redditch 15 miles away from Birmingham!?!
If they build their new stadium out there they're going to have a lot of pissed off fans!
Does the city have good public transport? Might be a silly question but I'm not from the UK.
I think Alfie's usually stellar research skills are being taken up with planning the best way to get from Gelsenkirchen to Hamburg...
Yeah the map is wrong, the site they've bought is a couple of miles from the city centre in Bordesley, and up the road from the current stadium. Relatively easy to get to when walking, and plans to provide more infrastructure for travel are supposed to be in thinking of the new stadium. There's a small existing train station next to the site (Adderley Park) and HS2 will have a stop pretty close by too
The ground is getting built on the wheels site in bordesley, 300 metres closer to the city centre than St Andrews
@@somethinglikethat2176 Not out to Redditch it doesn't!
It's a completely different town, not part of Birmingham or even of The West Midlands County!
For context Metlife is about half the distance from Times Square that Redditch is from Birmingham!
No-one would complain if the Blues moved to Ruberry or Longbridge as at least they're still IN Birmingham AND on the right side of the City even if they are 9-10 miles from the City Centre.
Blues moving to Redditch would be like Villa moving to Lichfield or West Brom moving to Bridgnorth!
Another great vid mate, looking forward to the next!
Good video Alfie, on the money about everything. You just forgot to mention Barry Fry
Alfie, as a blues fan I have been waiting years for you to take a look at the circus going on at our club. I guess it just took relegation to prompt it. But I must say you covered everything spectacularly and put everything into the perspective it deserves. The new owners have done so much right by the club so far in terms of infrastructure, investment and cultivating a positive atmosphere, but they were too naive, got the big footballing decisions horribly wrong and the relegation is at least partly on them. We are positive though, and I'm glad you titled and framed the video this way, because the biggest factor is that the club now have a stable future and under much more transparent owners, rather than a series of faceless criminals. Had we gone down under Yeung or BSHL the club would have gone into liquidation, it's as simple as that. So whilst it stings to be relegated having made so much off-field progress, and having narrowly avoided relegation so many times over the last decade, I suppose if there was any season to go down this was the best. And people may mock our exuberant bald American, but he is ambitious, and we will be back. KRO
well put Jacob. The positive vibes by us might seem strange to those outside but we believe we are in good hands with this ownership. KRO
Blimey, I've been pressing you about doing a video about Birmingham's troubles for YEARS and you finally did it!
Thank you for this video! Cheers
As a Birmingham city fan, it’s a farce what the club has gone through this past decade and even before then. Wouldn’t wish it upon any football fan in the slightest. Thank you for the top drawer analysis as always buddy 👍🏻👍🏻
For further context on Birmingham's new owners, I implore you to watch the 2 open forums on the BCFC UA-cam channel. Our optimism stems from the ambition of the new owners, their drive and commitment to put Birmingham at the big table. Not only this but their ambitions for the City of Birmingham. We have never seen ambition like it. They've pledged 3 BILLION pounds to infrastructure alone. The football club representing the UK's second largest city has been neglected and underperformed throughout its entire history, these people have given us hope that we can finally realise the enormous potential of the club. They need to get the football side of things right and I trust they will because they've laid so many foundations behind the scenes to ensure the club moves in the right direction.
I don’t know if anyone else caught it, but around the 31 minute and 10 second mark, that is the skyline of Birmingham, Alabama.
Superb video from a Birmingham city season ticket holder, I’m excited for the new season, build a winning mentality after 10 years of losing more games then we won, building a hungry academy based squad and building new infrastructure will give us an off field advantage like I’ve never before seen on my life.
Great video, got a new subscriber
No club has endured the circus we have over the past decade - fact! Being a bluenose is equally the most depressing and exciting thing to be.
Trust me, there are several clubs that have
Yes Alfie I 100% agree with the title of this video kro
Great video summariezed the ownership mess quite well for the time limit.
Don’t think you emphasised how bad the football has been for the last 5-10 years tho as for both the last 5 and 10 years we are up there with the most losses, least wins etc in that time period.
This season was bad sure, but the playing squad is the best we’ve had in years and was finally made up of mostly non-loanees. 50 points is more than we usually get and we can’t control the teams at the top completely bottling every game against the relegation rivals ( still can’t forgive hull city for losing to Plymouth btw).
The Rooney mistake was rectified and Mowbray had us playing again the owners acted quick enough to save our season but I don’t think anyone can manage the situation we had with Mowbray health well. The uncertainty over when he was gonna be back meant we persisted with his assistant who saw our form jump off a cliff. By the time we acted it was too late.
Problem is now we are in league 1 I don’t see us attracting the calibre of manager we need for the long run plans
Do the video about Napoli and Sevilla.
Last season, these clubs have enjoyed a success in the past, with Napoli winning the first Scudetto after 33 years under Luciano Spalletti, and Sevilla dominating the Europa League in less than a decade, despite their inconsistencies in La Liga, with 7 titles (3 of them with the current Aston Villa manager Unai Emery). They won't play in any European Football for the first time after a decade following a disastrous domestic season, having just changed their managers twice mid-season, with Sevilla itself even spending most of the weeks in a relegation zone and crashed out in the Champions League group stage by not even sealing a 3rd place for Europa League knockout playoffs.
More people need to use the "por que no las dos" clip. Seeing it here genuinely made my day lol
Imagine being the worst club in the city your NAMED after…
Manchester United fans can relate to that one😂
Yeah… so you know Salford is IN Manchester right?
Is this a thing? Torino, Hamburg, Milan, Man Utd, Sao Paulo etc, is this really uncommon?
@@atheist666Salford is a separate city technically
@@ToxicCokeCola
Salford is a metropolitan borough within the city of Manchester with city status, it isn’t even “technically” separate, it’s inside and part of Manchester
As a Bluenose, thank you for this video. Pretty much a perfect summary of everything that has gone on at St Andrews. KRO.
Alfie, i love you, thanks for being so consistent with the content. You unironically had made me so knowledgable (if that is even a word) about the beautiful game, i'm grateful to be able to appreciate it and realize that is way more complex than i suspected and the storylines are top tier ! 🖤
Looking like they have good owners now. In general investment in infrastructure means they have a good long term vision in place. Even if they are too flash orientated which lead to the F'd up the manager decision. If they can learn from Ipswich they can do well.
1 step back, 2 steps forward. UTB 🔵⚪️
Despite Uploading Video on his personal channel Alfie isn't sacked from HITC Sevens. Good JOB
Another fantastic video Alfie ! Surely we need a Wigan athletic video now
28:50 lol great way to address the man 😅
Pretty accurate however, the Porn Barons were forced to shell out several million in an out of court settlement after it was discovered they had lied about the club's financial state to Carson Yeung.
8:02 typical blue's fan. Honestly though, how do you even get that printed on your shorts
A mistake in the opening line. It isn't "over 30 years" since BCFC were in the third tier, it is *exactly* 30 years.
Also, Lee Clark had already been sacked by Huddersfield a few months before he was appointed by Birmingham. The last Huddersfield Town manager to be "poached" by another club was a little-known bloke called Bill Shankly.
@@Eric_Hunt194 The greatest Arsenal manager was also poached from Huddersfield Town.
I think saying 'Derby County [...] the only team to finish below them' is a little unfair, given the vast gulf in points between the two. One point plus goal difference from safety versus 25 points (realistically 26, because they weren't overcoming that goal difference!) is really more than a single place in the table adequately describes.
...and if Derby hadn't got a last minute equaliser at St Andrews, Blues would have stayed up.
Loved the subtle Watford manager reference: in and out before you even saw the blade of the dagger.
Despite being a Villa fan, I've never had anything against City. Their recent history has been twistier than old Spaghetti Junction.
Alfie, on a minor note, the 'ue' in 'Suen' is pronounced together, making it sound roughly like Son in Heung-min Son. The two last names, I believe, share the same Chinese character.
You are without a doubt the most interesting video on line❤❤❤❤
About time we got a video
7:58 lets just ignore the guy with the white shorts and green jacket
At 8:00 is that a Nazi flag on his shorts and can someone explain the picture?
He was an escapee German war criminal living in Birmingham, now you have blown his cover.......
I don’t think Birmingham City understand what they are in for. League one next season will be arguably the strongest it’s been in 15 years
In the mental life as a bluenose,I'm looking forward to this season much more than any in the last decade. We've got owners who are heavily investing,a new stadium on the horizon and a team that won't be made up of loans and players who don't give a shit. Bring on league 1
Wow. As a 35yo lifelong blues fan, I'd actually forgot half of the last 10 years.
We were so close so many times.
Blues fan here, couldn’t have put it better myself fair play mate
ALFIE! LOVE THE VIDEOS MATE
Whats with the SS uniform at 8:03???
whats going on at 08:02
23.13 the school in the bottom of the picture is st andrews and was where i went as a kid 😊 i lived at the top left of the same picture walk to school down over the bridge good old days
8:05 erm what...
Was gonna say…
For you my friend the VAR is over...
I had to laugh at the way he said "about someone spiking Birminghams water with ACID" Then said "thats what we're going to find out!".. i know what you meant though!!😆
I just hope we give Rowett the manager role permanently, we owe him that after last time, I feel that despite the draws to Huddersfield and Rotherham he did a great job at attempting to keep us up in the circumstances.
very well done mate. top job KRO
To over simplify, relegation to league one is a bit of bless in disguise, as we can rebuild the squad with the revenue investment from the owners in a league with little ffp regulations
Speaking as a Villa fan, the one thing I will say about Brady is that he pronouced Birmingham correctly, without the emphasis on the 'ham' at the end.
And still our fans are staying and singing! Say what you want.....KRO
10:07 That's motor yacht ''Octopus,'' once owned by Paul Allen of Microsoft fame - not some bloke from Hong Kong.
The edits are getting better every video 😂
Wayne Rooney just can’t stop being infamous
The thumbnail is a bit misleading. Cause one may think relegation is the worst, bad thing, club is going downhill etc. But if you've kept your eye on Blues season after season. You know how up and down they've been, and they've barely escaped for many seasons. Even if the one odd one where they'll finish higher. It was only a matter of time before they hit that relegation.
But now, with the great owners, and a chance to refresh the squad for the better, it may end up being the greatest thing for Birmingham. Sure, it could go horribly wrong too. But there is a lot to be excited about.
It depends. Sometimes, relegation can be a blessing in disguise like Birmingham needed or it could be a curse 😊
As a blues fan thank fuck we are down, finally out that league, disappointed it was going down rather than going up tho, but ye we are happy
Great video, Alfie, but I'm watching this on 2x speed again.
VfB Stuttgart finished 2nd, meaning Bayern finished 3rd this season! They've been relegated twice in recent years, only narrowly surviving last season. They seem to have an interesting story ⚽️ Over to you, Alfie 👀
I'm not gonna stop Alfie 💀
It's wild how much their fortunes have changed. The whole relegation one minute, place in Europe the next doesn't seem too uncommon there.
I think the situation with Bayern might have a bit to do with other clubs in the Bundesliga starting to run their clubs better than in the past and getting on Bayern's level rather than Bayern slipping so much.
Hello, could you make a video about Caledonia braves FC and their unique history as well as their unique ownership model
my hometown being in a hitc sevens video was unexpected
Since. Ewing relegated from the Premier league we have had 4 decent managers. Chris Hughton - couldn’t afford to keep him. Gary Monk and Gary Rowett, both could have been offered rock solid contracts when they were doing well! There were issues with both, my view is that these issues could have been sorted! Finally John Eustace who mentioned! I believe the owners have learnt lessons the hard way!
We (Plymouth) are going the same way as Birmingham. Pray for us 😩
Rooney might keep you up for a 2nd time 😂😂
Wishing you the best 👌🏻 KRO.
As a Plymouth fan, thanks for Rooney, see you in league 1 next year
5th biggest club in the West Midlands. One cup (‘63 wasn’t a proper competition) in almost 150 years. The sooner they change their name to Small Heath the better as they constantly embarrass the name of England’s second city. They’re a proud bunch though, proud of their connection to a fictitious TV series about flat capped gangsters with hilariously phoney Brummy accents in the 1920’s and also their hooligan fans of 30 years ago. Yep, what a club.
Aha what a bitter comment . We might not be the most successful club in the WM but we bear the name of the city (quite rightly as we were the only true Birmingham club) and even though our trophy cabinet is slim, we are the only team in the West Midlands in recent history that has won a trophy😅 - all wm clubs are tinpot tbh.
Lol The "5th" biggest club in the West Midlands is the only club in the West Midlands to have won a trophy this century.
Still a tin pot trophy , try winning an fa cup , sorry that’s impossible so a small team like small heath
@@DavidWootton-j3g Assuming you’re a villa fan…the last time you won the FA cup was 1957 ffs 😅 - completely different tournament to what it is now.
@@DavidWootton-j3g wow, is that the only comeback you've got!? How much screen time does your mom allow you?