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It has been revealed today that Arsenal are set to sign a young Birmingham City starlet called
Foday Nabay who has already been called up to the England U16 side when he was just 12 years-old.
Now 13 it seems that he has been at Birmingham for six years, but Arsene Wenger is arranging for
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Wolves captain Roger Johnson makes a return to his former hunting ground for the first time
since his £8m transfer from Birmingham to Wolves last Summer and will expect the usual boo's a
former player at any club gets.
Here's the tale of the tape for this Derby tie.
MATCH FACTS
Wolves have won the Cup 4 occasion's 1893,1908,1949 and 1960.
Wade Elliot's lucky second half goal knocks Wolves out of the FA Cup as Birmingham go marching
on.
The draw for the FA Cup's fifth round was held earlier today. A reunion with Gus Poyet (via
Brighton) wasn't in the cards, with Chelsea being drawn against Birmingham.
Not bad. The Championship club will pose a threat, but not to the extent that traveling to
Anfield would have. Ties will be held 18/19 February.
With most teams having fifteen or fewer matches to play this season, it is far from certain which
three teams from the Championship will be playing Premier League football next season. As it
stands, the two most obvious candidates are the teams that have led the way for most of the season,
current leaders, West [.
Birmingham City supporters are kicking off over their away kit, which hasn't been worn since
pre-season. Manager Chris Hughton has taken a strong dislike to the blue and black striped kit. The
Inter Milan-ish outfit got a couple of wears in friendlies before Hughton decided the yellow
European shirt was his preferred change kit.
[O]nce upon a time, the PFA Awards were the undisputed measure of a season's most valuable players.
Voted for by the Professionals themselves, the response to their announcement was one of awed hush
and consent – how could mere onlookers presume to know better than those involved in the rough
and tumble of the actual sport?
Npower Championship 2011/2012: Promotion and Relegation Review - originally posted on
Soccerlens.com
The 2011-12 Championship league fixtures have come to an end and finally the automatic promotion
positions have been confirmed. However, at the other end of the table, the relegation picture had
been clear for some time.
[B]irmingham City are perhaps the least heralded of the four candidates as we enter the
Championship play-off period and there has certainly been a quiet and undemonstrative manner about
the progress of Chris Hughton's charges. They have been playing catch up all season of course.
Heavy involvement in the Europa League left them short on fixtures completed for months but a
fabulous 2-1 win in Bruges in front of over 5,000 ecstatic away supporters signalled their strength
and the rise has been inexorable.
The 19-year-old goalkeeper Jack Butland has been given the honor of joining the English squad which
will travel to the EURO 2012, after Norwich's goalkeeper Ruddy broke his finger and had to be
replaced. Butland has been a long term target for Wenger, and now that the goalkeeper has been
called up for the first [.
An oft quoted claim of recent months has been for the Championship's status as the fifth richest
League in Europe and if this isn't necessarily reflected in the quality of the goods on offer, that
Derby County can attract an average gate of more than 26,000, Hull City shell out £21 million in
wages for 2010-11, and Leicester City approach £18 million in net transfer fee spend is evidence
of significant trade.
An oft quoted claim of recent months has been for the Championship's status as the fifth richest
League in Europe and if this isn't necessarily reflected in the quality of the goods on offer, that
Derby County can attract an average gate of more than 26,000, Hull City shell out £21 million in
wages for 2010-11, and Leicester City approach £18 million in net transfer fee spend is evidence
of significant trade.
