Newsletter #355


Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse… I thought I’d built up some sort of immunity over the past 3 months, but it was all a mirage as City contrived to raise me up then totally deflate me on Saturday afternoon, all within the short space of 10 minutes. Paul has sent in his usual away match report, surely he’s taking some kind of medication by now – Prozac is it?

We have news, including a boardroom shake-up which sees another Kippax hero (Tueart) make the transition from the pitch, McGoldrick making the transition onto the transfer list, and another bad injury for a Blues reservist. There’s also much opinion, and some ideas for names for the new (potential) stadium. Anyone care to send in a Why Blue?

This one reaches 1,782.

Next game, Middlesbrough at home, Saturday 20th December 1997

MATCH REPORT – ‘LIVE’

BIRMINGHAM CITY vs. MANCHESTER CITY, Saturday 13th December 1997

Not a game I’ll forget in a hurry. In fact, it’s not a game I’m ever likely to forget, apart from maybe the first 90 minutes…

There were a few team changes, with Murtaz Shelia making his City début and Uwe R