The Birmingham Courier
Squad17 Aug 2026
A fracture rules James Beadle out for 58 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Birmingham will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market17 Aug 2026
Birmingham turn down Nottingham Forest for Paik Seung-Ho
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market17 Aug 2026
Jack Robinson moves on
Sunderland pay $1.2M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Ibrahim Osman in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Birmingham this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Jack Holmes gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Jack Holmes has just signed for Birmingham, and for once the answer mattered.
Market17 Aug 2026
Pescara watching Marvin Ducksch
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Birmingham have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Birmingham
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market17 Aug 2026
Birmingham promote Stephen Stewart from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stephen Stewart has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Jack Holmes signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jack Holmes commits to Birmingham for another 3 years.
In brief
- Boardroom Birmingham turn down the training-ground plan
- The terraces Supporters make their feelings known about Luis Vázquez