The Birmingham Courier
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Birmingham
Ibrahim Osman and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
4 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Manchester United tell Birmingham: Andrey Santos is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match15 Aug 2026
Birmingham come up short against Wrexham
Wrexham left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
James Beadle gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market17 Aug 2026
Mark Young steps up from the Birmingham academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mark Young has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Samuel Phillips steps up from the Birmingham academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Samuel Phillips has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Birmingham promote Richard Henderson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Richard Henderson 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Daniel Richardson joins the Birmingham first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Richardson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad 12 new faces, and Birmingham are still learning each other
- The dugout Richard Howard answers for it
- Boardroom Birmingham say no to the training-ground money