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Birmingham City relegated to League One despite beating Norwich
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06/05/2024
Birmingham World reporter Charlie Haffenden's reaction to Birmingham City's relegation to League One, despite a Championship final-day win over Norwich.
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Birmingham City have been relegated to Sky Bet League 1, the first time Blues have been
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in the third tier of English football since 1995. A horrendous day for the football club
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but actually a very strong result and a strong performance on the pitch against the Norwich
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City side that's chasing for promotion to the Premier League. A 1-0 win, Pike Hunksung
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Ho's header from a deflected Keshie Anderson cross was enough to seal all three points
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today but results elsewhere meant that Blues were relegated. Unfortunately, heading into
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this final day, Birmingham were in the bottom three. One point below Plymouth and three
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points behind Sheffield Wednesday, three behind Blackburn Rovers. All three of those teams
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winning on the final day and a remarkable final day in the Championship. I don't think
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anyone would have expected all of the teams to go on and win their matches, especially
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with some of the oppositions they had. Plymouth against Hull, Sheffield Wednesday against
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Sunderland and Blackburn against Leicester. Three really tough games for them and two
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of those being away from home as well. But, as it was, all three of those teams did win
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and Birmingham's fate was sealed despite three points being claimed here at St Andrews.
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Gary Rourke, his final game in charge in his interim period. Eight matches it was, managed
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three home wins here at St Andrews at Nighthead Park but ultimately not enough. I think the
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two draws away at Rotherham United and Huddersfield Town will be the ones that people look back
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at as the recent failures. Had they won just one of those matches, Blues would still be
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in the Championship for next season. But just the whole campaign on the whole really, just
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the inconsistency with managers having six different voices through the course of the
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46-match campaign. Of course, we couldn't have foreseen what was going to happen with
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Tony Mowbray, that was completely unexpected. But some of the earlier decisions at the start
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of the campaign could have definitely been helped. So I think that has obviously contributed
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to how things have gone. But you can't really deny the fight today against Norwich, a very
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good performance. There were times during the first half where maybe Blues were a little
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bit passive and they didn't show enough energy. But I think it was just recouping that energy
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to try and push on and get that winning goal. And they did, and they did their part. And
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I must say the fans here were fantastic from start to finish. Before the game, I don't
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think I've ever seen it as loud and proud as it was. Tom Wagner as well, of course,
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the owner, he was very present. He could have easily stepped away knowing that Birmingham
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could face relegation today. He could have hidden away from it because it's a very difficult
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day for him. He's going to face a lot of criticism. But fair play to him. He was here as Birmingham
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were relegated and the fans, as I said, were absolutely spectacular. Lucas Djukovic as
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well, the club legend, getting on for the final 25 minutes or so. Whether it's definitely
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his last game or not awaits to be seen, but it looks likely he put in a hell of a shift.
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He had one headed opportunity. I thought, is he going to get that dream goal on his
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probably last appearance? He didn't. He put it wide. But nonetheless, some sliding tackles,
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putting out all his passion onto the field, as he always does. It was nice to see. But
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ultimately, a terrible day for Birmingham and we'll be reflecting on it on BirminghamWorld.uk.
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Also the press conference from Gary Rowett, from David Wagner, some nice words from the
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Norwich City boss. Make sure to catch it all on the website, BirminghamWorld.uk.
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