For a few minutes it looked like Birmingham City’s game against Blackburn Rovers last Saturday was going to be a mirror image of the game against Ipswich Town in Week 1. Blackburn scored first i...
My local readers will likely be wondering why this post is appearing; UK readers will probably already be bristling at the title. The latter is entirely intentional of course, although as a native Bri...
Starting today the Forge is going silent until early July. We are heading out on an extensive tour of Europe. And yes, we are visiting every city on that route (we have to go through London to get the...
In a disappointing home debut for new Legion head coach Mark Briggs, the home team fell to a 0-1 loss. That means the team has earned just 1 point in 3 straight games against the bottom 3 teams in the...
The Birmingham Legion today announced Mark Briggs as the second permanent head coach in team history. The hiring is not a big surprise; Briggs was definitely on the radar as a candidate given his hist...
The Birmingham Legion today announced the signing of Australian midfielder Sam McIllhatton for the remainder of this season. McIllhatton is 26 and since 2022 has played with Sydney Olympic FC in Austr...
Birmingham City were off last week for the international break and were able to sit back and watch their rivals play on. Wrexham took a 1-0 win over playoff hopefuls Stockport County (who were promote...
Despite being without Jay Stansfield, Birmingham City picked up another four points from two games this past week. Last Saturday was a rather tedious 0-0 draw with Reading. The selection to replace St...
Last Saturday the Blues faced their biggest test of the season to date, a 4th Round FA Cup tie at Newcastle United. They ended up 2-3 losers in what turned out to be an entertaining match, but one tai...
We’ve been mulling over this for a while now, especially this past week. The question is a difficult one and its obvious corollary – what do we do to fix it? – is even harder. But we...