Match Day Thread Birmingham vs QPR

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Birmingham City vs QPR
The Championship
Friday 22nd September, 8pm
St Andrews Stadium

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How to get there;
Drive : Approx. 2 hours and 20 minutes down the M40.
Train: 2 hours and 33 minutes...Circle Line to Euston Square, then Avanti Mainline from Euston to Birmingham New Street, then a little walk to the #60 bus, which will take you to the ground.
Bike : Cycle route 6, 126 miles, 11 hours and 34 minutes. (20 minutes longer than last time we were away to Birmingham...how does Google know I'm not as fit these days?)

Previous history vs Birmingham City;
Games won: 24
Games drawn: 17
Games lost: 26

Ones to remember;
17 Jan 1967 Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers W 1-4 League Cup
17 Oct 1970 Queens Park Rangers v Birmingham City W 5-2 League Division Two
18 Feb 2017 Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers W 1-4 League Championship
11 Dec 2019 Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers W 0-2 League Championship

Ones to forget;
30 Aug 1969 Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers L 3-0 League Division Two
23 Apr 1974 Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers L 4-0 League Division One
22 Mar 1975 Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers L 4-1 League Division One

Players who have played for both:
Mike Hellawell
1955–1957 Queens Park Rangers 45 (7)
1957–1965 Birmingham City 178 (30)

Barry Bridges;
1966–1968 Birmingham City 83 (36)
1968–1970 Queens Park Rangers 72 (31)

Don Givens;
1972–1978 Queens Park Rangers 242 (76)
1978–1981 Birmingham City 59 (10)

Trevor Francis
1971–1979 Birmingham City 280 (119)
1988–1990 Queens Park Rangers 32 (12)

Mark Dennis
1978–1982 Birmingham City 130 (1)
1987–1988 Queens Park Rangers 28 (0)

David Seaman;
1984–1986 Birmingham City 75 (0)
1986–1990 Queens Park Rangers 141 (0)

Paul Furlong
1996–2002 Birmingham City 131 (50)
2000 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 3 (1)
2002 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 6 (2)
2002–2007 Queens Park Rangers 162 (54)

Tommy Williams;
2002–2004 Birmingham City 4 (0)
2002–2003 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 26 (1)
2003 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 5 (0)
2009 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 5 (0)

Rowan Vine;
2007–2008 Birmingham City 17 (1)
2007–2008 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 18 (4)
2008–2012 Queens Park Rangers 51 (5)

Lee Camp
2007 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 11 (0)
2007–2009 Queens Park Rangers 50 (0)
2018–2020 Birmingham City 80 (0)

Ravel Morrisson;
2012–2013 → Birmingham City (loan) 27 (3)
2014 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 15 (6)
2017 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 5 (0)

Dion Sanderson;
2021–2022→ Birmingham City (loan) 15 (0)
2022→ Queens Park Rangers (loan) 11 (0)
2022–2023→ Birmingham City (loan) 31 (2)
2023– Birmingham City 7 (0)

Managed both;
Jim Smith;
1978–1982 Birmingham City
1985–1988 Queens Park Rangers

Trevor Francis;
1988–1989 Queens Park Rangers
1996–2001 Birmingham City

Marcus Bignot;
2001–2002 Queens Park Rangers 44 (1)
2004–2007 Queens Park Rangers 128 (0)
1998–2005 Birmingham City Ladies

John Eustace;
2018–2022 Queens Park Rangers (assistant)
2019 Queens Park Rangers (caretaker)
2022– Birmingham City

Tyler Roberts;
2022–2023 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 18 (3)
2023– Birmingham City 1 (0)

Dion Sanderson;
2021–2022 → Birmingham City (loan) 15 (0)
2022 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 11 (0)
2022–2023 → Birmingham City (loan) 31 (2)
2023– Birmingham City 7 (0)

Ethan Laird;
2022–2023 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 32 (1)
2023– Birmingham City 3 (0

Match Preview;
Onto Friday night, live on Sky, under the lights at St Andrew's next. Last time we played Birmingham City away was also a Friday night, and ended in a 2-0 home win. Here's hoping for a different result this Friday, but they are looking semi-decent so far this year. They started the season very strongly, with three wins and two draws in their first five games, but they"ve faltered a little in September. They started the month with a home draw against Millwall, and have then lost to Watford and Preston North End, both away games. Surely they'll be hoping for a positive result as they return to St Andrew's. Their top scorer Jay Stansfield has three goals so far, with Jutkiewicz, Bacuna and Hogan each with two goals.

As for us, Tuesday night was a frustrating one wasn't it. I spent most of my evening, as did Ilias Chair, looking for an obvious option in the final third, but Armstrong was all too often surrounded by opposition defenders, or being dragged to the floor so unable to receive the ball. Willock seemed pretty absent and didn't have much of an impact, and so it took a fantastic header from Dykes to rescue a point. I'm hoping that lessons will have been learnt, and maybe we'll start with Dykes, Armstrong and Chair on Friday night.

Team news : From Ainsworth's pre-match interview...we've got to work on Sinclair being a bit more sneaky...pleased with Willock's performance on Tuesday, great to see him out there...not much else unless I missed it.

...COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!

 

Never tire of seeing this, from the 5-2 result in 1970...

 

Can add the crocks Laird and Tyler to the list. Think both are injured.

And of course the great Dion Sanderson.

 

Marcus Bignot managed their women’s team. Shame on Dave for this sexism.

 

Typical...I'm.working in Birmingham on Friday, but have a job up in Fife on Saturday

 

Does anyone else keep looking at the fixture to list to see where the points are coming from and then just left scratching your head with a puzzled look on the face?

 

How long by canal boat

 

What time do you have to leave Brum?

 

I’m quite reassured the more I watch this league that apart from six or seven teams everyone is ****.

 

Depends what time I get the job finished....but it's a 5 1/2 hour drive back up home on a good day and I've gotta be in Fife for 8am Saturday morning. Staying in the Premier Inn at Hall Green tonight

 

Living the dream

 

Birmingham is a ****hole to work in....not the worst in the country, but still bad....don't normally go that far south for work, but they've made it worth my while!

 

Too long, you should have left already;

https://www.abcboathire.com/blog/ho...ondon from Birmingham,longest canal in the UK!

 

And now the jobs ****in cancelled, so no long drive and no big bucks

 

But you get to watch the game from Fife so swings and roundabouts.

 

like to see a few changes for this one. Rest some legs, be a bit more defensive savvy and play Kolli alongside Dykes. We'll still bloody lose

 

But you can get to spend another night at the Premier Inn after watching the mighty R's..... what's not to like?

Edit.... Might have read your post the wrong way round..... thought the Fife job had been cancelled..... doh

 

Yeah, I ain't that lucky

 

9 days
probably get there quicker on wherevers back

 

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