Give It Some Welly

I’m breaking off from the Breaston trilogy as FA Cup Fever is set to hit St Andrew’s in 12 days’ time as Birmingham travel to St Andrew’s for their Fourth round tie with Coventry. Following Birmingham is comedy gold as regular readers of this blog will know but playing an away game at your home…

Soccer In Sutton Coldfield

Even when I try calling it socca it makes no difference. A grim Christmas results wise for Birmingham was sure to change, so I thought, when I met up with my mate from California for the first time in about 18 years. A fellow sufferer, he’d not been to the Mecca for the best part…

Happy New Year, Happy Old Brum

As New Year approaches the big question is…can I stretch out my Digbeth posts until the next decade? However, don’t fret as the longest running saga since the “who shot JR?” scenario back in the eighties, finally winds up tonight. Mind you, it’s not been without its controversy as Dave Southworth, the doyen of craft…

Come And Join The (Tasting) Club

Having witnessed Digbeth’s gentrification first hand at Dead Wax Digbeth last time out I thought I would annoy Pete Allen a bit more by sneaking into another boozer before him find another new kid on the block. Before Dave gets excited and starts singing boy band songs from the 90s, I have to tell him I’m…

Nine Goal Thrillers, Gentrification and Relegation – A Normal Sunday In Digbeth (Tore Andre Flo)

Bloody hell! As if a nine-goal thriller at St Andrew’s wasn’t enough to contend with on a Sunday afternoon then the ongoing gentrification of Digbeth just about topped it off! Let’s deal with the surreal first. Birmingham scored four goals at home in front of a packed St Andrew’s but, due to the fact Leeds…

Top 20 Pubs: The Lord Clifden, Hockley

The Jewellery Quarter has lots of gems and diamonds tucked away in both its shops and pub scene but, for me, undoubtedly the 24-carat gold boozer is The Lord Clifden B18 6AA. It’s the sort of place that really is all things to all people. I’ve been here with Mrs BB for a drink and…

I’m Picking Up (Brum’s) Good Intentions

A very lame link to a Beach Boys track here but it’s always good to keep the pressure on Martin, Duncan and Si with (loose) music titles. Having been to Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Nottinghamshire in recent blogs it’s time to return to more familiar ground and England’s premier city. That might cause some debate but…