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Blues 2, Swansea City 1 - match analysis and the echoes of days past
08.11.26, 16:44 Updated 09.11.26, 12:23
The last time Birmingham City were on the Championship summit, two goals by Garry O'Connor and another by Kevin Phillips consolidated their position.
Sheffield Wednesday were seen off 3-1 at St. Andrew's on October 25, 2008, and Blues appeared to be getting to grips with life in the second tier again after relegation from the Premier League the season before.
Alex McLeish, 11 months into the job, had brought in Phillips and Lee Carsley that summer and a few days before this game Nigel Quashie arrived on loan from West Ham United.
Blues had gone top earlier in the month but it was an uneasy, and short, tenure there against a backdrop of intense pressure and supporter expectation. In May, on the final day, fans reacted to relegation by invading the pitch and snapping the goalposts, as well protesting against the owners David Sullivan and the Gold brothers.
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covered Blues for the Birmingham Mail & Sports Argus as correspondent & chief sports writer for 28 years before becoming head of media & communications at St. Andrew's in 2014. Most recently he worked in academy talent ID & recruitment before returning full circle by joining renowned journalist Neil Moxley with the launch of Forever Blues.