Birmingham City season preview 2026/27
14.08.26, 00:00 Updated 17.08.26, 09:45
Colin Tattum
You've come a long way, baby.
The last time Blues opened their season with a competitive cup match, it was in 2020.
It was the September, as football was coming out of the Covid-enforced shutdown, and Jude Bellingham had not been long sold in a world record deal for a 17-year-old.
Aitor Karanka had been appointed as the man Dong Ren chucked all his chips on for promotion.
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Colin Tattum 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.