The day we've waited for
29.07.26, 00:00 Updated 17.08.26, 09:42
Colin Tattum
“Mr Blue Sky, please tell us why, you had to hide away for so long – where did we go wrong?”
Well, Mr Blue Sky has not merely peeped out from behind the grey clouds that have hovered over St Andrew’s for 136 years, he’s blown them away with a vengeance.
That moment when Obafemi Martins steered the ball into the unguarded goal at Wembley’s West End in the last minute of the Carling Cup Final was a moment never, ever to be forgotten for any follower of Blues.
It released an explosion of joy – almost disbelieving joy – that has been pent-up so long deep inside Bluenoses.
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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.