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Tom Wagner 6 Sept 2026

The return of Tom Wagner - humbling and heart-warming

Blues chairman Tom Wagner was a surprise visitor to St. Andrew's, nine months on after suffering a stroke

07.09.26, 11:50 Updated 07.09.26, 11:50

Colin Tattum

Colin Tattum

It was as humbling as it was heart-warming.

And Tom Wagner's reappearance at St. Andrew's after eight months said so much about the man.

Blues and the football world were left stunned in February when it was announced that the Blues chairman and the club's ultimate driving force had suffered a stroke.

From then on, quite naturally and quite rightly, Wagner was given privacy to concentre on his recovery.

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Colin Tattum

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.

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