As a Vile fan it heartens me to see that the Blues now have an ambitious team at the helm under Chair Tom Wagner at Knighthead. Their plans for a Birmingham City Sports Village are little short of phenomenal and can only benefit Birmingham as a city. Blues have languished at the bottom end of the EFL Championship for far too long and even though they might be relegated to League One I'm sure they'll bounce back stronger with more ambition and more importantly a Strategic Plan rather than short termism which is the default position for most clubs both in the Premier League and the EFL. I welcome a strong Birmingham City even as a Vile fan since 1962 when my dad Les Bracey would take me on the Football Special Outer Circle number 11 buzz from the King's Head in my home town of Bearwood to Villa Park taking nearly two hours on one of those old Guy Arab Birmingham Corporation buzzes with the platform at the back! Yours in Birmingham Football ⚽️ Keith Bracey #UTV #VTID
I have to say I have only just caught up & read this. I am no football fan however this read like a love letter to Brum & as such I thoroughly enjoyed it… 👍
Thankyou Irene most kind. I am a football fan and not in the least partisan. I want Blues to do just as well as the Villa
I have written "My Birmingham Story" if you liked my "Love 💌Letter to #Brum. It's on the Birmingham Literacy Trust website but I am sorry I don't have a link...just Google "Keith Bracey: My Birmingham Story". It tells of my early experiences of Aston Villa Football Club as a 4 year old and 4 years later as an 8 year old in a 1966 World Cup game when I got separated from my dad Les Bracey in Villa's Holte End.
We journeyed for 2 hours from my home town of Bearwood on the Outer Circle number 11 buzz...the "Football Special" ⚽️ to Villa Park from all-over BrummaGEM. It's getting late....I hope 🙏 you enjoy my "My Birmingham Story" best Brummie wishes Keith Bracey the Brummie Bard Birmingham and Black Country poet writer and historian please read 📚 my poetry anthology of around 25 poems on Birmingham and Black Country history heritage music museums sport and other things about my home town of Birmingham like it's fantastic multiculturalism and inclusivity which is OUR strength IMHO
Please read my Birmingham and Black Country poetry and prose and Birmingham stories blog Bracey's Bostin Bearwood Blog at
Jimmy is probably right about the knockdown price of the land. Whether it's an opportunity for a bit of marketing given the dreadful on pitch debacle of the season or a serious plan remains to be seen. They are in contrast to Villa who while having their best season in a long time have scuppered their expansion plan and subsequently have replaced it with nothing. The Birmingham hierarchy have made good points about leveraging HS2 but will the Wheels site achieve that? I've always thought Smithfield market would be the ideal spot.
As a Vile fan it heartens me to see that the Blues now have an ambitious team at the helm under Chair Tom Wagner at Knighthead. Their plans for a Birmingham City Sports Village are little short of phenomenal and can only benefit Birmingham as a city. Blues have languished at the bottom end of the EFL Championship for far too long and even though they might be relegated to League One I'm sure they'll bounce back stronger with more ambition and more importantly a Strategic Plan rather than short termism which is the default position for most clubs both in the Premier League and the EFL. I welcome a strong Birmingham City even as a Vile fan since 1962 when my dad Les Bracey would take me on the Football Special Outer Circle number 11 buzz from the King's Head in my home town of Bearwood to Villa Park taking nearly two hours on one of those old Guy Arab Birmingham Corporation buzzes with the platform at the back! Yours in Birmingham Football ⚽️ Keith Bracey #UTV #VTID
I have to say I have only just caught up & read this. I am no football fan however this read like a love letter to Brum & as such I thoroughly enjoyed it… 👍
Thankyou Irene most kind. I am a football fan and not in the least partisan. I want Blues to do just as well as the Villa
I have written "My Birmingham Story" if you liked my "Love 💌Letter to #Brum. It's on the Birmingham Literacy Trust website but I am sorry I don't have a link...just Google "Keith Bracey: My Birmingham Story". It tells of my early experiences of Aston Villa Football Club as a 4 year old and 4 years later as an 8 year old in a 1966 World Cup game when I got separated from my dad Les Bracey in Villa's Holte End.
We journeyed for 2 hours from my home town of Bearwood on the Outer Circle number 11 buzz...the "Football Special" ⚽️ to Villa Park from all-over BrummaGEM. It's getting late....I hope 🙏 you enjoy my "My Birmingham Story" best Brummie wishes Keith Bracey the Brummie Bard Birmingham and Black Country poet writer and historian please read 📚 my poetry anthology of around 25 poems on Birmingham and Black Country history heritage music museums sport and other things about my home town of Birmingham like it's fantastic multiculturalism and inclusivity which is OUR strength IMHO
Please read my Birmingham and Black Country poetry and prose and Birmingham stories blog Bracey's Bostin Bearwood Blog at
https://keithbracey.wordpress.com
Cheers 🍻
Keith Bracey
Jimmy is probably right about the knockdown price of the land. Whether it's an opportunity for a bit of marketing given the dreadful on pitch debacle of the season or a serious plan remains to be seen. They are in contrast to Villa who while having their best season in a long time have scuppered their expansion plan and subsequently have replaced it with nothing. The Birmingham hierarchy have made good points about leveraging HS2 but will the Wheels site achieve that? I've always thought Smithfield market would be the ideal spot.
I feel there is a distinct blues bias / anti Villa element to the dispatch . Let’s have a few Villa stories or I may have to consider my subscription.