Birmingham Fans TAUNT Aston Villa As Blues' Owner Claims Club Will 'Eclipse' Rivals! 👀🔥

Birmingham City have revealed new stadium plans. talkSPORT's Jim White and Simon Jordan have their say alongside football fans.
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[@thomaswood6115]

I'm a Villa fan but I am not here to mock because we have had our ups and downs and plus I'm midlands born and bred and I don't delight in the second city suffering relegation it's not good for our area. Rivalry put aside as far as I'm concerned. It will take time to build the vision that the owner's have. While relegation is not good sometimes a step back can help you go forward relegation has allowed my club to restructure and we are better for it now.

[@thomaswood6115]

@@Swan42088 Yeah, sorry, corrected it yes we will see it takes time build.

[@matthancock260]

Speak for yourself hahaha SOTC

[@1HoV]

Apart from the fact we (Villa) were probably moments away from administration and even LIQUIDATION if not for Nassef and Wes Edens. We were literally on the brink.

[@denisfarrell164]

Villa fans remember the 'Villa Coffin' being paraded around when we were relegated 8 years ago! Karma is a wonderful thing! Dish it out expect it back.😂😂😂

[@adebolabloke6962]

That WAS karma for 2011

[@turnpiketumbler8938]

I was just thinking about that last night! UTV

[@matthancock260]

@@adebolabloke6962 oh yeah, the last time you was in the Premier League 😂 at least you won the Micky mouse cup though, was it worth it?

[@iansheard9379]

You’d be all over winning the “Mickey Mouse” cup. Kevin Richardson must have been a Mickey Mouse player too. MOTM 1994, League Cup final.

[@denisfarrell164]

Enjoy League 1 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@RobotWizard94]

Not a single blues fan thinks we are bigger than Villa, we know Villa are the bigger club. The point is, as a team that bears the name of England’s second city we have been underachieving for our entire existence. Most of us just want to be a main stay in the premier league and challenging would be a bonus. And, we miss the derbies!

[@villainofthepiste8275]

Agree with you and most sensible Blues fan share your opinion however- can you honestly say this is for Birmingham City football club and not just for profiteering of you through external events?

[@TP-pq9xx]

There's 100 clubs whose fanbases all just want to be mainstays in the premier league. The math doesn't work out.

[@RobotWizard94]

@@TP-pq9xx True, and no club has a given right to be in the premier league but the fact that Birmingham City isn’t in the prem and the likes of Bournemouth and Luton are makes me feel a bit sick. The maths* doesn’t work out atm but when we start playing well and if we ever get back to the prem the fan base will come back. The fan base is there, we just don’t turn up. It’s still only half of the new stadium but when we played arsenal in the league cup final we had 35k there. We’ve always had potential but people don’t like admitting it. Our history is similar to a Swansea, couple of cups to our name etc, but we are based in a huge catchment area. To say Birmingham isn’t a great opportunity for expansion and success is stupid. New fans can also be a thing as well you know.

[@bcfcmarcelo]

@@TP-pq9xx true but there isn't 100 clubs baring the name of the second city in England. There's no 2 ways about it, blues are a sleeping giant. Ownership have made it clear that its full steam ahead regardless of the outcome this season. In a few years with the right investment and better decisions let's see where we are then. Relegation this season will certainly not be the end of the story. only the beginning

[@leftmono1016]

@@bcfcmarcelo- sleeping giant refers to a team that has had significant success in the past. Like Villa for example, although we’ve started to wake up under Emery. No doubt that Blues are a ‘potential’ giant though. Big stadium and good owners, recipe for success. Just got to keep hold of the good managers 🤦‍♂️

[@pauldayus]

I'm a die hard Villa fan, I want them back in Premier League with us, below us but with us. The rivalry is missed! Certainly don't wish them relegation.

[@BrettWhittington-xj9kn]

What a load of nonsense!

[@cureit9161]

Your unique mate😮

[@secretpolice6322]

You don’t wish them relegation? I wish them relegation and maybe a bit of administration also lol UTV

[@davidbushel6025]

Did u see the amount of blues fans in the stadium against Cardiff????? How they going to fill 60.000 stadium...they will be bankrupt before the stadium is built

[@GIBBO4182]

Saying all this when there’s a very real chance of getting relegated is weird

[@kevpalmer1814]

😂😂😂😂 in your dreams

[@matthewbarber13]

It is certainly a strange take given the shitshow their season has been

[@danielwarne6199]

​@@kevpalmer1814why in dreams they're second from bottom lol

[@kevpalmer1814]

Put it on the wrong page .I was saying in your dreams to the noses who think there gonna get to villa's level

[@matthewbarber13]

@@kevpalmer1814we’ve all been there mate, I once commented on a video about not mentioning something only for it to be mentioned in said video the second I posted 🤦‍♂️🤣🤣🤣

[@gdadc2649]

Remember AV in 3rd div? I want Blues to be playing Villa. UTV

[@colinmelling6369]

Blues has nothing to taunt anybody about at the moment. The majority of results are horrendous.

[@ShtOnThecity]

Thanks mate I needed a laugh today 👍😂

[@garymanders1273]

The Noses...the gift that keeps giving🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@zu1875lu]

Yeah are you lot soooo concerned? Yeah. We'll see.

[@marklawrence6958]

Villa fans won’t be against this ambitious rise, if BcFc improve their revenue streams then Villa will too

[@AustraliaDaz1]

Simon Villa were in a bad way and went down and were pot less yet still came above Birmingham cities 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@paul202011]

Looking at a it as a Wolves, the owner is just deluded. The Timing of this when u are second from bottom is hilarious. A new stadium won’t make u good at football

[@kevingill648]

The day Birmingham City eclipse Aston Villa Scotland will have won the world cup 7 times! 🤣🤣

[@villainofthepiste8275]

Lets get real here for just ONE MINUTE!!! This supposed 60K ARENA just down the road from St Andrews is about one thing and one thing only- Commercial Revenue and Profit from external sources such as concerts and the like. This isn't about Birmingham City Football Club because if it were they would be investing in getting them into the Premier League by pouring millions into a team that really needs heavy investment. This is about external revenue stream and not helping BCFC to succeed in the short term

[@brandon6801]

We couldn't pour millions into the team this season due to ffp

[@JustMyFish]

You cannot pump millions in to your team there are roles to abide by. 30% of the money you spend must come from profits made by your club you can only top that off with another 30% cash injection. So you need to have a venue that earns you enough money the more money you earn the more you can push into the Team it’s called forward Planning.

[@MarkPitsmoorOwl]

Sheffield Wednesday have the most expensive tickets and they get bigger attendances than Birmingham City so theirs no way they get a bigger income than swfc and they haven’t got any parachute payment from the premier league so that is Untrue my friend

[@peggi18]

That will be difficult from league 1

[@jasonanderson1757]

Well said Simon kro

[@brettmiffling7306]

Considering the size of the gap there is right now between both sides it's hard to imagine blues being able to bridge the gap by first having to gain 2 promotions "now that they will be playing next season in league 1" which will at least take them 2 years, that's saying they are able to get back to back promotions straight away?? Then they will have to build a squad better than villas, increase revenue, stadium capacity, ticket sales, club exposure "doing all this at the same time whilst you can only see villa going from strength to strength!! Considering it's now looking extremely likely that we will be playing in the champions league next season?? Obviously with that you're club is being watched worldwide, thus increasing your global audience bringing in more revenue, naturally our team/squad will get stronger, also our owners are extending the stadium attendance etc etc.... So the comment about blues will overtake villa is in my opinion wishful thinking!!! But of course stranger things have happened.. UTV... VTID...

[@wolfman9132]

Kids for a quid next season, I bet Sullivan is having a quiet chuckle though.

[@mickyg1000]

Next season Birmingham have a strong possibility of playing Wycombe Wanderers while Villa have the possibly of playing Real Madrid ....Stay small

[@TP-pq9xx]

Are Villa scheduling Real Madrid in their preseason tour?

[@matthancock260]

@@TP-pq9xx look at the league table and cry

[@marklawrence6958]

@@TP-pq9xxpossibly in champions league

[@richl7910]

Yeah all possibilities not fact

[@keithwoodward664]

Your joking

[@TheGreenVillain18]

Simon has no idea of the rivalry between the two teams. A coffin being marched through the city centre by blues fans dressed as pallbearers when Villa had bad financial problems is just a glimpse.

[@darthradious7011]

Villa are still much more successful and forever be ahead of Birmingham City in that regard.

[@ST-mn6nw]

Blues fans are the scummy half of Birmingham

[@alanfox691]

Petty rubbish. Nothing in comparison to The Old Firm derby.

[@michaelross4735]

@@alanfox691 "OLD FIRM"? Sorry that no longer exists since rangers.

[@TheGreenVillain18]

@@alanfox691😂

[@OpenDoorEnglish]

Should never have taken the name of the city - as per the agreement. They'll always be Small Heath to me.

[@patrickbateman7122]

Small in name small in stature 😂😂 SOTSH!!

[@RobotWizard94]

What agreement was that then? You got evidence of this? Small Heath was always a suburb of Birmingham, Aston was in Staffordshire. In 1905 when we changed our name, we were the only team in Birmingham 🤫

[@matthancock260]

@@RobotWizard94 and now Aston is in Birmingham…. But Villa fans are the ones who live in the past 😂 ah well, only when it suits ayy

[@craigsketo]

@@RobotWizard94 Whoops , you have the wrong Aston, Aston Wheaton is in Staffordshire, Aston Birmingham has ALWAYS been Aston Birmingham ... (look it up .... shhhhhh ) 'The ancient parish of Aston (known as Aston juxta Birmingham) is large and extends as far east as Water Orton and as far south as the county border with Worcestershire at Small Heath . It was partly included in the borough of Birmingham in 1838, and a further part, Saltley was added in 1891. ' see the date, your fact just isn't a fact lmao, it had been part of Birmingham for at least 67 years by 1905 ;-)

[@RobotWizard94]

@@matthancock260 Yeee, but it never used to be? So Villas argument about us taking the city’s name by breaking a promise isn’t true is it. It’s just something you’ve all made up lol.

[@jackg5966]

“ What was the biggest concert you staged at Palace Simon “ ?? Ffs I can’t handle much more of this

[@L1am21]

I we the 1st club to have a gig? Did oasis not play at main road? This wasnt even the 1st time ub40 played at st Andrews.

[@bikingbirder2010]

This is hilarious! Eclipse the mighty Villa in what decade? Actually don't want city relegated, though that would be funny, want them in the PL - six easy points for Villa and a load of laughs. Bring back Rooney!

[@mnb9162]

Expanding stadiums isn't for everyone.... Simon couldn't get it done.... But fortunately Parish came in and is a capable owner....

[@RacingWorldwide7]

He been on the sniff with danny murphy

[@otggamerjonesy-jdm7275]

Lmfao small heath you be playing wallsall

[@kennywatson2300]

When is this Miracle going to happen 😂

[@williambosworth4232]

Will take 25 years too get where Villa are, but good luck Blues fans i have many has friends, you can buy the odd 10 million pound player but premiership players worth their salt tend too be 50 million,and some of them don’t cut it, but good luck hope you do it coz the banter would be great, try too compete with West Brom first though

[@BrettWhittington-xj9kn]

Their owner's are as deluded as their fans then! One thing I'll praise their owner's for though is they said they want to get out of the championship looks like that's going to be the case the wrong way though, haha, enjoy league 1! UTV! SOTC!

[@football_edits298]

muppet

[@football_edits298]

@@Swan42088 great song that , did it take you a year to learn it ?

[@craigsketo]

🤣

[@djjp5397]

Sotv!!!!!!!!!!

[@robbie9254]

Sotc

[@AJ-2k24]

Yeah right, focus on trying not to get relegated first, getting way too carried away, at this rate the blues players will be wearing wellies instead of football boots next season if they go down playing on all the muddy, waterlogged pitches... UTV... You'll never be as big as us 💜💙

[@western-oud1898]

I’m glad Wagners saying all this because it shows you how clueless he actually is..reports in the US saying Tom Brady now maybe regretting his investment into the club and you can see why with the real possibility of relegation..but to say they’ll “eclipse” Aston Villa is a real muggy thing to say when Villa have two billionaire owners who are savvy and ambitious and have Villa back in Europe and the possibility of champions league football so tell me Mr Wagner when will blues be “eclipsing” Aston Villa..? the Birmingham City model is a hedge fund scheme where all the money’s borrowed from investors who will be wanting a return on their money quickly..how’s that happening with a team in the championship or possibly in league one ..as for the stadium hosting concerts and events well that won’t be up and running till at least the 28/29 season ..so this company who are borrowing billions won’t be seeing any returns till at least 2030 and by that time villa park would’ve had its rebuild and themselves have a big stadium..Birmingham city fc forever jokers

[@tonyantoniou9271]

Good points made I would love to say that I missed the last 3 trophies we have won alas we lost all 3 finals and I was there when we beat Leeds 3-0 with my all time Villa hero Brian Little at the helm, but that was 1996 for goodness sake. Lets worry about us and let the [whether Karen or Tom] , the Brady Bunch build their house [stadium] of cards, and pies in the sky [where the will find Holte enders in the sky who will eat all their pies!

[@matthancock260]

Wasn’t Wagner a contender on the X Factor?

[@richl7910]

Ha ha ha ha ha well made up!!!

[@JustMyFish]

Making things up does not make you smart.

[@western-oud1898]

@@JustMyFish ...you talking about me or Mr Wagner ..?

[@AdamNasty-rf1os]

We make it hard on ourselves sometimes as blues don’t we 😂😂😂😂

[@richardmunro3911]

I don't think so

[@darthradious7011]

Aston Villa - 7 league titles, 7 FA Cups, 5 League Cups, 1 European Cup, 1 UEFA Super Cup. Birmingham City - 2 League Cups. Nuff said about which one eclipses the other.

[@craigsketo]

not to mention the fact that the Villa owners are I believe in the top 6 or 7 richest owners too on top of all the Villa success on the field, and Villa with all the honours won that you mentioned are actually the 7th most successful english club of all time in the honours rankings too

[@football_edits298]

what recently mate ?

[@craigsketo]

@@football_edits298 history is history, football is all about trophies and points accrued and nothing more, certainly won the European cup more recently than 97% of most english clubs

[@Symptomless_Coma_]

You have more toes, too.

[@craigsketo]

@@Symptomless_Coma_ true story, how did you know ? I guess its on account of being closer to them with your hunched back ;-)

[@LALakersNornIron]

This is like a man with a mini metro that will fail its MOT taunting a man with a ferrari

[@terrygreen2711]

Maki g a good start 😂

[@tevildo45]

Simon you left palace in a heap

[@tonyantoniou9271]

They should shut up and make this statement at the end of the season.

[@lfcspectre4335]

Sir Simon = Top LAD Proper Clobber 💯 Facts

[@Dave68Goliath]

And I thought Jasper Carrot was the only comedian that supported blues.

[@jackg5966]

Jordan digging another football owner out ??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@L1am21]

He didn't

[@brandon6801]

UTFB

[@richl7910]

I’ve already answered above, I take it you can read?

[@MarkPitsmoorOwl]

I’ve got nothing against Birmingham City but I Can’t see how they get the biggest income apart from teams relegated from the premier league when Sheffield Wednesday have the Most Expensive ticket prices in our league without doubt and they have lots bigger attendances than then Birmingham City they have been in the bottom 3 all season and their last 4 league games they have had over 28.500k fans twice and over 30.400k fans once and over 32k fans last Saturday they are also taking over 7k fans to Blackburn away this Sunday they have a terrible chairman in Chansiri but I hope you get my point so there’s no way they can get larger income than Sheffield Wednesday who are a massive club and they get a bigger income than Birmingham City as numbers don’t lie

[@markrunciman4989]

As a Blues fan and a business leader, I can honestly say I have no fear with these guys in charge. This is a long-term strategy. Knightshead only took over this year and after the transfer window was closed. As for that lot over in Aston, I have one word for you "Leicester"....

[@Marshall3034]

Leicester have never had a squad as good as the current one we have rn either. Tf you talkin about lol They haven’t had a manager as good as ours either. They sold their best players every year as well. Tinpot clubs have to do that. We don’t. Blues will have to do that too if they ever get any good players.

[@Marshall3034]

Leicester completely overachieved with squads that they had and especially sellin their best players every season. Their last season they had Pereira, Justin, Maddison, Tielemans and Ndidi out most of the season. Basically their only good players other than Vardy and Barnes. We been without Mings, Buendia and Ramsey all or most of the season n look where we are… Different levels.

[@tonykimble1590]

Best owner ever for bcfc. Tom is king. Them lot are jealous of what we will become. The true club of birmingham is rising. Villa enjoy your European conference run. 😂 Birmingham may go down. Maybe but the big wheel turning Keep watching Aston fans. Keep watching.

[@garysherwin3316]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@johnbritton3483]

Jealous of a team in league one. When we are in champions league of course we are. VTWD. SOTC.

[@iansheard9379]

When did Villa last win a trophy again? They’re great at telling everyone what they have done.

[@craigsketo]

Well this seems to be the comeback to all Villa fans and has been for a while, I just wonder what Blues fans will have to say if Villa do go on to win the European Conference this year, because that will end the 'when did you last win anything' statement lol, and lets face it had Arsenal actually turned up against you lot a few years ago and actually played rather than giving you the game, then your only trophy would still be the Leyland Daft Cup ;-)

[@richl7910]

Exactly.

[@iansheard9379]

Exactly what though? We rarely got beat by top 4 teams under McLeish. It was no accident that Arsenal struggled to break us down, even with players like Wilshere, Van Persie, Nasri, Song, Arshavin and Rosicky. You either show up and win a final, or you don’t. The facts are, we beat you on the way to the final. I suppose you didn’t show up either? The big team with all the best players and the best history. You either win, or you don’t. Say bye to the biggest stadium in Birmingham. Say hello to looking underdeveloped and stagnant.

[@Marshall3034]

The irony is all Blues fans ever talk about is the trophy they won 13 years ago. You’re not a relevant club cos you fluked some tinpot trophy over a decade ago my man. Wigan won that thing too.

[@craigsketo]

@@iansheard9379 if you watch that arsenal final again without your beer goggles on everyone can see blues didnt play well that day, arsenal just played poorly, end of … as for the MacLeish era, it ended really well with just 2 wins in the last 11 games and being relegated for the 3rd time in just over 5 years, well played 😉

[@LG26]

One team fighting for a European cup other fighting to stay in the championship 😂

[@richmac1874]

City need to make their stadium smaller not bigger lol

[@craigsketo]

No to be fair they did get gate increases quite recently .... when they shared the stadium with Coventry ;-)

[@paulcraig3260]

Exactly

[@JordonA98]

How many years they been saying this 😂😂 Tiny club

[@roy9816]

Blues have been a hundred year project, can't see anything changing much.

[@bertiew6771]

Sorry but you're wrong. It's been a 149 year project.

[@straightouttacornwall]

Villa fan here. lol

[@bcfcmarcelo]

straightouttacornwall lol

[@ZaccFeeney-md6lg]

UTV 💪

[@ta1916]

Their fans dont even half fill their stadium.

[@tonypoole9493]

Yeah and half of it is closed anyway so maybe a quarter 😂

[@richl7910]

Neither did you in the championship

[@chrisbaker7136]

26,811 today's attendance St Andrews

[@ReeceMcGinleyGolf]

26/27k ? Not half filled?

[@richl7910]

what’s the question

[@davidbushel6025]

Villa have take that playing at villa park not a chance blues will

[@Lewis88-wr6sm]

Big talk from an owner who’s club could be playing League 1 football next season 😂😂 This the same owner who sacked Eustace for Rooney 😂

[@HarryStretton-bf3yd]

He didn’t make the decision fary cook our ceo makes all the decisions at the club

[@Lewis88-wr6sm]

@@HarryStretton-bf3yd well your CEO needs replacing then if your gonna catch and overtake Villa

[@HarryStretton-bf3yd]

@@Lewis88-wr6sm Gary cook is his name used to be the Man City ceo

[@Lewis88-wr6sm]

@@HarryStretton-bf3yd well it’s clear to see why Man City got rid of him then with decision making like that. Sacking Eustace was a crazy decision and it could cost you your championship status.

[@peterpurpleheartparade5357]

Hope it all works out for the Blues. Proper club and fans

[@ST-mn6nw]

😂

[@SakeJully1]

Proper fans like the one who attacked Grealish on the pitch?

[@matthancock260]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@AndrewStandley-bp2lx]

@AndrewStandley-bp2lx 0 seconds ago Aston Villa is from Aston. Birmingham City is from Small Heath. Original name is Small Heath.

[@BG_MKY]

😂 ok enjoy leauge one

[@richl7910]

Enjoy your benefits

[@Villa4life2024]

Ok we’ll see after you come back from league one right ? 😢

[@JordonA98]

Blues aint beat the villa in 14 years😂😂😂

[@matthancock260]

And once in a quarter of a century

[@frankbevan413]

He cant win either way with what he says.

[@2005Kam]

Do the Birmingham City fans deserve their team to be relegated? No Do the Brimingham City players deserve their team to be relegated? No Do the Birmingham City owners deserve their team to be relegated? ABSOLUTELY YES

[@richl7910]

We don’t just talk about the trophy we won 13 years ago we also talk about how unsuccessful villa have been since 1996. All we hear is “we won this 40 yard ago” , “we won that 20 years ago!!!!” fact is blues are more successful than villa in recent years and you lot know it. You’re still in that Micky mouse European competition so your luck may change. We all know villa are a flash in the pan this season and it won’t last.

[@amlmorris]

Would you believe it, Yankees chatting shite as per normal.. 😂

[@paulmersonvillalegend1192]

These lot are a different breed aren’t they 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@svensvenson8896]

You got 6 toes haha

[@paulmersonvillalegend1192]

@@svensvenson8896 Obviously not ! Enjoy League One, now that’s *”HAHAHA!”*

[@ijl-cy9pp]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Birmingham City are the 4th best supported team in Birmingham. They will never be 'Birmingham's Team'. Desperate attempt to distract from the fact they're about to get relegated into further insignificance.

[@L1am21]

Bullshit

[@ijl-cy9pp]

Facts. More Liverpool and Chelsea fans than Birmingham

[@L1am21]

@@ijl-cy9pp fans that never go to games aren't a big loss. I wouldn't even count them.

[@ijl-cy9pp]

@@L1am21 regardless what I said is true.

[@andrewholdsworth4421]

Who pays for the stadium .it sounds like make beleaf . Financial fair is the issue isant it .

[@JustMyFish]

I owners pay for the stadium they are multibillionaires.

[@Ss91279]

Im a blues fan absolutely love the club but anyone who says blues are bigger then villa are absolutely deluded, villa are far superior in every way and thats painful to admit but you have to be realistic!

[@JustMyFish]

Masquerading nob

[@tomshepherd3874]

Football League First Division seven times, the FA Cup seven times, the League Cup five times, and the European Cup and European Super Cup once. Eclipse that 👍

[@ST-mn6nw]

Enjoy league 1, sotc

[@welshhibby]

Birmingham are Birmingham's team.

[@DavidJones-ig8cl]

Bunch of clowns, UTV💜💙

[@chriswintle664]

1991 and 1995 2 trips to Wembley. Cannot hire a van in Brum on both occasions. 2/3 of Wembley was occupied by bluenoses

[@BillyButcher91]

For the auto windscreens trophy 😂😂😂😂.

[@Twads1867]

Birmingham will never be bigger than West Brom or Wolves, never mind Villa! Don’t get me wrong, they’re a proper club with good fans, but they surely can’t be considered a big club. 2nd city in England and they get 20k gates, possible high 20s if they get back to prem. Utter delusion.

[@alanfox691]

In terms of The midland clubs Villa is buy far the biggest then Wolves After that Birmingham City Then West Brom & after that Coventry City. From the outside looking in. I would say after Wolves the rest are mid sized clubs. My yard stick is The Old Firm here in Scotland. I believe outside of Villa Wolves has the most potential but it's getting it right & makeing it sustainable & we have seen that is difficult to do for them. If I was buying an English club I would buy Bristol City as I believe they have vast potential if run properly & had enough money pumped in to them.

[@Twads1867]

@@alanfox691 yeah Bristol City huge potential. I’m very biased but I’d say my club Sheffield Wednesday possibly the most potential out there for any would be investor if they got it right. Our current chairman sadly failed and will hopefully go someday soon

[@stevemcelmy9354]

Not a fan of either, but Birmingham are a joke club. Their ground is half full apart from when they play Villa. League one is their level.

[@shairsko9360]

Get out of here! The stadium was being renovated and hence the capacity was reduced! If in the future they follow their business plan this will succeed! Other clubs have done similar work! Their stadiums doubled in capacity and they managed to increase attendances! Would be interesting to know which club you follow!

[@ijl-cy9pp]

​@@shairsko9360 🤣 does that business plan include getting relegated to League one?

[@shairsko9360]

@@ijl-cy9pp it will be a bump in the road of course but it’s a long term goal! Hopefully they can bounce back if they invest properly in the summer!

[@ijl-cy9pp]

@@shairsko9360 you realise there are possibly gonna be 24 other clubs in the league above you (if you get relegated) next year who all have the same ambitions. Not to mention the 23 other clubs in League 1 and the entirety of the Premier League all with the same ambitions. There is nothing about Birmingham City and their owners that tells me they will even come close to achieving this.

[@shairsko9360]

@@ijl-cy9pp y u Bothered ? If ur not a blues fan! Let the rest of us dream about it then! It sounds unbelievable I agree but let’s just see how it goes! Many things can change but if it all works out who knows!

[@flames1441]

Birmingham are a small club in a big city

[@patrickbateman7122]

Sorry but Small Heath Alliance (their real name) have the most unloyal fans ever! And don't quote 70k gates in the 70s. We were proud to keep our manors name and the irony is that the first team to be called brum was from Aston aka Birmingham cricket & football club so all this we're brums team is bs!! 80% of brum supports the Villa!! 🦁

[@matthancock260]

Spot on 👏

[@pabloxavier1085]

Another history lesson from B6 Aston Villa founded in Staffordshire not even part of Brum til 1911. Villa are a bigger club no question but we are the club that carry’s the city’s name since 1905 Not from Aston never been to Aston have no association with the parish. Always cracks me up how the galacticos get rattled by little old Brum

[@patrickbateman7122]

@@pabloxavier1085 face it you weren't the first club to be called brum!! Facts!!

[@pabloxavier1085]

@@patrickbateman7122 have been for the last 119 years founded in Birmingham by brummies. Nobody’s doubting Villa’s superiority just find it cute that av get so sore that something good might be happening to Blues it’s touching 😂 Big fish in a small pond

[@andypandy4607]

As bad as birmingham have been, they've still won a trophy more recently than aston villa

[@fishyattacksAVFC]

Small Heath won a trophy in 2011. So what!!! They'll be in league one next season. 😂😂😂😂

[@franksheppard2127]

blues supporters must never forget they are not birmingham, they were originally small heath

[@Marshall3034]

It is literally impossible for Birmingham City to ever reach Villa’s level or Villa’s potential. Blues could never become a regular top-half Premier League club. There’s no shot. It’s delusion.

[@football_edits298]

money talks mate , the city is Blue

[@Marshall3034]

@@football_edits298 Money does talk but you’re still broke. Our owners r much wealthier and you could never reach our level anyway. There is no way. We have and always will have the far larger global fan base. We have always and will always bring in far more revenue. Even if FFP wasn’t in place, you would have no hope of getting close to us. Our limit is challenging for the title. Yours is challenging for 11th in the Prem. Might fluke a top-half finish once or twice in your lifetime like Leicester and Wolves did but that’s the absolute limit. That’s if everything goes right as well.

[@2824matt]

@@Marshall3034 mate he's already depressed about facing Wycombe next season you didn't have to go that hard 😭

[@andypandy4607]

​@@2824mattwhat about Wrexham

[@ijl-cy9pp]

​@@football_edits298there are more Chelsea supporters in Birmingham than Birmingham City supporters so in a sense you're right.

[@bertiew6771]

Birmingham have had to reduce yet again the price of tickets to get people to turn up. Their support is extremely fickle. Even then they only managed 20k including away fans last night. To truly understand the task ahead the owners should be aware that certainly within Europe, maybe the world, there's not another club that resides in such a large city, only have one neighbor and have consistently been throughout their 150 history an abject failure. Honestly, if they were to go into administration tomorrow and close, within a week nobody would care. Talk is cheap. The new owners may have bitten off more than they can chew. It would probably save them both time and millions if they just focused on building an entertainment center and they'd likely see a return within their lifetime. Good luck to them, they're going to need it. Lots of it.

[@denisfarrell164]

Went on a tour of the Birmingham city ground in 2005/6 when Mcleish was there Manager! Told about the Gypsy curse because they buried the Horse under the pitch! But the funniest thing was there Throphy cabinet! I kid you not,they had a pair of Dirty shin pads from some player I'd never heard of! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@DustyJaneway]

Why would a Vile fan go to a BCFC stadium tour? 🤡 KRO

[@denisfarrell164]

It was a free Company Trip! Otherwise never go Near your smelly dump.

[@andrewlee8909]

2005 06 steve bruce was there then

[@denisfarrell164]

​@andrewlee8909 Yes,you are correct.2005 was my Villa game in the North stand.We had a box suite and drew with Chelsea.2011 was the blues Game. You'se lost at home to Reading 1-3.Alex Mcleish shook our hand.Nice Guy.But as Blues and Villa know,not a good Manager.

[@b3564]

Those YANKS are interested in football, they want an arena built to sell on and quadruple their money!

[@sukatitysmitty]

Aston villa are the pride of Birmingham just because your name is Birmingham City doesn't mean your Birmingham's team if there was a team called London City in the championship would they be London's team ? Eclipse villa 😂😂😂😂

[@football_edits298]

jesus at least Birmingham is supported by Brummies , unlike you lot cannock , brownhills and Burton

[@whataboutusshipman7760]

Aston Villa are the pride of Lichfield, you even have a railway line connected to them.

[@pjoseph5950]

Birmingham are shite and a certain small club 😂😂😂😂

[@tonypoole9493]

Blues 😊😅😂😂🤣🤣😂😅

[@ST-mn6nw]

😂

[@siglo2764]

To be honest West Bromwich Albion are probably the best team in the West Midlands when it comes to what has been achieved on a very limited budget blues making a lot of noise about future plans but Albion in the playoff position nearly all season and have just got a new owner who seems to get the English game and in carlos corberon have probably the best manager outside the premier league

[@L1am21]

Why do the irrelevant west brom always have to get involved with blues and villa both us dont care about you now go away.

[@waynewalker8227]

Love it. Blues are Tommy tank. Get down and stay down

[@officialvillafan2014]

🤣🤣🤣

[@bt7033]

You just have to laugh

[@richl7910]

At your face and life yeah you do

[@AustraliaDaz1]

Birmingham city are weird . Taunting a team who are 5th in the premier league. Just checked where they are 😂😂😂 oooh dear 😂😂😂 Like I said , weird .

[@harryjohnson8371]

Hhhaaaaaa Birmingham city. Lol.

[@adebolabloke6962]

Our owners are insane. Our managers are sick or out for revenge. Our players are useless mercenaries. Our fans are the lowest expectant fans in all of football. We're a mess. And it will only get worse. Still, new stadium. KRO

[@xlewybx1586]

Embarrassing 😂😂

[@richl7910]

Correct villa are embarrassing well said

[@jimbowen2142]

Birmingham city are a joke. Owners are a joke.

[@anthonyboyce851]

Lol keep dreaming

[@richl7910]

Mate playing on your computer and leave the comments to the adults

[@davidbushel6025]

How can bcfc think there bigger then villa....there so dillusional