Birmingham owners launch plans for new 'world-class' stadium

[@johnbutler6538]

From a Everton fan good luck to Birmingham city 🎉

[@andyniblett8986]

Fellow bluenose- good look at the dock ,and the new stadium 👍

[@chris.bcfc.keeprighton.5685]

Thanks, Everton fan.

[@NastyNicholasWinterBCFC]

Respect

[@paulhaddican1367]

Hope you stay up from a blues fan

[@johnbutler6538]

@@paulhaddican1367 thanks me too 👍

[@richardtrainor3554]

They need to launch plans to stay in the Championship

[@MMayheMx]

yep bang on

[@alantovey5454]

​@@MMayheMxwe know.know that but it's still going ahead.

[@bumpercart9878]

Yapper yapper

[@hudson7354]

Will make no difference at all, premier league within 3 years loser

[@bumpercart9878]

@@hudson7354 let them hate. Hate turns to jealousy

[@blueshadow62]

Special thanks to TOM BRADY 🇺🇸🏈

[@finlay1702]

So exciting, second biggest city in England so can see a huge stadium being easy to fill. I don’t support them but I’d love to see a Wembley of the midlands. England needs more world class stadiums

[@CG_Gaming_BCFC]

gonna be done by 2030 and have 60k capacity according to tom wagner

[@thomasjephcott1447]

You’re forgetting Villa Park the best ground in the country

[@pencilpauli9442]

@@thomasjephcott1447 "You’re forgetting Villa Park " That's understandable. Vile Park is totally forgettable. 😜😜

[@CG_Gaming_BCFC]

@@thomasjephcott1447 until 2030

[@simonn4077]

​@@thomasjephcott1447 It's not just the football ground is it (if you'd been listening)! While all you villa fans are stressing over villa being 'a big club' and talking about the 1980s, blues are next level sports quarter and beyond. For the community, for Birmingham, for inclusion. Villa will be isolated..... exclusive. Future thinking, like it. Happy with what's going on. It doesn't matter to me that even at the end we don't achieve more than villa, it's what Birmingham needs and blues will be associated with it.

[@TheToolReviewer]

field of dreams (if you build it they will come)

[@imnottellingyoumyname3050]

Birmingham is a huge city in the centre of the country. The current infrastructure is absolutely lacking and, under the right stewardship, big things could happen. This isn't pie in the sky stuff, it's legitimately possible.

[@lucitonstjames3925]

Garry Cook was CEO at Manchester City , they all thought he was off his rocker when he outlined what the plan was with MCFC, now look where they are. If it can be done in Manchester , it can be done in Birmingham. Property / real estate is the way of financing football clubs, MCFC have taken advantage of of Manchester City Councils below market value land sales on the Eastlands corridor to redevelop the sites & guess what all the properies / fltas etc are on 99 year leaseholds, 99 years of garunteed income, who needs oil when you have land & buildings?

[@lukebcfc83]

keep right on

[@paulybluenose]

Love this guys ambition!

[@marksharky]

New world class stadium in league one.

[@markbevington7600]

It's actually 60 acres as per the press announcement.

[@andyniblett8986]

48 acres ...st andrews is 7 acres ...gives you an idea

[@jord5626]

@@andyniblett8986 60 Acres, they own the medco area too, and a couple other bits around Wheels. The land mass is HUGE that we now own. Insane to think this is happening to our club.

[@chrisbaker7136]

​@@jord5626I can't get my head around this 🌎⚽ KRO

[@waynecardall4114]

Yes 48 acres is the Wheels site plus 12 acres was bought adjacent to it making the full site 60 acres. Huge.

[@tonycardall7334]

It's 60 acres in total not counting St Andrews.

[@adebolabloke6962]

I'm a Bluenose but this being us, it can only end in disaster. Contractor arrested, St Andrews already turned into flats, Blues having to ground share with Solihull Moors

[@fiddler8395]

Don’t worry mate it’s all part of a cunning plan to get your favourite sport into the city. Our football will be dissolved and become the other football , the Birmingham B9ers , coached by Brady playing the Packers before you know it. “Let’s Go Berminghamm!”😉

[@leftmono1016]

The site is no doubt cursed.

[@NastyNicholasWinterBCFC]

Especially if we struggle in league one, that would be the end for Birmingham city

[@jackbolland-tw6mi]

You would be getting similar crowds so it’s not that much of a downgrade.

[@chrisbaker7136]

​@leftmono1016 it's never been a gypsy site has it? 😅

[@Jgf802]

From a Villa fan, good luck next season hope you go straight back up KRO

[@JordanTownsend-x1m]

In all fairness birmingham is the 2nd latrgest city. I can agree. I love old stadiums but as a non league fan Brum City deserve it

[@andyniblett8986]

Thank you ....we do deserve just a bit of luck ....long way to go ...long time coming

[@JordanTownsend-x1m]

This should of happened many moons ago! Understandibly the club has been in a low place. Always liked both villa and Brum. Good luck

[@deanlatimer2323]

Good on them. always my favourite midlands club. Real fans deserve to be successful..from a Geordie 🖤🤍

[@TheRedDevil123]

This is all the influence of Tom Brady

[@CG_Gaming_BCFC]

it has helped tbf

[@adebolabloke6962]

It really hasn't

[@TheRedDevil123]

@@adebolabloke6962 it was a joke u idiot

[@nathan9903]

Its birmingham, the contractors will go bust halfway and the wasteland will then be changed to a different building to enrich and diversify the local population

[@PaulElstins-gt2qc]

❤ big blues fan 😅 up the blues with ❤ new season and new players coming to play for the blues yes 💙 🙌

[@bcfc18751]

Forward.. the motto of the City!! Awesome news!! Get your season tickets people!! KROTTEOTR

[@DanielGreenclose]

up the villa i want blues to be promoted because then there can be a true prem rivalry

[@eNTiTyDark]

Up the blues. Proper rivalry! We will be there shortly for a proper match with proper atmosphere and tension

[@jonnyhull7860]

Shortly more like 5/10 yrs ur miles off being promotion or play off cintenders 😂😂😂

[@atnyxrl]

@@jonnyhull7860your spelling just caused me to have a stroke

[@richcymru3976]

Best stadium in League One.

[@OliTaylor]

🤣

[@AM-cd3kn]

Might want to review these plans. In League One.

[@TonyMontana-zl8pz]

Why, the grounds are empty

[@darrin2382]

Birmingham's very own Sport Squatter

[@gregcooper2719]

“We want Birmingham to be the main club in the second city…” I’m a West Brom fan, and it’s going to take a lot more than a new stadium and facility to remove a well backed and well run Aston Villa from their perch, especially now they’re looking to cement their place in the top 6, and possibly top 4 in the prem…

[@jonnyhull7860]

Never gonna be bigger than the villa 😂😂😂😂 UTV

[@TommyS61867]

I know more Baggies fans from Brum than I do Blues. They’re all from Solihull or Redditch.

[@cliveweaver3226]

​@Twads1867 what an idiotic statement..blues have got a huge fan base it's just they're disillusioned & wouldn't you be keep fighting relegation

[@TommyS61867]

@@cliveweaver3226 I’m a Wednesday fan. We’ve had it far worse over the last 25 years than Brum, with the highest ticket prices in the league, getting shafted by our owner. We still turn up, but we could never regularly fill a 60k stadium. Brum won’t either.

[@JustMyFish]

he said our right has the named club of the second city.

[@lawrenceporter8389]

They should give Birmingham City Council an ultimatum. Pay £1billion for this new stadium or we’re moving the team to LA.

[@leeharvey1892]

Unreal good times to come kro 💯👍

[@mzaking]

5 years to build a new stadium. 10 years to be the best football club in the world!

[@phillydavison]

LMFAO

[@tonykimble1590]

Any brummie blue or villa would recognise this to be a massive step forward for OUR city. Let’s push north west and London aside bd make the midlands the venue for sports events. Behind you Tom. Kro

[@keynesianeconomics4113]

Push London aside? Huh? Are you alright mate?

[@tonykimble1590]

@@keynesianeconomics4113 very well thanks for asking. Kro

[@chrisbaker7136]

I can't believe I'm sitting listening to this, is this actually going to happen at Blues my club? 🌎⚽🔵💙 KRO

[@Shauny121]

Hardly surprising considering they've been highlighted as the next ' big thing ' it will take them a while to get it right though as the championship is a nightmare to get out of

[@growlerthe2nd712]

League one is even worse 😂

[@DrSamwpepper]

Needs to make a good team first.

[@notjaard]

like theysaid its being made for other events too.

[@davidoconnor3201]

It won't be ready next week. It'll be about 6 years or so. Plenty of time to sort out the team.

[@azzadinho9646]

Which is what they are doing, Rome wasn’t built in a day, along with the new stadium the squad is gonna be invested in heavily

[@CentralSitcomLife]

Can’t make a good first team without revenue, that’s what the sports quarter is for……..

[@imnottellingyoumyname3050]

Disagree. Times have changed. You can make a money making company first then fund a team.

[@ianbarclay1053]

Willing to spend 3billion pound......this man means business👍💙 KRO

[@jenniferalldred7215]

I remember back in the 70’s when Man City were the poor neighbours then. Good luck to Blues it’s our time at last to shine 🥳

[@warrenHughes7]

Given that it’s Birmingham, this stadium will start off well, the builders will go bust halfway through the build, leaving the site a desolate waste land for the homeless to occupy while the owners wait to appoint a new building contractor, who will want to redesign the whole thing from Scratch, leading them to be back at square one for the start of the next season. Only for them to do it all again next year

[@PersonCidacus]

😂HAHA

[@PersonCidacus]

next thing you know they have scrapped 2 stands

[@pencilpauli9442]

It's not funny cos it's true! 🤣🤣 💙💙🤍KRO🤍💙💙

[@localjedi7125]

@@PersonCidacus Elite comment

[@SASxKILLAAAx]

you took time out your day to type all of that lol weird guy get off the internet

[@ynothump2566]

Thank you Mr Wagner ❤

[@THE_ECONNORGIST]

I’m all for ambition but 60,000 seems absolutely mental for BCFC

[@jamie6192]

They struggle to get 20000 at home games now. 🤣🤣

[@hudson7354]

Oh dear you peasants don’t understand Business at all do you ?

[@dalian1993]

They'll just open one stand per game 😂😂

[@introaether937]

All sounds a bit Darlington!

[@leehaslam5751]

We used to get 50,000 plus crowds regularly in the 70,s our record attendance is 67,000 which is higher than Liverpools.we get shti crowds cos we have had crap football for years.the vile were getting 28,000 in the prem as an average when they were struggling now they come out with crap like we got 30,000 on waiting list when theres still empty seats!

[@danpreston564]

I spent my whole youth skateboarding at Birmingham wheels. I’d rather it was a skatepark than a football ground. Close to St Andrews, though, so not a bad spot if they’re moving.

[@NEWCASTLE-UNITED-1892]

It will be a 5000 all seater ready in time for league 2

[@skyblues8785]

Can’t even fill St Andrews, imagine a night game against Rotherham 😆

[@nsmith40ns]

Mate 2 years ago you couldnt

[@dazmick1111]

Hes knows what he's doing.

[@phillydavison]

Yep hired Rooney, clearly knows his stuff 😂

[@j.j.1064]

A world class team would be the first port of call.

[@SuperMagnum83]

You can't have a top team without top facilities, also FFP doesn't apply to stadium construction.

[@JustMyFish]

It’s a case of if you build it, they will come. At the moment when Birmingham City sell out it’s 29,000 due to segregation and 3000 away supporters. we have sold out six times this season the Coventry game there was 21,000 people that could not get a ticket that’s home and away Support combined. You build a stadium which can house amount of Support you’re getting and also other venues to increase your income the higher your revenue stream the more money you can spend on your playing stuff as it stands FFP/sustainability rules 30% of your spending must come from incoming revenue/profit so the idea is that we maximise those profits to maximise the amount of money we can spend on the team. The stadium will not be designed for football matches alone. It is not just a stadium It is a sports Quarter a large venue for other sports. The stadium will be used for other sports also NFL and European competitions. Concerts. People who say that you should not be building a new stadium when you don’t know what league you will be in or you can’t fill your current stadium, basically have no clue what they’re talking about. If you want to compete with the top clubs and top venues today you have to have the venue to go with that you build and be ready it’s called forward planning .Not get to the Premier League with rundown washed up stadium and no plan for the future no money for playingstaff that is what you call failure.

[@rogermoore-gd9do]

You are talking crap you must be an American, you can have a massive stadium but its not going to put bums on seats with a team that is most likely be relegated and fall even lower. You need to get promoted first to the Prem and there is next to no chance of that in the next 10 years. You cant even fill the stadium you have got, 20.000 average and he wants a 60.000 what a joke dream on.

[@matthewwilliams8339]

This is great ❤

[@naj114]

Word of caution from a Villa fan, our own plans for stadium and surrounding area development was thwarted due to Brum council backing off on infrastructure improvements around the area. The council is in a world of sh*t at the moment and forseeable future so BCFC plans shouldn't depend on the council investing if they want to succeed.

[@PaulElstins-gt2qc]

❤ yes please 🙏 😅 job s for all . 62.000 yes football ⚽️ 🙌. Upthe blues 💙 ❤🎉 go for it 👏 💙 💪 👍 🙌 👌

[@Bluejohn]

These new owners have been terrific since they came in but the one big mistake they made could put us in League One and we all know what that was.

[@burnzombie4354]

They can't even fill a 29.000 seat stadium lol. UTV!!!

[@SuperMagnum83]

With a top class team they will get more fans.

[@Zelea-nj3pz]

​@@SuperMagnum83 Not if you're a Championship side, and a struggling one you're not 😂

[@cliveweaver3226]

There's a lot of concern around Birmingham but can't think why ?

[@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo]

That's not true, we've filled the stadium a few tomes this season.

[@BTC2179]

Who remembers “old Trafford of the Midlands” 😂😂😂

[@GrahamMacdonald-w9o]

I have often found it weird that the stand at one end of the ground looks as if it is about to drop onto the adjacent railway line, as it is just on the edge of the embankment that separates the two. Various football clubs could be classified as sleeping giants but Birmingham City must be in that group. Don't forget that 20 years ago Manchester City were on a par with where West Brom or Wolves are now.

[@robtyman4281]

This will get kicked into touch, if they go down to League One. That's reality. Birmingham NEED to stay in the Championship. This is imperative, if this new stadium plans ever get to be transformed into reality. The club need a boost after a pretty rough decade tbh. And with Villa hitting their stride and looking the best they've looked, for about 15 years; Birmingham cannot slip into the third tier....as this will see these plans go up in smoke. It'll also set the club back by about a decade. That's the last thing they need. They need to close the gap on Villa, not see it become a chasm.

[@VinnieBoombatz374]

Not sure if Birmingham is big enough to support two elite clubs. Villa's going to have to go down 😅.

[@ianmckenzie2680]

Only one team going down mate in our shadow

[@cliveweaver3226]

Yep & when you were relegated just a few years back it was 22k gates & laying off staff but we won't mention that

[@ianmckenzie2680]

😂 no no no our fan base has never been 22 k where you got that figure from massive gates we had full capacity against teams like burton 42 k.. green with envy as always

[@cliveweaver3226]

​@@ianmckenzie2680you don't know your club then...in the efl 26k against Barnsley...Everton in the prem 29k & Palace 28k...the same year against Wycombe in the cup 20706 & Notts County 21k....take off the rose tinted specs & do your research

[@ianmckenzie2680]

😂 when I was a boy you lot was pulling in 4 k on a good day your you obviously don’t know that embarrassing 😢

[@indiana146]

Wish you well adrian blackburn fan

[@peterroosh8114]

Maybe borrow the council instead

[@vikinghex]

do something about our stumblebum players as well old bluenose

[@RS-xx9ve]

The Midlands is long overdue a top level club and a top level stadium To think that grotty mill town in Lancs has 2 biggish clubs and the Mid has no teams in Europe even... sthg is wrong.

[@Tonypoolebcfc]

We can't put 3 passes together , I give up

[@pad9x]

they need to modernise their logo as well. way too easy to draw a 'shaft' along side it 👀

[@cliveweaver3226]

One on top of the other...you must have wierd anatomy perhaps the inbreeding eh ??

[@andy68364]

🎉 KRO BLUES incredibly excited news

[@ZER0value]

Good luck lmao, wheels was plagued with Japanese Knotweed- have fun with that

[@cliveweaver3226]

Are you serious...that won't stop the development

[@nav2009]

You should never leave youre home land and ground . They want to bring events there but they tend to go to london . You cannot build hotels there .

[@barnfieldfishing]

Now there is f.f.p no chance money will go elsewhere

[@normhanson981]

Birmingham will boom post HS2.

[@milky5640]

This guy knows

[@JoeyBirmz]

Good boost to the area ....thank christ 😂

[@wendalboy]

Should get a big name manager to match their ambition 😂

[@western-oud1898]

70k seater stadium for a club that barely gets over 20k most match days and who are constantly fighting relegation in the championship and could possibly even be in league one next season 😂😂 ..i mean Real Madrid's new revamped stadium only holds ten thousand more than that LOL..who the hell do they think their kidding ..looking at it from the outside it feels and comes across like the new Birmingham city owners have brought into the "city" of Birmingham and the actual football clubs just going to be an attachment for them to have got their foot in the door ..looks like their going to be in it mainly to make money from entertainment and real estate around the city centre and the footballing side of things if Birmingham city don't end up getting into the Premier league will end up being a milestone around thier necks losing them money left right and center..and one thing to remember this is a hedge fund company so just be carful

[@Elst07896]

I remember when Nigel, sorry, Brian Clough took over at a small, provincial club - was it Nottingham Forest? Yes, I think it was Nottingham Forest - I'd have to G*ogle that to be sure. Yes, everyone laughed. They soon stopped when he achieved the impossible!! Never, ever underestimate the power of desire over ability! Here endeth the lesson... 🤬🤬

[@andyniblett8986]

A bit jealous are we ?

[@jackbolland-tw6mi]

@@Elst07896*Brian Clough

[@Elst07896]

@@jackbolland-tw6mi You're right - my bad. Nigel was his son. 👍

[@davehunter3369]

You couldn't be wider of the mark. Jealousy does that to you

[@DavidDelaval]

Listening to those kind of guys : NFL won't play is the US anymore ...

[@andyniblett8986]

💙💙💙💙💙

[@ianf831]

Well I suppose it’s time to move from Stans…never going to get the old stand modernised so why not ?..60,000 seems a tad ambitious…after 60 odd yrs a Blues fan I can’t see us getting anywhere near the Premier League for years ..probably be in league one for years as well..:

[@dalian1993]

We all hope so

[@AP-rp1vx]

Wow

[@kevinbaxter7390]

So Where’s the Actual Football Team going ,seens you building a Worldy Stadium 😩⚒️

[@L1am21]

Ffp holding us back like everyone else.

[@Bcfchapman09]

Once built knock st Andrews down and build a car park👍

[@adebolabloke6962]

I'm still waiting for Gary Rowett to lead us to comfortable survival, only to get sacked on a high for the second time when Mowbray is ready to come back, only for Mowbray to oversee a plummet down the league and yet another tight relegation scrap. And then us Bluenoses starting the season after with positivity and a belief that yet again, the future is looking up

[@L1am21]

ADEBOLA!!!

[@adebolabloke6962]

KRO mate

[@L1am21]

Kro.

[@breaded_toast]

It wouldn’t be a sacking, GR’s contract is only until the end of the season. But I could see us sticking with him if Mowbray isn’t back by then

[@ianmckenzie2680]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Gnawing3670]

World class stadium for league one

[@chrisbaker7136]

It won't be ready for 5/6 years, do you know what the future means?

[@clemfandango619]

What's this 'second city' talk? London is the second city.

[@TGNWR98UD]

My God.....what's that stench, oh yes it's the twelve fingered mutants from Aston turning green.

[@dennisgoatimer1079]

A mutant from Small Heath is more likely have you seen the state of that place SOTC

[@L1am21]

I've seen Aston full of smack head tramps!

[@dalian1993]

Joke club. Joke fans . Joke owners. No history. No heritage. 2 league cups in 147 season. About to be relegated to third tier for the third time. Barely 20,000 fans.

[@L1am21]

@@dalian1993 and beat your tramp club both times to lift those league cups. Villa is gypo club and always will be. Also learn to fight you get battered by every firm in the land.

[@davidperks1079]

Sounds like wolves owners all talk ? he's only got 1.5 million dollars of his own money

[@nlkrosotv4602]

Our Tom Brady will sort nfl for us fact. People remember, this will be ready 5, 6 or 7 years from now. It’s about the future, it’s a 2-3 billion pound complex to complete. It will happen. Cry more villa 🤣🤣🤣 kro 👍

[@brianhope5075]

Why😮

[@paulhaynes3688]

World class stadium 3rd rate team

[@carlosdeno]

😂😂😂 They should have released this statement on the 1st April.

[@craigosborne3260]

Wank on. Enjoy league one

[@Tdr-jv2nc]

Don’t worry about stability just build fancy new grounds 😂

[@FootballLad]

Who do they think they are 😂

[@RAJ-Jamcal]

Tottenham opened a can of worms 😂

[@TommyS61867]

New grounds are pretty shite usually. I hope it doesn’t ruin anything for them. 60k is utterly insane, they are not a big club and if Man City can’t fill their ground, then what hope have Brum got. Having a half empty stadium will be nothing but bad news. They average about 20k now so where is this fanbase suddenly coming from? They aren’t even the top club in their own city, and arguable 3rd or 4th in the West Midlands. Delusional Americans - very scary

[@JustMyFish]

Birmingham City v Coventry was a sellout 32,000 attending with 21,000 not able to buy tickets because we don’t have that capacity that’s the sixth time it’s happened this season six sellout. Saturday matches are almost always completely sold out but we have to implicate segregation so it’s always 29,000 instead of 32,000.. with 3000 away supporters. So we could easily fill a 60,000 stadium. Maybe not all football matches but there is plans for hosting NFL and Europe matches. it will have a lot of potential. Which will all be revenue for the club the higher your revenue stream the more money you can pay on players.

[@TommyS61867]

@@JustMyFish haha hilarious

[@rogermoore-gd9do]

@@JustMyFish 20.000 average home attendence 15th biggest in the Championship who do you think you are kidding wake up!

[@shutup2751]

talking about a world class stadium while sitting in relegation zone of championship

[@kieran8564]

People like you make no sense they getting relegated so u want them not to build a new stadium 🤔

[@brandon6801]

Almost as if this is for future purposes not the here n now

[@James.Fairey]

Wow it’s almost as if the stadium is for the future development of the club 🤯

[@adebolabloke6962]

A world class stadium in a relegation zone of a district

[@CG_Gaming_BCFC]

@@adebolabloke6962 almost like the stadium won't be built until 2030, what's that? you thought it was being completed tomorrow? lol

[@meljohnston5829]

Be careful building a stadium. You might get a points deduction for trying to better yourself!! Good luck 👍

[@Batmanthe3rd]

Gonna look great when they're playing Aston Villa U21's in the Checkatrade Trophy next season

[@andyniblett8986]

It will be chance for villa to win a trophy ....27 years and counting 🤣

[@shaun__3]

All the quiffs about which league blah blah, we will have the last laugh. Be ignorant.

[@BritishRosie-es3zr]

It'll be the best stadium in the Third Division.

[@ndukabode-bernard8320]

They got relegated

[@boulieontour]

keep on dreaming

[@09_jp_]

The franchising of football is upon us

[@AstonVillaBozzy]

Best Stadium in League One 💜💙

[@andyniblett8986]

Thank you ....SOTV 🤣

[@AstonVillaBozzy]

@@andyniblett8986 not even a rivalry anymore to much of a difference between the teams SOTC

[@leaveourstatuesalone.3378]

Let’s see all the Envy come spilling out in Worded form….😂

[@rorzsart]

KRO

[@anthonyayre2910]

you cant fill st andrews

[@ahawkins628]

You can't fill Villa park and this is a team competing for a Champions league spot

[@jackbolland-tw6mi]

@@ahawkins628We sell out every game though apart from when away teams don’t fill their allocation 😂😂

[@andyniblett8986]

@@jackbolland-tw6mi - thats temporary ....back to low 30s soon Can I be the first " emery out " 🤣

[@jackbolland-tw6mi]

@@andyniblett8986 Mate FYI we have about 30,000 on a waiting list for a season ticket and and have sold out our allocation every single week since we have been promoted, so you’re coping

[@ahawkins628]

@@jackbolland-tw6mi that's not what I saw when you played Wolves the other week. I saw quite a few empty seats

[@jupex98]

Will look good in league 1

[@lvgarco]

🌩⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@gregj7916]

talking about “the product’ means he is clueless as to the soul of English football…

[@KeithCarroll-s3t]

Lots of jealous people on here lol bcfc fc