Birmingham City asked for permission to play their forthcoming League One fixture with Wrexham in the United States – but the notion was swiftly declined by EFL.

by Zach-dalt

30 Comments

  1. Keep forcing clubs to seek revenue in order to compete and you’ll get more silly shit like this

  2. if it did go ahead, literally about 10% of the crowd would be there for Birmingham

  3. Aromatic_Pea2425 on

    I’d be absolutely fuming if I were a Birmingham City fan, board get you relegated then try to do shit like this. Utter disgrace.

    Imagine if Top and Chansiri got together last season to have Leicester/Wednesday fixtures in Thailand

  4. If you can’t respect our competitions then you shouldn’t be owning a club here.

  5. Super_Bright on

    I feel physically sick to be honest. I’m rapidly falling out of love with football. I just wonder what’s the point anymore you know.

  6. Stomach-Fresh on

    “Just going to go out & watch the football, you don’t know where my passport is “

  7. downfallndirtydeeds on

    The glamour and the good early start has really shielded this new Brum ownership. They are charlatans of the highest order

  8. BelowTheSun1993 on

    I really believe that American sporting culture is just fundamentally different from European sporting culture and this is exactly why. Nobody other than an American owner would think this was a good idea.

  9. How pissed off would you be as a season ticket holder! Nevermind the likely chances of playing some weird times and days this year but a 14 hour flight to go with it!!

  10. Our owners are American, I get the feeling they’re not as tone deaf as the Birmingham owners, but also I think they are savvy and will do anything to try and pump up revenue to compete, so I’m not worried yet, but would’ve been interested to see how it would have developed for us if that game did get moved over there..

  11. Although this requests seems ridiculous, I imagine many clubs are trying to find more creative ways to accumulate more income. It has become clear that the only way to secure yourself a spot long term in the Premier league is via a cash cow like a billionaire owner at present.

  12. AnotherGreenWorld1 on

    Why are people so hell bent on destroying football?

    Dock them points for bringing the game into disrepute.

  13. Personally I’d be in favour of such a spurious request to result in an automatic ten point deduction to deter anyone else from doing the same

Leave A Reply