Thoughts On The Blues with Simon Brew | An independent Birmingham City podcast

A feisty EFL Championship encounter between Blues and Derby at St Andrews ended in a 1-1 draw with both teams having had a player sent off. Ah, you can't beat Boxing Day football. For Chris Davies this must feel likes points dropped. For John Eustace, he ended up with a yellow card on his return to BCFC. In this latest episode, Simon Brew goes through a(nother) disappointing game for the home team...

Following Sheffield United's 3-0 demolition of Blues in the EFL Championship, Simon Brew returns with a new episode of Thoughts On The Blues, where his usual positivity is being put to the test. There's Tommy Doyle's red card. Keshi Anderson's Christmas gift. The lost art of defending corners. Chris Wilder the lost in-store Santa Claus. Chris Davies being tested. And Birmingham City sinking down t...

After a week with two troubling away defeats, BCFC headed back to St Andrews (at Knighthead Park) for what looked like a more straightforward home game against Charlton Athletic. Chris Davies and his Blues have been brilliant at home of late, and this had three EFL Championship points written all over it. Until, er, it didn't. Recorded in the glamour of Halesowen, Simon Brew looks back on a day th...

That went well. On a Tuesday night in December, Birmingham City went to QPR for a testing game at Loftus Road. Blues, with terrible away form, had a chance to turn things around. To make a statement. To put pressure on the teams in the EFL Championship play-off places. Spoiler: #BCFC did nothing of the sort. Instead, Chris Davies sent out a slightly changed team, that came back with their tails be...

Southampton vs Birmingham City in the EFL Championship. The Blues bringing with them their already legendary away form this season, a terrific striker who does everything but score goals, and a fresh sense of optimism that's left #bcfc in the play offs conversation. What could possibly go wrong? Buckle up! Simon - simon.brew on Insta, btw - is back for a chat about a baffling but also entirely und...

Torrential rain. The Sky Sports cameras. A tough home game for Birmingham City against Watford in the EFL Championship. St Andrew's (at Knighthead Park, obviously). No Tomoki Iwata. Chris Davies and BCFC looking for another strong home performance. And a club shop that won't throw in an AA battery. In the latest Thoughts On The Blues, a very soggy Simon considers Demarai Gray, Tommy Doyle, Jay Sta...

Well, this local derby went a little bit better than the last one. Birmingham City took on West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns, with Chris Davies on the up, and Ryan Mason on the down. It was a lively evening, with WBA looking up for it, BCFC looking a bit sluggish. But! This is New Blues! And in a tight Championship match, memorably for a referee trying to get his headphones to work, it turned...

Birmingham City returned from the international break to play another team with manager troubles. This time, the EFL Championship fixture at home to Norwich City, on the week that the Powerhouse Stadium (at Knighthead Park) and its assorted chimneys were revealed. In this Thoughts On The Blues, Simon chats about four more goals, expectation levels around cups of hot chocolate, Tommy Doyle, missing...

In the midst of the international break, this slightly different episode of Thoughts On The Blues reflects on going to St Andrews for the first time. Who took you? What do you remember? What happened in your first game? This one's dedicated to my dad, who passed at the end of last week. He took me to see Birmingham City vs Notts County, back when the First Division was the Premier League. Some ref...

After two 4-0 wins in a week, Birmingham City ended up at promotion-chasing Middlesbrough in the latest EFL Championship game. Boro had just lost their manager - Rob Edwards - to relegation-chasing Wolves, and Blues were on the up. Still, it looked like a tricky away game, and got even trickier when Paik Seung-ho was injured within two minutes. Still: lots to chew on here, in the latest episode of...

For the second time in a matter of days, Birmingham City recorded a 4-0 home victory. This time, BCFC were home to Millwall, who promised a much sterner test than Portsmouth at the weekend. Millwall, arriving at St Andrew's unbeaten away from home, and sitting in the play off places. Also for the second time in a matter of days, Chris Davies picked a team that rose to the occasion. Paik Seung-Ho,...

Well, crikey. Birmingham City 4 Portsmouth 0. We've been searching high and low for this Blues team for months, and on a balmy day at St Andrews (at, obviously, Knighthead Park), everything seemed to click. A Jay Stansfield missed penalty could have been the bit where things went wrong, but instead, BCFC went on the rampage. In this Thoughts On The Blues, Simon talks just what happened, Marvin Duc...

Ah, here we go again. In the latest Thoughts On The Blues, Simon considers #BristolCity vs #BirminghamCity in the #eflchampionship. Or, basically, #BCFC vs #BCFC. Bristol City has been a pretty decent stomping ground for #Blues over the year, but this time? No dice. A lot of possesion, but no goal, no points, and a defeat. Where does this leave us? Will #Kyogo ever score? Will the new signings eve...

#BirminghamCity had one win in eight games going into a tricky away game at #PrestonNorthEnd. A midweek #eflchampionship fixture against a team who hadn't lost at home all season. Coming off the back of Saturday's defeat against #HullCity, clouds were gathering above #BCFC and #ChrisDavies. In this latest episode of Thoughts On The Blues, recorded in sunny #Halesowen, a few thoughts on a battling...

At a packed St Andrews, #BirminghamCity came up against #HullCity as the #EFL international break ended. Could #Blues end their growing wait for a win and protect their unbeaten record? Spoiler: no. Instead, in this episode of Thoughts On The Blues, Simon is left pondering the person who won the 'Referee for a day' competition. He's wondering what #PhilNeumann needs to do to be picked in a #ChrisD...

And so on a windy Friday night, the #HollywoodDerby returned to the #EFL. #BirminghamCity took on #Wrexham in a match that's turned into an odd modern rivalry. But for #BCFC fans, there were big questions. Would #ChrisDavies shuffle the pack? Would we have shots on target? Who would play in defence? And would we look like the team that played #Ipswich again? The answers? Well, Simon - recorded fro...

It was all going so well. In under ten minutes, #BirminghamCity were a goal up against #SheffieldWednesday thanks to a fine #jaystansfield hit. But by half time, the wheels had started to come off, and the #BCFC crowd was beginning to turn. In this latest episode of Thoughts On The Blues, Simon - hiding away in Halesowen - reflects on a difficult night at St Andrews, how Blues struggled against #S...

It was a grim Saturday lunchtime in Coventry, as #CCFC smashed #BCFC by three goals to nil. #TheBlues didn't muster a shot on target (again), and question marks are appearing over the once rock-solid defence. Is this a blip? Are we overreacting? Are we still in a good place? And why are fans asking questions about Chris Davies? Recording from the glamour of, er, #Halesowen, here's some more Though...

What a difference a week makes. In the latest Thoughts On The Blues, we take a look at what happened when #BCFC met #swansea_city in the #EFL, and how we started having shots, and how lots of them ended up on target as well. Plus, thoughts on #LewisKoumas, #tomokiiwata, the gelling of new signings, and - of course - big Lyndon Dykes and his second injury time winner of the season. Not bad, for a p...

The golden rule of going to play an away game at #StokeCity? Don't concede early, else you're in for a very long afternoon. That's just what #BirminghamCity did in their latest #EFL game, and with no shots on target (again) and with the team sitting mid-table, should we be happy? Should we be grumbling? Should we be expecting a shorter documentary next year if it carries on like this? Recorded in,...

Games covered: #PortVale vs #BCFC, #LCFC vs #BCFC, the referee vs using a red card. ---- A week, as it turns out, is a long time in Birmingham City (or #BirminghamCity, to keep the hashtag police happy). A week that started with optimism for #BCFC, and ended with a Carabao Cup defeat to #PortVale and then - live on Sky! - a 2-0 reverse against #LeicesterCity. That optimism is turning to chins bein...

Right then! For the latest #BirminghamCity video, the week when we played #OxfordUnited #OUFC and #PortVale #PVFC at home. A bustling St Andrews, terrible car parking, a new winger, the return of #GaryRowett, a chance to head to the top six of the #EFL Championship - and a home cup game to League One #PortVale too! Here are my thoughts, for what they're worth. A return for the #Blues I know and lo...

Week two of the #EFL Championship 2025/2026 football season, and it's been a(nother) busy one in the world of #BCFC. Here's this week's Thoughts On The Blues, with Simon Brew. We had: * #BirminghamCity vs #SheffieldUtd in the League Cup - including a worldie, and, er, more 'refereeing' * #WayneRooney responding to #TomBrady * #Bielik going to #wbafc * Ethan Laird bouncing back from being left out...

The first in a regular/irregular/let's find out series of videos about Birmingham City, kicking off with the 2025/26 season opener at St Andrews, Blues vs Ipswich Town. Dodgy decisions, dodgier penalty, disallowed goal, tasty tackles, fireworks and, yeah, a fan 'incident'. Digging through all of that here, as the football gets back underway... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...