Being a Birmingham fan, its extremely hard to pick a really great memory as there aren't many
"we've never won **** all, we've never won **** all"
BUT... there are moments, maybe regular occurrences to some teams out there, but to us mean a **** of a lot. We came up from Division 1 after years and i mean years of attempts trying to get up, play off disappointment after play off disappointment, then against the odds, Brucey only taking over half way through the season from club legend Trevor Francis, managed to break through to the holy land of Premiership football! BUT don't think we did it easy, that isn't the Blues way, we though we would really take Millwall to the wire in the playoff semi, and then take Norwich who had been up there all season to penalties, when the youngster Darren Carter took us to the promise land!
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwLEQcLRR-Q"]YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.[/ame]
I went to every game that season, and i never thought it would be matched... until!
We came up against bitter rivals Aston Vile for the first time in my life time, knowing many fans all summer we were given so much talk about how Darius Vassell would run round us like we wasn't there and Big Dion Dublin would dominate us airily...
The first Premiership meeting between ourselves and the Vile happened at fortress St Andrews, and i have never ever been to a game where the ground shook beneath you feet, this was the best atmosphere at a game i have ever experienced!
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TKU9vj4wBE"]YouTube - Blues V Villa 2002/03 home[/ame]
Apologies for the video quality...
Of course that is the famous Enkleman **** up! That probably is my greatest moment so far in my life football fan wise, because of the pure emotion and ecstasy experienced during the game!
BUT... we were still wrote off for a one off performance, what did they say "wait until we get you down to Vile Park" we waited, we took the stick that they still gave us despite a spanking and...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl3I0S1XvTc"]YouTube - Aston Villa 0-2 Birmingham City[/ame]
We defied all the odds once again, that is what football is all about!