"From Hero to Zero"

BIRMINGHAM CITY

Full Name      :  Birmingham City Football Club
Nickname(s)  :  Blues
Founded         :  1875 (as Small Heath Alliance)
Stadium         :  St. Andrew's (Capacity 30,016)

If you still remember in 2011, Birmingham City was out as winner in League Cup (known as Carling Cup as well). Goals from Nicola Zigic and Obafemi Martins in the last minute brought them became a "Hero" to lift the trophy after beating Arsenal 2-1 at Wembley Stadium. By that, they have secure one slot for Europa League in the next year.

Ben Foster, as Man of The Match

Birmingham City, Winner of Carling Cup 2011

Ironically, in the end of season they relegated to The Championship after defeated by Tottenham 1-2. Birmingham City coach, Alex McLeish, admits because of this situation their side would release most of their key players, such as Kevin Phillips, Martin Jiranek, Sebastian Larsson, Maik Taylor, and Lee Bowyer.

BIRMINGHAM CITY PLAYERS SEASON 2010/2011

Goalkeeper: Maik Taylor, Ben Foster, Colin Doyle.

Defender: Scott Dann, Stuart Parnaby, Roger Johnson, Liam Ridgewell, David Murphy, Martin Jiranek, Stephen Carr (Captain).

Midfielder: Colin Doyle, Lee Bowyer, Enric Valles, Barry Ferguson,  Jordon Mutch, Jay O'Shea, Craig Gardner, Sebastian Larsson, Keith Fahey.

Forward: James McFadden, Matt Derbyshire, Nathan Redmond, Marcus Bent, Nikola Zigic, Garry O'Connor, Cameron Jerome, Garry O'Connor, Kevin Phillips, Obafemi Martins, Christian Benítez, James McFadden, Gary McSheffrey, Marcus Bent.

Manager: Alex McLeish

Blaze

Coventry Blaze


League: Elite Ice Hockey League
Founded: 2000
Home Arena: SkyDome Arena


Coventry Blaze are an ice hockey team based in Coventry, England. They currently compete in the British Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).
Originally from the neighbouring town of Solihull, the Coventry Blaze evolved from the Solihull Barons to become the Solihull Blaze in 1996. In order to attract a new and larger fanbase the team moved to Coventry in 2000 and continue to occupy the 3000-seat SkyDome Arena.
The Coventry Blaze head coach is Paul Thompson, who also coaches the Great Britain men's national ice hockey team. Thompson is assisted by Luc Chabot and, from 2011, former player Mathias Soderstrom.




Coventry Blaze season-by-season record

COVEPEDIA

Coventry City F.C.
Full Name      :  Coventry City Football Club
Nickname(s)  :  The Sky Blues
Founded        :  13 August 1883 (as Singers F.C.)
Stadium         :  Ricoh Arena, Coventry
                        (Capacity 32,609)

DID YOU KNOW?

Full Name

Dion Dublin

Date of Birth

22 April 1969

Place of Birth

Leicester, England

Playing Position

Centre Defender

Centre Forward

Career with Coventry City FC

1994-1998     145 apps     (61 goals)

One of former Coventry City star, Dion Dublin, started his career as a centre-back with Norwich City. But made his name at Cambridge United as a centre-forward. However, in his later years he showed his versatility by becoming an accomplished defender. Played as a centre-back so knew how to make them suffer when he was playing as a goal-scoring.

Imposing and dynamic, he became one of the most goal scorer in Premier League in 1997/1998, with 18 goals, alongside Michael Owen (Liverpool) and Chris Sutton (Blackburn Rovers).

Funny goal by Dion Dublin (Coventry City)

The DUBE

Another unique things about Dion Dublin, away from football, he is also an accomplished amateur percussionist. He once invented a percussion instrument called "The Dube", a form of a cajon and played with Ocean Colour Scene.

Accompanied Ocean Colour Scene

Official website

www.thedube.com

Vimeo

http://vimeo.com/32663316

Varsity XIII

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From the 25^th of February until the 9^th of March Coventry University and The University of Warwick will compete in their annual sporting showcase, the Varsity. It features a range of sports; including Hockey, Badminton, Equestrian, Cricket, Athletics, Swimming, Pool, Snooker, Basketball, Football and American Football. The event is a high-level competition, where some of the best athletes in the West Midland region meet. The winner is awarded the Varsity Shield.

The Event will begin with the Men’s ice Hockey fixture and conclude with the rugby teams battling it out for the final event fixtures. Our blog will sum up happenings and provide up-to-date standings at the end of every event day. Coventry has never beaten their rivals, but hopes are big this year after closing in, edging ever closer during previous years. The team will compete with the slogan “ONE TEAM, ONE DREAM” hoping to finally overcome Warwick, who themselves state their intent with their poster campaigns “IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS”.

Whatever happens, we can expect a great sporting competition and some tense and nail biting fixtures. This will be the place to be if you do not want to miss out on the action! 

If you want to be there live and soak up the atmosphere, the fixture list is included below. Tickets are available from the Student Unions at reasonable price. (From the Coventry Student Union the Ice Hockey opening event will be priced at £3, with the option to purchase an all inclusive tickets for £10 - including the Varsity T-Shirt!)

Enjoy

Follow Warwick Varsity on Twitter:

http://twitter.com/WarwickVarsity

Follow Coventry Varsity on Twitter:

http://twitter.com/CoventryVarsity

Varsity Fixture List

Opening Event: ICE HOCKEY

Team Warwick means business: IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS

The Varsity Shield: Will it change owner this year?