When Birmingham City did their best to prolong a stuttering start to the season with a costly goalkeeping error followed by a stupid sending-off, even the St Andrew's faithful must have feared the worst... MORE
THE TIMES - Yorke Header Lights Up Drab Fare...
Dwight Yorke, once the darling of Villa Park and therefore the enemy of St Andrew’s, leapt like a salmon to score Birmingham’s equaliser five minutes after making his home debut as a substitute. In that instant, he produced more grace, more athleticism, more pure footballing acumen than anybody else had managed throughout the rest of the 90 terrible minutes of this apology for a Premiership encounter... MORE
THE TELEGRAPH - Yorke makes a majestic entrance...
Dwight Yorke scored on his home debut to lift Birmingham out of a mire of their own making... MORE
Dwight Yorke scored on his home debut to lift Birmingham out of a mire of their own making... MORE
THE INDEPENDENT - ... Yorke relishes a good head start ..
Birmingham's manager, Steve Bruce, admitted in his programme notes that the chance of the Newcastle job had been "an attractive proposition" but his avowal of loyalty was surely strained after watching his team struggle to hold a Charlton side who had shipped eight goals in their two previous away matches... MORE
Birmingham's manager, Steve Bruce, admitted in his programme notes that the chance of the Newcastle job had been "an attractive proposition" but his avowal of loyalty was surely strained after watching his team struggle to hold a Charlton side who had shipped eight goals in their two previous away matches... MORE