The Blues skipper was dismissed by referee Steve Dunn 64 minutes into the game for bringing down Steven Gerrard when the Liverpool skipper had a clear run on goal.
Cunningham will now be forced to sit out Blues' first game of next season for his actions - whoever that may be against.
Second half substitute Aliou Cisse received his fifth yellow card of the season against the Reds and he also misses the first game of the new season.Birmingham C. 0 Liverpool 3 Owen 29
Heskey 51
Gerrard 86Starting line-up Sub'd Bennett Tebily Clapham 1 (59) Cunningham Upson Clemence 2 (59) Savage 3 (59) Lazaridis Johnson Forssell Morrison Substitutes Sub'd Hughes 3 (59) Cisse 2 (59) John 1 (59) Doyle Taylor, Mar Competition Barclaycard Premiership
Saturday 8th May 2004Match Statistics 3 Goal Attempts 15 2 On target 8 1 Off target 7 0 Woodwork 0 3 Corners 5 11 Fouls 12 1 Offside 2 Cards shown Johnson (55) unsporting behaviour Cunningham (64) professional foul Cisse (68) unsporting behaviour Referee Dunn, S
GloucestershireAttendance 29533 Starting line-up Sub'd Dudek Hyypia Finnan Carragher Gerrard Riise Kewell Murphy Hamann Heskey Owen Substitutes Sub'd Baros Luzi Sinama Pongolle Biscan Cheyrou