The Sunday Broadsheets

Last updated : 26 September 2004 By Brian Cartlidge
THE OBSERVER - ... Izzet strikes to punish wasteful Wanderers..

Steve Bruce was the happier of the two managers after Muzzy Izzet's first goal for Birmingham rescued a point, but Bruce's good friend Sam Allardyce was furious after Henrik Pedersen's second-half strike was ruled out for offside.. MORE


THE TIMES - Izzet eases pain for bruised Bruce...

When you start the day by getting thumped outside your house, things really can only get better.

Birmingham manager Steve Bruce, to whom that misfortune fell, may have had his doubts when his out-of-sorts side looked to be heading to another defeat.. MORE


THE TELEGRAPH - Izzet repays Bruce's faith with equaliser...

Muzzy Izzet, one of half a dozen signings at St Andrew's in the summer, began to repay manager Steve Bruce's faith in him last night... MORE


THE INDEPENDENT - ... Izzet strike gives Bruce better end to a bad day ..

As his players trudged off at half-time, Steve Bruce must have been thinking his day was irredeemable. Mugged on his own doorstep in the early hours, he had then watched his team take a fearful first-half battering from Bolton... MORE