Birmingham City F.C.

END OF TERM REPORT
Congratulations must go to the manager Steve Bruce for getting us promoted back into the Premiership. Quite how we managed it remains a mystery to me. Not only did we play ugly football most of the time and also manage to lose to the bottom six teams but we were also very, very lucky running out undeserved 1-0 winners on numerous occasions. It would appear that the gypsy curse has indeed been lifted.
In achieving this feat however we have stirred up the predatory monsters that feast on the English premier league these days. A minimum thirty million pounds bonus, received by each club from television revenues, ensures that the fat sharks begin to circle for their piece of the meat. Transfer fees, for average players, soar as likewise do the salaries that the players and their agents demand.
But a new, and perhaps more threatening beast has been alerted and is rumbling into town. The foreign billionaire who sees a Premiership club as a brand and investment to be added to his portfolio. A marketing opportunity, a cash cow and, if things go tits up, assets to be stripped. No previous links or ties to the club. We are selling over a century of local history and pride for a mess of pottage.
THE Blues latest suitor is a mystery man from the far east. He apparently goes under the name of Carson Yeung Ka-sing. Very little is know about this supposed Hong Kong billionaire. He appears on no "rich list" but is said to be acting alone and to be associated with several companies. Extensive serches on the internet by Blues fans and others however have failed to reveal the extent of his wealth. He was briefly associated with Hong Kong Rangers, sacking the manager after three matches and left over a row about interfering with team selection. China remains a closed society and Mr. Yeung seems happy to play his inscrutable part.
As for my part I am beginning a campaign called, "STOP KA-SING IN ON BLUES" or in plain english "bugger off".
Gordenigma