Birmingham City lost their first home match of the season against Bristol City which means they drop to ninth in the league table.
A fifth goal of the season for Famara Diedhiou proved to be enough as the home side couldn’t find an equaliser despite coming close.
The Birmingham fans would have felt delighted before kick-off, with their side responding excellently to the disappointing derby defeat just a few weeks back. The Blues went into the game with back-to-back victories over Millwall and Preston.
Birmingham City v Bristol City at St Andrew’s Trillion Trophy stadium in the Sky Bet Championship, with, Lukas Jutkiewicz and Marlon Pack
Minutes before kick-off, and 21,000 fans collectively sing ‘Keep Right On’, as the two club mascots Beau and Belle circle the pitch orchestrating the noise.
However, things seemed to quieten down as the game started, with the home side clearly struggling to find their feet and obtain possession. Repeatedly, the ball was carelessly lost and met with a shared groan from the St Andrews faithful.
It quickly got very tense in the stands and the 1,300 away followers who made the two-hour journey were quick to comment on it.
“Your support is ******* ****” was directed with venom towards the home fans, who were quick to respond with “who the ******* **** are you?” Before you knew it, an insults tennis match was well underway. After all, not many were enticed by the football on display in the early stages.
Chants of “you’re just a **** Aston Villa” and “you’re not singing over there” were soon ignored by the home following, who were busy urging their side to push forward more than they were doing so.
The animosity on and off the field made for a great atmosphere.
In the second half, Famara Diedhiou gave the visitors a lead and the away stand, with its red and white flags flying, went wild.
The Bluenoses responded incredibly, belting their hearts out to ‘Keep Right On’ in an attempt to inject some life into their struggling side.
Following more sloppy errors, the restlessness around the stands grew and grew, and a number of penalty appeals were waved off by the referee, who frustrated both the players and fans all game. “You don’t know what you’re doing” was angrily shouted for at least a minute.
In the dying embers, the away fans sung “is this a library” and as the whistle blew, “how s*** must you be, we’re winning away.”
Birmingham’s next game will see them travel to Ewood Park to take on Blackburn Rovers in which they will attempt to bounce back once again.
Attendance
The attendance against Bristol City was confirmed as 20,961 (1,296 away)
Here are the other home league attendances this season:
Vs Norwich City 22,677
Vs Swansea City 20,083
Vs QPR 21,155
Vs West Brom 22,715
Vs Ipswich 21,612
Vs Rotherham 19,795
Vs Reading 22,126
Vs Sheffield Wed 23,659
Vs Hull City 21,468
Vs Preston 20,523
Fans on Twitter
@boiledbacon- Just an observation, our pre match music is rubbish, @GarryMonk wants the fans at it right from the off! How about some Blues songs belted out for half an hour before kick off KRO, Singing the Blues, Food for Thought.
@Bradley_AJ – Wow so the two best teams in English football lost today, I feel your pain City fans it’s hard to take for us as well #BCFC
@blues_for_all – Flat atmosphere, flat performance, shocking referee! We have to put it behind us. Let’s move on & focus on the next game. #KRO #BCFC
@MichaelJewkes -Uncharacteristically out fought, out battled & a severe lack of quality today down St.Andrews.
Made Bristol City look very good. Very disappointing from Blues today but on we go to Blackburn next week. #KRO
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