The Blues, Birmingham City

Our last visit of the day was to Birmingham City. It is easily accessible from the centre of the city and well-signposted too! We parked on a side street and walked a block or so up a small hill to the ground. St Andrew's is perched on a high place in the city and there must be some nice pictures of the ground you can find on the internet.


We arrived first at the reception area of the ground and went in to ask at the front reception area. Without a hesitation the lady at the desk cheerfully took us up the stairs behind her and into the upper section of the stadium. We took some photos of the pitch and stands and came back down with her. While she went back to work we noticed some of the odd displays that they had in the reception area. This included a statue of Jesus with the Bible and a guest/date/diary book with old dried corsages around it. We saw some of their silverware on display as well as a current team picture. We asked her about the statue of Jesus and she said that they had it out of respect to the local community. (Maybe a St Andrew connection?) I thought there must be more to the story, but I can't find anything about it on google. Any one reading this have any ideas? She very kindly gave us a few old programs that the boys have enjoyed reading.

We left the main stadium and headed over to the shop which is just up the road another minutes walk. Inside was cramped and full of things. We took some good photos and headed to the hotel as we were exhausted after our long day of adventures. So far it had been wonderful, but how could tomorrow top today?