Follow your club this 2026-27 seasonpublished at 15:21 BST 7 August
15:21 BST 7 August
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Can't get enough of your beloved Championship club? Fear not.
BBC Sport covers all 24 Championship sides with dedicated online and radio reporters at hand to tell the story from every angle.
Expect match reports, analysis, in-depth features, interviews, fan views, quizzes - the works.
We'll also have live text pages for every Championship match this season so you won't miss any of the action even when you're out of town.
Remember, the best way to get all of this content is to download the BBC Sport app and follow your favourite teams and sports using the My Sport tab.
Once you've set this up, you'll have quick access to those pages at the top of your Home tab and we'll be able to serve you better, more personalised, experiences in future.
And when following your Championship team, from the start of the 2026-27 season you'll also get Live Notifications which gives you score updates directly on your phone's lock screen during a match.
Great atmosphere for Barca as Blues prep ramps uppublished at 13:47 BST 4 August
13:47 BST 4 August
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There was a historical perspective to Friday's game against Barcelona, as way back in 1960, Blues were the first English club to play in a European cup final (spoiler: we didn't win).
Rerunning this fixture was a good excuse for a pre-season friendly.
St Andrew's was packed. There was barely a seat without a bum on it and the atmosphere was banging.
Barca had brought along a few first-teamers, but a lot of their squad were development players, albeit players who already had impressive CVs despite their tender ages, such as the 18-year-old Hamza Abdelkarim, who played for Egypt at the World Cup.
One very recognisable member of the Barca squad was Wojciech Szczesny, whom any Blues fan aged over about 23 will know was the Arsenal goalkeeper who made that howler in the League Cup final in 2011. Needless to say he received a proper Birmingham City welcome!
Most of the Birmingham first team were involved apart from Demarai Gray and Paik Seung-ho, who were both injured, and it was really good to see the team not intimidated by the opponents and the occasion.
But Birmingham were playing kids, I hear you say. True, but these were kids who are part of one of the world's most decorated clubs - they all showed incredible pace and skill.
Therefore, 2-2 was a decent score after 90 minutes. Abdelkarim's first two senior goals were countered by August Priske's header and an equaliser from Jhon Solis.
A superb double save by James Beadle made up for his mistake for Barca's second goal.
I was rather surprised to find out there was a penalty shootout to follow, as I'd missed the announcement before the start of the game.
Beadle was instrumental in us winning the shootout with two saves before Patrick Roberts sealed the deal and sent many thousands of Blues fans home happy.
Another bonus was seeing Jude Bellingham in the crowd to watch the game. I'm sure Real Madrid fans will have found it amusing that he was cheering on Birmingham beating their sworn rivals.
The "real" football starts this weekend with a trip to Swansea City in the first round of the EFL Cup.
Hopefully, we will have put some of our away travails aside and come away from this with a ticket into the next round.
Birmingham sign Palermo left-back Lundpublished at 14:01 BST 30 July
14:01 BST 30 July
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Kristoffer Lund played 33 times in the Bundesliga for FC Cologne during his loan spell last season
Birmingham City have added a fifth new signing in preparation for the new season after agreeing a deal for Palermo defender Kristoffer Lund.
The 24-year-old USA left-back has arrived on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee.
Denmark-born Lund made his senior debut for FC Midtjylland in 2021, having come through the club's academy, before going on to have a spell in Sweden.
He joined Palermo three years ago and went on to make 72 appearances for the Serie B club before spending last season on loan in Germany with Bundesliga side FC Cologne.
Lund, who has won seven caps for the USA but was not part of their World Cup squad, joins Argentine striker Luis Vazquez, defender Dael Fry, loanee goalkeeper James Beadle and now-permanent signing Jhon Solis at St Andrew's in boss Chris Davies' squad for 2026-27.
Gossip: Blues close on left-back Lundpublished at 11:01 BST 29 July
11:01 BST 29 July
Birmingham are set to sign Denmark-born USA left-back Kristoffer Lund, 24, who spent last season on loan at Koln from Italian side Palermo. (Bold - in Danish, external)
'Gaps to fill in Blues' squad' - Daviespublished at 14:23 BST 27 July
14:23 BST 27 July
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Chris Davies guided Birmingham to a 10th-placed finish in the Championship last season
Birmingham City boss Chris Davies said there are "gaps to fill" in his squad, but admitted the Championship Club may have to be patient in a slow summer transfer market.
Blues have so far brought in defender Dael Fry following his exit from Middlesbrough and re-signed Brighton goalkeeper James Beadle on another loan, while midfielder Jhon Solis' loan move was made permanent.
Japan international midfielder Kyogo Furuhashi and defender Kai Wagner, meanwhile, have left for MLS clubs LA Galaxy and Philadelphia Union, respectively.
"We've got a few gaps to fill still which we're working on and hopefully, in due course, that will happen," Davies told BBC Radio WM.
"It seems like the World Cup has slowed things down a little bit.
"Unfortunately you have to typically wait until towards the end [of pre-season] and sometimes when the season's actually started when you finalise your squad.
"It's a curious situation, but from our point of view, we've identified some players that we'd like to bring in and hopefully we can do that."
Davies said that midfielder Paik Seung-Ho should feature in Friday's friendly with Barcelona at St Andrew's, while defender Ethan Laird has returned to training, and Phil Neumann is expected back this week.
All missed the weekend's pre-season wins over League Two sides Crewe and Northampton Town.
But there were concerns over the fitness of midfielder Taylor Gardner-Hickman.
"Taylor has picked up an injury," Davies said.
"I'm not sure on the severity but it looks like it could be a bad injury to his leg, but we'll have to see in the next few days."
Furuhashi leaves Blues 'a cult figure'published at 17:21 BST 22 July
17:21 BST 22 July
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Forward Kyogo Furuhashi has departed Birmingham City "a cult figure", believes BBC Radio WM's Richard Wilford.
The Japan international has joined LA Galaxy after just one season at St Andrew's, in which he scored only three goals in 31 appearances.
Furuhashi arrived with high expectations, with the 31-year-old impressing during a three-and-a-half season stint at Celtic, leading some fans speculating on where it went wrong during his move to the Championship.
Among those theories was the impact of a shoulder injury he had picked up at the end of his Celtic spell, but Wilford is not so sure it played a role.
"I'm not sure, particularly the way he plays, that it [the shoulder injury] would have impeded him too much," Wilford said.
"It's not like he's physical; he's not on the shoulder of defenders, he's not going up for aerial challenges. His game is about movement and arriving at the right place at the right time.
"He ended up, not a cult hero, but a cult figure at Blues. Some fans felt the management was to blame, the coaching was to blame, that given a different style of play, Kyogo might have thrived.
"I must admit I didn't see that. I saw a lad that was snatching at every chance that he got."
He made 31 appearances in all competitions in 2025-26, scoring three goals, as Chris Davies' side finished 10th in the Championship.
Furuhashi scored 85 goals in 165 appearances for Celtic between 2021 and 2025 and was the Scottish Premiership's leading scorer in the 2022-23 season with 27 goals.
TV schedule announced for start of EFL seasonpublished at 16:07 BST 2 July
16:07 BST 2 July
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The TV schedule for the opening two months of the English Football League's 2026-27 season have been announced and with that, there are a few games getting a headline slot.
Here are the new dates to jot into your calendars across the EFL in August and September:
Thursday, 20 August - Sheffield Wednesday v Bradford City (20:00 BST)
Sunday, 23 August - West Bromwich Albion v Burnley (12:00 BST)
Friday, 28 August - Wrexham v Birmingham City (20:00 BST)
Sunday, 6 September - Birmingham City v Wolves (12:00 BST)
Monday, 7 September - Bromley v AFC Wimbledon (20:00 BST)
Thursday, 10 September - Stevenage v Luton Town (20:00 BST)
Friday, 11 September - West Ham United v Wrexham (20:00 BST)
Sunday, 13 September - Sheffield United v Wolves (12:00 BST)
Thursday, 17 September - AFC Wimbledon v MK Dons (20:00 BST)
Friday, 18 September - Bristol City v Watford (20:00 BST)
Sunday, 20 September - Wolves v West Bromwich Albion (12:00 BST)
The above matches are the single-game choices whose dates have been moved for TV coverage - there are also a number of Saturday lunchtime, evening and multi-game midweek matches also being televised. The full list is available here., external
The BBC Sport website will have live text commentaries of all the above fixtures and you can also tune in to games via your local BBC Radio station.
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