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Denny Departs

It was confirmed yesterday by Blues that Denny Johnstone has left the club for an undisclosed fee to join Colchester United. The 21-year-old striker had spent the last season on loan at Greenock Morton where he had scored 17 goals in 43 appearances.

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Offensive Cover

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Yesterday, I talked about how well stacked up Blues are at the back and my hopes that the club can bring in a young pro in to develop as a player and to be utilised as defensive cover. From reading comments on here and on social media it appears that many people are more worried about the other end of the pitch.

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Renewing Cause for Optimism

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Jonathan Grounds became the fourth player in the close season to be signed to a new, longer team deal at St Andrew’s yesterday with an extension of his deal that keeps him in B9 until 2017 with a further year’s option.

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One in, Four Out

Gary Rowett today wrapped up the signing of Diego Fabbrini on loan deadline day, with the player recalled from Millwall by his parent club Watford to come to St Andrew’s. Four young players have left on loan – Denny Johnstone to Burton Albion; Liam Truslove to Leamington; while Nat Kelly and James Fry go to Kidderminster Harriers.

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Blues Reserves in Comfortable Win

Blues u21s ran out comfortable 2-0 winners against Ipswich last night in their Professional Development League game. Goals from Reece Brown and Viv Solomon sealed the win for Blues who could and possibly should have won by more. Gavin Gunning, Michael Morrison and Matt Green all returned after injury absences.

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A Cold Night In Coleshill – Birmingham Senior Cup Match Reflections

Birmingham City’s Development Squad won their Birmingham Senior Cup semi-final tie against Coleshill on penalties following a 0-0 draw. A cold night saw both teams draw a blank and it took sudden death spot kicks to seperate the two. Blues will now face West Bromwich Albion or Nuneaton in the Final.

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Sunderland Preview in Association with EZE Group

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Blues take on Sunderland in the second round of the Capital One Cup with the Black Cats looking to avoid an upset. Blues however will take heart from the win against Swansea last year as proof that they can beat the odds and put themselves in the hat for the third round.

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Capital One Cup Preview in association with EZE Group – Cambridge United

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Birmingham City face Cambridge United tonight in the first round of the Capital One Cup tonight at St Andrews. Blues will be hoping that they can bounce back from the 2-0 defeat suffered at the weekend while the U’s will be wanting to take momentum from their 1-0 win over Plymouth to upset the odds.

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Johnstone Signs

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Blues yesterday completed the signing of Denny Johnstone for an undisclosed sum of compensation from Celtic, signing the 19-year-old from Celtic on a three-year deal. Johnstone becomes the second signing in the past week following the capture of Navid Nasseri and the eleventh of the pre-season.

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Kids and Practice Games

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Blues were forced to play a seventy minute practice match at Wast Hills yesterday after the planned friendly against Mansfield Town was cancelled due to escalating police costs.

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