This line up could only mean one thing:
Birmingham City FC 7 Blackpool FC 1
New Years Eve, 1994.
With Ian Holloway's Tangerines visiting Birmingham on New Years Eve, I thought I'd revisit that famous day at St Andrew's, 17 years ago...
Despite a miraculous last gasp run-in the previous season that saw Barry Fry's Birmingham City go unbeaten for the final seven games (winning five) of the campaign, Blues fell through the trapdoor to the old Third Division (re-branded Division 2) following a 2-1 away victory to Tranmere Rovers on the last day of the season.
Barry Fry was carried shoulder high by the Blues fans that had made the trip to the Wirral and was allowed to rebuild his squad for the 1994/95 campaign by the Birmingham City board.
