The Independent:
Birmingham's winning run is extended by Jerome double .....
Sixth place in the Premier League, above 18-time champions Liverpool and the moneybags of Manchester City, and with a £40m war chest for Alex McLeish to build from a position of strength – this really is Bluenose-bleed territory for Birmingham and their followers.
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The Guardian:
Birmingham soar to sixth after Cameron Jerome's double seals fifth straight win .....
Birmingham City's supporters can be forgiven for rubbing their eyes when they wake up this morning and glance at the league table. A season that was supposed to be about survival has turned into a European assault. Five straight Premier League victories have propelled Birmingham above Liverpool and Manchester City and into the top six. Maybe Carson Yeung knew what he was doing when he spent £81m on Birmingham City after all.
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The Telegraph:
Birmingham City 2 Blackburn Rovers 1 .....
The last time Birmingham City ventured into European competition, man was taking his first tentative steps in outer space and Helen Shapiro was Walkin' Back to Happiness at the top of the hit parade.
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The Times:
Cameron Jerome double gives Blackburn the blues .....
Anyone would think it was Christmas in Birmingham. Two goals from Cameron Jerome, finally scoring at St Andrew’s this season, enabled Birmingham City to record a fifth successive victory and climb into the top six of the Barclays Premier League for the first time since the latter half of the 2003-04 season.
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