Agenda: Directors Paid the Price for Being Too Tight-Fisted ; Birmingham City Football Club has Paid the Price for Not Investing in Top Players - Relegation. Professor John Samuels Looks at How a Lack of Quality has Cost the Blues.

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Birmingham City are unfortunately a yo-yo club. The long run success of any football team depends on decisions made by the club's directors. Managers and players come and go, directors come and go less often - particularly when they cannot find anyone who wants to buy the shares they own.

The present directors of Birmingham City did a great job when they saved the club from bankruptcy in 1993. The team at the time was poor - they were relegated to the third tier at the end of the 1993-94 season - and the ground was shabby.

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Agenda: Directors Paid the Price for Being Too Tight-Fisted ; Birmingham City Football Club has Paid the Price for Not Investing in Top Players - Relegation. Professor John Samuels Looks at How a Lack of Quality has Cost the Blues.

To their credit the directors rebuilt the ground and led the club to the Premiership in 2002-03. They had, however, fallen out with fans over the departure 'by mutual consent' of Trevor Francis.

Prior to the promotion, David Sullivan was being heavi...

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