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Who is the best player to have ever played for Birmingham City?

Get your thinking caps on and join Sportingo's exciting search for the VERY BEST English footballer of all time. And don't worry, we're knocking on the door of all 92 Football League clubs.

by Sportingo Team on 24 September 2007

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This is your chance to take part in an exciting new on-line Poll. We here at Sportingo are attempting to find out just who is the BEST EVER PLAYER in the English Football League going as far back as you can remember, from the much-loved old First Division right up to the Premier League that we know today.

We are asking fans of each and every football club to name their ONE favourite player in the pursuit of finding the best of all time.

And we are starting by asking fans of each PREMIER LEAGUE club to pick the ONE player you think is the best to have ever played for your club. Over the coming weeks we will also be asking the same question of every CHAMPIONSHIP, DIVISION ONE and DIVISION TWO clubs to make their selections.

Then we will then pick the 20 top selected players and produce a shortlist for a public vote, at the end of which we should have a representative selection of the player who has been voted by ALL football fans as the BEST PLAYER EVER.

So take your time, thing long and hard about the player who has thrilled you the most the player who has displayed all the virtues and traits you think best sum up your club. Its not an easy thing to consider, but once you have come up with a favourite, name them in the comment box below and the reasons why.

Pick your player and your reasons below in the comment box. Good luck!

Comments (8)

by Stuart Ellis on September 24, 2007

TREVOR FRANCIS - A player that had the lot, lightning speed, great control and a very cool finish. Even at 16 he was simply awesome. Birmingham are unlikely to ever have a player this good again.

by andy on September 24, 2007

Trevor Francis, made his debut at 16 v bolton 4-0 and scored all 4 goals, went on to be first £1,000,000 player in england. Play For England,score winning goal in European Cup final

by cliff morris on September 24, 2007

trevor smith. centre half.great player for brum and england.but also loved our trevor francis.

by mikey dee on September 24, 2007

Trev was a hero never the less but it was Merrick who won us the silver :) Gilbert 'Gil' Harold Merrick (26 January 1922 - ) is an English footballer and football manager. Considered one of the best goalkeepers in the UK during the mid-1950s, Gil was one in a long line of great Birmingham City keepers which included the likes of Johnny Schofield and Harry Hibbs. Merrick was a brilliant handler of the ball, he was misfortunate to be the last line of defence against the superb Hungarians, and gained the nickname 'Mister Thirteen', due to the fact he had conceded 13 goals during the two games. Merrick played 700 times for the Blues, making 170 appearances during the Second World War, and was capped 23 times by England. In May 1960, Merrick took the managerial position at Birmingham City, replacing Pat Beasley after the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup defeat to Barcelona. Under Merrick, Blues reached the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup again, this time losing to Roma in the final, and also took Blues to the final of the

by Mikey dee on September 24, 2007

League Cup, where they defeated their local rivals, ***Aston Villa***, over two legs. In the league, Blues failed to make their mark on the top flight of English Football.

by Top on September 24, 2007

Even in the twilight of his career, awesome!

by Andrew on September 25, 2007

Obivously T Francis, B Bridges, Dugaree all come to the front of the mind but my pick is Bertie Auld. Great character and awesome winger with a thunderbolt left foot.

by jason willis on September 27, 2007

the blue scum have never had any 'great' players. they're shit, soon to relegated toss pots. i mean you buy ridgewell (a player never a first teamer for the mighty villa) and then... YOU MAKE HIM CAPTAIN. Laughable. the funny thing is he stands out in your squad as a good player but only cause the rest of the team is SO DAMN SHIT. cant wait till derby day. SHIIIIT ON THE CITY!!!!