Birmingham City

Name: Birmingham City
Nickname: Blues
Founded: 1875
Manager: Alex McLeish
Chairman: David Gold
Ground: St Andrew's

Travel:

By car: Traveling from Stoke-on-Trent leave at Junction 6 and taken the A38, known in the area as the Aston Expressway, for Birmingham City Centre. Continue past the first turn off, for Aston and Waterlinks, and take the next turning for the Inner Ring Road.

Turn left at the island at the top of the slip road and take the Ring Road East, signposted Coventry/Stratford.

Continue along the ring road for two miles, crossing straight across three islands. At the fourth island there is a large McDonalds on the far left-hand corner. Turn left towards Small Heath. Birmingham City's ground is about a 1/4 mile up the road on the left.

Parking: There is a small car park directly outside the entrance in the away end but availability of space for cars is determined by how many away coaches are expected.

There is street parking but beware of resident's only areas.

Some local schools and firms offer parking.

By rail: The nearest station is Bordesley which is a ten minute walk from the ground. This is served by trains from Birmingham Snow Hill and Birmingham Moor Street.

If you arrive at New Street Station either walk to Moor Street, use a taxi or walk the 20-25 trek to the ground.

As you come onto the concourse of New Street Station, bear to the left of the escalators and through the glass doors. Walk down towards to the end of the Station Service Road. Cross to the other side of the road at the bottom (where there is a new shopping centre) turn right and follow the purple pedestrian signs for Digbeth Coach Station.
These will see you descending a flight of stairs at the side of the shopping centre on your left and then going down a road with the markets on your right and a large church on your left.
Follow this road around to the right and then take the next left to take you up to the main dual carriage way.
Turn right along the dual carriageway, passing the Crown Pub on your left.
Cross over the dual carriageway to the Crown Pub side of the road and continue walking away from the City Centre.
You will come to a fork in the road where you want to bear left going underneath a railway bridge.
Passing the Clements Arms on your left just continue straight down this road, crossing a large roundabout (with a McDonalds over on one corner). The entrance to the away section is further up the road on your left.