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CHRIS SALUTES HIS RECORD-BREAKERS

by
John Lyons
4 May 2025

By John Lyons

SMILES BETTER: Ethan Laird celebrates scoring the Blues’ first at Blackpool
PICTURE: Alamy

ELATED Birmingham City boss Chris Davies hailed a ‘remarkable achievement’ after his record-breakers earned the most points in a Football League season by winning at Blackpool in midweek.
Goals from Ethan Laird and Alfie May were enough to seal a 2-0 victory and take the buoyant Blues on to 108 points, overtaking the 106 garnered by Reading in the Championship in 2005-06.
Birmingham had already bagged the League One record, previous-ly belonging to Wolves...

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