Blues’ tangled web highlights big issues

Chris DunlavyA FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

WHO are the owners of Birmingham City? It is a simple question with a very complicated answer.Please, bear with me. Birmingham City FC is wholly owned by Birmingham City PLC, which in turn is owned by Birmingham Sports Holdings Ltd (75%), Oriental Rainbow Investments Ltd (21.64%) and Trillion Trophy Asia Ltd (0.21%), with a further 3.15 per cent of shares in public hands.Mystery solved? Not so fast. Birmingham Sports Holdings Ltd is owned by -deep breath -Trillion Trophy Asia (28.12%), Ever Depot Ltd (23.53%), Dragon Villa (17.08%), Global Min...

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