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COTTERILL PAYS FOR BLUES SLUMP

Axe falls following fifth loss in a row

By John Brindley

STAR MAN MATTY CASH Nottm Forest
STEVE Cotterill was a mixture of fighting talk and semi-resignation after a defeat that summed up Birmingham’s season. Little did he know the writing was on the wall.
Less than two hours after an earnest Birmingham effort was undone by a goalkeeping error from David Stockdale and the lack of a genuine goalscorer, the Blues board acted and sacked Cotterill following a fifth straight league defeat.
Michael Morrison’s towering 87th-minute header wasn’t enough to claw back the damag...

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