Birmingham City

Birmingham briefly top a table for the first time in over 5,000 days

by
Nick Powell
9 August 2022

The Football League Paper looks at the sides who have ended long spells without sitting top (or bottom) of any of England’s top four leagues this season.
Birmingham went top of a league table on Friday for the first time since October 27 2008.
John Eustace’s side beat Huddersfield to end a drought of 5,030 days – almost 14 years – which was the third-longest among clubs in England’s top four tiers.
Stoke (April 27 2008) and Bradford (September 19 2008) are the only teams that have to look further back for the last time they finished a day top of the league.

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