Championship

BLUES HIT BY ‘HARSH’ REF CALL AT THE DEATH

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The LeaguePaper Team
10 August 2025

By Sunny Badwal

BIRMINGHAM CITY 1

Stansfield 55
IPSWICH TOWN 1

Hirst 90+5 (pen)
CHRIS Davies thought his Birmingham side were the better team and was proud of the way they fought against one of the favourites for promotion, despite being on the wrong end of some “harsh” calls.
The hosts deservedly took the lead in the 55th minute thanks to Jay Stansfield, who was on hand to emphatically smash into the roof of the net from close range after Kyogo Furuhashi’s initial dinked effort bounced off a post.
Ipswich failed to register a shot on target in open play a...

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