ARSENE WENGER survived a mighty scare last night as James Collins’ early header gave League Two Shrewsbury the lead at the Emirates Stadium before Arsenal recovered to book their place in the Carling Cup fourth round.

Nottingham Forest 3 Newcastle 4 (After extra-time)

Winger Sebastian Larsson’s five-year spell at Birmingham has come to an end, Press Association Sport understands.

Chairman Peter Pannu insists Birmingham will not sell any of their leading players on the cheap following relegation from the Barclays Premier League.

Tottenham 2 Birmingham 1

REMEMBER the film Sliding Doors? It starred Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah and told the story, in parallel, of what would have happened to the lead character if she had caught a tube train she was running for in London — or missed it.

Chelsea 3 Birmingham 1

Alex McLeish is to delay contract talks with several Birmingham players until the summer.

Birmingham midfielder Barry Ferguson could return to action in Saturday’s home FA Cup quarter-final with Bolton – less then two weeks after suffering a broken rib.

Birmingham boss Alex McLeish will ring the changes for the FA Cup fifth-round clash with Sheffield Wednesday tomorrow.

Birmingham 3 West Ham 1 (after extra-time; Birmingham win 4-3 on aggregate)

LOCAL pride might have remained intact for Aston Villa and Birmingham City yesterday but their derby draw did neither of their survival hopes many favours.

BIRMINGHAM boss Alex McLeish was left to rue his side’s failure to kill off Aston Villa as their derby clash ended in a 1-1 draw at St Andrew’s.

Birmingham 1 Aston Villa 1

Matthew Upson and Scott Parker both returned to Avram Grant’s starting XI as the West Ham boss looked to ease the pressure on his shoulders with a win against Birmingham in tonight’s Carling Cup semi-final first leg.

Birmingham will welcome back several key players for tomorrow’s Carling Cup semi-final first-leg clash with West Ham at Upton Park.

Millwall 1 Birmingham 4

Millwall 1 Birmingham 4

SCOTT DANN’S last-gasp strike at Blackpool earned Birmingham their first away win of the season and moved them out of the Barclays Premier League relegation zone.

Blackpool 1 Birmingham 2

Birmingham 1 Brentford 1 (aet, Birmingham win 4-3 on penalties)

Birmingham 2 Blackpool 0

Birmingham 3 MK Dons 1

Birmingham have signed former Arsenal midfielder Alexander Hleb on a season-long loan deal.

Birmingham have allowed striker Marcus Bent to join Barclays Premier League rivals Wolves on a four-month loan deal.

Birmingham manager Alex McLeish will look to put a fortnight of frustration in the transfer market behind him by completing the double-signing of Armand Traore and Martin Jiranek today.

Birmingham boss Alex McLeish could add defenders Martin Jiranek and Armand Traore to his squad before the transfer window closes tomorrow.

Bolton striker Ivan Klasnic was forced to miss this afternoon’s Barclays Premier League clash with Birmingham after failing a late fitness test on a thigh injury.

Birmingham manager Alex McLeish will check on the fitness of forward James McFadden before naming his squad to take on Bolton in Sunday‘s Premier League clash at the Reebok Stadium.

Birmingham 2 Blackburn 1

Nikola Zigic made his full Birmingham debut in today’s Barclays Premier League clash against Blackburn at St Andrew’s but new signing Matt Derbyshire had to make do with a place on the bench.

New signing Matt Derbyshire will make his Birmingham debut in their Barclays Premier League match against Blackburn at St Andrew’s tomorrow.

Birmingham boss Alex McLeish is still hopeful of adding to his squad before the transfer window closes at the end of this month.

Birmingham tonight clinched the signing of striker Matt Derbyshire on a one-year loan from Olympiacos.

Olympiacos 0 Bordeaux 1

BLACKBURN have told Fulham that midfielder Keith Andrews is not available after the London club made an approach.

Blackburn have told Fulham that midfielder Keith Andrews is not available after the London club made an approach.

Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce would love to bring Ruud van Nistelrooy to Ewood Park – but has ruled out a move for ’injury-prone’ Michael Owen.

Blackburn striker Matt Derbyshire has completed his move to Olympiacos after signing a four-year deal with the Greek champions.

Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce is bracing himself for a summer of instability - even if, as expected, the club avoids relegation from the Barclays Premier League.

Blackburn’s Matt Derbyshire hopes to seal a permanent switch to Greek double winners Olympiacos.

Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce has virtually a full squad to choose from for the visit of his old club Bolton.

Roque Santa Cruz will start his first game for Blackburn for six weeks as Rovers boss Sam Allardyce is without a number of players for tomorrow’s FA Cup fourth-round tie at Sunderland.