Finland 0 Russia 3

The Netherlands booked their place in next year's World Cup finals with a 2-1 victory over Iceland in Reykjavik tonight.

Tony Mowbray expects to find out over the weekend whether veteran striker Kevin Phillips will remain with West Brom or make the switch to city rivals Birmingham.

Alex McLeish has revealed Birmingham attempted to bring Czech Republic international Jan Koller to St Andrews.

Birmingham midfielder Sebastian Larsson been voted the club’s Player of The Year by both fans and players.

Birmingham 4 Blackburn 1

Fulham 2 Birmingham 0

Birmingham winger Daniel de Ridder admits he may have to consider his future after becoming “frustrated” at his lack of first-team opportunities.

DESPITE all the insults being traded around him and lack of support in certain quarters of the Anfield board room, Rafael Benitez has delivered, yet again, the minimum requirement of Champions League football for Liverpool.

Birmingham 2 Liverpool 2

Fulham looked a step closer to relegation after falling 2-0 behind in the first half at Manchester City.

Birmingham manager Alex McLeish made three changes from the side thrashed 5-1 by Aston Villa for the home clash with Liverpool.

MARTIN O’NEILL raised more than a few eyebrows when he purchased Ashley Young for £9 million (€11.4m) just over a year ago, but the doubters have suddenly fallen silent.

Aston Villa 5 Birmingham 1

Birmingham midfielder Sebastian Larsson will undergo a scan in the next 24 hours to determine the extent of his latest medial knee ligament injury.

Birmingham 1 Everton 1

Alex McLeish will resist the temptation to rush key Birmingham striker James McFadden back into action.

Wigan 2 Birmingham City 0

Birmingham 3 Manchester City 1

Reading 2 Birmingham 1

Birmingham 1 Newcastle 1

Portsmouth 2 Birmingham 2

Birmingham striker Mikael Forssell is hoping his future can be resolved before the end of the season.

Birmingham boss Alex McLeish has hailed the impact already made by James McFadden

MIKAEL Forssell’s first hat-trick in English football undoubtedly owed a debt to Tottenham’s party hangover, but that didn’t curtail his own celebrations after the most memorable afternoon of his career.

Birmingham 4 Tottenham 1

Birmingham will be without central defender Martin Taylor who will begin a three-game ban for his red card against Arsenal in the incident where Eduardo suffered a broken leg.

West Ham 1 Birmingham 1

Birmingham’s chief creative force Olivier Kapo will miss the trip to West Ham through suspension after picking up his fifth booking of the campaign against Sunderland 11 days ago.

Birmingham 0 Chelsea 1

Birmingham manager Alex McLeish will decide over the weekend whether to step up his bid to sign Manchester City striker Georgios Samaras.

Huddersfield 2 Birmingham 1

Alex Ferguson condemned the ’funereal’ atmosphere at Old Trafford which almost resulted in Manchester United dropping valuable Premier League points against Birmingham yesterday.

Manchester United 1 Birmingham 0

MIKAEL FORSSELL has backed his former international boss Roy Hodgson to keep Fulham in the Premier League.

Birmingham 1 Fulham 1

ALEX MCLEISH was in a bullish mood after watching Birmingham beat Middlesbrough 3-0 at St Andrews to chalk up their biggest win of the season.

Birmingham 3 Middlesbrough 0

At half-time in the 3pm fixtures, Manchester United and Liverpool hold comfortable leads at Sunderland and Derby respectively.

Birmingham are boosted by the return of skipper Liam Ridgewell for the St Stephen's clash with Middlesbrough at St Andrew’s.

ALEX MCLEISH believes Mikael Forssell will play a decisive role in Birmingham’s bid to stay in the Premier League — if he can remain fit.

Birmingham 1 Reading 1

Birmingham 0 Portsmouth 2

Mikael Forssell could be poised for his first start for more than two months when Birmingham begin the post-Steve Bruce era against Portsmouth at St Andrews.