Best moment — Birmingham City’s late equaliserFour points deducted, only a handful of players when the manager Carla Ward arrived last summer and one of the smallest budgets in the league — it is nothing short of a miracle that Birmingham City have stayed in the division, especially after the players complained to the board about the treatment they received from the club. Ward has done a remarkable job as peacemaker between the club and players alongside her role as a coach, and my lasting memory of the season will be the 96th-minute equaliser by Veatriki Sarri in the Midlands derby against Aston Villa, which went a long way to securing the club’s safety. The image of Ward and the players in a heap

Source: The Times May 11, 2021 11:03 UTC