icBirmingham - news, sport and entertainment for Birmingham

icBirmingham - news, sport and entertainment for Birmingham:
"In this week's Sunday Mercury - Nicky Butt exclusive interview"

4thegame.com: Groundhog Day For Bruce

Groundhog Day For Bruce : Football news, live scores, fixtures and results from 4thegame.com:
"Nicky Butt, who had never been on a beaten side playing against Everton, and Damien Johnson worked hard in midfield to generate some spark... "

IOL: Bruce could bolster squad

IOL: Bruce could bolster squad:
"There is a determination there among the players to do it. We have got an honest bunch of lads. We are all working hard. We got ourselves into a situation whereby every game is a massive game. There's no-one else to blame for that.

"It's a case of if we got ourselves into it, we've got to get ourselves out of it."

icBirmingham - Butt in the same boat as Neville

icBirmingham - Butt in the same boat as Neville:
"Every game, whether you are pushing to win titles or you are battling down the bottom, is important. There's pressures in both situations. "

icBirmingham - Our honesty will save us - Butt

icBirmingham - Our honesty will save us - Butt:
"NICKY Butt today insisted that the honesty of Blues players would get them out of the mire in the Premiership."

icBirmingham - Jiri strikes sends Blues through

icBirmingham - Jiri strikes sends Blues through:
"Nicky Butt's fierce volley was then superbly tipped round the post by Green at full stretch "

4thegame.com: Cup Relief For Bruce

Cup Relief For Bruce:
"With Nicky Butt enjoying one of his better games for Birmingham the Premiership club were able to dictate most of the play..."

Sporting Life - Football | Carling Cup Live

Sporting Life - Football:
"Nicky Butt forced a fine save out of Green with a dipping volley from the edge of the box after an inswinging corner from Pennant had only been half cleared."

GiveMeFootball.com - Jermaine Pennant Interview

GiveMeFootball.com - The Professional Footballers' Association:
"Q: HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO HAVE A PLAYER LIKE NICKY BUTT BACK IN THE FOLD DURING THIS TOUGH TIME?
A: Nicky is a great player and we really missed him during his four-game absence. He possesses real quality. He works hard, tackles well and has a lot of skill; everything a top class midfielder needs really. It is great to have him back and I am sure he can help our results improve. "

Red Issue - the definitive Manchester United website. And Times Goes By.

Red Issue - the definitive Manchester United website. Independent news and stats from footymad.net:
"David Beckham, Nicky Butt and Phil Neville have all moved clubs (a little ironically in the case of the latter pair, given the sudden need for a proper defensive midfield player)."

The Sun Online - Supergoals: Today's footie latest

The Sun Online - Supergoals: Today's footie latest: "BIRMINGHAM boss Steve Bruce hopes Nicky Butt will revive his team's stuttering campaign.
The midfielder is available to return at Blackburn on Saturday after serving a four-game ban following last month's dismissal at Portsmouth.
Bruce said: "Nicky is a big influence on and off the pitch.
"It has been a hammer blow to lose him because at Portsmouth I was just detecting we were seeing the real Nicky Butt.
"He has been there and done it and the great thing about him is that he still has his humility."

BBC SPORT | Football | Get Involved | Why youth is the key for Sir Alex

BBC SPORT | Football | Get Involved | Why youth is the key for Sir Alex:
"The two I was certain would succeed were Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt.

"Butt and Scholes had the strength and character, and it was actually Butt who first broke into the first team. He was better physically and the rest just developed later. "

Birmingham City Football Club:Midfield fillip for Birmingham City - FansFC

Birmingham City Football Club:Midfield fillip for Birmingham City - FansFC:
"On the return of former Manchester United (ace) Butt, Bruce added: 'It was a big blow to lose Nicky when we did because I was just detecting that the 'real' Nicky Butt was coming to the fore again."

icBirmingham - Don't call Blues a dirty side - Black

icBirmingham - Don't call Blues a dirty side - Black:
"'I thought the 40-odd minutes he (Butt) was there at Portsmouth was as good as we've seen him,' said the first team coach.
'He's a big loss to us. He was becoming a big influence on the team."

D-day for Eriksson - Sunday Times - Times Online

D-day for Eriksson - Sunday Times - Times Online:
"There is universal acceptance that England need a ball-winner in the Nicky Butt mould at the base of their midfield diamond - somebody who can tackle, look up and initiate forward movement - "

A compliment to Nicky. However, the rest of the article is about the dreadful SGE.