Birmingham clinch promotion to Premiership

Birmingham City won promotion to the Premiership today after beating Norwich 4-2 in a nail-biting penalty shoot-out at the Millennium…

Birmingham City won promotion to the Premiership today after beating Norwich 4-2 in a nail-biting penalty shoot-out at the Millennium Stadium.

The game was a stalemate at 0-0 after 90 minutes and sent the First Division play-off final into extra-time.

Veteran Welsh striker Iwan Roberts gave Norwich the lead in the first minute of extra-time but Geoff Horsfield levelled the scores for Birmingham 11 minutes later.

Neither side could conjure up a winning goal so the match was decided by the penalty shoot-out.

AFP

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