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| 1. | Win fails to mask Cim Bom's dismal form | | | | | Turkish Daily News - We finished much better than we started, we were a non-event in the first half," said former Leeds manager Howard Wilkinson. "It's going to be an uphill struggle and the sooner we get 40 points the better." Birmingham City had Olivier Tebily sent off ... |
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| 2. | Celtic 1 Leeds 2 | | | | | Sporting Life - Alan Smith opened the scoring after 10 minutes and from that point the outcome never looked in serious doubt once Olivier Tebily had spoiled his debut with an unfortunate own goal. There was a late Celtic flurry courtesy of another newcomer, Bobby ... |
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| 3. | Sunderland 0 Birmingham 1 | | | | | Sporting Life - ... than the visitors deserved on an afternoon when they were the better side for much of the contest, although Kevin Phillips - with his only shot of the game 10 minutes from time - went close and City substitute Damien Johnson saw an Olivier Tebily ... |
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| 4. | Birmingham 3 Crewe 1 | | | | | Sporting Life - Ashton next shot wide across goal after a mistake by Olivier Tebily presented him with the ball. But John struck the opener on the half-hour for Blues as he shot from 15 yards after Bankole had got down low to push Paul Devlin's cross into his path. ... |
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| 5. | Millwall 0 Birmingham 1 (agg1-2) | | | | | Sporting Life - The game finally sparked to life after 38 minutes when Olivier Tebily won a towering header from Martin Grainger's right-wing corner. Tebily beat his marker to direct his effort goalwards only for the diminutive Ronnie Bull to clear off the line with ... |
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| 6. | Birmingham 4 Grimsby 0 | | | | | Sporting Life - With defender Olivier Tebily, a £700,000 signing from Celtic, also on top of his game, Birmingham looked assured at the back. Grimsby had seen their recent form move them out of the relegation picture but when they forced any openings against ... |
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| 7. | Birmingham 1 Norwich 1 AET (4-2 on pens) | | | | | Sporting Life - Hughes was again put clear by Olivier Tebily only for the ball to get stuck under his feet when he was in a good position. John should have put Birmingham ahead when Hughes put him through after 15 minutes. With only keeper Robert Green to beat he ... |
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| 8. | Birmingham 0 Leicester 1 | | | | | Sporting Life - Birmingham attempted to retaliate and Olivier Tebily stabbed the ball wide from 10 yards out after a Savage free-kick had only been half cleared. Lazaridis tried his luck from 25 yards out but Walker had his body firmly behind his low swerving effort. ... |
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| 9. | Sheffield United 3 Bristol City 1 | | | | | Sporting Life - And Morris was denied a hat-trick from the penalty spot by 'keeper Bo Anderson after substitute Tom Doherty was sent off for stopping Olivier Tebily's effort on the line with his hand. City had made a lively start to the game and should have taken the ... |
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| 10. | Reading 1 Birmingham 1 | | | | | Sporting Life - Bruce was without the suspended Matthew Upson and injured duo Kenny Cunningham and Martin Taylor so had to rejig a back four featuring his 21-year-old son Alex and the rarely-used Olivier Tebily. Reading began with a flurry of corners but the first ... |
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