Birmingham win League One title after Wrexham draw

Birmingham City are champions of League One aft Wrexham grounded to triumph their lunchtime crippled astatine Wigan.

Blues secured promotion successful midweek pinch a 2-1 triumph astatine Peterborough and nan Red Dragons' nonaccomplishment to return 3 points astatine nan Brick Community Stadium successful their goalless tie astatine Wigan Athletic sees Birmingham assistance a convention title for nan first clip since they won nan aged Second Division successful 1994-95.

The Welsh broadside were nan only squad tin of catching Chris Davies' side, who are not successful convention action this weekend.

The Birmingham squad is successful London this play up of Sunday's Vertu Trophy final, besides against Peterborough, and which they besides past won successful 1995, nether Barry Fry.

Over 40,000 fans are expected to caput for Wembley aft celebrating nan title triumph, an accomplishment which caps a ascendant play successful which Birmingham returned to nan Championship astatine nan first clip of asking.

The triumph further justifies nan £25m outlay connected transfers by owners Knighthead, who are besides backing a caller Premier League-standard stadium a mile from their existent location astatine St Andrew's.

The nine group a caller third-tier grounds by signing England Under-21 world Jay Stansfield for an eight-figure sum, and besides brought successful Christoph Klarer and Willum Thor Willumsson for large fees to bolster a squad relegated from nan Championship past season.

The rebuild has been a occurrence pinch 18-goal Stansfield presently associated apical scorer successful nan division, while Klarer has been cardinal to Blues having nan champion protect grounds successful nan section and Willumsson has been a cardinal fig successful midfield.

The assignment of Davies to his first elder domiciled besides raised immoderate eyebrows successful nan summer, but that has besides proved a success. Victory tomorrow will spot him assistance 2 trophies astatine nan extremity of his first play arsenic a manager.

Fry, now head of shot astatine Peterborough, said that he believes nan Blues will emulate Ipswich Town past play by going consecutive up again, to return to nan Premier League for nan first clip since 2011.

The title complaint has been based mostly connected their superb unbeaten location record, pinch 18 wins and 3 draws successful nan 21 games astatine St Andrew's truthful far.

There has been small uncertainty from nan commencement that Birmingham would beryllium successful nan promotion reckoning, arsenic they won 8 of their first 9 and past went connected an 18-match unbeaten tally from 4 November to 4 March.

That has meant they person won nan title pinch six games still remaining, pinch their adjacent lucifer astatine location against Crawley Town connected Friday.