SHA Small Heath Alliance

Colin Doyle

Announced his retirement from professional football [x.com]

Omari Hutchinson

Brentford have triggered his release clause, that and Morsy leaving lovely stuff

3rd test

Stunner of a day down here, think the wicket should be green but likely to dry out quickly. I think there might be wickets on day 1.

The 1875 service

Has there been any official confirmation that it will be running again this season as it was very well used last time.

Veatriki Sarri rejoins Blues Women

Greek international puts pen-to-paper on a two-year deal having recently departed Everton [bcfc.com]

Travers

Moving to Everton for £4m I know we were linked previously. The fees for premier league back ups are insane at times.

This Made Me Chuckle

Hwang Hee-Chan

Not sure why my original thread got closed [www.smallheathalliance.com] but The 44 (with almost 100k followers) are reporting that Hwang Hee Chan will sign for Blues soon on loan.

'Huge gap' between Hundred hosts & other counties

There is a "yawning' gap" in the finances between county teams who host a Hundred franchise and those who do not, a new report has found. [www.bbc.com]

Dubois

There's something that troubles me about Daniel. He seems a bit simple. His dad seems a bit, er, unorthodox.