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Football
Birmingham City
vs Sheffield Wednesday. Sky Bet Championship.
7: 45pm, Tuesday 30th September 2025.
St. Andrew's Stadium Attendance: Attendance27, 323.
Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between Birmingham City and Sheffield Wednesday at St Andrew's on Tuesday night; Demarai Gray scores deep into added time to earn a point for the Blues. Tuesday 30 September 2025 23: 14, UK Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Demarai Gray's stoppage-time equaliser sparked wild scenes as they protected their proud home league record in the nick of time following a 2-2 draw with Sheffield Wednesday. The winger produced an acrobatic finish in the ninth minute of time added on - with home boss Chris Davies running half the length of the field to join in the celebrations with his players. It was a dramatic twist on a night when it appeared that George Brown's strike 14 minutes from time would snatch the Owls a valuable victory. The striker was on hand at the far post to steer home Barry Bannan's free-kick as the hosts' run without defeat - stretching back to April 2024 - came under serious threat. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player It was a bitter pill for Henrik Pedersen's men as Wednesday arrived at St Andrew's on the back of yet more bad news. Staff wages were due to be met on the day of the game but only a partial payment had been made, leaving the entire club in limbo. There was talk about whether the players would strike on Thursday and a planned fans' protest ahead of Saturday's game against Coventry have only muddied the waters still further.
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And it looked even bleaker for them as Birmingham, stung by a chastening 3-0 derby defeat against Frank Lampard's Sky Blues at the weekend, took a ninth-minute lead through Jay Stansfield. The move started with Tommy Doyle, one of five changes made by Davies, who pushed the ball to Patrick Roberts on the edge of the box. He was unable to control, but as Owls defender Harry Amass went to clear, Stansfield charged the ball down. It looped over the head of the visiting defender and the £15million signing from Fulham was onto it in a flash, producing a classy finish on the half-volley across Ethan Horvath. Buoyed by the goal, Blues were content to work the ball around but were caught cold eight minutes before the interval. It is not something Eiran Cashin, on loan from Brighton, will look back upon with much fondness. A ball to the right was cut out by Amass and collected by Svante Ingelsson, who attempted to find Jamal Lowe through the middle. Cashin stepped across to cut out the pass but used his left foot and it bobbled away from him, allowing Lowe to beat Ryan Allsop and level. Stansfield looked the most likely to change the course of the game again. He saw one goal-bound effort diverted wide and Horvath then produced the best stop of the evening, tipping his 25-yard strike wide of the upright. The value of that was seen when Brown pounced at the far post. However, it produced a furious response from Birmingham with Allsop pressed into attack as they chased an equaliser that Gray earned with his first goal since returning to the club. Birmingham's Chris Davies: "It was mixed emotions - ones of relief and happiness with the way we got the equaliser. "But I'm frustrated that we have let the game get away from us. We should have been winning that game. "We have conceded a goal out of nothing. It knocked the team and we had a wobble. They then score from a set-piece and we go 2-1 down from their first attack in the second half and we should have been two or three up. "When Demarai scored it was pure emotion from me celebrating from the team because we had pushed so hard to get something. " Sheffield Wednesday's Henrik Pedersen: "My emotions are a little bit mixed. The negative is that we have lost two points at the end. But in the big picture, there is a very proud emotion inside me because of the performance my players have delivered today in a difficult situation. "We conceded a goal and they stayed together. You can always find a reason not to do something but we stayed together. It wasn't about tactics, tonight was about the basic level of humanity. "The referee found a lot of minutes at the end. You can be disappointed you didn't get three points but we have to be proud of the performance in the circumstances. "Everyone knew the situation. We haven't spoken about it today. We have used all of our energy on the performance. If we had wasted energy on this we would have lost energy from the performance. " The £250, 000 is up for grabs with Super 6, and as always it is completely free to play. Entries by 3pm Saturday.
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