Birmingham City 6/1 to win League One title & EFL Trophy

We've priced up Birmingham City at 6/1 to win the League One title and EFL Trophy in the 2024/25 season.

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Birmingham City were the envy of most Football League sides in the summer transfer window as the club splashed extortionate figures on new recruits, including the marquee signing of striker Jay Stansfield from Fulham.

Such lavish spending has heightened expectation around St Andrew's and new manager Chris Davies knows only promotion will suffice as the Blues bid to secure an immediate return to the Championship.

They certainly flaunt the talent to achieve their objectives and Birmingham possess incredible depth in all departments.

In attack, Alfie May is a prolific scorer in the third tier and his presence has been supplemented with the additions of Stansfield and Lyndon Dykes, the latter a regular starter on the international stage and proven Championship material.

The addition of Stansfield in particular is a phenomenal piece of business, and not just because of the outlay required to bring him in. The 21-year-old netted 12 times in a Birmingham team blighted by managerial instability before suffering relegation on the final day and Stansfield was being courted by a number of Championship clubs before his deadline day switch.

In midfield, it speaks volumes of Birmingham's strength in numbers that Marc Leonard - one of League One's standout performers across the previous two seasons - has been subjected to a bit-part role in the early stages of the campaign, with the impressive Tomoki Iwata preferred to pull the strings alongside Paik Seung-ho.

The likes of Luke Harris, Willum Willumsson, Emil Hansson, Ayumu Yokoyama, Scott Wright and Keshi Anderson are expected to provide the creative spark, with Davies possessing a number of game-changing options from the bench.

Ben Davies has deputised in place of injured captain Krystian Bielik and forged a blossoming partnership with new recruit Christoph Klarer, while left-back Alex Cochrane has proven to be a shrewd piece of business from Hearts with the foundations present for a rigid defensive line.

In his first managerial role, Davies finds minimal room for excuses.

The advantage of such depth is it gives Birmingham the opportunity to challenge on the EFL Trophy front, a competition they have won on two occasions in 1991 and 1995.

1995 was coincidentally the last time Birmingham found themselves in the third tier and was the year Barry Fry led the club to a lower-league double, defeating Carlisle United at Wembley before wrapping up the league title away at Huddersfield Town on the final day.

Since the turn of the century, only Bristol City have lifted the Second Division/League One title this decade and reigned triumphant in the Football League Trophy/EFL Trophy, achieving the feat in the 2014/15 season.

Jaquob Crooke

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