Birmingham City could be handed fine after supporters ignored pre-match warning

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Birmingham City may be handed a fine after their supporters ignored a pre-match plea from the club.

The Blues lifted the League One title after a convincing win against Mansfield Town in their last home game of the season.

Chris Davies’ side have dominated the third tier and Birmingham broke the League One points record, eclipsing West Midlands rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers’ previous record of 102.

Tom Wagner has big plans for the club and they are likely to consider being one of the favourites in the Championship promotion race too.

However, despite the celebrations at St Andrews, the club could find themselves in trouble.

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Birmingham fans invaded the pitch before trophy lift

Supporters lucky enough to get a ticket were able to watch Birmingham lift the trophy – but almost spoiled the party themselves.

Despite interim chief executive Jeremy Dale writing to the fans on the morning of the game, telling them not to invade the pitch, some ignored the warning and ran onto it straight after the full-time whistle.

It was only a select handful, who were booed by those that remained in the stands as a repeated announcement could be heard saying: “Please go back to your seats immediately, otherwise there will be no trophy presentation.”

Meanwhile, the statement from the club before the game stated: “The club have been informed by the EFL that if supporters run on to the pitch at the end of the game, then the club will receive a significant monetary fine.”

Birmingham did something they haven’t done since 1972 because of Mansfield win

It’s been a season of success for Birmingham, breaking record-after-record and brushing aside everyone in their path and this campaign is one that will live long in the memory.

The win against Mansfield also meant that for the first time since the 1971/72 season, the Blues went an entire league season at home unbeaten.

They only failed to win four times, drawing those games in one of the most dominant campaigns in third-tier history.